Lady Louise Windsor paid secret touching tribute to the Queen and Prince Philip during grandchildren’s vigil
LADY Louise Windsor has paid a touching tribute to her grandparents, the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
As all the Queen’s grandchildren gathered to stand vigil at her coffin in Westminster Hall, Lady Louise could be seen wearing a necklace with a horse pendant on.
The necklace was paired with black mourning dress and hat.
She was dressed similarly to her female cousins who were all dressed in all-black, as where the men, with the exception of Prince William and Prince Harry, who wore military uniform for the occasion.
Lady Louise shares her late grandmother’s love of horses, and when Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away in 2021, it was Louise who inherited his beloved horses and carriage.
Lady Louise could be seen wearing the necklace as she and her cousins arrived at Westminster Hall for their vigil.
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She took part in the vigil alongside her six cousins, and younger brotherJames, Viscount Severn, who took part despite his young age.
Louise and her brother are the children of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Louise is currently 15th in line to the throne, behind her younger brother, as they were both born before the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, which officially ended the centuries-old rule that male offspring take precedence over females.
The Queen was quite fond of Sophie and James, and in 2019 a Royal source told The Sun:
“The Queen loves the fact that Louise and James relish their time at Balmoral, and she has become particularly close to Louise, who seems to have become her favourite grandchild, closely followed by James.
“Louise also endeared herself to everyone by looking after William and Kate’s children when they were up here.
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“Louise loves drawing and sketching and was very patiently trying to get Charlotte to do pictures of rabbits and deer.
“Because of her obvious artistic skill, the Queen allowed Louise to look through some of the collection of Queen Victoria’s Highlands sketches which are kept at Balmoral but are rarely dug out these days.”