Missed Queen Elizabeth's funeral? Some memorable moments: Prince George and Princess Charlotte joining the royal family procession; the queen's piper playing a lament; and Big Ben tolling each minute that the queen's coffin traveled through London.
Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest on Monday in a grand state funeral service that drew heads of state from around the world to Westminster Abbey, as well as up to a million mourners lining the streets of London.
Some 142 Royal Navy sailors towed and accompanied the two-and-a-half ton ceremonial carriage, which is a duty the Royal Navy has performed since the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901. But there’s even more significance here: the queen herself was the daughter of a naval officer, she married a naval officer, and one of her first duties as queen was the Fleet Review in 1953, the Royal Navy noted.
The coffin itself was also weighty enough to bear one of Britain’s greatest monarchs. It was reportedly made decades ago from English oak and weighs a quarter of a metric ton, or 550 pounds — although it could weigh up to 700 pounds. And in keeping with royal tradition, it is lined with lead to prevent decomposition.
King Charles had a hand in picking the sustainable funeral bouquet. The queen’s funeral wreath featured flowers and foliage cut from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove House, at the king’s request. And every sprig and petal stands for something. It contained rosemary for remembrance, as well as myrtle as a symbol of a happy marriage — and which was cut from a plant grown from a sprig of myrtle that was used in the late queen’s wedding bouquet in 1947.
Westminster Abbey’s bell tolled 96 times Queen Elizabeth II lived for 96 years , and so Westminster Abbey’s Tenor Bell was first struck at 9:24 a.m. local time on Monday, and then tolled once a minute for 96 minutes until the beginning of the funeral service at 11 a.m. Each strike of the bell was to honor each year of her life.
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