What Happens to All the Floral Tributes Left at Royal Parks?

Mar. 15, 2025

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Since the death ofQueen Elizabeth, Green Park and Hyde Park in London have filled up with floral tributes in honor of the late monarch.

Mourners will be able to continue to view and lay floral tributes in the week following the Queen’s funeral, according toThe Royal Parksorganization.

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The organic composted material will be utilized for landscaping projects across the Royal Parks, the organization, which is responsible for coordinating floraltributesduring the national period of mourning, according to the organization.

The removal of the floral arrangements coincides with the ending ofthe royal family’s official period of mourning, which concludes seven days after the Queen’s funeral.

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The Queen was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel on Monday evening afterher state funeraland committal service.

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The late monarch was laid to rest beside her husband of 73 years,Prince Philip, during aprivate burial service, Buckingham Palaceconfirmed.

The Palace alsopaid tributeto the Queen on social media alongside a beautiful photo of her enjoying the great outdoors, writing, “‘May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.’ In loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen. 1926 - 2022.”

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Buckingham Palace confirmed details of the private burial with a simple statement onsocial mediaearlier Monday.

“This evening a Private Burial will take place in The King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor. The Queen will be Laid to Rest with her late husband The Duke of Edinburgh, alongside her father King George VI, motherQueen ElizabethThe Queen Mother and sister Princess Margaret,” the palace wrote, sharing a vintage, undated photo of the five royals.

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