Blunt’s sharp memory of his royal duty
HAVING been on watch by the Queen Mother’s coffin during her lying in state in 2002, former Life Guards officer James Blunt has been particularly moved by her daughter’s death.
‘I stood guard at the Queen Mother’s funeral, so the Queen’s funeral brought it all back, certainly,’ the You’re Beautiful singer tells me at the 21st birthday party for e&o restaurant in Notting Hill, London.
Blunt, 48, who has two sons with wife Sofia Wellesley, 39, granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington, adds: ‘It was so emotional and very moving to see it all unfold.’
Unlike some, the couple queued for hours to see the Queen lying in state.