Today, Monday, September 19, is a historic day for the UK as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral is taking place at 11am.
World leaders from across the globe have come to pay their respects, joining King Charles III, Prince William and Prince Harry, along with many other Royal Family members.
Despite the funeral taking place at Westminster Abbey, that will not be the Queen’s final resting place.
Instead, she will be heading to Windsor following the service, where she will join other old Heads of State, along with her late husband Prince Philip, who died last year.
Here is everything you need to know about where past monarchs are buried.
Where are past monarchs buried?
The Kings and Queens of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland date back to the dark ages, with many of them scattered across the fields of our isles.
In more recent history, 1603 onwards, there is a clear record of where all the previous Heads of State were laid to rest.
The Queen will be joining some of them following the funeral, continuing a long line of tradition that will in turn be taken on by King Charles III, Prince William and so on.
Queen Elizabeth II
Following the televised state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday, the Queen will then be buried next to her late husband, Prince Philip at Windsor.
It will be a private ceremony attended by the Royal Family only.
The Queen will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel during a service at 7.30pm.
Windsor
There have been many monarchs laid to rest at Windsor, with the most recent being George VI in 1952, also at the Memorial Chapel.
Before him, George V and Edward VII were buried there in 1936 and 1910, respectively.
William IV, George IV and George III were all laid to rest that that chapel in 1837, 1830 and 1820, with the latter being the first to do so after 1603.
Queen Victoria was also buried at Windsor, though at Frogmore instead of the chapel in 1901.
Westminster Abbey
The reason for Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral taking place at Westminster Abbey is due to its historical significance for the Royal Family.
Since William the Conqueror in 1066, all coronations have taken place there, along with 16 Royal weddings and many funerals.
George II was the last monarch to be laid to rest there in 1760.
Before him came Anne, William III and II and Mary II in 1714, 1702 and 1694.
Charles II was also buried there in 1685.
Other locations for Royal burials
Not all of Britain’s monarchs were buried at these historic locations.
George I was laid to rest at the Chapel of Leine Castle in Hanover, Germany in 1727, making him the last monarch to be buried outside of the British Isles.
He died of a stroke while on a visit to Hanover, which was his native home.
Before him James II and VII (II of England and Ireland, VII of Scotland) was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
After his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690, he returned to France, where he spent the rest of his life in exile at Saint-Germain.
