The Queen’s funeral was at Westminster Abbey, but she will spend her eternity at Windsor Castle.
At the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world – home to more than 900 years of royal history – Sandy and Muick, the late Queen’s beloved corgis, waited on the steps with their tongues and tails wagging.
On a remarkable day, it was St George’s Chapel where Elizabeth II’s committal service took place; the scene of some of the most symbolic moments of Monday’s ceremonies. The Queen’s coffin arrives for the committal service, followed by senior members of the royal family.The rector of Sandringham, the late Queen’s residence in Norfolk, the minister of Crathie Kirk, the church near her Balmoral estate, and the chaplain of the Royal Chapel in Windsor Great Park led prayers during the ceremony.
The ceremonial heart of the committal service came when the Queen’s Bargemaster and a Serjeant at Arms removed the instruments of state – the crown, orb and sceptre used in the coronation – from the top of the coffin. It represented the completion of a circle started when George VI died and the instruments were removed from his coffin and subsequently presented to the late Queen at her coronation in 1953.Credit:The hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Windsor.
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