Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral Takes Place at Same Chapel Where She Had Coronation and Married Prince Philip

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Queen Elizabeth II was honored with a state funeral at Westminster Abbey, which also served as the backdrop for several important milestones from her reign as queen of England.The late sovereign was laid to rest on Monday, September 19, with a ceremonial procession and service at Westminster Abbey in London.

The proceedings began as the Royal Navy brought the queen’s casket from the Palace of Westminster to the Abbey on the State Gun Carriage.

The royal family — including King Charles III, the queen’s younger children and members of the new king’s household — followed behind Her Majesty’s coffin before the service was conducted by the Dean of Westminster and the Archbishop of Canterbury.As the royals and visiting dignitaries — as well as residents of the community recognized for their extraordinary volunteer efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic — mourned Elizabeth’s death on Monday, its setting holds important significance to the late regent.

Westminster Abbey was also the site of the queen’s June 1953 coronation when she was 27 years old.“It’s sort of the beginnings of one’s life as a sovereign,” Elizabeth said in The Coronation documentary for the BBC, which aired in January 2018. “I’ve seen one coronation [my father George VI’s in 1937], and been the recipient in the other, which is pretty remarkable.”She quipped at the time: “There are some disadvantages to crowns [like its weight] but otherwise they’re quite important.”Westminster Abbey also served as the setting for another monumental occasion in her life: Her wedding to Prince Philip.