The procession is being led by 200 musicians: A massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force. Directly behind the coffin is the King and members of the royal family and the King's Household.
Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, reunited publicly again Wednesday when they joined royal family members in a procession escorting Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.
Behind the coffin, following the members of the royal family, was Charles's Master of the Household, the Earl of Rosslyn, Peter St Clair-Erskine. You can find this story in My Bookmarks.
King Charles and Siblings Walk Behind Queen Elizabeth's Coffin.
The Queen remained close to her mother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and her sister Princess Margaret following the death of her father in 1952.
William, Harry and their cousin Peter Phillips - Princess Anne's son, walked behind the Queen's children. Peter, Harry and Prince Andrew were seen in a morning suit and not the ceremonial garb that the rest wore.
Princess Anne walked behind the coffin with her siblings because she is daughter of the Queen.
One royal viewer was keen to set the record straight, wrote: “If anyone else is as curious as I am, the very tall man in front of the hearse in the Queen's procession is Matthew Magee, her 7'2” private security.”
At the Palace of Westminster, the royals stood for a short service, and as they exited, Meghan, Kate, and other royal women curtsied to the Queen's coffin.
The card placed on the Queen's coffin, alongside flowers, read: "In loving and devoted memory. Charles R."
Queen Elizabeth II will be buried in an English oak coffin featuring brass handles that were designed more than 30 years ago, and lined with lead. It is estimated the coffin weighs between 250kg and 317kg.
According to protocol, Meghan is supposed to curtsy to those who outrank her. This includes the Queen, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla. Because William is due to be the future King of England, he also receives a curtsy, and by extension so does Kate Middleton.
Kate Middleton's decision not to curtsy to Queen Camilla was a clear indication of her disapproval of King Charles' wife and her mishandling of his coronation, according to sources.
Meghan made a number of public curtsies to the queen during her lifetime, including on her wedding day at St George's Chapel in 2018.
Matthew Magee who is from North Down and is in his 30s, was the Queen's Assistant Private Secretary for four years, after he was appointed in 2018.
so who is he turns out his name is Matthew McGee. and he was the Queen's private secretary for the past four years here he is towering.
For example, Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have been seen sharing a bed at various events and engagements. Even Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have been photographed sleeping in the same bed while on royal tours or at public events.
He is also the father of Queen Elizabeth's great-grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. So what will Prince William inherit from Queen Elizabeth? After Queen Elizabeth's death, Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate worth around $1.2 billion.
Even if the Queen had desired to skip Charles in favor of William, she did not have the power to choose her successor on a whim. The 1701 Act of Settlement is the act of Parliament that determines the succession to the throne and requires that a monarch's heir must be his or her direct successor (and a Protestant).
When Prince William failed to bow to the newly crowned Queen Camilla during the Coronation, it was an example of the Prince of Wales following his gut instinct and potentially subconsciously siding with his late mother, Princess Diana, a body language expert says, per The Mirror.
Prince William defied royal protocol at the King's Coronation when he chose not to bow to Queen Camilla at the Coronation Concert.
A source told Page Six back in September (after the death of Queen Elizabeth II), “The personal impact is likely the protocol changes that roll into action almost immediately. The family will now have to bow or curtsy to King Charles and Queen [Consort] Camilla.”
The coronation: who are the key players in the historic service on May 6? Prince Harry now faces an almighty change, being required to bow to his step-mum Queen Camilla whenever he sees her for the first time.
As the Countess of Wessex, Sophie was duty-bound to curtsy to the Duchess of Sussex due to Meghan being of higher rank, but now this is not the case. It is alleged that relations between the two Duchesses has been strained since Meghan rejected Sophie as a mentor for life as part of the monarchy.
According to the royal family's official website, "there are no obligatory codes of behaviour" when meeting the sovereign or other royal family members.