CONFIRMED: Queen Elizabeth to attend Prince Philip memorial service
The Buckingham Palace says the Queen is currently intending to attend the memorial service later this morning.
British Queen Elizabeth II will attend Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey, according to royal expert Chris Ship.
Chris Ship tweeted, “NEW: The Queen will attend today’s Thanksgiving service for her late husband at wabbey.
“Buckingham Palace says she is intending to travel there for the Duke of Edinburgh, which gets underway at 11:15am.
“Her last public engagement was on 5 February,” he further said.
Another royal expert Omid Scobie also confirmed Queen’s participation.
He tweeted, “Buckingham Palace say the Queen IS currently intending to attend the memorial service later this morning. A decision had been left to the last moment in case the monarch was not feeling up to it.”