The Queen will be placed next to her husband of 73 years,Prince Philip, whodied at age 99in April 2021. Prince Philip was moved from the Royal Vault beneath the chapel, where he was temporarily interred.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth.Chris Jackson/Gett
The pair wed in a stunning ceremony on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey — the same place wherePrince Williamand the thenKate Middletonwere marriedin 2011.
“She fell in love at age 18 and she never looked at anyone else,” Sally Bedell Smith, author ofElizabeth the Queen, previously told PEOPLE.
“He has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years,” the Queen said of her husband on their golden wedding anniversary in 1997. “I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.”
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Her parents, King George VI, who died in 1952, andQueen Elizabeththe Queen Mother, who died in 2002, as well as her sister,Princess Margaret, who also died in 2002, are all interred at the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
Buckingham Palace confirmed details of the private burial with a simple statement onsocial mediaMonday.
“This evening a Private Burial will take place in The King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor. The Queen will be Laid to Rest with her late husband The Duke of Edinburgh, alongside her father King George VI, motherQueen ElizabethThe Queen Mother and sister Princess Margaret,” the palace wrote, sharing a vintage, undated photo of the five royals.
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While King George VI and the Queen Mother are buried in the tomb, Princess Margaret was cremated and her ashes placed with her parents, despite cremation not being a traditional process for the royals.
Some have speculated that part of the reason why Princess Margaret was cremated was so she would fit with the rest of her family in the burial spot.
“I think she’d like to be with the late King, which she will now be. There’s room I think for her to be with him now. She just said she was going to be cremated,” said Lady Glenconner, a former lady-in-waiting to Margaret, according toThe Scotsman.
source: people.com
