Charles Spencer, the brother of the latePrincess Dianaand god son ofQueen Elizabeth II, attended Her Majesty’s committal service on Monday.
Before the service, Spencer posted an image of his cufflinks on Twitter in honor ofQueen Elizabeth, who his father was an equerry to in the ’50s. The cufflinks featured Her Majesty’s initials, E.R., as well as the Roman numerals “II” in the center.
“Wearing these at Windsor today, with great sadness and pride,” Spencer tweeted around 4 a.m. ET Monday.
Spencer, 58, has continued to pay tribute toQueen Elizabethfollowing her Sept. 8 death, as he has shared photos of the queen and the funeral service of King George VI.
“Black and white photography proves so evocative when capturing the funeral of George VI, 70 years ago,” he captioned one image on Twitter. “Here my 28-year-old father marches beside the kind’s coffin on its journey to [Westminster Abbey]”
Charles, 9th Earl Spencer.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images
Spencer is the maternal uncle ofPrince HarryandPrince William, and his father was equerry to King George VI in 1950 and Queen Elizabeth from 1952 to 1954, per theNew York Times. Earl Spencer was 68 years old when he died in 1992, five years before his daughter Diana died in a car crash.
Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral earlier Monday saw 2,000 people from around the world in attendance, and the service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle that afternoon featured a more intimate crowd of roughly 800 people.
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source: people.com
