The Royal Household has shared a 1947 throwback picture of a 21-year-old Queen Elizabeth together with her beloved dad and mom, sister, and late husband on Twitter.
Her Majesty, whose life was celebrated throughout her public Westminster Abbey funeral and Windsor committal right now, was reunited together with her household tonight throughout a non-public burial service.
The late monarch, who died peacefully at Balmoral on September 8, aged 96, was laid to relaxation within the royal crypt at St George’s Chapel as her 70-year reign got here to an finish this night.
Sharing the black and white picture on Twitter, the Royal Household account captioned it: ‘This night a Personal Burial will happen in The King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor.
‘The Queen might be Laid to Relaxation together with her late husband The Duke of Edinburgh, alongside her father King George VI, mom Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mom and sister Princess Margaret.’
The Royal Household’s Twitter account shared a poignant picture this night, that includes the late Queen Elizabeth alongside her husband Prince Philip, dad and mom, and sister, as she was reunited together with her family members in demise, as she was buried within the household vault in Windsor (pictured L-R: Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mom, George VI, and Princess Margaret)
Her Majesty’s coffin through the Committal Service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, because the Imperial State Crown is eliminated, signifying the severing of the Queen from her public service in demise
Through the committal service this night, the Royal Household stood because the Queen was slowly lowered into the vault whereas the Dean of Windsor stated: ‘Go forth upon thy journey from this world, O Christian soul.’
He additionally provided the commendation – a prayer through which the deceased is entrusted to God’s mercy.
Moments earlier the Dean had positioned her crown and different crown jewels on the altar earlier than the Lord Chamberlain snapped his employees of workplace – signifying the severing of the Queen from her public service in demise.
The Garter King of Arms then pronounced the types and titles of the Queen as all energy moved to her son, the King, earlier than the coffin was lowered to the lament of a lone piper and Britain and the world stated a young farewell to the late monarch following 70 years of service to the nation.
The Queen is laid to relaxation for eternity in St George’s Chapel in Windsor as her coffin is lowered into the royal vault following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey this morning
The Crown Jewels had been poignantly faraway from the casket to point out that the Queen’s reign was at an finish earlier than it went all the way down to the royal crypt
The Lord Chamberlain, Lord Parker of Minsmere, breaks his Wand of Workplace in a symbolic second when energy is transferred from the Queen
The Queen might be buried alongside her beloved Prince Philip and subsequent to her dad and mom George VI and Elizabeth (pictured: The grave contained in the George VI Memorial Chapel), the Queen Mom, and her sister, Margaret on the George VI Memorial Chapel inside St George’s Chapel
The Crown Jeweller, left, removes the Imperial State Crown from the coffin of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as she enters the royal crypt as a ‘easy Christian soul’
The King appears moved as her mom is lastly laid to relaxation through the service of committal
King Charles III locations the the Queen’s Firm Camp Color of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin on the Committal Service
King Charles III locations the the Queen’s Firm Camp Color of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin as she was about to be lowered into the crypt
The overwhelmed monarch then turned away as he stated goodbye to his mom and her energy and titles moved to him
Charles regarded deeply moved because the Queen’s oak coffin descended to the crypt on a day the place he appeared tearful on numerous events as he stated goodbye to his ‘Mama’, the twelfth British monarch to be buried at Windsor.
Her Majesty’s lengthy journey to her remaining resting place – and to be reunited with the Duke of Edinburgh – started in Balmoral on the day of her demise 11 days in the past and ended together with her non-public interment subsequent to her ‘power and keep’ Philip this night the place the King scattered earth on his mom’s coffin at a non-public household service.
She then travelled to England, the place she spent an evening at Buckingham Palace, earlier than mendacity in state in Westminster Corridor. This morning, she was taken to Westminster Abbey, earlier than leaving London for the ultimate time, to go to her remaining resting place, in St George’s Chapel in Windsor.
St George’s was the place the Queen had sat alone through the funeral of Prince Philip final 12 months – in some of the poignant photographs of the pandemic – and it was the place she had cherished to worship for thus a few years when at Windsor.
Prince Harry puffs his cheeks as he and his spouse Meghan depart the service
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (entrance row high) sit with different members of the royal household on the Committal Service
The Queen’s Firm Camp Color of the Grenadier Guards banner lies on the Queen’s coffin after the crown jewels had been eliminated
The Imperial State Crown rests on the excessive altar after being faraway from the coffin of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
Members of the royal household (entrance row, left to proper) the Earl of Wessex, the Countess of Wessex, Woman Louise Windsor, James, Viscount Severn, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alexandra, Princess Michael of Kent, (center row, left to proper) King Charles III, the Queen Consort, the Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of York, through the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II at St George’s Chapel
King Charles III and the Queen Consort arrive on the Committal Service
It got here on a day the place as much as 2million individuals crowded into central London to see the coffin after the state funeral at Westminster Abbey attended by 2,000 royals, heads of state and 200 members of the general public.
Mourners lined the royal hearse in flowers because it travelled to Windsor from Wellington Arch this afternoon after the Queen was carried previous Buckingham Palace for a remaining time.
