Queen Elizabeth back to Royal Duties four days after Death of Prince Philip

The Queen has returned to royal duties, four days after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, to mark the retirement of her household’s most senior official.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who was husband of the Queen and the longest serving royal consort in British history, died on Friday at the age of 99.

The monarch was back working on Tuesday holding her first in-person event since Philip’s passing on Friday, and hosted a ceremony as the Earl Peel formally stood down as Lord Chamberlain.

It was announced at the weekend the monarchy and their households would observe two weeks of royal mourning, with members of the family “continuing to undertake engagements appropriate to the circumstances,” a royal official said.

The Queen will resume her full workload, including next month’s State Opening of Parliament, after two weeks in mourning, it emerged on Monday. Prince Philip ‘would want us to get on with the job’, says Duke of Cambridge as monarch looks ahead to State Opening of Parliament.

Prince Philip’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will all come together on 17 April for his funeral in St. George’s Chapel.

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