King Charles III watched his mom Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral from a seat within the second row of St George’s Chapel, with the seat immediately in entrance of the brand new monarch left deliberately empty.
The seating preparations in the course of the Queen’s committal service at St George’s Chapel on Monday 19 September, which passed off after a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London attended by 2,000 mourners, noticed the King seated within the first seat of the second row beside his spouse Camilla, Queen Consort.
The King’s seat was the one usually stuffed by the Queen, who sat within the second row for notable occasions reminiscent of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage ceremony in May 2018, and Princess Eugenie’s marriage ceremony to Jack Brooksbank in October 2018.
The British monarch, who dominated for 70 years, additionally sat within the seat in the course of the funeral service for her husband Prince Philip. During the ceremony, which passed off on 17 April 2021, the Queen adopted Covid precautions as she sat alone within the second row.
The seat in entrance of the Queen, and now King Charles, is left empty because of royal protocol so the view of the proceedings isn’t blocked. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams beforehand informed The Independent: “The seat in front of the Queen is always left empty and she has a favourite seat in St George’s Chapel” after it was left empty throughout Princess Eugenie’s royal marriage ceremony.
Following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage ceremony, Mr Fitzwilliams additionally clarified that the empty seat isn’t a tribute to a departed cherished one, as many urged.
Queen sat alone in seat throughout Prince Philip’s funeral
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“During Harry and Meghan’s wedding some erroneously thought the empty seat was intended as a tribute to Diana,” Mr Fitzwilliams mentioned.
Queen was recognized to favour seat in second row
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During the Queen’s committal service at St George’s Chapel, King Charles and the Queen Consort have been joined by his sister Princess Anne and his brother Prince Andrew and their respective households. Prince Harry and Meghan joined the Prince and Princess of Wales, and their two eldest kids, Prince George, 9, and Princess Charlotte, seven, in one other pew. Prince William and Prince George’s seats, which have been subsequent to at least one one other and closest to the altar, signified their standing as the following two individuals within the line of succession to the throne, in line with People.
The seating association in the course of the committal service comes after Prince Harry and Meghan have been seated within the second row, behind different members of the royal household, in the course of the Westminster Abbey service for the Queen earlier within the day.
Following the committal ceremony, the Queen’s coffin was lowered into the royal vault.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk
