The Service of Thanksgiving was Her Majesty's first major official engagement since she travelled to Cardiff to deliver a speech at the Welsh Senedd on 14 October.
For the Queen's comfort, the service was limited to 40 minutes and the monarch sat in one of the Canada chairs with an additional cushion.
The main concern ahead of the event was understood to be whether the Queen would be able to walk to her seat, having previously confessed to being unable to move.Her Majesty was actively involved in preparations for today's event, which included tributes from the Dean of Windsor and the Right Reverend David Conner, who described the duke as a"remarkable man" who could sometimes forget"just how intimidating he could be".
Princess Beatrice chuckled as the Dean noted:"He could be somewhat sharp in pricking what he thought to be bubbles of pomposity or sycophancy." The monarch, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Princess Royal were all dressed in dark green - a special tribute to Philip, whose livery colour was Edinburgh Green.
Attendees sang a rousing rendition of the hymn Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer, also known as Bread Of Heaven - one of Philip's funeral requests that had gone unfulfilled due to COVID rules.Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award winners and members of the youth UK Cadet Force associations lined the entrance to the abbey, and prayers were said by the clergy from Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral - other missing gestures from last year's memorial.
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