The Queen's closing departure from Buckingham Palace was all the time going to conjure up comparisons to Princess Diana's funeral procession.
Twenty-five years in the past, behind a gun carriage carrying Diana's coffin, Princes William and Harry walked alongside their father Charles, then the Prince of Wales.
As we speak, in shifting scenes, grief drew all three collectively once more.
Grief throughout the globe as Queen Elizabeth II laid to relaxation
William and Harry had been simply boys in 1997.
As we speak, as males, they accompanied their father, now a King.
And although the palace might need wished in any other case, the eyes of the world couldn't assist however watch the 2 brothers carefully.
Was there proof of unity, or maybe the rift which has pushed the 2 aside lately?
On a gradual, 38-minute procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor, watched by thousands and thousands worldwide, William and Harry walked stoically collectively, side-by-side.
However in plain sight, too, had been the results of Prince Harry and Meghan's acrimonious cut up from the royal household, and their public assaults on The Agency since.
For the procession, King Charles, Prince William, Princess Anne and Prince Edward had all stepped out in conventional army regalia.
Prince Harry and Prince Andrew didn't. Or moderately, weren't allowed.
As a substitute, each wore morning fits.
For the Queen's funeral, the palace determined solely working members of the royal household who maintain army rank may put on their army uniforms.
The rule will certainly have rankled Harry, who served within the British Military for 10 years and deployed twice to Afghanistan.
Prince Andrew, who served within the Royal Navy for 22 years, misplaced his uniform privileges due to his damaging friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and monetary settlement to finish a civil case.
Because the procession edged previous The Cenotaph, King Charles, William, Anne and Edward all saluted the enduring London warfare memorial.
Notably, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew didn't.
Each weren't allowed to carry out a salute, as they weren't carrying army uniform.
All they might do was bow their heads.
Days earlier, crowds who had gathered outdoors Windsor Fort had been stunned to see William, Catherine, Harry and Meghan immediately collectively once more.
The 'Fab 4' arrived in the identical automobile and spent 40 minutes greeting mourners and flowers left for his or her grandmother.
It was the primary time the brothers had been seen alongside each other since final yr's funeral of Prince Philip, the Queen's husband.
The temper between the group appeared pleasant.
The world's media puzzled if a truce had been brokered.
The Queen's closing journey
And if a peace had been reached, how lengthy may it final.
The reply to these questions will turn out to be clear over the approaching months.