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Tim Hanlon & Catherine Addison-Swan

Queen to be laid to rest alongside beloved husband of 73 years Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth II will be buried alongside her beloved late husband Prince Philip following her death on Thursday.

The Palace confirmed that the Queen had died “peacefully” yesterday afternoon aged 96, following 70 years on the throne. News of the monarch’s passing sent shockwaves around the world, as all of her children and other members of the Royal Family rushed to Balmoral to be by her side.

The Queen will be laid to rest in the King George VI memorial chapel at Windsor Castle next to her husband of 73 years the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in April 2021 aged 99. Philip’s remains will be moved to be laid beside the Queen’s after being interred in the Royal Vault beneath St George’s Chapel until the event of her death, The Mirror reports .

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