Queen Elizabeth's personal page among lead royal mourners
As a royal guard of honour awaited the arrival of a gun carriage carrying Queen Elizabeth II's coffin, a tall, slender man stood in quiet reflection.
Paul Whybrew was among lead mourners to walk ahead of Her Majesty and members of the British royal family as the Queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time.
The 63-year-old, who is known as "Tall Paul" for his more than six-foot stature, was the Queen's loyal page of the backstairs.
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Paul Whybrew, the Queen's loyal page, was among the lead mourners during the procession of Her Majesty's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. Nine
He was among a number of the Queen's loyal staff members who served her for decades, according to The Telegraph's royal correspondent Victoria Ward.
Whybrew was among those in the monarch's presence in her final days at her royal residence in Balmoral.
Britain's longest-serving monarch passed away peacefully at her Scottish estate last Thursday. She was 96.
Whybrew has invaluable to Her Majesty at important moments of her life, including in 1982 when intruder, Michael Fagan, broke into Buckingham Palace.
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A screenshot of Daniel Craig as James Bond, Paul Whybrew, and the Queen from a skit for the 2012 London Olympics. Olympics/YouTube
He reportedly helped restrain Fagan until police arrived.
During the United Kingdom's first COVID-19 lockdown, Whybrew and the Queen's dresser, Angela Kelly, left their families to form "HMS Bubble" with Her Majesty and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle.
He is also a celebrity of sorts in his own right after sharing screen time with the monarch and English actor Daniel Craig for a James Bond skit for the 2012 Olympic Games.
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