family princess anne, tim lawrence, prince andrew, the duchess of york, the duke and duchess of york, the duke and duchess of york, the duke and duchess of edinburgh and the earll. it was very much a scaled back service that was to protect the king, who was still undergoing cancer treatment. he cannot be around too many crowds at the moment, and he said he was saddened that he couldn't attend the maundy thursday at worcester thursday service at worcester cathedral and peter phillips, his nephew , earlier this week, his nephew, earlier this week, spoke of his frustration at spoke of his frustration at spoke of his frustration at spoke of the king's frustration. but he couldn't carry out public engagements at the moment, so the very much the king was very much determined this very determined to attend this very important event in the christian calendar. , of course, calendar. he himself, of course, is head of the church of england , so he would have had a very strong religious feeling, needing to be there. but of course, there's another reason, and that is to provide a message of reassurance to the british and that is to provide a message of reasfollowingy the b