Royal family says final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II in ceremony behind closed doors

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

1926 — 2022

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

1926 — 2022

The late monarch was reunited with her beloved husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, in a private interment on Monday night

For 10 long days, the Royal family had shared their grief with the world.

But on Monday night, after the public spectacle of a full state funeral, the Royal family was finally able to bury a much-loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother in private.

Behind closed doors, the King was joined by a small group of the Queen’s closest family for an interment ceremony in the tiny King George VI Memorial Chapel, an annex of the main chapel at Windsor Castle.

There, the Queen was reunited with her beloved husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who had been waiting for her in the royal vault since his death last April.

The couple were buried together, reunited in death with the late Queen’s father George VI, and the Queen Mother, along with the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret.

Such was the intimate nature of the ceremony that no details were released.

In contrast with the public grief in which they had willingly shared since the Queen died on September 8, this was the moment they could finally let go. Even palace aides were kept in the dark on the basis that the public moment was over.

The service, conducted by the Dean of Windsor, began at 7.30pm Monday London time.

The Queen’s body was interred with the Grenadier Guards’ Queen’s Company Camp Colour – a smaller version of the Royal Standard of the Regiment – which the King placed on her coffin at the end of the committal service.

Only one Royal Standard of the Regiment is presented during a monarch’s reign, and it served as the Queen’s Company Colour throughout her time as monarch.

While the private ceremony took place away from the public gaze, small groups continued to pay their personal respects outside Windsor Castle.

The Royal family have been with her every step of the way – and so too has the public as the world witnessed a state funeral like no other.

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