HM Queen Elizabeth II

[SamanthaD]

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Sounds like a simple solution for a very complex problem - "How do we tell people where the end of the queue is? Get someone to stand at the back - tell us where they are and we'll tell the world". Genius!

[blueday]

It's weird, we spend a good part of the weekend just watching the live stream of the queue filing past the coffin - it was strangely comforting, fascinating and rather hypnotic. The cameras always seemed to be on the lookout for scouts and anyone in uniform (particularly those with medals and/or a military beret). Am quite missing it now

[mikeprice]

The Queue was an amazing thing in itself

 

wish we could have gone down and at least been there on the route

 

but it wasn't really practical due to illness and stuff

 

but we did spend most of the week watching it all - and the whole day watching the funeral

 

never see anything like that again

[6Foot2]

Link: Queen Elizabeth II: Picture of chapel ledger stone released - BBC News

 

 

The first picture of the new ledger stone marking the Queen's final resting place in Windsor has been released by Buckingham Palace.

 

The black burial stone has been set into the floor of the George VI Memorial Chapel, where the monarch was buried on Monday.

 

The stone is engraved in memory of the Queen, her parents, and her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

 

It replaces a previous slab dedicated to George VI and the Queen Mother.

 

The fresh stone now reads "George VI 1895-1952" and "Elizabeth 1900-2002" followed by a metal Garter Star, and then "Elizabeth II 1926-2022" and "Philip 1921-2021".

 

All four royals were members of the Order of the Garter, the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system. The order of chivalry dates back to medieval times and is made up of the monarch and other senior figures, including ex-prime ministers and former military chiefs.

 

The freshly installed stone is also surrounded by floral tributes and wreaths to mark the Queen's death. It is made of hand-carved Belgian black marble with brass letter inlays, to match the previous ledger stone.

 

The Queen was laid to rest in a private burial at George VI Memorial Chapel attended by King Charles III and immediate family members on Monday, when the late monarch joined her parents, her sister and her husband. The service in the evening followed the public elements of the day - the Queen's state funeral at Westminster Abbey and committal service in Windsor.

 

Members of the public will be able to pay to see the ledger stone in person from Thursday.

 

The chapel will reopen to visitors that day, and will be open every day excluding Sundays when it is only open for worshippers.

 

Entry to the castle is £28.50 for adults on Saturdays and £26.50 on other days, according to the chapel's website...

[6Foot2]

Link: What does ER stand for? The meaning of the Queen's royal cypher explained and what it will be for King Charles

 

What the cypher of Charles III may look like:

 

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Link: King Charles: New royal cypher revealed - BBC News

 

 

The cypher of King Charles III has been revealed, showing an image to be used by government departments and on state documents and post boxes.

 

It was personally chosen by the King, from a range of designs produced by the College of Arms.

 

The monogram combines his initial "C" and "R" for Rex, the Latin for king, plus III for the third King Charles.

 

The cypher, a visual identity for the new reign, replaces the E II R of Queen Elizabeth II.

 

There will be other changes ahead to mark the new reign of King Charles:

 

• The Bank of England says new bank notes featuring a portrait of King Charles III are "expected to enter circulation by mid-2024", with the image to be revealed before the end of this year
  
• New coins will be produced, says the Royal Mint, and will appear "in line with demand from banks and post offices". There is no date set for when they will be in use, but an image of the new King Charles coins will be revealed before they come into circulation
  
• Existing banknotes and coins will continue to be valid, with Charles and Elizabeth notes and coins being used alongside each other. The Royal Mint says there are approximately 27 billion coins from Queen Elizabeth II's reign in circulation
  
• The Royal Mail says that new stamps featuring King Charles will "enter circulation once current stocks of stamps are exhausted"

But a set of four memorial stamps are to be released in November, showing portraits of Queen Elizabeth II taken at different stages during her reign.

 

As the period of royal mourning ends, the new cypher of King Charles will be used for the first time.

 

This personal monogram of the new monarch will have its first application in the Buckingham Palace post room on Tuesday, when it will be used to frank letters from the Royal Households.

 

It's an image that will begin to be used more widely, from uniforms to official stationery to public buildings.

 

There is a separate version of the cypher for Scotland, which features the Scottish Crown.

 

But there won't be a sudden change on post boxes.

 

There are still boxes in use from the reign of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V and VI, and the original cyphers remain until boxes need to be replaced.

 

Almost 70,000 of the current post boxes, about 60% of the total, date from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. There are only about 170 surviving from the short reign of Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936.

 

Boxes already under construction or ready for installation will continue to have the late Queen's cypher, Royal Mail says.

 

Where royal cyphers appear on buildings, it will be up to individual organisations to decide when or if they will be updated.

[jthompson]

Is it just me, or is the Scottish version shown in that BBC article totally on the wonk?

 

Edit: it is, because it's a scanned image, complete with dirt on the glass.

Edited September 27, 2022 by jthompson

[6Foot2]

Is it just me, or is the Scottish version shown in that BBC article totally on the wonk?

 

Edit: it is, because it's a scanned image, complete with dirt on the glass.

 

It does seem a little "off"