Countess of Wessex swamped with flowers meeting crowds outside Buckingham Palace

The Countess of Wessex struggling to carry all of the flowers from royal followers (Image: Sky Information)

Prince Edward greeted royal followers gathered exterior the gates of Buckingham Palace this afternoon.

Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son was joined by his spouse Sophie as the 2 exited the royal residence underneath the sound of loud cheers from the gang.

The Countess of Wessex appeared overcome with emotion whereas shaking individuals’s fingers and posing for pictures with these huddled on the entrance of the obstacles.

Wearing an extended black costume, she was swamped with flowers, stuffed toys and paper tributes from well-wishers.

Struggling to comprise all of them in her arms, she handed the bouquets to a palace aide earlier than persevering with to greet the rising crowd.

Footage exhibits a younger lady wiping away tears from her cheeks as she was telling the royal about seeing the change of the guards exterior the palace.

Prince Edward appears to be like on as his spouse Sophie lays flowers exterior Windsor Fort (Image: Reuters)

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A younger lady’s T-shirt, which was printed with pictures of the late Queen by the many years of her reign, additionally caught the royal’s eyes and he or she stopped to talk to her.

In the meantime, the Earl could possibly be heard asking mourners the place they'd come from and whether or not they had been making their strategy to Inexperienced Park to put the floral tributes.

Members of the general public could possibly be heard saying ‘sorry in your loss’.

‘I do know that my mom would actually recognize this unbelievable help,’ he instructed them.

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The couple additionally obtained a heat welcome as they seen a sea of flowers and tributes left for the Queen throughout a walkabout in Windsor yesterday.

Edward once more comforted individuals providing him their condolences.

‘I believe we’ve all misplaced somebody,’ he stated after paying tribute to his beloved mama’ in a press release earlier within the afternoon.

Talking to a different group, the royal stated: ‘She was such an incredible presence in our lives for such a very long time.’

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