The eight grandchildren of Isabel II perform the vigil guard around the coffin of their grandmother

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Elizabeth II’s eight grandchildren held a traditional vigil guard this Saturday around the late queen’s coffin led by the Prince of Wales, William. The Duke of Sussex, Harry, Prince William’s brother, as well as Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, Princesses Beatriz and Eugénie, Luisa and Viscount Severn, Jacobo. The oldest is Peter Phillips, 44 years old, while Jacobo is 14. The eight have surrounded the coffin and have remained with their backs to him for about 15 minutes in what has already become a tradition of the British monarchy. William and Henry have wore very similar black military uniforms. William’s is uniform number 1 of the Royal Mounted Guards and First Dragon Battalion adorned with the Order of the Garter sash, the Star of the Order of the Garter, the gold, diamond and platinum Jubilee medals and the wings of the British Royal Air Force. The Queen’s eight grandchildren have arrived in Westminster Hall to stand vigil at her coffin:- The Prince of Wales
-The Duke of Sussex
-Peter Phillips
-Zara Tindall
-Princess Beatrice
-Princess Eugenie
-Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
– Viscount Severn pic.twitter.com/sCC4TlOAzS—Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) September 17, 2022 Henry also wears uniform number 1 of the Royal Mounted Guards and First Battalion of Dragoons, the knight star commander of the Royal Victorian Order , the Afghanistan Operational Service Medal, the diamond and platinum jubilee medals and the Army pilot’s wings. The question was whether Prince Harry could wear a military uniform at the vigil, now that he is no longer officially part of the Royal Family. , but finally he has been able to use it at the express request of his father, King Carlos III. The other six grandchildren dressed in rigorous black similar to what they have already worn in other acts since the death of Elizabeth II. This tradition is formally called Vigil of the Princes. It was inaugurated in 1936, when King Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, surrounded the coffin of their father, King George V. Since then it has only been repeated in 2002 with the Queen Mother. Last Sunday they were the four children of the queen who held the vigil for about 15 minutes around the coffin in the Cathedral of San Gil in Edinburgh.