Queen Elizabeth’s coffin has been lowered into the royal vault in St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Queen was slowly lowered into the royal vault at about 16:45 pm ahead of her burial later in a private family service.
During the committal service, the crown jewels were taken from it, and a ceremonial wand of office broken and put in their place
The Queen was slowly lowered into the royal vault at about 16:45 pm ahead of her burial later in a private family service.
The Garter King of Arms then pronounces the Queen’s styles and titles – the different names by which she was known during her reign.
Earlier, huge crowds lined the route taken by the state hearse as it made its way from London to Windsor, with flowers thrown in its path
This morning, a state funeral service was held at Westminster Abbey – the building in which the Queen was married, and crowned
During his sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury said the late Queen touched “a multitude of lives” during her 70-year reign
King Charles III and the Queen consort speak to the Archbishop of Canterbury and clergy outside the chapel as they leave the committal service.
The service is now coming to an end, with the organist playing Prelude and Fugue in C minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.
That brings to an end the committal service in St George’s Chapel attended by around 800 people – and with it, the public events for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Members of the Royal Family including King Charles III will now leae the chapel and go to Windsor Castle itself,
But at 19:30 this evening, the King and his relatives will return to the chapel for the Queen’s burial.
She will be interred next to her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Details of that service haven’t been disclosed, with Buckingham Palace calling it a “deeply personal family occasion”.
Hundreds of world leaders from around the world and thousands of Britons attended Queen Elizabeth ll final funeral service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
BBC
