At almost 95 years old (he will turn them on April 21st) Elizabeth II is faced with the weight of the crown without having it at her side the Prince Philip. He was “simply my strength”, as the sovereign wrote immediately after the death of her husband in the official Instagram account of the royal family. Now Her Majesty is alone. And as his son Andrea said, “Feels a huge emptiness”. But it must go on. In a speech made on the occasion of her twenty-first birthday, the queen promised her subjects that she would reign for life: “My whole life, be it short or long, will be in the service of you and of our country“. Now that Filippo is dead he hasn’t changed his mind. “The queen will never abdicateHe said to People an elderly former royal assistant. “Filippo would never have wanted him to fail in a duty which is a lifetime commitment “. Therefore the queen will not betray her subjects. And “she will continue to do what she does best: keep calm and move on.” His Majesty has already proved it. Taking part in the first royal duty after her husband’s death: a small ceremony, in Windsor Castle, in honor of Lord Chamberlain Earl Peel, who retired after fourteen in the service of Her Majesty.
In addition to royal duties, the queen finds herself facing, alone, the feud between her grandchildren Harry e William. And the issues of protocol that at the funeral of grandfather Filippo could exacerbate tensions between brothers. Harry in theory, having lost the military roles to which he was so attached with the farewell to the royal family, unlike William he will not be able to go to the funeral service wearing a uniform. Nor will he be able to pay the military salute to the coffin. For Meghan’s husband – that he has a long military training behind him, he also served in Afghanistan, and repeatedly said how much importance the army had in his life, allowing him to grow and confront reality – it would be a big setback. LA queen – who certainly doesn’t want further family tensions at her husband’s funeral – could get out of her way by exploiting one law of 1984 according to which «it is illegal that any person not serving in His Majesty’s military forces wear the uniform of any of these forces without His Majesty’s permission. ‘ In short, Elizabeth could circumvent protocol issues by personally granting Harry permission to wear the uniform.
To find out if it will or not, we just have to wait a few days. We already know, however, that Harry immediately after the funeral will again put an ocean of distance between him and the royal family. As it reveals PageSix, Prince he intends to stay in London as little as possible. Because he can’t wait to get back to his wife Meghan Markle, pregnant of their second daughter, and from the little one Archie.
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