An emotional moment has been spotted at the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as her great-grandson wiped away tears. He was sat alongside his family at the service in Westminster Abbey.
Prince George, aged nine, had earlier joined his sister Princess Charlotte, seven, in the procession behind the Queen's coffin from Westminster Hall to the abbey, reports OK!. And he got emotional as the family took their seats inside.
Royal fans online spotted it while they watched the service on television.
“Seeing Prince George and Princess Charlotte so heartbroken has got the tears flowing”, posted one viewer on Twitter.
Another wrote: “Little Prince George wiping away tears. [Crying emoji.]”
“Prince George, now 2nd in line standing next to his father Prince William of Wales. I’m sorry he’s bringing me to tears,” added a third.
Both Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrived both dressed in dark attire. It emerged that the little prince had broken with traditional to wear a navy suit, rather than a black one.
Charlotte wore a black hat that sweetly matched her mum's choice of headwear. Kate offered a simple loving gesture to Charlotte as she was greeted by officials at the funeral, by placing her hand on Charlotte's shoulder to show she was there for her.
The mother and daughter also held hands as they headed into Westminster Abbey, which also hosted the Queen's wedding and coronation. Prince George also walked close to his mum and younger sibling as they walked inside the religious venue and took their seats for the service.
George and Charlotte’s younger brother, Prince Louis was absent from the service. Opening up to Governor-General of Australia David Hurley about her children’s reactions to their great-grandmother’s death, the Princess of Wales said that the young Prince Louis was struggling to understand things.
Recalling what she told him, the Governor-General said: “The younger one is now asking questions like, 'do you think we can still play these games when we go to Balmoral?' and things like that, because she's not going to be there.”
However she said George, who will one day be King, is "sort of now realising how important his great-grandmother was and what is going on".
Following the funeral another procession is taking place before the state hearse delivers the coffin on its final journey to Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty will be laid to rest in the royal vault next to her husband Prince Philip, who passed away last year.
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