As Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin made its way from Westminster Abbey to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, a white note with a goodbye message from King Charles III could be seen nestled amid crown jewels and a richly symbolic floral spray.
used her personal stationary. In both notes, the queen signed off her messages not as “Regina” but the more familiar “Lillibet,” her girlhood name.was the envelope tucked inside the white floral spray and addressed by one of her children, Prince William, then 15, and Prince Harry, then 12. It simply read, “Mummy.”
the same words inscribed on the Victoria Cross, the highest honor awarded to members of the British armed forces.In addition to Charles’s personal note, the flowers on the queen’s coffin told a story of their own.
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