King's goodbye as Queen's coffin is seen in public for the final time

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King's goodbye as Queen's coffin is seen in public for the final time
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Around 800 people, including members of the Queen's Household and Windsor estate staff, attended the ceremony at the chapel - in which the Queen's coffin was seen in public for the final time

The King placed a flag - the Queen's company camp colour of the Grenadier Guards - on the coffin

The Lord Chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, then broke his"Wand of Office", signifying the end of his service to the sovereign, and placed it on the casket before it slowly descended into the Royal Vault.Her final resting place is the King George VI memorial chapel, a small annex to the main chapel - where her mother and father are buried, and where the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret, are kept.

The coffin of the Queen's beloved husband, Prince Philip, was moved from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel to join her.Members of the public line the Long Walk after the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Windsor Castle. Pic: AP

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