Queen Elizabeth made her first big public appearance outside palace walls in five months for a memorial service for her husband of 73 years, the late Prince Philip. The 95-year-old queen arrived at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday morning through a side entrance, at the Poet’s Corner, holding the arm of her disgraced second son, Prince Andrew, who escorted her from Windsor Castle to London. The longest-serving monarch in British history walked with the aid of a cane. She was slightly stooped but sure enough on her feet to go unassisted from the aisle to her chair, which served as a kind of throne. She sat beside her eldest son, Prince Charles, who will be king, and spent a moment digging through one of her famous handbags for her glasses to read the order of service and words to the first hymn. And then she began to sing. READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth’s diary ‘under review’ with palace staff now ‘pacing’ her schedule Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for Covid-19 Queen Elizabeth returns to work after Covid-19 scare How the royals will continue to honor Prince Philip after his funeral She was joined by thousands gathered in the abbey… Read full this story
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