Prince Edward’s Wife Sophie Offers Him a Handkerchief During Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral Service: Photos

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Prince Edward was joined by wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to pay their respects to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her state funeral on Monday, September 19.Edward, 58, joined his siblings King Charles III, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew to honor the late monarch as they walked behind her coffin during the procession.

Following the service, Sophie, 57, sat alongside Meghan Markle as the duo traveled to Windsor Castle together.During the funeral service, Sophie handed her husband Edward a handkerchief after he got emotional at the day’s events.The prince and the countess, who wed in June 1999, share two children — daughter Lady Louise Windsor, 18, and son James, Viscount Severn, 14 — both of whom were in attendance at the late monarch’s funeral on Monday.The Earl of Wessex, who is the youngest son of Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip, is currently 13th in line for the British throne.

Ahead of his mother’s funeral, Edward made a public statement about the loss.“As a family, we have grown up learning to share our parents, especially our beloved mama, with the Nation, her Realms and the Commonwealth,” he wrote via the royal family’s Instagram account on Friday, September 16. “While it has been lovely to have spent time saying our own farewell privately at Balmoral, it is now time to allow others to be able to say their farewell.”Following the sovereign’s death on September 8 at Balmoral Castle, Edward joined his three older siblings in Scotland.

On September 11, the four children followed their late mother’s hearse during the funeral procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland.On Wednesday, September 14, the earl walked in the procession to Westminster Hall with