The royal family has found subtle and heartwarming ways to honor Queen Elizabeth II after her death.
King Charles III, who ascended the throne after his late mother’s passing at age 96 in September 2022, mentioned Elizabeth in his first royal address that same month.
“I know how deeply you, the entire nation — and I think I may say the whole world — sympathize with me in the irreparable loss we have all suffered,” he said at the time, while speaking to the accession council at St James’ Palace. “It is the greatest consolation to me to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sister [Princess Anne] and my brothers [Prince Andrew and Prince Edward] and that such overwhelming affection and support should be extended to our whole family in our loss.”
The royals have continuously paid tribute to the late queen since her death. Princess Kate revealed in September 2022 that her relatives witnessed multiple rainbows over Balmoral Castle in Scotland, which is where Elizabeth died.
“In Scotland, how many rainbows turned up?” the Prince of Wales reportedly asked his wife when the pair met with volunteers and operational staff who assisted in the queen’s funeral preparations at Windsor Guildhall. “You hardly ever see rainbows up there, but there were five.”
The Princess of Wales — who shares Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis with her husband — replied: “Her Majesty was looking down on us.”
Scroll down to see more of the royal family’s sweet tributes to Queen Elizabeth II:
