5 times the Royal Family broke down and burst into tears in public

Britain’s late Queen was an example of self-control and resilience. She rarely showed emotions in public. The first time Her Majesty wept in public was in December 1997, when her beloved royal yacht HMY Britannia was decommissioned because it was too expensive to maintain. The ship has faithfully served the Royal Family for over 40 years. Saying goodbye to the symbol of the time was clearly not easy for Elizabeth II.

In November 2014, the then Duchess of Cambridge and now Princess of Wales attended the launch of the East Anglia Children’s Hospices charity. Kate left the ceremony in tears. This impression on the wife of Prince William, who was then four months pregnant with Princess Charlotte, was probably made by a communication with one of the participants of the event, Lee Smith, who, unfortunately, lost his three-month-old baby due to a rare heart condition.

Princess Diana was called the queen of human hearts, and this touching nickname was born from the sensitive attitude of Charles’ wife towards the disadvantaged, the sick and all those who need help and sympathy. In 1992, the Princess attended the opening of a hospice for cancer patients in Liverpool. After the event, Diana couldn’t contain her emotions and burst into tears in front of everyone.

After the scandalous Oprah Winfrey interview and the Netflix documentary, we are used to the tears of the Duchess of Sussex. Meghan’s eyes were always watery as she spoke about the hardships of her life at the palace. But in an official setting, Megan has only cried once – at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022.

Prince Charles’ wife endured many years of criticism, but other people’s troubles once moved her to tears. During a visit to the Safelives Center in London in January 2016, Camilla met victims of domestic violence and could not contain her emotions when she heard the story of Diana Parks, whose daughter Joanna Brown was killed by her husband.

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