Overview

• A Requiem Mass at Westminster Cathedral marked the first Catholic funeral for a modern British royal following the Duchess’s death on September 4.
• The Prince and Princess of Wales attended alongside senior royals, with the Duke of Kent and his children leading the family contingent.
• Buckingham Palace said the Queen is recovering from acute sinusitis and is resting at Windsor, with hopes to join the U.S. state visit later this week.
• Cardinal Vincent Nichols led the service, and a message from Pope Leo XIV was read by the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia.
• After the Mass, the coffin is to be taken by hearse to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore in Windsor for interment, and Prince Harry did not attend.