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Princess Kate discreetly curtsies to the Queen during final journey - watch

Princess Kate looked sombre

Deputy Online Editor
September 14, 2022

The Princess of Wales was among the royal women who were seen curtsying towards the Queen during her final journey ahead of her funeral.

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On Wednesday afternoon, the late monarch left Buckingham Palace for the final time, with the King and the royal family walking behind her coffin in solemn procession to the lying in state.

WATCH: Kate Middleton discreetly curtsies to the Queen during final journey - watch

Once inside Westminster Hall, where the Queen's coffin will lie in state, Kate showed her respect for the late Queen as she subtly bobbed down into a low curtsy.

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Royal ladies normally curtsy and bow their heads in public if they're seeing the sovereign for the first time that day. For men, the greeting is normally a neck bow.

The Queen has now been handed to the care of the nation for a period of lying in state after her family marched in homage behind her coffin as it was carried to Westminster Hall.

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A gun carriage that had borne the coffins of her mother and father carried the late monarch to Westminster Hall – a procession through the heart of the capital that was watched by tens of thousands who lined the route.

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The Queen Consort and Princess Kate did not join the procession but left for Westminster Palace by car, followed by another vehicle carrying the Duchess of Sussex and Countess of Wessex.

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The royal family paying their respects to the Queen on Wednesday

King Charles III walked in line with the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex.

Behind the King were the Queen's grandsons in a line – Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales – who were followed by the late monarch's son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen’s cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdon.

Royal family members saluted as they made their way past the Cenotaph while Harry bowed his head.

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