A body language expert has studied footage of Harry and Meghan during a 20-minute service to honour The Queen at Westminster Hall on Wednesday, September 15, after the pair appeared to break formation. The expert says the move appeared to be a "desperately important re-coupling".
As the Queen's coffin left Buckingham Palace for the final time to begin the period of Lying in State at Westminster Hall, a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and accompanied by the Dean of Westminster began. The Mirror reported that during the service, members of the Royal Family stood in formation facing the coffin on its purple-covered catafalque, which was flanked with a tall, yellow flickering candle at each corner of the wide scarlet platform. The King and Queen Consort stood at the front, followed by the Queen's children, then Prince William and his wife Kate - the new Prince and Princess of Wales - and Harry and Meghan.
Once the short service was over and the Queen's relatives left the hall. The Sussexes were one of the few royal couples to hold hands after both had bowed and curtsied to the coffin. According to body language expert Judi James, their hand holding gesture was very noticeable and one it appeared they needed.
