Overview

• King Charles III and the Prince and Princess of Wales attended the service, while Queen Camilla did not attend due to acute sinusitis, according to Buckingham Palace.
• The English‑willow coffin, draped with a royal standard, processed up the nave as a Royal Dragoon Guards piper played the lament heard at Queen Elizabeth II’s 2022 funeral.
• Before the mass, the coffin lay in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary after several days in the private chapel at Kensington Palace.
• Cardinal Vincent Nichols officiated the requiem, marking the first royal funeral hosted by Westminster Cathedral since its construction.
• Following the public rites, the coffin was taken to the Royal Cemetery at Frogmore in Windsor for a private interment, with condolences conveyed from the Vatican via the apostolic nuncio.