Queen Elizabeth II's Burial to Reunite Her With Prince Philip
etonline.comQueen Elizabeth II is going to be reunited with Prince Philip. When the late monarch, who died on Thursday at age 96, is buried later this month, her husband of 73 years will be transferred from his current resting place to be by her side.When Philip died in April 2021, he was interred in the Royal Vault at St.
George’s Chapel. However, that was never meant to be his final resting place, reported at the time.Instead, the plan was for Philip to be moved to the church's King George VI memorial chapel when Queen Elizabeth died and was laid to rest there, per the outlet.
It's there that the remains of her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and sister, Princess Margaret, are housed, the outlet reported.Elizabeth first met Philip in 1939 when she was just 13 years old.
They got engaged in 1946 and married the next year. They welcomed their first child, who's now King Charles III, in 1948. They went on to have three more children — Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, and Prince Edward.In honor of their 50th anniversary in 1997, the couple gushed over each other.«I think the main lesson that we have learnt is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage.
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