Media questioned Queen Elizabeth II’s stoicism during the televised ceremony for her late husband Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday, held at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The couple had been married for 73 years. But it turns out she did …
The monarch sat alone during the ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. And the cameras remained remote for the most part, only swinging away from the chaplain and choir to zoom in on the queen a few times.
Did Queen Elizabeth cry at Prince Philip’s funeral? What do the cameras not show, ‘asked the South China Morning Post in the headline on Saturday.
The USA Today has shared similar musings
“Queen Elizabeth II never cries in public – that is the common perception that has arisen over seven decades of overwhelming triumphs and terrible tragedies for the UK’s Head of State. Even if many believe it, it is not entirely true.”
“This is a terrible headline,” said author and journalist Sophia Nelson on Twitter.
“What a ridiculous headline,” agreed Iowa State Sen. Claire Celsi. “I can’t imagine this being written for a (sic) male leader in the same situation. Do better, @USATODAY.”
The Queen undoubtedly held her grief on Saturday at the funeral of her 73-year-old husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 at the age of 99, USA Today wrote in the criticized piece. The 94-year-old monarch kept her composure as she left her Bentley and entered St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, a small, curved figure dressed in black and wearing a matching face mask. She sat alone in the service, her head bowed , and left with the Dean of Windsor, who was serving. ”
After Saturday’s ceremony, a photographer from the Royal Central appears to have captured the Queen wiping away a tear as she drove away from the chapel.
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The queen’s tendency to hold back her emotions has also been depicted on Netflix’s “The Crown.” In an episode of season three, Queen Elizabeth II, played by Olivia Colman, does not cry after the tragic oil spill in the mining village of Aberfan that killed 144 people, including 116 children. She pretends to be crying in public, but once back at Buckingham Palace, she admits to confidants that she has blotted a ‘bone-dry eye’. And yet, by the time the episode ended, it was clear that the Queen did indeed feel sorry for what had happened privately.
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Letting people grieve their own way was the overwhelming response on social media.
Media reporting on Saturday’s funeral also received backlash for talking about how Princes William and Harry spoke to each other, given everything that has happened between them since the bombshell interview he and his wife Meghan Markle had with Oprah Winfrey. Again, social media users asked, This is news?