Published:
21 Apr 2021 02:00 GMT
The British Royal Family is currently mourning the Duke of Edinburgh for two weeks.
Queen Elizabeth II will not respect a traditional aspect of the mourning ritual following the death of her husband, Prince Philip, who passed away on April 9 at the age of 99. The royal family is currently observing a two-week mourning period that will end on April 23.
The royal protocol that the monarch will not follow is the use of black-bordered stationery during the official mourning period. Instead, he will use his personalized paper, which will include, yes, his shield in black and not the traditional red, according to the People portal.
Unlike the Queen, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, use standard black-edged stationery during that mourning period, in keeping with a tradition dating back to the 19th century.
At the same time, the Queen sent a final note to her husband, signed with the childhood nickname ‘Lilibet’, with the traditional black borders. The monarch placed the letter, handwritten, among a bouquet of white flowers in the chest of the late Duke of Edinburgh.
On April 21, Elizabeth II turns 95 and is expected to celebrate surrounded by a limited circle of people at Windsor Castle.