Queen’s death: Queen’s name etched in stone at Windsor Castle chapel

The Queen’s name has been inscribed alongside her mother’s, father’s and husband’s on the ledger stone in the Windsor chapel where she is buried.

The late monarch was laid to rest with the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday in a private service attended by the King and the royal family following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey and committal service in Windsor.

Buckingham Palace said the inscription on the ledger stone in the George VI Memorial Chapel now has the names of the Queen, her parents and Philip, along with their years of birth and death.

The stone, which is new, replaced the black stone slab set into the floor which had featured the names George VI and Elizabeth in gold lettering.

The fresh stone now lists George VI 1895-1952 and Elizabeth 1900-2002, followed by a metal Garter Star, and then Elizabeth II 1926-2022 and Philip 1921-2021.

All four royals were members of the Order of the Garter, which has St George’s Chapel as its spiritual home.

When Philip died 17 months ago, his coffin was interred in the Royal Vault of St George’s, ready to be moved to the memorial chapel - a pale stone annex added to the building in 1969 - when the Queen died.

The Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated and her ashes were initially placed in the Royal Vault, before being moved to the George VI memorial chapel with her parents’ coffins when the Queen Mother died weeks later.

Windsor Castle is currently closed to the public and will reopen on September 29.

Charles is believed to have flown to Scotland on Tuesday with the Queen Consort to grieve privately, as the royal family continues its period of mourning.

He and Camilla were pictured in a vehicle that arrived at RAF Northolt, reportedly bound for Balmoral, home to the King’s Scottish residence Birkhall.