Queen Elizabeth resumes royal duties days after Prince Philip’s death

Queen Elizabeth II is back to work just days after husband Prince Philip died last week.

The monarch resumed royal duties Tuesday when she attended the retirement ceremony of the royal household’s most senior official, Lord Chamberlain Earl Peel, at Windsor Castle, according to the Court Circular, an official record of royal engagements.

FILE - In this Thursday Oct. 15, 2020 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, England. (Ben Stansall/)

The royals, according to the palace, will “undertake engagements appropriate to the circumstances” during the two weeks the family will spend mourning the Duke of Edinburgh, who died Friday at age 99, The Associated Press reports.

Princess Anne, daughter of the queen and late prince, a Royal Navy veteran and avid sailor, visited sailors Wednesday at the Royal Yacht Squadron.

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, April 9, 2021, a tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in central London. (Matt Dunham/)

Prince Philip’s funeral will be held at Windsor Castle on Saturday.

“It’s incredibly important. We feel nervous,” Sgt. Bugler Jamie Ritchie, one of four Royal Marines playing “The Last Post” during the upcoming service, told the Associated Press. “We feel the pressure, but we’re channeling that and we’re using that and we’re going to deliver an outstanding performance.”

Due to coronavirus restrictions, only 30 people will be in attendance, though hundreds of service members from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Air Force will be involved in the procession.

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