By Marisa Laudadio
10:07am PDT, Sep 21, 2023
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A year after Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 on Sept. 8, 2022, Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at these striking photos from her funeral — which took place a year ago on Sept. 19, 2022 — starting with this somber shot…
Princess Kate rides in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral cortege near Marlborough Gate in London as it makes its way through London and continues to Windsor, England, for a committal ceremony and burial at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
Keep reading to see more striking images from that day…
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A heartbroken and grieving King Charles III and Princess Anne walk in the funeral procession for their mother Queen Elizabeth II as it makes its way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace in London via Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, led by massed Pipes and Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, The Brigade of Gurkhas, the Royal Air Force and a total of 6,000 representatives from all three Armed Forces on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Duchess Meghan and Camilla, Queen Consort watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves her funeral at London's Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022. Meghan honored the late monarch by wearing pearl and diamond drop earrings that were gifted to her by the queen in 2018. Camilla wore Queen Victoria's Hesse Diamond Jubilee brooch, which dates back to the late 1800s.
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Britain's Princess Charlotte of Wales looks somber as she follows by car the coffin of great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II as it travels on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London on Sept. 19, 2022, after the monarch's state funeral.
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Members of the Royal Household stand with two of Queen Elizabeth's beloved corgis, Muick and Sandy, as they await the arrival of the monarch's funeral cortege at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Surrounded by tens of thousands of flowers left by mourners, Emma — the fell pony Queen Elizabeth II loved to ride around the grounds of her estate in Windsor, England — stands riderless, watching as the monarch's coffin passes by and returns to Windsor Castle for the final time for her interment at St. George's Chapel on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice and more royals observe the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it's transferred from the gun carriage to the hearse at Wellington Arch following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. The funeral cortege continued on to Windsor, England, for a committal ceremony and burial at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Prince George and Princess Charlotte watch Queen Elizabeth II's funeral cortege from Wellington Arch in London as it continues its journey to Windsor, England, for a committal ceremony and burial at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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The state hearse procession carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II makes its way to Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, after arriving from London on Sept. 19, 2022. Following a public committal ceremony inside St. George's Chapel on the castle's grounds, the queen was interred with her late husband, Prince Philip, and her parents and sister in the chapel in a private burial for family.
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The Royal State Hearse — covered in flowers thrown by the grieving public and carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II — arrives at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, for the late monarch's committal service at St. George's Chapel on Sept. 19, 2022, following her state funeral in London.
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King Charles III salutes from his car at Wellington Arch in London as the funeral cortege for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, continues its journey to Windsor, England, where she was interred inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor, Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Britain's Princess Charlotte of Wales, 7, and Prince George of Wales, 9, follow by car the coffin of great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II as it travels on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London on Sept. 19, 2022, after the monarch's state funeral. Charlotte wore a diamond horseshoe brooch — a gift from the queen when she was still alive — to honor her late great-grandmother's love of horses. She also wore a hat to a royal event for the first time.
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Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips stand behind grandmother Queen Elizabeth II's coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stand behind mother Queen Elizabeth II's coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Princess Charlotte arrives at London's Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Britain's grieving Princess Kate and daughter Princess Charlotte follow by car the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it travels on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London on Sept. 19, 2022, after the monarch's state funeral. Kate honored the monarch by wearing a pearl and diamond necklace and pearl drop earrings that previously belonged to Elizabeth.
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Prince George arrives at London's Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Britain's King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it leaves Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022. The casket is draped in the royal standard and adorned with the Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign's orb and sceptre and a floral wreath. At The King's request, the wreath contains foliage of rosemary, English oak and myrtle cut from a plant grown from the myrtle in the queen's 1947 wedding bouquet plus flowers in shades of gold, pink and burgundy, with touches of white, cut from the gardens of royal residences. The car on top, written by the king, reads, "In loving and devoted memory, Charles R."
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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin makes its way to Westminster Abbey in London pulled and surrounded by 98 Royal Navy sailors on a 123-year-old gun carriage for her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022. Her casket is draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre sitting on top.
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Princess Kate and her two eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, are greeted by clergy as they arrive at London's Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Westminster Abbey in London to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Princess Kate and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, stand next to Duchess Meghan as they arrive at Westminster Abbey in London for the state funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie arrive at the state funeral of their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Members of the royal family including Zara Tindall and husband Mike Tindall, Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex travel to Westminster Abbey in London for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Princess Kate's parents, Michael Middleton and Carole Middleton, arrive for the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II's children — King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — and grandsons Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips stand behind the monarch's coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Duchess Meghan, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Princess Kate, Camilla, Queen Consort and Sophie, Countess of Wessex watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves her funeral at London's Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Kate, Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales travel down The Mall in London to Westminster Abbey to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin makes its way down the aisle at Westminster Abbey in London, followed by her family including King Charles III and her children, during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Sarah, Duchess of York arrives at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre, is carried by the Bearer Party inside Westminster Cathedral in London on Sept. 19, 2022, as the royal family looks on: (front row): King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Andrew Prince Edward, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Kate, Princess Charlotte and Peter Phillips; (second row) Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Lady Louise Windsor, James, Viscount Severn, Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie, Sarah, Duchess of York, David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon; (third row) Samuel Chatto, Arthur Chatto, Lady Sarah Chatto, Daniel Chatto, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, the Earl and Countess of St. Andrews.
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Monaco's Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at London's Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022.
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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II's niece Lady Sarah Chatto — the daughter of the late Princess Margaret — and husband Daniel Chatto arrive at the monarch's state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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The Netherland's former Queen Beatrix walks with son King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen Maxima, followed by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf XVI and Queen Silvia, and Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Queen Margrethe II and her son, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema arrive at Westminster Abbey in London to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Greece's Queen Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and mother Princess Beatrix, the former queen of The Netherlands, arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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King Harald V of Norway arrives at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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The former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II's cousins — Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, and Prince Michael of Kent — arrive at her state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19, 2022.
