Buckingham Palace has launched the primary picture of the brand new ledger stone marking the Queen’s last resting place.
The late monarch was laid to relaxation on Monday night within the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Her dad and mom and husband are additionally buried there.
Elizabeth II’s title is inscribed on the black slab with these of her father George VI, mom Elizabeth, and husband Philip.
The image exhibits the stone set into the chapel ground and surrounded by tributes of flowers and wreaths.
It is product of hand-carved Belgian marble with brass letter inlays, to match the earlier one which had the names of George VI and Elizabeth in gold lettering.
Visitors will be capable to see the brand new stone in particular person from subsequent week as Windsor Castle reopens to the general public.
The Queen, 96, was laid to relaxation along with the Duke of Edinburgh in a service attended by King Charles and different members of the Royal Family.
The non-public ceremony adopted her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and committal service in Windsor.
The recent stone now accommodates, in record kind, George VI 1895-1952 and Elizabeth 1900-2002, adopted by a steel Garter Star, after which Elizabeth II 1926-2022 and Philip 1921-2021.
All 4 royals have been members of the Order of the Garter, which has St George’s Chapel as its religious house.
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People pays their respects on the burial website from Thursday 29 September, simply over per week after the funeral.
When Philip died 17 months in the past, his coffin was interred within the Royal Vault of St George’s, able to be moved to the memorial chapel when the Queen died.
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The Queen’s sister Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated and her ashes have been initially positioned within the Royal Vault, earlier than being moved to the memorial chapel along with her dad and mom’ coffins when the Queen Mother died weeks later.
The memorial chapel was commissioned by the Queen in 1962 as a burial place for her father. It was designed by George Pace and completed in 1969.
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