They included Peter
Phillips’ two daughters, Savannah and Isla, who were seen arriving for the
service with their aunt and uncle, Zara and Mike Tindall, and
their eldest daughter Mia, eight.
The two girls, aged 11 and ten
respectively, wore black dresses and tights for the sombre occasion and
had their blonde hair tied back with black headbands.
Savannah and Isla walked into
the chapel with Zara, Mike and Mia, as their dad Peter was walking in the
procession behind the Queen’s coffin. Their mother, Autumn Kelly, from whom
Peter recently divorced, did not attend the service.
Peter’s
daughters were also seen at a vigil while the Queen was lying-in-state on
Friday evening. They were in the gallery with their father and several
other members of the royal family as their grandmother Princess Anne took her
place alongside King Charles III, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward for a silent
vigil beside the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall.
Isla and Savannah didn’t play
a role in Monday’s ceremony, but the Prince and Princess of Wales’ eldest
children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, both took part in the
processions at both the State Funeral ceremony and the Committal Service, a
decision that HELLO!’s royal editor, Emily Nash said was to send a
“message of unity and continuity”.
“I think William and
Kate’s decision to bring George and Charlotte was about them honouring their
great-grandmother as members of her family as her beloved great-grandchildren,
of which she was very proud but It also sent a message of unity and continuity
which is so important to the monarchy.
“This was also about
showing the King, his heir, Prince William and also Prince George who is now
second in line to the throne. I think that really sends a symbol of continuity
out to the world.”
