
Princesses Beatrice and Euginie have issued a statement paying tribute to their late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, thanking her for being the “loving hand on our backs leading us through this world.”
The late monarch’s grandchildren, who will stand alongside their six cousins later today to hold an evening vigil by the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, said in a statement: “Our dearest Grannie, we’ve not been able to put much into words since you left us all.