‘May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest’: Royal family’s touching final message to the Queen as she is buried with Prince Philip alongside her parents in sister in private service after four billion watch her funeral ceremonies
- The Queen has been laid to rest to finally be with her beloved husband Prince Philip on an historic day
- Her coffin was taken to Windsor for burial after a solemn procession through London to Wellington Arch
- Royals, world leaders, VIPs and hundreds of members of the public were at Westminster Abbey for funeral
- The King, his siblings, children and other royals marched solemnly behind the coffin from Parliament
- 2million people flocked to London to say farewell to Britain's longest serving monarch who died 11 days ago
- The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverage
By MARTIN ROBINSON CHIEF REPORTER and JAMES ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 00:27 AEST, 20 September 2022 | UPDATED: 07:46 AEST, 20 September 2022
The Royal Family have tonight paid a touching final tribute to the Queen after she was laid to laid to rest with her beloved Prince Philip following a day of public ceremonies - watched by as many as four billion people worldwide.
In a tribute titled: 'In loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen,' the family tonight shared a never-before seen image of the late Monarch hiking through heathlands.
The touching post issued via the Royal Family's social media account also harked back to her son King Charles's first address to the nation in which he quoted the Shakespeare's immortal play Hamlet - 'May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.’
It comes after a highly-symbolic moment in which the Queen's crown, orb and sceptre were removed from her coffin so she could descend into her grave 'as a simple Christian soul'.
Her Majesty returned home to Windsor to be reunited for eternity with her husband, father, mother and sister in the royal crypt at St George's Chapel, as her 70-year reign officially came to an end this evening.
The Royal Family stood at the end of the short committal service as the Queen was slowly lowered while the Dean of Windsor said: 'Go forth upon thy journey from this world, O Christian soul.' He also offered the commendation - a prayer in which the deceased is entrusted to God's mercy.
Moments earlier the Dean had placed her crown and other crown jewels on the altar before the Lord Chamberlain snapped his staff of office - signifying the severing of the Queen from her public service in death.
The Garter King of Arms then pronounced the styles and titles of the Queen as all power moved to her son, the King, before the coffin was lowered to the lament of a lone piper and Britain and the world said a tender farewell to the late monarch following 70 years of service to the nation.
Charles looked deeply moved as the Queen's oak coffin descended to the crypt on a day where he appeared tearful on a number of occasions as he said goodbye to his 'Mama', the 12th British monarch to be buried at Windsor.
Her Majesty's long journey to her final resting place - and to be reunited with the Duke of Edinburgh - began in Balmoral on the day of her death 11 days ago and ended with her private interment next to her 'strength and stay' Philip. The King scattered earth on his mother's coffin at a private family service.
That private service was marked with a tweet from The Royal Family's official Twitter account, which tonight shared a black and white image of the Queen with her family and her darling Prince Philip, who passed away in April last year.
Tonight, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: 'A Private Burial took place in The King George VI Memorial Chapel this evening, conducted by the Dean of Windsor. The Queen was buried together with The Duke of Edinburgh, at The King George VI Memorial Chapel.'
Britain's longest reigning monarch had been carried into the historic church followed by Charles III, her children and grandchildren including Prince Harry and Prince William. St George's was where the Queen had sat alone during the funeral of Prince Philip last year - in one of the most poignant images of the pandemic - and it was where she had loved to worship for so many years when at Windsor.
It came on a day where up to 2million people crowded into central London to see the coffin after the state funeral at Westminster Abbey attended by 2,000 royals, heads of state and 200 members of the public. Mourners covered the royal hearse in flowers as it travelled to Windsor from Wellington Arch this afternoon after the Queen was carried past Buckingham Palace for a final time.
This morning the last of the 400,000 people to see the Queen lying in state paid their respects before she was carried on a gun carriage from Westminster Hall to the church where she married and was crowned as an estimated 4billion people watched on TV worldwide.
