Royal Guests at the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigning and Exiled Royalty from around the world joined the Heads of State and Representatives of 121 Countries for the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on this day last year, but only a select few close Royal Friends and Relatives joined the British Royal Family for the Committal Service at Windsor Castle. The previous evening, the British Royal Family had hosted a Reception for visiting Heads of State at Buckingham Palace.

Funeral at Westminster Abbey | Committal Service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle | Heads of State Reception at Buckingham Palace

The British Royal Family walked in formation into and out of Westminster Abbey, and then into St George’s Chapel at Windsor, while the males, with the exception of the Princess Royal, also followed the late Queen’s Coffin through London to Marble Arch and through Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel.

Queen Camilla King Charles III

Sir Timothy Laurence Princess Royal

Duke of York

Countess of Wessex Earl of Wessex

Princess of Wales Prince of Wales

Princess Charlotte Prince George

Duchess of Sussex Duke of Sussex

Earl of Snowdon Peter Phillips

Duke of Gloucester

Prince Michael of Kent Duke of Kent

Twenty-Two Kings and Seventeen Queens joined the Heads of State and Representatives of 121 Countries for the Funeral Service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, with the European Royal Guests seated ahead of the other Royal Guests, directly opposite the British Royal Family:

Queen Margrethe II (in the Connaught Pearl Brooch) and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden

King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway (wearing the Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway)

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands

Queen Anne-Marie (wearing Queen Louise’s Seed Pearl Brooch), Crown Prince Pavlos, and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (in Queen Frederica’s Ruby Pendant)

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium (in her Diamond Butterfly Brooch)

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan

King Abdullah and Queen Azizah of Malaysia

King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Prince Mateen of Brunei

King Jigme and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan

King Letsie III of Lesotho

King Tupou VI of Tonga

Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco

The Emir of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani

The Sultan of Oman

Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein

Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

The King and Crown Prince of Bahrain, The Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates,

Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria

Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (wearing Queen Helen’s Fleur-de-Lys Brooch) and Prince Radu

Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

While the Funeral Service was open to Heads of State and representatives of 121 Foreign Countries, only a select few close Royal Friends and Relatives joined the British Royal Family for the Committal Service at Windsor Castle, including some who did not even attend the Service. The European Royal Guests sat on the upper row of the left hand side of the Chapel, above members of the British Royal Family, while other Royal Friends sat in the front rows of the congregation.