Prince Harry was tonight spotted at London Heathrow Airport as he returns to the UK to attend Prince Philip’s funeral without his heavily-pregnant wife Meghan Markle. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, has described Price Philip’s death as ‘so gentle,’ saying ‘it’s just like someone took him by the hand and off he went.’ Sophie was among those attending a Sunday service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor today.
The service comes two days after Prince Philip died aged 99. ‘You know it’s going to happen but when it happens it’s just this massive, massive hole,’ Sophie told a group of three mourners outside the chapel. ‘It was so gentle, it was just like someone took him by the hand and off he went. Very, very peaceful and that’s all you want with somebody isn’t it? ‘I think it’s so much easier for the person that goes than the people left behind, we’re all sitting here looking at each other going “This is awful,”‘ Sophie said. She added that all the tributes that had come for Philip had been ‘amazing’ especially considering the restrictions of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.