Girl Celia Vestey, who was Prince Harry’s godmother and a good friend to Queen Elizabeth II, has died. She was 71.
The upsetting information of Celia’s dying was introduced in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, December 1. “Celia Elizabeth SRN BA. died all of a sudden, however peacefully, on Saturday twenty eighth November, aged 71 years,” a press release from her household learn. “Adored spouse of Sam. A lot liked mom of William, Arthur and Mary and loving Granny of Ella, Frankie, Sam and Cosima. Personal household funeral. Memorial service later. Household flowers solely please, however donations gratefully obtained in Celia’s reminiscence to Ebony Horse Membership.”
Prince Harry and Girl Celia Vestey. Shutterstock; David Hartley/Shutterstock
Newsweek and The Sun each reported that Harry, 36, privately reached out to Celia’s three youngsters within the wake of the loss.
Celia wed Lord Samuel Vestey, previously the Grasp of the Horse to the royal family from 1999 to 2018, in 1981. Samuel, 79, was later appointed to be a everlasting Lord-in-waiting to the monarch in 2019.
Throughout Celia’s friendship with Elizabeth, she has joined the British royal household at varied occasions, together with Harry’s affirmation in 2000. She additionally developed a friendship with Elizabeth’s son Prince Charles.
Harry’s dad and mom, Charles, 72, and the late Princess Diana, chosen Celia to be one among his six godparents. Again in 1984, Celia attended the British Military vet’s christening at St. George’s Chapel alongside along with his 5 different godparents: Prince Andrew, Carolyn Bartholomew, Girl Sarah Chatto, Bryan Organ and Gerald Ward.
Celia was additionally current for Harry’s 2018 marriage ceremony to Meghan Markle, with whom he now shares an 18-month-old son, Archie.
Girl Celia Vestey. Shutterstock
Not lengthy earlier than Celia’s passing, Markle, 39, introduced that she secretly suffered a pregnancy loss in July. “Shedding a baby means carrying an virtually insufferable grief, skilled by many however talked about by a couple of,” she wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times final month. “Now we have discovered that when individuals ask how any of us are doing, and once they actually hearken to the reply, with an open coronary heart and thoughts, the load of grief typically turns into lighter — for all of us.”
The Suits alum added, “In being invited to share our ache, together we take the first steps toward healing.”
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