The Queen is laid to rest for eternity in St George's Chapel in Windsor as her coffin is lowered into the royal vault following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey this morning
The Crown Jewels were poignantly removed from the casket to show that the Queen's reign was at an end before it went down to the royal crypt
The Lord Chamberlain, Lord Parker of Minsmere, breaks his Wand of Office in a symbolic moment when power is transferred from the Queen
The Queen has been buried alongside her beloved Prince Philip and next to her parents George VI and Elizabeth (pictured: The grave inside the George VI Memorial Chapel), the Queen Mother, and her sister, Margaret at the George VI Memorial Chapel inside St George's Chapel
The Crown Jeweller, left, removes the Imperial State Crown from the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as she enters the royal crypt as a 'simple Christian soul'
A private service, which is due to start at 7.30pm, is believed to be taking place at the moment. The Royal Family's official Twitter account shared a black and white image of the Queen with her family and her darling Prince Philip (pictured left), who passed away in April last year. This was followed by a touching final tribute from Buckingham Palace (pictured right) which harked back to Charles' address to the nation following news of the Queen's death. Quoting from Shakespeare's immortal play Hamlet, and including a never seen before picture of Her Majesty hiking through heathland, it said: ‘May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest'
The King looks moved as her mother is finally laid to rest during the service of committal
King Charles III places the the Queen's Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin at the Committal Service
King Charles III places the the Queen's Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin as she was about to be lowered into the crypt
The overwhelmed monarch then turned away as he said goodbye to his mother and her power and titles moved to him
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex look at the Queen's coffin as the Royal Family mourn her loss
The Orb and Sceptre are removed from the coffin at the Committal Service
As the crown jewels were removed, Princess Charlotte pointed and spoke to her mother as Harry and Meghan looked on
The Sussexes and the Wales' sing as Her Majesty the Queen had her symbols of monarchy removed along with her titles
The coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II rests in George's Chapel, Windsor
Members of the Royal Family gradually left St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle following the committal service for the Queen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left the chapel by car with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex departed separately shortly after, with Harry puffing his cheeks.
In the moving service the Dean of Windsor, the Rev David Conner, gave a reading from Revelation 21.1-7 during the service. The same passage was read at the funerals of the Queen's father King George VI in 1952 and her grandparents, King George V in 1936, and Queen Mary in 1953.
The reading ends with: 'I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
'He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.'
In a touching gesture the late Queen's two faithful friends, her corgis Muick and Sandy, were waiting for her when the flower-covered hearse arrived.
The King, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex were among those who met the coffin as it arrived at the castle after a procession along Windsor's packed Long Walk.
Minute Guns were fired by The King's Troop to signal the monarch is home as the hearse approached the West Steps of St George's Chapel. The Castle's Sebastopol bell rang - something that only happens when a British monarch dies - as the State Hearse ended its journey to the sound of bagpipes.
The Royal Family and European royals watch as the coffin is carried towards the altar
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried into St George's Chapel along the centre aisle of the nave to the catafalque
Lena Tindall, Zara Tindall, Mia Tindall, the Duchess of Sussex, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Charlotte, the Princess of Wales, Prince George, and the Prince of Wales, stand for the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre
Princess Charlotte, the Princess of Wales, Prince George, and the Prince of Wales as they say goodbye to the Queen
Charles, Camilla, Princess Anne and Prince Edward sat together in the service
The choir sings solemnly as the Queen makes her final and saddest journey today
King Charles takes his seat with his family after following the coffin
Prince Charles arrives at St George's Chapel with the Queen Consort as he prepares to lay his mother to rest
William, Kate, George and Charlotte stand aside and direct Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to their seats
Queen Elizabeth II body is carried as her family including Charles III and Prince William (left) watch on
Pall bearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II into St. George's Chapel
The Queen arrives at St George's Chapel, Windsor, where she will be laid to rest
Prince Harry and Prince William, left, follow the hearse with the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II moving towards St. George's Chapel
The Princess of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive at the Committal Service
King Charles III, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrive at St. George's Chapel for the Committal Service behind the Queen's coffin
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