Despite taking a break from royal duties, Prince Harry joined his brother for the state funeral services for the Queen, and observers watched the pair’s every move and conversation intently.
When the Queen’s coffin was being removed from Westminster Hall, at the centre of the Palace of Westminster, where she had been lying in state, William, wearing his RAF No. 1 uniform, and the Duke of Sussex, wearing traditional funeral wear and medals, marched gently behind their father, the King.
As the procession came to a halt after its short journey around Parliament Square, the Prince of Wales saluted, while his brother bowed his head, as the coffin was lifted from the gun carriage.
Once inside, the Princess of Wales, with her two older children George and Charlotte, and the Duchess of Sussex, both wearing wide-brimmed black hats and with solemn expressions, joined the procession behind the coffin to the nave.
Following some controversy about Harry and Meghan holding hands as they left Westminster Hall following the short service at the beginning of the Queen’s lying in the state last week, the couple walked side by side, but this time did not hold hands.
They were seated directly behind the King and Queen Consort, facing the coffin, while William and Kate – for whom the abbey holds happier memories as the place of their wedding more than a decade ago – were across the aisle with their two children.
After the funeral ended with a rendition of the national anthem, the two brothers joined the huge procession escorting the Queen on the beginning of her final journey, marching once again with sombre expressions behind the gun carriage as their wives followed behind in slowly-driven cars.
William saluted the Cenotaph, while Harry bowed his head as they passed the memorial to Britain’s war dead.
Later, on arrival in Windsor, William and Harry walked next to each other as they followed the coffin into St George’s Chapel – but no words were exchanged in front of the TV cameras.
Once inside the chapel, William and Kate stood aside so that Harry and Meghan could enter a front pew.
Princess Charlotte then sat next to her uncle Harry on one side and her mother on the other.
Next to Kate was Prince George, followed by his father William.
Keen observers noticed that Harry and Princess Charlotte shared a moment during the service at St George’s Chapel.
Princess Charlotte was seen adjusting her hat before looking over at her uncle.
Harry was then seen briefly looking up and catching her eye, before smiling at the princess.