The Queen was laid to rest alongside the Duke of Edinburgh in a private evening service attended by the King and her immediate family, following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and a stint at Windsor. Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the inscription on the book stone at the King George VI Memorial now has the names of the Queen, her husband and her parents along with their birth and death years. The stone, which is new, has replaced the black stone slab on the floor which had the names George VI and Elizabeth in gold lettering. It features, in list form, George VI 1895-1952 and Elizabeth 1900-2002, followed by a metal Garter Star, then Elizabeth II 1926-2022 and Philip 1921-2021. All four were members of the Order of the Garter, which has St George’s Chapel as its spiritual home. When the Duke of Edinburgh died 17 months ago, his coffin was buried in St George’s Vault, ready to be moved to the memorial – an annexe added to the north side of the building behind the North Quire in 1969 – when the Queen died .
