Queen's final resting place: First picture released of monarch's ledger stone

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Queen's final resting place: First picture released of monarch's ledger stone
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Elizabeth II's name is inscribed on the black slab with those of her father George VI, mother Elizabeth, and husband Philip.

People can pay their respects at the burial site from Thursday 29 September, just over a week after the funeral.

When Philip died 17 months ago, his coffin was interred in the Royal Vault of St George's, ready to be moved to the memorial chapel when the Queen died.The Queen's sister Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated and her ashes were initially placed in the Royal Vault, before being moved to the memorial chapel with her parents' coffins when the Queen Mother died weeks later.

The memorial chapel was commissioned by the Queen in 1962 as a burial place for her father. It was designed by George Pace and finished in 1969.

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