A life of service and duty awaits - but today George and Charlotte are just two kids saying farewell to 'Gan Gan'

As hundreds of thousands throughout the globe watched the Queen's funeral, the eyes of the world had been additionally on two younger kids.

Prince George and Princess Charlotte walked behind Her Majesty's coffin because it was carried into Westminster Abbey with their father Prince William, and mom Catherine, Princess of Wales.

The picture of the great-grandchildren saying goodbye was at all times going to be reminiscent of one other two kids, caught firmly within the gaze of the world.

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Princess Charlotte and Prince George are being ready for a lifetime of service.(Getty)

Simply over 25 years in the past Prince William and Prince Harry walked alongside their father Charles, then the Prince of Wales, trailing the coffin of Diana, who had died weeks earlier after a automotive crash in Paris.

Etched on the faces of the younger princes was the disappointment of shedding their mom too quickly.

'Very similar to how King Charles III has publicly grieved his mom whereas taking over a job he is waited his whole life to fulfil, there can be instances when obligation will come first for these kids. However for now, with the eyes of the world on them, they're simply two children saying goodbye to their great-grandmother.'

Now they may information the following technology by their grief, as they arrive to phrases with their very own.

Aged 9 and 7, the siblings had been the 2 youngest mourners at Westminster Abbey. Their brother Louis didn't attend.

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Simply as their father Prince William needed to publicly grieve his mom at a younger age, his kids will do the identical for his or her great-grandmother.(AP)

Second and third in line for the throne after the Queen's loss of life, for George and Charlotte that is an introduction right into a world of expectation and repair.

Their father, William, is definitely best-placed to information them after his personal expertise as a younger man.

Very similar to how King Charles III has publicly grieved his mom whereas taking over a job he is waited his whole life to fulfil, there can be instances when obligation will come first for these kids.

However as we speak, with the eyes of the world on them, they're nonetheless two kids saying goodbye to their beloved "gan-gan".(Getty)

Royal Commentator Dickie Arbiter described the day as "vital of their lives".

"Their dad and mom would have mentioned: 'We're burying Gan Gan tomorrow, would you want to come back?', and they might have mentioned 'Sure', completely no argument."

"They're very smart kids, they're very switched on... They knew what this was all about."

However for now, with the eyes of the world on them, they're simply two children saying goodbye to their great-grandmother.

One of the recognisable ladies on the planet, however who they known as 'Gan Gan'.