William and Kate’s children are reportedly struggling to come to terms with the loss of their beloved Gan Gan.
Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to rest alongside her husband, Prince Philip, and her father, King George VI, after a series of emotional ceremonies that followed her passing on September 8.
Attending the longest-reigning monarch’s funeral service were the Queen’s children and grandchildren as well as two of her three great-grandkids from Prince William and Kate’s side.
While George, 9, and Charlotte, 7, attended the solemn service at Westminster Abbey, Prince Louis stayed behind because he was deemed too young for the emotional ceremony.
As Kate, the Princess of Wales, explained at the reception for Commonwealth dignitaries shortly before the Queen’s funeral, 4-year-old Louis is “struggling” to accept and understand the loss of his great-grandmother.
While Prince George is allegedly more understanding, Princess Charlotte, too, is having a hard time accepting what has come to pass.
Recalling his conversation with the Princess of Wales, Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley said: “The younger one is now asking questions like, ‘do you think we can still play these games when we go to Balmoral?’ and things like that, ‘because she’s not going to be there?’”
Hurley also claimed Kate admitted that Prince George is now “realizing how important his great-grandmother was and what is going on.”
This comes after Kate herself explained to her well-wishers that her eldest son “understands the loss” while his younger siblings “less so.”
“My daughter asked her how the children were doing, and Kate thanked her and said yes, they were doing well and they were being looked after at school, so that was a nice exchange,” one mourner said as she recalled her conversation with Kate.
Our thoughts are with the Queen’s family as they continue to mourn.