The Queen has been laid to rest with her beloved Prince Philip - after the nation said its final goodbye to the late monarch
She was buried alongside the Duke of Edinburgh in a private ceremony with the royal family. It was not broadcast after the public funeral services preceding it on Monday.
The Queen's coffin, having been viewed by thousands as as she lay-in-state in Parliament after being flown down from Balmoral, was then taken to Windsor Castle. "Here, in St George's Chapel, where she so often worshipped, we are bound to call to mind someone whose uncomplicated yet profound Christian Faith bore so much fruit."Fruit, in a life of unstinting service to the Nation, the Commonwealth and the wider world, but also in kindness, concern and reassuring care for her family and friends and neighbours."
Her final journey from London to Windsor was met with a cascade of floral tributes from thousands of mourners who lined the streets to say farewell. The procession route for the Queen's coffin was lined by the armed forces, from Westminster Abbey to the top of Constitution Hill at the Commonwealth Memorial Gates.Mounties of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police led the procession, followed immediately by representatives of the George Cross foundations from Malta, the former Royal Ulster Constabulary, and four representatives from the NHS.It is the first road the hearse was driven down on its way to Windsor following the funeral procession.
As the procession left Westminster Abbey for Wellington Arch, members of the royal family watched on.
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