Queen Elizabeth II is back to work just days after husband Prince Philip died last week.
The monarch resumed royal duties Tuesday when she attended the retirement ceremony of the royal household’s most senior official, Lord Chamberlain Earl Peel, at Windsor Castle, according to the Court Circular, an official record of royal engagements.
The royals, according to the palace, will “undertake engagements appropriate to the circumstances” during the two weeks the family will spend mourning the Duke of Edinburgh, who died Friday at age 99, The Associated Press reports.
Princess Anne, daughter of the queen and late prince, a Royal Navy veteran and avid sailor, visited sailors Wednesday at the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Prince Philip’s funeral will be held at Windsor Castle on Saturday.
“It’s incredibly important. We feel nervous,” Sgt. Bugler Jamie Ritchie, one of four Royal Marines playing “The Last Post” during the upcoming service, told the Associated Press. “We feel the pressure, but we’re channeling that and we’re using that and we’re going to deliver an outstanding performance.”
Due to coronavirus restrictions, only 30 people will be in attendance, though hundreds of service members from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Air Force will be involved in the procession.
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