Princess Charlotte seen telling older brother Prince George to bow as Queen’s coffin passes by

Princess Charlotte was seen giving her older brother Prince George some advice on royal protocol during Queen Elizabeth’s funeral yesterday.

As they waited for their great-grandmother’s coffin to go past them at Wellington Arch, the seven-year-old told her nine-year-old brother, who is second-in-line to the throne, that they ‘have to bow’. 

As she gave the instruction, the young Prince could be seen listening intently. 

The children attended both services at Westminster Abbey and St George’s Chapel yesterday (Monday September 19th) with their parents, the new Prince and Princess of Wales. 

Social media users praised the siblings for their professionalism throughout the lengthy services, with many saying they were ‘proud’ of them.

One person wrote: “Really impressed with how Prince George and Princess Charlotte behaved yesterday. Although they are not the first 9 and 7 y/0 to go to a funeral, not everyone goes to a funeral that big, where the eyes of the world are literally on them. A testament to their parents parenting.”

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Another commented: “Prince George and Princess Charlotte were so well behaved during The Queen’s funeral today. Their parents can be very proud of them.”

A third recalled: “I was nine when I attended my nana’s funeral and I still to this day remember how scary/sad I found it all – I can’t imagine how George and Charlotte must be feeling.”

Her Majesty The Queen’s state funeral took place yesterday after her coffin laid in state at Westminster Hall for four days, where it was visited by an estimated 250,000 mourners, according to Reuters. 

And after her record-breaking seventy-year reign, the Queen’s funeral is set to make history as the most viewed television broadcast in history. 

Currently, the most-watched event on TV in the UK is the funeral service of Princess Diana, which took place twenty-five-years ago on September 6th 1997, drawing in an average of 32.1 million people.

However, Her Majesty’s funeral yesterday had an estimated 19.3 million tuning in via BBC One and 11.7 million on ITV at home, while global audiences figures are said to have reached 2.5 billion.