James Blunt says Queen Elizabeth’s funeral stirred memories of guarding the Queen Mother lying in state. The former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army guarded the late royal’s coffin and was part of the funeral procession on April 9, 2002. And the ‘You’re Beautiful’ hitmaker – who queued with his wife Sofia Wellesley, granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington, to see the late British monarch lying in state before her funeral on Monday (19.09.22) – says it was even more emotional as he was reminded of his service to the queen’s mother two decades ago. The 4…