Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandchildren George and Charlotte attended her funeral Monday, signalling the more prominent role they will now play as the children of the first-in-line for the throne.
The two eldest children of the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the funeral procession as it entered Westminster Abbey.
Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, walked with their mother Catherine, Princess of Wales.
George, now second in line to the throne, wore a dark suit and tie while Charlotte wore a black dress and hat. Their younger brother Louis, four, did not take part. The children were shown attentively looking at the order of service, seated with their mother and father, and following the coffin out of the cathedral.
While the children are much younger, the scene evoked memories of William and his brother Harry walking behind the coffin of their mother Diana, princess of Wales, in 1997, when they were aged 15 and 12 respectively.
William told members of the public that walking behind the queen's coffin when it was taken in a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Wednesday had "brought back a few memories" of that event.
While British media does not show William and Catherine's children going about their ordinary lives, the two eldest children have been in the spotlight as they attended major public events recently.
