The family’s Twitter account posted a never-before-seen photo of the Queen, taken at Balmoral in 1971, with the words: “May the flights of Angels sing you in your repose. In memory of Her Majesty the Queen.” The quote is from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and was spoken from King Charles’ first address to the nation the day after the Queen’s death. The photograph depicts Her Late Majesty hiking in the Scottish moors. In Act 5, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s greatest play, Hamlet’s best friend Horatio holds his dying friend in his arms and pays tribute to the Prince of Denmark, saying, “Now breaks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee in thy rest!’ The photo is believed to have been taken by Lord Lichfield, the late Queen’s cousin. Lord Patrick took the official wedding photographs of the King and Diana Spencer.
