He and Harry walked behind the Queen’s coffin in a doleful scene reminiscent of when, as boys 25 years ago, they followed the casket of their mother Princess Diana as it was taken on a similar procession through central London.
William
He has revealed joining the solemn procession as his late grandmother made her final journey from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday brought back heartbreaking memories of his mother Princess Diana. William, now the Prince of Wales, said the moment had been “very difficult”. Daily Express royal coresspondent Richard Palmer tweeted: “He told a woman sympathising with him at Sandringham that the procession yesterday had been ‘very difficult’ and had reminded him of walking behind his mother’s coffin. He told another woman: ‘Don’t cry now, you’ll start me.'”