At Prince Philip’s funeral, who handed away on April 9, Queen Elizabeth II honoured her late husband by putting a handwritten be aware on prime of his coffin. The be aware was left on the coffin all through the funeral companies.
The be aware, edged in black, learn ‘In loving memory’, based on Daily Mail. The monarch reportedly signed the be aware with ‘Lilibet’, a nickname she was given as a baby. Prince Philip is thought to have been the final one who referred to as her by the identify.
The Queen final signed ‘Lilibet’ on the flowers at her mom’s funeral in 2002.

The Queen and Prince Philip had been collectively for 73 years. At the funeral held at St George’s Chapel, the monarch sat alone, away from the remainder of her household, in line with the pandemic pointers. Only 30 mourners have been allowed contained in the chapel in the course of the service.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin carried his sword, naval cap, and a wreath of flowers, which was positioned on a self-designed inexperienced Land Rover Defender hearse.

A former senior aide on the palace advised People that the grieving monarch understands “she has a job to do” and can “carry on”. “Her family will step up and be by her side, but she will carry on. She understands that she has a job to do, and [Philip] would have wanted her to crack on. She did do so when he retired from public life.”
“She will never abdicate because of duty and honor and public service is so deep in her, as it was for him,” a royal insider was additionally quoted as saying.