Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Peter Phillips opens up on her ‘saddest moment of all’

22 Apr 2026 • 1:08 AM MYT
The Independent
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Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson has opened up the late monarch’s “saddest moment of all” in a new documentary marking what would have been her 100th birthday.

One of the most memorable images of 2021 was Her Majesty sitting alone during the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral due to social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

Peter Phillips told Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century that all he wanted to do was hug his grandmother.

“The  saddest moment of all, wasn't it? Her being on her own,” Dame Helen Mirren said.

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