Adventurer Bear Grylls, wearing a morning suit, took his place at the service held at Westminster Abbey on Monday, representing the Boy Scouts. The TV star was appointed chief scout in 2009 when he was 34, making him the youngest person to hold the position in the UK. Grylls was made an OBE in 2019 by the Queen, who was patron of the Scout Association. After the Queen’s death, he said the entire scouting family was “united in grief at the loss of our patroness” and that she had left a “bright legacy of hope and promise for future generations”. Grylls said the Queen had championed young people in the UK throughout her life and was “particularly proud” when girls were first able to join the organization in the 1970s. She had told him many times how she enjoyed volunteering and she remembered him as a young lady during the war, she said. In a tweet, the Scouts said: “Chief Scout, @BearGrylls, will represent the Scouts at the State Funeral today and pay his last respects to our Patron, HM The Queen. Our thoughts are with the royal family.” Among the mourners was Sandra Oh, known for her roles in Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, who attended as part of the Canadian delegation as a member of the Order of Canada. The funeral was also attended by another actress, Sophie Winkleman, known for her role in the sitcom Peep Show, as a member of the royal family. The 42-year-old is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, son of the Queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent, and appeared by his side. The couple married at Hampton Court Palace in September 2009 and Winkleman earned the right to be called Lady Frederick Windsor, but continues to use her name in her acting career. In the long-running Channel 4 sitcom, Winkleman played Big Suze, the love interest of Robert Webb’s character Jeremy. Winkleman is the half-sister of Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman.
