Prince Charles.Photo: Peter Cziborra - WPA Pool/Getty
Prince Charlespersonally thanked the Welsh Guards who participated inPrince Philip’s funeral.
Prince Charlesmade his first public appearance since his father’s April 17 funeral on Wednesday, visiting the Welsh Guards at their barracks in Windsor.
“I was so enormously proud of those of you who formed part of the complement during my father’s funeral recently,” he said during the visit. “If I may say so, what a wonderful credit not only to the Welsh Guards but also the Households Division and all those who were on parade, for what you all did.”
“People from other countries rang me up to say that they had never seen anything quite so marvelous, so beautifully done and with such dignity and style,” Charles told them.
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“Of course it is something with which you are all rightly famed, but I know my father would have been also enormously touched because he had dreamt up this particular way he wanted it done,” Charles continued. “So you did him proud — and you certainly did make your old Colonel very proud indeed.”
Prince Charles, the eldest child ofQueen ElizabethandPrince Philip, became the Colonel of the Welsh Guards in 1975 after his father passed the role on to him.
Welsh Guards.Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty
Earlier this week, it was revealed thatPrince Charleschose ablack and white throwback phototo thank people who sent condolences after his father’s death at age 99. Instagram userLise Mshared a thank you card she received fromPrince Charles' office. The letter contained an image from 1958, which showed a young Charles riding with his father in a small motorboat at Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Prince Philip and Prince Charles.PA Images via Getty
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It concluded, “The Prince of Wales sends you his warmest thanks and best wishes.”
source: people.com
