The Royal Family shared a poignant tribute to the late Queen on Monday night alongside a Shakespearean quote from the King's first public address.
The family's official Twitter account published a never before seen photo of the Queen, taken at Balmoral in 1971, with the words: "May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest. In loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen." The photo sees Her Majesty hiking through the heathlands at her beloved Aberdeenshire estate.
The quote is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and was said by King Charles in his first address to the nation on the day after the Queen's death. In Act 5 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet’s best friend, Horatio, holds his dying friend in his arms and pays tribute to the Prince of Denmark, saying: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!”
