The Queen’s name is inscribed alongside that of her mother, father and husband on the ledger stone at Windsor Chapel where she is buried.
The late monarch was laid to rest alongside the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday evening in a private service attended by the king and other members of the royal family, which followed her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and the service of delivery to Windsor.
Buckingham Palace said the ledger stone inscription in George VI’s memorial chapel now had the names of the Queen, her parents and Philip, along with their birth and death years.
The stone, which is new, has replaced the black stone slab placed on the floor, which bore the names George VI and Isabel in gold letters.
The fresh stone now reads, in list form, “George VI 1895-1952” and “Elizabeth 1900-2002” followed by a metal garter star, then “Elizabeth II 1926-2022” and “Philip 1921-2021 “. No image of the new stone has been released.
Image: Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is carried into St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, for her engagement service. Picture date: Monday 19 September 2022. Picture: The Queen Mother (then Duchess of York) with her husband King George VI (then Duke of York) and daughter Queen Elizabeth II in his baptism in May 1926.
The four royals were members of the Order of the League, which has the chapel of Sant Jordi as its spiritual home.
When Philip died 17 months ago, his coffin was buried in the royal vault at St George’s, ready to be moved to the memorial chapel, a pale stone annexe added to the north side of the building behind the aisle North Quire in 1969 when he died. the queen died
The Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated and her ashes were initially placed in the Royal Vault, before being moved to the George VI Memorial Chapel with the coffins of her parents when the Queen Mother died weeks later.
King Charles flew to Scotland on Tuesday with the queen consort to mourn privately as the royal family continues its mourning period for the queen.
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2:01 Thousands of people gathered in Windsor as Queen Elizabeth approached her final resting place.
It left Aberdeen Airport after flying from RAF Northolt in west London to Balmoral, the estate where the king’s Scottish home, Birkhall, is located.
He decreed on September 9, the day after the queen’s death after her 70-year reign, that a period of mourning would be observed for up to seven days after the funeral.
Members of the royal family are not expected to carry out official engagements, and flags at royal residences will remain at half-mast until 8am after the final day of royal mourning.
Image: With Prince Philip on his diamond wedding anniversary in 2007
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No date has been set for the coronation of King Charles, but it is expected that, in keeping with royal precedent and due to the amount of planning involved, there will be at least a few months before it takes place.
An estimated quarter of a million people paid their respects to the Queen in person by viewing her coffin as it lay in state in London.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday her department was still “crunching the numbers” on how many people had queued for hours to process the coffin at Westminster Hall, but believed it was around 250,000.
St John Ambulance said it, along with the London Ambulance Service, both helped during the period of national mourning, including tending to those queuing long to see the coffin, had treated more than 2,000 people and brought some 200 to the hospital. , mainly due to existing health conditions, trips, slips and falls.