Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to rest alongside Prince Philip at Windsor Castle after a state funeral watched by millions of people around the world.
The Queen's coffin was placed into the Royal Vault in Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel after a day of ceremony and pageantry unlike any seen in London since her father's death in in 1952.
The day began with a funeral service in the medieval Westminster Abbey before a procession past hundreds of thousands of mourners who lined London's streets to say farewell.
It was a fitting farewell for a monarch whose reign over the United Kingdom spanned longer than any other.
The day ended at Windsor, where about 800 guests were present for a final committal service that featured traditions signifying the end of the Queen's reign.
"We have come together to commit into the hands of God the soul of his servant Queen Elizabeth," said Dean of Windsor David Conner.
"In the midst of our rapidly changing and frequently troubled world, her calm and dignified presence has given us confidence to face the future, as she did, with courage and with hope."
Towards the end of the service the sovereign's crown, orb and sceptre were removed from the top of the coffin — separating Queen Elizabeth from her crown for the final time.
King Charles placed the Queen's company camp flag atop the coffin, while the Lord Chamberlain broke his wand of office before also placing it on top of the coffin — representing the end of his service to the monarch.
The Queen's coffin was then lowered into the Royal Vault.
In a private family service, the coffins of the Queen and Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99, were moved from the vault to be interred together.
Royal officials said it was a "deeply personal family occasion," which was not televised.
The couple have been laid to rest at the King George VI memorial chapel, an annex within St George's Chapel, where the Queen's father, King George VI, mother, and sister, Princess Margaret, also are.
Philip had been placed in a different part of St George’s Chapel, ready to be moved to join the Queen when she died.
Windsor the Queen's final resting place
Windsor Castle is the royal family's oldest residence, and a place particularly dear to the Queen.
She was sent there as a teenager during World War II due to German bombing of London and spent most of her final years there during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it her permanent home.
St George's Chapel was the scene of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan in 2018, and the funeral of Prince Philip in 2021.
As the procession went through the castle grounds it passed by her favourite pony Emma, and then past her two beloved corgis Sandy and Muick – the last two dogs the Queen owned.
Tens of thousands had lined the Long Walk to witness the Queen's hearse during the third and final procession, with the 1st Battalion of the Grenadier Guards accompanying it up the tree-lined avenue.
Once it entered the castle walls it was joined by King Charles III and other senior royals, who followed it up the west steps and into St George's Chapel.
'Abundant life and loving service'
Earlier, more than 2,000 people, including royalty, world leaders and members of the public crowded into Westminster Abbey for the Queen's state funeral – the first funeral of a monarch to be held there since King George II's funeral in 1760.
The funeral began with King Charles III leading a procession behind the Queen's coffin from the nearby Westminster Hall, where his mother's body had been lying in state.
The Queen's coffin was carried on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy, drawn by 142 sailors.
Members of all three armed services formed a guard of honour in Parliament Square outside the Palace of Westminster.
Behind King Charles were his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, as well as the Queen's other three children – Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
The Imperial State Crown, adorned with almost 3,000 diamonds, and the sovereign's orb and sceptre lay on top of the Queen's coffin, which had been draped in the Royal Standard.
The card on the wreath on top of the coffin was handwritten by the King and said: "In loving and devoted memory. Charles R."
Inside the abbey the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle conducted the service, and the sermon was delivered by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
"With gratitude we remember her unswerving commitment to a high calling over so many years as Queen and head of the Commonwealth," the Dean of Westminster said.
"With admiration we recall her lifelong sense of duty and dedication to her people. With thanksgiving we praise God for her constant example of Christian faith and devotion.
"With affection we recall her love for her family and her commitment to the causes she held dear."
The Archbishop of Canterbury told the congregation that the grief felt by so many across Britain and the wider world reflected the late monarch's "abundant life and loving service".
"Her late majesty famously declared on a 21st birthday broadcast that her whole life would be dedicated to serving the nation and Commonwealth," he said.
"Rarely has such a promise been so well kept.
"Few leaders receive the outpouring of love that we have seen."
Among the world leaders in attendance were US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, also attended.
Baroness Scotland, secretary general of the Commonwealth, read the first lesson from Corinthians 15, including the line: "O death, where is thy sting?"
The second lesson was delivered by British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was appointed the country's new leader just two days before the Queen's death.
It was the first state funeral to be held in the UK since wartime prime minister Winston Churchill's in 1965, and the first time a monarch's funeral had been broadcast from Westminster Abbey.
The UK declared a public holiday, with mourners lining the streets around Westminster and Buckingham Palace, and crowds watching on big screens around the country.
Westminster Abbey was where the then-Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip in 1947, and where she was crowned in 1953.
The service concluded with the Last Post, followed by a two-minute national silence, God Save the King and a lament played by the Queen's piper.
On the evening before the funeral, King Charles issued a message of thanks to people in the UK and around the world, saying he and his wife Camilla, had been "moved beyond measure" by the large numbers of people who had turned out to pay their respects to the Queen, who died on September 8.
The Queen's final journey out of London
After the funeral Queen's coffin was then taken from Westminster Abbey, through Whitehall and Horse Guard Parade, down The Mall and past Buckingham Palace to Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner.
Big Ben tolled at one-minute intervals and gun salutes were fired every minute from Hyde Park.
At Wellington Arch the coffin was placed inside the State Hearse, where it began its final journey to Windsor Castle.
Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered along the route of the funeral procession out of London, many throwing flowers in front of the hearse carrying the Queen's coffin.
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