Royal fans say a final farewell to the Queen after a photo of her ledger stone was released
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Royal fans paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after official photos of her ledger stone were released by the royal family.
Her Majesty is now reunited with her beloved husband, loving parents and dear sister in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel after her funeral.
The ledger stone, made from Belgian black marble, shows the Queen’s name simply engraved in gold letters, alongside the Queen Mother, the former King and Duke of Edinburgh, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99.
The new slab replaces the old stone with the names and dates of birth and death of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth. It now contains, in list form, ‘George VI 1895-1952’ and ‘Elizabeth 1900-2002’, then ‘Elizabeth II 1926-2022’ and ‘Philip 1921-2021’.
Her Majesty (pictured here at Windsor Castle in April this year) died peacefully at Balmoral on September 8. She is finally laid to rest in Windsor
A photo released by Buckingham Palace reveals the Queen’s Ledger Stone, now framed with ‘George VI 1895-1952’ and ‘Elizabeth 1900-2002’ followed by a metal Garter Star and then ‘Elizabeth II 1926-2022’ and ‘Philip 1921-2021’
Between the two pairs is a single metal Garter Star, the insignia of the Order of the Garter, the country’s oldest and most noble knighthood.
All four were members of the order and St. George’s Chapel, where the memorial chapel is located, is her spiritual home.
Also in the chapel is the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, who died a month before the Queen Mother at the age of 71 in 2002 – as the Windsor royal family is now reunited forever.
After an image of the ledger stone was shared by the royal family’s Instagram account, people took to the comments section to share their thoughts.
First, seeing the poignant monument evoked mixed feelings, as they revealed they found it “bittersweet to look at.”
Another royal guard said, “This made me very sad because it makes it real that we’ll never see her again.”
Royal viewers took to Instagram to share their thoughts on the ledger stone, with some noting that the Queen has been reunited with her late husband and family in the dead
Meanwhile, others noted that the Queen had been reunited with her beloved family and husband.
One wrote: ‘At least they are together and happy.’
Another agreed, adding, “Rest in peace your majesty, reunited with Philip. Thanks for sharing this.’
And a third simply said, “Again together at last!”
The Queen was laid to rest with the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday evening in a private service attended by the King and the Royal Family, following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and her wedding in Windsor.
When Philip died 17 months ago, his coffin was interred in the Royal Vault of St George’s, ready to be moved to the memorial chapel – a light stone outbuilding added to the north side of the building behind the North Quire Aisle in 1969 – when the queen died.
The Queen’s name (on the left with Philip Mountbatten, marking their engagement in a July 1947 portrait when she was Princess Elizabeth) is engraved next to those of her mother, father (the Queen Mother in the middle with husband King George VI) and husband on the stone in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where the monarch was buried next to the ashes of her sister Margaret (far right)
Her name was inscribed alongside that of her father George VI, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and that of her beloved late husband Philip who died last year
Their remains were then interred on Monday in the small family memorial annex, built on the north side of St George’s Chapel. Their coffins were gently lowered 18 feet to lie on top of each other, supported by a metal frame, in the 10-by-14-foot chamber.
Her mother died in March 2002 at the age of 101. The Queen lost her sister, Princess Margaret, last month at the age of 71. was cremated and her ashes were initially placed in the royal vault, before being moved to the George VI Memorial Chapel containing her parents’ coffins when the Queen Mother died weeks later.
George VI died in February 1952 at just 56 years old – a moment the Queen always marked privately at her Sandringham estate.
King George’s coffin was originally placed in the royal vault. But because it was his wish to rest in his own chapel with his beloved wife, in 1969 his eldest daughter had a memorial chapel built that bears his name.
Her Majesty was buried next to her husband, Prince Philip, and her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Pictured: A stone in the George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel in Windsor, where the Queen Mother was buried in 2002
Located within the walls of St George’s Chapel, the King George VI Memorial Chapel was subsequently inaugurated by the Queen in 1962 as his burial place – designed by George Pace and completed in 1969.
His and his wife’s resting place was marked by a black ledger with the inscriptions King George VI 1895-1952 and Elizabeth 1900-2002 in gold letters.
The chapel will reopen to visitors next week on all days when the castle is open to the public, except on Sundays, when it is open to worshipers only.
The public can pay their respects at St George’s Chapel from Thursday 29 September by purchasing a ticket for the castle tour, which costs £28.50 on Saturday and £26.50 on other days, just over a week after the funeral of the late monarch was viewed by more than 30 million British people.