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A wreath of flowers from her beloved homes, with a nod to her wedding, adorns Queen Elizabeth's coffin

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19th September 2022
King Charles III chose the flowers in the wreath on top of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin. The blooms include deep red, bright pink and regal gold petals, cut from the gardens of several of Her Late Majesty’s beloved homes. Poignantly, the wreath also includes myrtle taken from the bush at Osborne House. It was taken from a plant grown from the sprig of myrtle used…
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Queen Elizabeth II to be laid to rest with the words used at her beloved father's funeral

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18th September 2022
One of the final acts of the long story of Queen Elizabeth II will link her to her beloved father once more. As the Service of Committal at St. George’s Chapel comes to a conclusion, a reading from the Book of Revelation will be given by the Dean of Windsor. The same words were read at the funeral of King George VI in 1952 as well as that of King George V in 1936 and Queen Mary in 1953.
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The flowers that meant so much to Queen Elizabeth II

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18th September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II received millions of flowers through her long life and reign. But there was one bouquet that was truly hers and which became so important and so famous that it was replicated at some of the biggest milestones of her life. The wedding posy carried by the then Princess Elizabeth, on November 20th 1947, at her marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh was a creation totally overseen by…
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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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18th September 2022
One of the most recognisable and iconic moments in The Queen’s historic 70-year reign was her 1953 Coronation. It was the first televised Coronation and was watched by 27 million people in the United Kingdom, with millions more watching from around the world.  Queen…
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Memories of Her Majesty: the tour that transformed Elizabeth II into a global Queen

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18th September 2022
The story of how Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne—that she went up a tree a princess and climbed back down a queen—and the aborted tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya that had to be postponed is well-documented. But what of her first official tour as The Queen? In late 1953, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked on a Commonwealth Tour that would see them visiting…
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