First picture released: This is Queen Elizabeth II's tombstone.

Created: 09/24/2022, 21:47

By: Magdalena Furthauer

This marble tombstone now adorns the final resting place of Queen Elizabeth II and her immediate family.

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The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II took place on Monday under the eyes of the world public.

Now the palace shows the first photo of her final resting place.

Windsor - Five days after Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, the palace on Saturday released a picture of the new tombstone, which will henceforth be the final resting place of the 96-year-old and her closest family.

From Thursday 29th September Windsor Castle will also be open to the public again.

Queen Elizabeth II: First photo of the royal tombstone published

The stone is made of hand-carved black Belgian marble, according to the press release.

The family chose this so that it “fits in with the predecessor”.

The late Queen's parents - King George VI.

and the king's wife Elizabeth, also known as "Queen Mum" - are already buried here.

A grave slab similar to the one now published pointed to this.

Brass letters and numbers announce the life dates of the Queen, her parents and her recently deceased husband Prince Philip.

The old age that the deceased reached is striking.

Only George VI, Queen Elizabeth's father, was only 56 years old because of his severe cancer.

The photo released by the Palace shows the royal family's tomb in the small King George VI Memorial Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

In the middle is the coat of arms of the Order of the Garter, to which all four royals belonged.

The stone is surrounded by several wreaths of flowers.

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The Queen's remains have had quite a long journey.

From Balmoral Castle, where Elizabeth II died on September 8th, we went to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh.

From there the coffin was taken to Westminster Hall in London to be laid out before the official state funeral took place on September 19 in Westminster Abbey.

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The mourners then went to St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth was buried in the royal crypt alongside Prince Philip.

On the same evening, however, both coffins were reburied in a side chapel, which the monarch had built for her father's final resting place.

According to

, it was a ceremony in close family circles.

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The Queen's younger sister, Princess Margaret, is also buried in the same side chapel.

However, the dates of her life are not found on the new tombstone.

Margaret was cremated - contrary to royal protocol - and her urn is now buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel.

The royal residence will reopen to visitors on September 29th, who will also be able to visit the Queen's tomb.

This allows the royals a total of ten days of mourning before the public can visit the grave of the "longest-serving" regent of the British royal family.

However, not only does the Queen's funeral make headlines, but also the apparently difficult relationship between Harry, William and their wives Meghan and Kate.

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