Overview

• Queen Camilla withdrew from the service hours beforehand due to acute sinusitis, with the palace saying she is recovering ahead of this week’s state visit by President Donald Trump.
• The Duke of Kent attended with his three children and 10 grandchildren before the coffin’s journey to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore.
• Cardinal Vincent Nichols led the Requiem Mass, and the apostolic nuncio delivered Pope Leo XIV’s tribute to the late duchess.
• The wicker coffin, draped in the Royal Standard and topped with white roses, was accompanied by the bagpipe lament Sleep, Dearie, Sleep.
• The Prince and Princess of Wales joined senior royals, Prince Andrew made a rare appearance with Sarah, Duchess of York, and the Duke of Edinburgh was absent on duties in Papua New Guinea.