The Queen Carried Two Poignant Items in Her Handbag for Tuesday’s Service of Thanksgiving for Prince Philip

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The Queen Carried Two Poignant Items in Her Handbag for Tuesday’s Service of Thanksgiving for Prince Philip
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Both items provided comfort to Her Majesty.

Though the funeral for her beloved husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, was held last April, it was limited to 30 people because of COVID restrictions at the time. So, to allow the many charities and patronages Philip worked with throughout his long life to properly honor and celebrate him, a Service of Thanksgiving was planned for March 29 at Westminster Abbey.

To help give her comfort at Tuesday’s service, Her Majesty carried two special items in her handbag, thereported. Both were keepsakes from their marriage—a photo of the couple as newlyweds, and a white handkerchief of her late husband’s. The then Princess Elizabeth married Philip in 1947 and counted their two years spent living in Malta, from 1949 to 1951—where Philip was stationed in the Royal Navy—as some of their favorites. The photo the Queen carried, it is reported, was one of she and the love of her life during those years in Malta, described as the most carefree of their marriage, just before King George VI’s death in February 1952 and the beginning of her 70-year reign as Queen.

Also tucked into her handbag to provide comfort was a white handkerchief made by Savile Row tailors Kent & Haste, a trademark of Philip’s. Philip folded the handkerchiefs into squares in a classic style, theThose were certainly not the only personal touches at the Service of Thanksgiving, which took place at the same venue the Queen and Philip were married in so many years ago.

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