Death of Elizabeth II: this peculiarity of the Queen’s coffin which makes it very difficult to carry

• The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II has a peculiarity of royal coffins
• The coffin was crafted with English oak with a lead liner
• The monarch’s coffin has been ready for 30 years

The death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 was a real shock for the whole world. The monarch’s funeral is scheduled to take place next Monday, September 19. Only carry the Queen’s coffin it won’t be easyaccording bfmtv. Indeed, as tradition dictates in the royal family, the queen’s coffin is lined with a heavy metal. Eight men to carry it to Edinburgh Cathedral are therefore not too many. The media reports that Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin was crafted with english oak with lead lining. The coffin in front of which thousands of people will gather was designed in the same way as that of Prince Philip, her husband, who died in April 2021.

“This lead lining makes it possible to seal the coffin“, according The Times. A necessity, according to the British daily, since it will rest in a crypt and not underground. The fact is that Queen Elizabeth II’s final resting place will be Windsor Castle, King George VI Memorial. It is also the resting place of his parents and his sister, Margaret. The hermetic lining of the Queen’s coffin has the role of protect the interior from moistureaccording INews. It is a tradition of the British royal family which aims to slow down the decomposition of the body. The coffin of Lady Diana, the princess of wales which preceded Kate Middleton, would also have been designed in the same way, according to the site Mental Floss. Other specificities: brass handles are proper to royal coffins, just like lid. The latter being the place of the regalia of royalty.

This coffin of the Queen was ready for 30 years

This is the funeral home Leverton and Sons who is responsible for the regent’s funeral. 4 years ago, Leverton and Sons told The Times that she “did not know when and by whom these coffins were originally made”. The company would have inherited it in 1991at the beginning of the collaboration with Buckingham Palace. “It’s made of English oak, which is very hard to find and very expensive,” explained the head of the company, Andrew Leverton. It is the rarity of this wood added to the lead lining that makes the delicacy of the royal coffins. “It’s not something you can make in a day,” Explain Leverton. This is why Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was ready for 30 years.

The queen’s face will not be exposed

The Queen’s coffin will be closed, reports bfmtv. This means that the public will not be able to see his face during the funeral. The coffin is scheduled to be transported from Edinburgh to London on Tuesday evening, September 13. On September 14, “He will be laid on a purple-draped catafalque at the Palace of Westminster, and watched over by guards“, always according to the media.