Twenty-five years separate the funeral of two women in the life of the Prince of Wales. At the age of 15, William accompanied the coffin of his mother, Princess Diana. At 40, he took the same walk again to honor his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The monarch’s grandson spoke to several people who accompanied the procession outside Sandringham House, to whom he confessed in a flashback prompted by the moment. “Brought back some memories“, said the current Duke of Cornwall of the walk that reminded him of the funeral Lady Dee quotes BBC.
The heir to the throne walked behind his father, King Charles III, and side by side with his younger brother, Prince Harry, during the late Elizabeth II’s solemn procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall last Wednesday.
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“It was a difficult walk.“, also suggested Prince William, referring to the funeral procession your grandmother to be buried next Monday.
In September 1997, the brothers followed their mother’s coffin through central London in full view of the world’s media, recalls Reuters. Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris at the age of 36, in an incident that defined the lives of the Queen’s grandchildren and marked the entire British people.
In 2017, the younger brother of the heir spoke in defense, in statements before Newsweekthat under no circumstances should children be invited to this walk. “Currently, I don’t think that will happen,” he said.
