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Queen’s funeral: Elizabeth II’s coffin lowered into vault at Windsor

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London, Sep 19: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has been lowered into the royal vault at St George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, at the conclusion of her committal service.

After an epic journey by road and air since she passed away peacefully aged 96 in Scotland on September 8, Queen Elizabeth II's coffin concluded its final journey to Windsor Castle for a Committal Service and private burial at St. George's Chapel on Monday evening.

A view of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II

The roughly 40-km route by road from Westminster Abbey in London, the site of a grand state funeral attended by thousands earlier in the day, to Windsor included the coffin processing by state gun carriage and then in the state hearse, a customised Jaguar, to the steps of the chapel.

The State funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II started at Westminster Abbey in London with the Royal family members and world leaders in attendance.

The final farewell to Britain's longest-serving monarch began as the long queue of people who had been lining up since early last week to file past the late monarch's coffin Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall came to a close early on Monday morning and preparations began for the coffin to be conveyed in procession to the Abbey.

President Droupadi Murmu, representing India at the state funeral, joined foreign dignitaries as they took their seats for the funeral service.

Catch the latest updates of the funeral:

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9:41 PM, 19 Sep

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has been lowered into the royal vault at St George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, at the conclusion of her committal service. The family will return at 7.30 pm for a private funeral.
9:31 PM, 19 Sep

At a private family service, the Queen will be buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI memorial chapel, located inside St George's Chapel in London, The United Kingdom.
9:23 PM, 19 Sep

The Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II begins at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. It will end with the coffin being lowered into the Royal Vault.
9:03 PM, 19 Sep

Following the State Funeral, Abbey’s bell ringers are ringing a full peal of Stedman Caters, lasting more than three hours. The bells are being rung fully-muffled – something which only happens upon the death of the monarch.
8:25 PM, 19 Sep

Queen Elizabeth's great-grandchildren, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, joined other senior members of the royal family at the state funeral of Britain's longest serving monarch.
8:25 PM, 19 Sep

A Buckingham Palace household staff member collapses outside the palace after paying their respects during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
8:11 PM, 19 Sep

Still in the state hearse, Queen Elizabeth II is being taken from Albert Road via Windsor Castle’s famous Long Walk in the direction of St George’s Chapel - where a further funeral service will be conducted.
8:07 PM, 19 Sep

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, spoke of the outpouring of love seen since Queen Elizabeth’s death in his sermon at the funeral service in Westminster Abbey
7:28 PM, 19 Sep

World leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, arrived at Westminster Abbey to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth
7:18 PM, 19 Sep

President Droupadi Murmu attended the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London
6:50 PM, 19 Sep

As Big Ben tolled, Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin made its final journey through London. From Westminster Abbey, along Horse Guards, down the Mall to Wellington Arch, the Procession included detachments from British and Commonwealth Armed Forces.
6:38 PM, 19 Sep

“This is disgraceful. This doesn’t change the fact that Taiwan is part of China. The political scheme of the Taiwan authorities is doomed to fail,” Mao said.
6:37 PM, 19 Sep

“Let me stress that the DPP (ruling Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan) authorities make use of the occasion to seek political manipulation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here when asked about Taiwan representative in the UK Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh was specially invited by the British government to sign the condolence book.
6:37 PM, 19 Sep

China on Monday termed as “disgraceful” the British government’s permission for a Taiwan representative in the UK to sign the condolence book of Queen Elizabeth II.
6:11 PM, 19 Sep

British and international leaders and royalty gathered in London to mourn Queen Elizabeth II observed a moment of silence amid scenes of matchless pageantry, a fitting end for Britain's longest-serving monarch
5:58 PM, 19 Sep

Leaders and monarchs from across the globe gathered in London to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral of inimitable pageantry, marking the passing of a beloved figure who unified the nation through her 70-year reign
5:20 PM, 19 Sep

The Cavalry Last Post is sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry before the Nation fell silent in Remembrance of Her Majesty The Queen.
5:10 PM, 19 Sep

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin carried out of the Great West Door through Westminster Abbey; to be now placed back on to the State Gun Carriage ready for the procession from the abbey to Wellington Arch.
4:48 PM, 19 Sep

Crowds on the Mall are completely silent as they listen to a radio broadcast of the service at Westminster Abbey.
4:31 PM, 19 Sep

More people are watching the funeral on a big screen in Exchange Square, Manchester, where the rain has stopped and blue skies have appeared.
4:15 PM, 19 Sep

London: British Prime Minister Liz Truss gives the second reading from the scripture of the Gospel of John. The passage concerns Jesus Christ's promise to his followers of a place in heaven. Queen Elizabeth II has been borne at Westminster Abbey.
4:08 PM, 19 Sep

The Archbishop of Canterbury has hailed the Queen’s “abundant life and loving service” as he delivered the sermon at her state funeral, adding: “She was joyful, present to so many, touching a multitude of lives": PA Media
4:06 PM, 19 Sep

“As we all prepare to say our last farewell, I wanted simply to take this opportunity to say thank you to all those countless people who have been such a support and comfort to my family and myself in this time of grief,” King Charles said in a thank you message on the eve of the funeral, as he once again paid tribute to his “dear mother”.
3:56 PM, 19 Sep

Police officers from around the country have been deputed for the gigantic security operation and the queue of people who have turned out day in and day out has been dubbed a momentous pilgrimage.
3:55 PM, 19 Sep

The funeral, being broadcast live to over 200 countries and territories worldwide and shown on big screens to crowds in parks and public spaces across the UK, marks one of the biggest events in history at this grand scale since the state funeral of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
3:54 PM, 19 Sep

As for her father King George VI, grandfather King George V, great-grandfather King Edward VII and great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin was borne in a Procession to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage.
3:50 PM, 19 Sep

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin carried to Westminster Abbey for her state funeral
3:47 PM, 19 Sep

he State funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II begins at Westminster Abbey in London with the Royal family members and world leaders in attendance

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