How the Flower Wreath on Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Includes Nods to Her Beloved Balmoral Castle

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin.Photo: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty

TOPSHOT - Members of the public pay their respects as they hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, is driven through Ballater, on September 11, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will travel by road through Scottish towns and villages on Sunday as it begins its final journey from her beloved Scottish retreat of Balmoral. The Queen, who died on September 8, will be taken to the Palace of Holyroodhouse before lying at rest in St Giles' Cathedral, before travelling onwards to London for her funeral. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

AsQueen Elizabeth’s coffin made its journey from the Throne Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday, admirers got a glimpse of the wreath on top of her coffin.

The wreath of flowers, sitting above the oak coffin draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, features several plants that had been picked at the Balmoral estate, the beloved Scottish residence where the Queen has spent summers throughout her life and where she died on September 8.

White spray roses, white freesias, white button chrysanthemums, dried white heather from Balmoral, spray eryngium (thistle), foliage, rosemary, hebe and pittosporum all sit atop the coffin ofQueen Elizabeth.

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King Charles III pass crowds ahead of the cortege carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral

As the flowers decorated her coffin,Queen Elizabeth’schildren—King Charles III,Princess Anne,Prince AndrewandPrince Edward— all accompanied the royal casket on Monday to pay their respects to the monarch.

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King Charles, 73, Princess Anne, 72, and Prince Edward, 58, wore military uniforms, while Prince Andrew, 62, wore a standard suit. Buckingham Palace confirmed that only working members of the royal family with military ranks will be wearing such uniforms.

Princess Anne previously showed her respectfor her mother on Sunday when she curtsied in front of the coffin as it entered the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

September 19 marksQueen Elizabeth’s state funeral, where Navy officials will escort the coffin into Westminster Abbey. The event will be televised, before a second televised service takes place at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. A final private service will end the day’s events.

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The Queen will be laid to rest in the King George IV memorial chapel, and her late husbandPrince Philip’s body will then be transferred over. Her Majesty’s mother and father are buried there, as well as the ashes of her sister Princess Margaret.

King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.JON SUPER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward

Prince Harryreleased a statement on Monday to salute the great-grandmother of his children, who he remembered her meeting for the first time in the touching tribute.

source: people.com

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