President Jimmy Carter was honored with two funeral services in Washington and Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 9, before his private hometown burial in Plains. The national day of mourning brought together all five living U.

Edward’s presence signals both his growing importance in his own family, as well as the monarchy's importance to British diplomacy at a potentially rocky moment.

The late U.S. president was remembered during his state funeral as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.