Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to relaxation in a non-public burial, and after her somewhat emotional funeral service on September 19, the Buckingham Palace released a poignant photo befitting the event, wherein the late monarch was clicked strolling uphill, with flowers and foliage surrounding her.
She carried a strolling stick and wore a pair of sun shades, a black and white patterned head scarf and a inexperienced cardigan sweater. Her facial options remained obscure as a result of the {photograph} was clicked from afar, and it was shared presumably to mark her mortal departure from this world.
The caption learn: “‘May flights of Angels sing thee to thy relaxation.’ In loving reminiscence of Her Majesty The Queen. 1926 – 2022”
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The first bit of the textual content is a reference to Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet‘. In reality, her son King Charles III — the brand new monarch — quoted the very same line throughout his first televised tackle after changing into the brand new monarch on September 9.
According to a People report, the queen, who was UK’s longest-reigning monarch, was photographed right here within the Scottish countryside, particularly at Balmoral, which was her residence in Scotland — she additionally handed away right here — in 1971.
The photo was taken by Patrick Lichfield, the fifth Earl of Lichfield, who died in 2005.
Prior to this, the Palace had released one other {photograph} of the queen forward of her televised funeral, which was taken earlier this 12 months to mark her platinum jubilee celebrations, as she had turn out to be the primary British monarch to succeed in this milestone.
The {photograph} was reportedly taken in May at her Windsor Castle dwelling by photographer Ranald Mackechnie. In the photo, the queen, wanting somewhat frail, appeared to smile. She wore her assertion pearls, and a powder blue costume.
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