The Queen was resolved to pay tribute to her late husband, Prince Philip, by attending his funeral earlier this week.

The service, attended by 1,800 people, commemorated Her Majesty’s spouse of 73 years and his great legacy.

The ceremony was in sharp contrast to his funeral, which took place barely over a week after his death at the age of 99 last April.

It happened at a time when the UK was in the midst of a coronavirus lockdown, with constraints requiring that the funeral be drastically reduced.

However, it appears that she had two fairly intimate objects in her purse that day in order to provide her comfort.

One among those items was a snapshot of the pair as newlyweds that she was carrying in her handbag.

The photograph is said to be one of her and Philip in Malta, which held a particular place in their hearts.

Following their marriage, the pair settled at Villa Guardamangia, near to the capital Valletta. Philip served as a naval officer aboard HMS Magpie on the Mediterranean island from 1949 to 1951.

The then-Princess Elizabeth was able to live a more regular life in Malta, and it was one of her and Philip’s happiest periods before she became Queen.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reports that another item she took was a white handkerchief created by Savile Row tailors Kent & Haste, which was a Philip trademark.

He’d fold them into squares in the traditional manner and stuff them into his breast pocket.

Meanwhile, during her husband’s burial ceremony on Tuesday, the Queen paid a touching tribute to him.

She was actively involved in the preparation of the appropriate memorial ceremony, and she made certain that there were enough of personal touches during the occasion.

Among the touching tributes paid to Philip during the ceremony was one that traced back to the day Her Majesty wedded Philip in the same Abbey in November 1947.