The Garter King of Arms has read the titles of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault as the Service of Committal at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor came to an end.
Standing in front of the altar, he proclaimed:
”Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.”
A piper then played a lament, walking slowly from the Chapel as the coffin was lowered.
Just before the proclamation of Her Late Majesty’s titles, the Imperial State Crown was removed from her coffin. The Orb and Sceptre were also taken. The Lord Chamberlain broke his Wand of Office and placed its remnants on the coffin. King Charles III placed The Queen’s Company Camp Colour on the coffin, too, before it was committed to the Vault.
The Service of Committal followed a State Funeral at Westminster Abbey this morning. Her Late Majesty will be buried privately later this evening in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor.
