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John Dunne

King Charles’ handwritten note to the Queen on her coffin

The coffin of the Queen, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre as well as a handwritten note (PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

King Charles paid tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth with a handwritten note laid on top of her coffin.

The noted which read ‘In loving and devoted memory, Charles R’ was placed amid a colourful wreath for the late monarch that Buckingham Palace said contained rosemary, English Oak and myrtle, which had been cut from a plant grown from myrtle used in Elizabeth’s wedding bouquet.

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