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Prince George and Princess Charlotte were \u201cincredibly well behaved\u201d during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n
The nine-year-old prince and Charlotte, seven, attended the monarch\u2019s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, and Mark Tewksbury \u2013 who was part of a Canadian delegation at the service \u2013 has praised the young royals for how they dealt with the occasion.<\/p>\n
Tewksbury \u2013 who is a member of the Order of Canada, the country\u2019s second-highest honour \u2013 shared: \u201cThey looked like really incredibly well behaved kids but a little like kids, a little like, \u2018wow this is a lot\u2019. For little Prince George, this will be him one day and he doesn\u2019t really know that yet. And then I thought, \u2018Ah, he\u2019s just lost his great-grandmother.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Tewksbury \u2013 who won a gold medal for Canada in the 1992 Olympics \u2013 described the occasion as a \u201cspectacle, a who\u2019s who of heads of countries\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also paid a glowing tribute to the late monarch, recalling a private meeting that he had with her at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia.<\/p>\n
He told PEOPLE: \u201cShe was incredible, she knew I was a swimmer, she loved the Commonwealth and loved how sport brings us together \u2013 she was incredibly well-informed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tewksbury was joined at the service in London by Hollywood star Sandra Oh, and he admitted that the service was an overwhelming experience for many people inside the abbey.<\/p>\n
The former sports star \u2013 who was honoured by the Queen for his campaign work, having fought for years for disability and LGBTQ rights \u2013 explained: \u201cEven movie stars and TV stars get a little overwhelmed in all of this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n