Queen’s private burial due to be under way
Queen's private burial due to be under way.
London, The Gulf Observer: The King and members of the royal family are thought to now be saying their final farewells to the Queen, with her private burial service due to have started in the King George VI Memorial Chapel of St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Set to begin at 7.30pm, the ceremony is being held away from the cameras and the public.
The burial will see the Queen reunited with her beloved Duke of Edinburgh as she is interred alongside Philip in the chapel.
When the duke died 17 months ago, his coffin was placed in the Royal Vault of St George’s – ready to be moved to the memorial chapel when the Queen died.
The chapel, which was built as an annexe behind the North Quire Aisle of St George’s in 1969, houses the remains of the Queen’s father George VI, her mother the Queen Mother and sister Princess Margaret.
The Queen’s coffin will be interred with the Grenadier Guards’ Queen’s Company Camp Colour – a smaller version of the Royal Standard of the Regiment – which the King placed on her coffin at the end of the committal service.
