Meghan Markle Wipes Away Tear and Shares Sweet Moment with Princess Charlotte at Queen’s Funeral

Meghan Markle had an emotional second on the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth.

The Duchess of Sussex, 41, was photographed wiping away a tear following the service honoring the Queen at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday. She attended the funeral alongside husband Prince Harry and members of the royal household.

The emotional moments unfolded outdoors Westminster Abbey earlier than the late monarch’s coffin was taken to Wellington Arch in Hyde Park. It was then transported to Windsor’s St. George’s Chapel, which shall be her ultimate resting place.

As King Charles III, Prince William and Prince Harry joined the procession behind the Queen’s coffin, Meghan stood outdoors Westminster Abbey alongside Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton. William and Kate’s two eldest youngsters, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, had been additionally with the group.

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At one level, as Meghan stood behind George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Camilla, 75, Charlotte circled and met the gaze of Meghan, who seemed down and gave the younger royal a candy smile.

Later, because the coffin was positioned into the hearse following the procession to Wellington Arch, Meghan was photographed with tears in her eyes as she stood subsequent to Harry, 38.

Meghan paid particular tribute to Queen Elizabeth on Monday by sporting pearl and diamond drop earrings given to her by the late monarch.

She remembered her grandmother-in-law in the identical means throughout ceremonial funeral occasions final week. On Wednesday, she wore the earrings because the Queen’s coffin ceremoniously processed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor.

The Queen, who lent and gifted jewellery to her feminine relations by way of the years, offered Meghan with the elegant earrings in honor of their first solo outing collectively in 2018.

Meghan arrived at Westminster Abbey Monday morning in a automobile with Harry, who joined King Charles, 73, and different members of the royal household in a procession to Westminster Abbey from Westminster Corridor, the place the Queen had been mendacity in state since Wednesday.

Harry, who turned 38 on Thursday, and Meghan had traveled to Europe from their California house earlier this month for a collection of charity occasions.

They had been set to make an look on the WellChild Awards in London when Queen Elizabeth died, and Harry headed to Scotland to be with the household.

On September 10, Meghan and Harry joined William and Kate, each 40, at Windsor Citadel to view tributes to the late Queen and greet well-wishers.

Prince William, who invited his brother and sister-in-law to affix him and Kate, thought the outing “was an vital present of unity at an extremely troublesome time for the household,” a royal supply informed PEOPLE on the time.