Queen Elizabeth’s Private Burial Service To Begin Shortly

King Charles III and other members of the Royal Family have returned to St George’s Chapel for a private family service.

They will witness the Queen being buried at the King George VI memorial chapel, which is inside St George’s Chapel, alongside her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Details of the service have not been revealed, but Buckingham Palace called it a “deeply personal family occasion”.

The event will not be televised and the media will not be present.

Earlier on, Queen Elizabeth II was lowered into the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel.

The chapel was launched by King Edward IV in 1475 at Windsor Castle, which belonged to the monarchy for nearly 1000 years.

Ten former monarchs are buried at the chapel. These include George IV and George III – George III was the King in power when the US became independent from the British Empire, and the monarch portrayed in the hit historical musical Hamilton.

Different members of the royal family are buried in different sections and vaults within the chapel. The Queen will be buried, together with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, in the King George VI memorial chapel, where her father, King George VI, the Queen Mother, and her sister Princess Margaret are also interred.

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret spent most of the war years at Windsor Castle. Later in life, the Queen often stayed there with her children; she also hosted foreign dignitaries – from Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev – at the castle and was a frequent visitor to the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

The Queen eventually relocated to Windsor Castle during the coronavirus pandemic, and broadcast her “We will meet again” message to the nation from there.

May her soul find eternal rest, Amen.