Prince George and Princess Charlotte's innocent question after Queen Elizabeth II's death
Princess Kate Middleton and Prince William wanted to give their children 'normalcy' after the monarch's death...Although Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were still young when they lost their great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, they understood how the country mourned her death following her passing.
The late monarch died in September 2022, and King Charles ascended to the throne.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, with the young Wales’ being praised for their respectful and quiet demeanour on the sad day. Royal fans also spotted the sweet moment Charlotte reminded older brother George to bow to the Queen’s coffin when it passed during the royal procession.
Royals in mourning
Despite still being in a period of royal mourning, Kate and Prince William attended an engagement days following the late queen’s death.
Kate and William made a special trip to Windsor Guildhall to meet volunteers and staff. They also took the opportunity to thank the volunteers for supporting the large crowds that gathered in Windsor to commemorate the Queen on the day of her funeral. As per royal mourning guidelines, the Prince and Princess of Wales wore black as a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty.
The period of mourning lasted from the day of her death to seven days after the queen’s funeral.
Queen Elizabeth died from old age, which was listed as her cause of death officially. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed in his memoir that the monarch had been diagnosed with bone cancer before she died. However, Buckingham Palace never responded to Johnson’s claims.
It was during this engagement that Kate revealed what Prince George and Princess Charlotte had asked her following Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s question after Queen Elizabeth’s death
Speaking about the preparations the volunteers had made for the day of the funeral, Kate revealed that she, William, and the children had watched it unfold whilst on the school run.
“When we’ve been doing the school run, we’ve been able to see the preparations going up. We’ve seen it growing,” Kate said.
“It must have been quite a mission. Having gone backward and forwards last week, we could see it slowly growing. It seemed so well organised,” she continued.
The Princess of Wales then revealed that her children had been “beady-eyed” and had spotted drones flying around the area for security reasons.
She then went on to say that they couldn’t help but ask their parents about them.
How have George and Charlotte coped with the Queen’s death?
The royals later revealed that the royal children had remained in school during the national mourning period.
They explained that they had done this to give the kids a sense of “continuity” and “normality”.
“He spoke about George, Charlotte, and Louis, saying that they were trying to keep some sense of continuity for them at school and keep things as normal as possible,” a well-wisher revealed at the time.
Kate later admitted that whilst George understood the loss of the Queen, Charlotte and Louis didn’t so much.
George and Charlotte, of course, were in attendance at the Queen’s funeral on September 19. The royal children walked behind the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Abbey.
They were also in attendance at the committal service in Windsor later on that day.
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