The Queen's state funeral will happen right now, with Her Majesty laid to relaxation within the royal vault alongside her beloved husband, Prince Philip. The late Monarch's coffin is about to take the identical route by means of the quire of St George's Chapel in Windsor Fort because the Duke of Edinburgh, who handed away simply 17 months in the past.
Her Majesty and Prince Philip had been married for 73 years, with the Queen usually describing her husband as her 'energy and keep', the Each day Star studies. The monarch was simply 13 years previous when she first met the Greek-born Prince, who was a officer within the Royal Navy on the time.
They celebrated their wedding ceremony in 1947, with Philip promising to face by the Queen all through her reign throughout her Coronation at Westminster Abbey six years later. Talking on the ceremony, Prince Philip vowed: “I, Philip Duke of Edinburgh, do change into your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship; and religion and reality will I bear unto you, to reside and die, in opposition to all method of oldsters. So assist me God.”
Whether or not he was sitting by her facet throughout windswept parades or strolling one step behind, he saved this promise till his loss of life on April 9, 2021.
The Queen's oak coffin is about to be dedicated to the bottom right now, with the tiled flooring as a consequence of be eliminated to decrease her casket into the tomb.
Nonetheless, the burial chamber is not going to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's remaining resting place.
Following the state funeral, there will probably be a personal ceremony at 7.30pm for senior royals, when the couple will probably be laid to relaxation within the King George VI memorial chapel that adjoins the principle constructing. It was Her Majesty's want to be laid to relaxation alongside her father George VI, mom Elizabeth and sister Princess Margaret.
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