Tens of hundreds of individuals lined The Lengthy Stroll and applauded because the flower-covered hearse carrying the late sovereign’s coffin slowly processed in direction of her Berkshire citadel, the place she spent most of her remaining years earlier than her demise – together with lockdown with Prince Philip.
Giving the Bidding, the Dean of Windsor, stated: ‘We’ve got come collectively to commit into the fingers of God the soul of his servant Queen Elizabeth.
The pallbearers expertly carry the Queen into the chapel the place she might be laid to relaxation
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried from the hearse
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s funeral procession makes its manner by means of Windsor Citadel
Mourners watch the State Hearse of Queen Elizabeth II because it drives alongside the Lengthy Stroll forward of the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen’s coffin head alongside The Lengthy Stroll to Windsor Citadel forward of her burial
The Queen heads in direction of Windsor Citadel the place she might be reunited with Prince Philip
‘Right here, in St George’s Chapel, the place she so typically worshipped, we’re certain to bring to mind somebody whose uncomplicated but profound Christian Religion bore a lot fruit. Fruit, in a lifetime of unstinting service to the Nation, the Commonwealth and the broader world, but additionally (and particularly to be remembered on this place) in kindness, concern and reassuring look after her household and pals and neighbours.’
Referring to a ‘quickly altering and regularly troubled world’, the Dean praised the late Queen’s ‘calm and dignified presence’.
He stated the monarch’s disposition ‘has given us confidence to face the longer term, as she did, with braveness and with hope’.
Concluding the Bidding, he stated: ‘As, with grateful hearts, we replicate on these and all the numerous different methods through which her lengthy life has been a blessing to us, we pray that God will give us grace to honour her reminiscence by following her instance, and that, with our sister Elizabeth, on the final, we will know the thrill of life everlasting.’
This morning the final of the 400,000 individuals to see the Queen mendacity in state paid their respects earlier than she was carried on a gun carriage from Westminster Corridor to the church the place she married and was topped as an estimated 4billion individuals watched on TV worldwide.
The Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II travels down the Lengthy Stroll
The Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II travels down the Lengthy Stroll because it arrives at Windsor Citadel
Troopers bow because the Queen approaches in her hearse
Brass bands from the Family Cavalry and pipers performed on the Queen’s remaining, saddest journey
Extraordinary scenes in Windsor right now because the Queen arrives to be laid to relaxation
The Queen might be buried together with her late husband Prince Philip within the King George VI Memorial Chapel, the place they are going to relaxation collectively for eternity
Queen Sofia of Spain (backside), King Felipe of Spain (second backside), King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (third from high) and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (standing) on the Committal Service
Sarah, Duchess of York arrives at St. George’s Chapel
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his spouse Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and different company arrive at St George’s Chapel
Queen Elizabeth II’s physique arrives at her beloved Windsor
800 company together with most of Europe’s royals arrive at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel
The royal corgis await the cortege of their proprietor on the day of the state funeral and burial of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
The Queen’s funeral procession passing by means of Runnymede with the streets lined with individuals watching the procession and throwing flowers
Large crowds cheer the Queen and throw flowers in her path
In extraordinary and transferring scenes, an estimated 2million well-wishers lined the streets to say farewell to Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth II, with showers of bouquets greeting her hearse because it drove from West London to Berkshire
In extraordinary and transferring scenes, the Queen left London as flowers had been thrown on the hearse as she made her method to Windsor
Folks watch as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s coffin passes by means of west London
An individual holds a rose to throw, as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s coffin is transported, on the day of her state funeral and burial
Queen Elizabeth II journey from Wellington Arch in London to Windsor was lined by hundreds of individuals
King Charles III leaves in a automobile after the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was transferred to the hearse at Wellington Arch
Hundreds of individuals fell silent, held their telephones aloft and waved flags because the Queen’s coffin handed alongside the Lengthy Stroll in direction of St George’s Chapel.
The crowds, made up of individuals of all ages, who flanked the Lengthy Stroll, fell quiet because the sound of drummers within the procession grew louder. Kids had been lifted on adults’ shoulders and digital camera telephones had been raised within the air as individuals struggled to get a glimpse of the scene.
The Queen’s beloved corgis Muick and Sandy and one in every of her favorite ever horses made a particular poignant look at Windsor through the procession.
The younger canines – one on a pink lead and one on a blue lead – had been introduced out into the quadrangle by two pages in pink tailcoats for the arrival of the Queen’s coffin.
And Emma, the Queen’s Fell Pony, had greeted the procession, standing on grass in a spot within the floral tributes alongside the Lengthy Stroll in honour of her late proprietor.
Emma and Terry had been seen respectfully standing by the aspect of the Cortege across the Queen’s hearse as she arrived in Windsor this afternoon
Emma was carrying a black driving blanket adorned with the Monarch’s cipher as she and Terry ready respectfully by the aspect of the street
Terry Pendry respectfully bowed his head because the Queen’s physique arrived in Windsor for her Committal Service, whereas Emma stood quietly by his aspect
The pets, who had been beloved by the Queen, turned as much as present their respects through the procession to Windsor Citadel this afternoon
Two of the Queens Corgis had been watching right now’s unhappy procession from the aspect of Windsor Citadel, accompanied by two trusted aides