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The Queen spent the final 12 months of her life as a widow, however within the weeks and months earlier than the Duke of Edinburgh’s demise, the couple had been capable of spend some joyful last moments collectively at Windsor Citadel.
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Following the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh relocated to Windsor Citadel. By all accounts, the time they spent in lockdown, dubbed “HMS Bubble,” was a very nice time for the 2, who had been capable of spend way more time collectively than they’d in an extended whereas. We obtained a number of glimpses of the couple collectively throughout that final 12 months, together with this {photograph}, launched to have a good time the Duke’s 99th birthday in June 2020. The Queen wears the Cullinan V Brooch together with her pearls within the picture.
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As a result of Princess Beatrice moved her July 2020 marriage ceremony to Windsor, the Queen and the Duke had been capable of be among the many small variety of company in attendance. It was one in all their final main household events collectively, made in particular particular by the truth that Beatrice borrowed her grandmother’s marriage ceremony tiara for her huge day. The Queen wore the Rose of England Brooch for the ceremony.
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This particular {photograph} was additionally launched through the couple’s final 12 months at Windsor. Taken within the Oak Room at Windsor Citadel on November 17, 2020, the picture exhibits the Queen and the Duke only a few days earlier than their 73rd marriage ceremony anniversary. They’re perusing a card handmade for the event by three of their great-grandchildren, Prince George, Prince Charlotte, and Prince Louis. For the {photograph}, the Queen wore the Sapphire Chrysanthemum Brooch, a memorable jewel which she additionally wore through the couple’s honeymoon in 1947.
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However by the next spring, the Duke’s well being had taken a flip for the more severe, and he handed away peacefully at Windsor on April 9, 2021. On April 17, a small ceremonial funeral was held for him at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Just some company, together with his youngsters and grandchildren, had been capable of attend.
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The long-established plans for the service needed to be scaled again significantly due to the pandemic, however the spare, exact funeral ended up being extremely significant (and maybe reflecting the Duke himself higher than a grand service may need).
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For the service, the Queen wore pearls with a diamond and pearl brooch—a long-established customized of hers for funeral events. She selected Queen Mary’s Richmond Brooch, sporting it with out its pendant.
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The solitary determine of the Queen sitting through the service was the lasting picture of the day, one thing notably resonant with those that had misplaced family members through the pandemic interval.
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Just a few weeks after the funeral, in Could 2021, the Queen made a go to to HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth forward of the ship’s maiden voyage.
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The Duke of Edinburgh was a embellished naval officer, so the event supplied one other alternative for remembrance. Fittingly, the Queen selected to put on the Grima Ruby Brooch, which had been given to her by her husband in 1966.
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On June 9, 2021—a day earlier than what would have been the Duke’s a centesimal birthday—the Queen acquired Keith Weed, President of the Royal Horticultural Society, at Windsor Citadel. He offered her with the brand new Duke of Edinburgh Rose, which had been named in honor of her late husband.
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For the informal viewers, the Queen wore small pearl stud earrings and a single strand of pearls.
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For that 12 months’s Christmas Broadcast, filmed on December 23, 2021, the Queen additionally paid tribute to the reminiscence of the late Duke. {A photograph} of them collectively, taken on the time of their Diamond Wedding ceremony Anniversary in 2007, was positioned beside her on the desk. In each the {photograph} and within the broadcast, the Queen once more wore the sentimental Sapphire Chrysanthemum Brooch.
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s life was celebrated with a big memorial service at Westminster Abbey on March 29, 2022. The particular service supplied a type of “do-over” for the funeral that wasn’t capable of occur in 2021. The prolonged royal household was in attendance, as had been members of overseas royal households.
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For that service, one of many Queen’s final main high-profile appearances, she once more honored Philip’s reminiscence by sporting a jewel that he selected for and gave her personally: the Grima Ruby Brooch.
