Published:
21 Apr 2021 02:00 GMT
The British royal family is currently mourning the Duke of Edinburgh for two weeks.
Queen Elizabeth II will not observe a traditional aspect of the mourning ritual after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, who passed away on April 9 at the age of 99. Currently, the royal family is observing a two-week mourning period that will end on April 23.
The royal protocol that the monarch will not follow is to use black-border stationery during the official period of mourning. Instead, he will use his custom paper, which will include, yes, his shield in black and not in traditional red, according to the portal People.
Unlike the Queen, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, use standard black-border letter paper at that time of mourning, in keeping with a 19th-century tradition.
At the same time, the queen sent her husband a final note, signed with her childhood nickname “Lilibet”, with traditional black borders. The monarch placed the letter, handwritten, among a bouquet of white flowers in the coffin of the late Duke of Edinburgh.
On April 21, Elizabeth II turns 95 and expects to celebrate surrounded by a limited circle of people at Windsor Castle.