Those who know her best have already paid tribute to her strength as she grieves for Philip.
A tearful Countess of Wessex, who is close to the monarch, told reporters after spending around an hour with her mother-in-law at Windsor Castle: “The Queen has been amazing.”
The royal family has been rallying round to support the monarch since Philip died on Friday at the age of 99.
– The Prince of Wales
Charles rushed from his Gloucestershire home Highgrove to Windsor Castle on Friday to comfort his mother in the hours after the duke died peacefully in his sleep.
The Prince of Wales greets the Queen at the funeral of Countess Mountbatten of Burma in 2017 (Matt Dunham/PA)
Family and friends supporting the Queen in her time of grief
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