Sophie de Wessex in tears during the tribute of her children, Louise and James

It was a particularly poignant moment for the royal family. Since the disappearance of Elizabeth II at the age of 96, tributes have followed one another to salute the memory of the Queen, who leaves behind her a colossal legacy, but also a grieving clan. After her four children, it was her eight grandchildren who watched over her coffin in Westminster Hall, where it was placed so that the British came to bid farewell to the sovereign before her funeral, which will take place on Monday, September 19. After which, his remains, adorned with two symbolic jewels, will join the chapel of Saint-Georges, in Windsor, to be buried alongside Prince Philip. But before accompanying him to his final resting place, his family wanted to pay tribute to him during two particularly poignant funeral wakes, where tears were shed.

Imitating their parents, the grandchildren of Elizabeth II have also decided to watch her coffin for about fifteen minutes. Guided by Prince William, Prince Harry, who had put on the military uniform at the request of his father Charles III, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as well as Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn, thus placed solemnly around the Queen, in silence. A poignant moment that particularly moved Sophia, Countess of Wessex. Coming to Westminster Hall to attend the vigil, Prince Edward’s wife appeared in tears as shown by the images captured by the BBC and relayed by Express.covisibly upset by the scene.

Sophie de Wessex very moved

It must be said that, if Sophie de Wessex has something to be moved by the fact of seeing her two children Louise and James pay homage to Elizabeth II in this way, the countess is herself very touched by the death of the Queen, of which she was very close. If the relations between the sovereign and her daughters-in-law, starting with Lady Diana, have not always been in good shape, the wife of Prince Edward, she had made a place of choice in her body, in the point that she considers her as a second daughter. “If you ask Her Majesty what her favorite child is, it’s none of them, it’s her daughter-in-law”had thus slipped a royal expert, specifying that their links had become stronger after the confinements, but also, the death of prince Philip.