Queen Elizabeth's pall bearers had one final duty

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The soldiers who carried Queen Elizabeth's coffin during her funeral service also moved her body to its final resting place.

Eight men from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards were responsible for moving the late monarch's 500lb lead-lined coffin 10 times on its journey from Westminster Hall, where her body lay in state, to her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and then on to St George's Chapel in Windsor for a committal service, but their duty didn't end there as they also stayed on to move the queen's body from the Royal Vault to The King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle in a private service on Monday (19.

09. 22) evening. Paying tribute to the work of the Armed Forces at the funeral, General The Lord Dannatt, the UK's former Chief of the General Staff, singled out the pall bearers' efforts.

He wrote in a comment piece for the Daily Telegraph newspaper: It is invidious to single out any individual or unit for particular praise as the cast list is so varied, but spare a thought for one group of young men — the pall bearers from the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. "Recalled at short notice from the Middle East to fulfil their long-planned and traditional duty, they literally have the full weight of responsibility on their shoulders. "A lead-lined coffin is very heavy and manoeuvring their precious load up and down steps, on and off gun carriages and catafalques, in and out of vehicles — all under the constant gaze of billions on television, not to mention the concerned scrutiny of His Majesty The King, the Royal family and senior members of the Household Division — is no easy task. "These young guardsmen deserve particular praise.