Today the Queen and Prince Phillip will be reunited in 16ft burial chamber
Victoria was laid to rest alongside him on her death in 1901. Few outsiders have been allowed into the St George’s vault. About 70ft long and 28ft wide, it is said to have room for 32 bodies on each side, with 12 low tombs in the middle for sovereigns.buried there include George III’s wife Queen Charlotte, and Queen Victoria’s father the Duke of Kent.
Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated and her ashes were initially placed there, before being moved to the George VI memorial chapel with her parents’ coffins when the Queen Mother died a few weeks later. The princess wanted to be cremated because she found the alternative royal burial ground at Frogmore too “gloomy”.
George VI died in 1952, but was first interred in the main royal vault and moved to the memorial chapel when it was built.Read More on The Sun
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