Royal Vault: Last News

The first image of the new ledger stone at the Queen's final resting place in Windsor Castle has been released by the Royal Family. The stone has been inscribed with the Queen's name alongside her mother, father and husband's name in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where the late monarch was buried.

Queen Elizabeth II had been reunited with her parents, sister, and beloved husband Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh, having been laid to rest alongside them in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Members of the public will be able to visit the chapel and see Her Majesty’s final resting place when Windsor Castle reopens to the public on Thursday 29 September.

The Queen’s name has been inscribed alongside her mother’s, father’s and husband’s on the ledger stone in the Windsor chapel where she is buried.The late monarch was laid to rest together with the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday evening in a private service attended by the King and the royal family, which followed her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and committal service in Windsor. Buckingham Palace said the inscription on the ledger stone in the George VI Memorial Chapel now has the names of the Queen, her parents and Philip, along with their years of birth and death.The stone, which is new, has replaced the black stone slab set into the floor which had featured the names George VI and Elizabeth in gold lettering.

The Queen has finally been laid to rest after an emotional funeral procession, which saw thousands of mourners pay their final respects.

After ten days of mourning and a historic 70 enduring years on the British throne, Queen Elizabeth II has been formally lain to rest after a lifetime of dedicated service to the nation. On Monday, hundreds of foreign dignitaries and world leaders joined together with millions of viewers watching around the world as a historic state funeral took place for the late monarch at Westminster Abbey.

BBC coverage cut away.Viewers watching on as the Queen was lowered into the Royal Vault after the service at St George's Chapel were concerned as to where the coffin was being sent to.The resting place of Her Majesty is currently the Royal Vault, where it will stay before a private service later tonight.READ MORE: Kate Middleton's 'calming hand' on 'restless' George's knee was to stop him fidgetingThe coffin was lowered into the vault during the service after her instruments of state, the crown, orb and sceptre, were removed from atop the coffin as her titles were read out.The Queen's coffin will remain in the Royal Vault until its proper burial in the King George VI Memorial Chapel later today.But some users watching at home were confused as to where the coffin had ended up, with the broadcast coverage cutting away from the lowering ceremony. One user took to Twitter and wrote: "I don’t know if it was the same footage on every channel but the one I was watching you didn’t see the coffin lowered into the vault… wonder if that was a deliberate decision."The mystery of where the coffin ended up unravelled for a handful of social media users who expressed their concerns as to where the coffin ended up.Replying to the initial question of whether it was a "deliberate decision" to not show the lowering, another user wrote: "When coffin lowered down, camera show pastor or royal family.

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The world said their final goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (September 19) in London, England.

Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to rest in St George’s Chapel, Windsor – bringing to an end the UK’s official period of morning, which began when she died 11 days ago. 

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will take place on Monday 19 September in London before her body is later laid to rest in Windsor. The United Kingdom’s longest reigning monarch will have a state funeral on the day which was deemed a Bank Holiday by her son, King Charles III. Following the funeral, the Queen’s body will be taken to Windsor Castle for a committal service before she is laid to rest at St George’s Chapel.

The Queen will be buried alongside her late husband Prince Philip at a private ceremony attended by the royal family this evening. The monarch's final resting place will be St George’s Chapel inside the grounds of Windsor Castle, her much-loved Berkshire residence.

The Queen will be buried with her husband Philip in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip shared a wonderful 73-year-long marriage following their nuptials at Westminster Abbey in November 1947. The couple were inseparable during the Queen's reign, with the prince taking on the role of both Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Consort following Her Majesty's Coronation in 1953.

Eagle-eyed viewers of yesterdays procession of the late Queen's coffin as it was transported from Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh may have noticed that it required eight pallbearers, rather than the usual six. Now it's been revealed that the reason for that is because the late monarch's coffin is lead-lined, making it so heavy that it requires extra strength to carry it.

When the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip passed away last April, it was confirmed he would not be buried until the Queen's own death.

The body of Prince Philip will be moved to the Gothic Church's King George VI Memorial following the death of the Queen. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland yesterday afternoon.

The death of the Queen yesterday has triggered a plan that will lead up to her funeral in London.

On Saturday Prince Philip was laid to rest in the 200-year-old Royal Vault beneath St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

The Queen paused for a moment before heading in the chapel to her husband Prince Philip's funeral as if she "could not face going in alone", a body language expert said.Her Majesty rode in a state Bentley with her 81-year-old lady-in-waiting, Lady Susan Hussey, while her four children and grandchildren walked behind the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin in procession.During the short ride, the grieving monarch appeared to be dabbing her eye as they headed towards St George's Chapel, where Philip was interred in the Royal Vault.After arriving, the grieving monarch stepped out of the car and paused for a moment before greeting Right Reverend David Conner, Dean of Windsor, by the entrance.Expert Judi James analysed the Queen's body language and told

Prince Philip's coffin was lowered into a 200-year-old vault under St George's Chapel in a never-before-seen TV moment watched by millions around the world.

Queen Elizabeth said goodbye to her husband Prince Philip in a heartbreaking way at his funeral.