All the details matter for this royal funeral. The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is accompanied by several symbolic objects, such as the British imperial crown or the scepter of the British sovereign. It’s also topped by a floral adornment, which the royal family gave some explanation about on Monday on Twitter.
“At the request of the King, the crown contains rosemary, English oak and myrtle foliage,” the tweet details. The myrtle is a native Mediterranean shrub with leafy leaves and white flowers, but the myrtle foliage that is placed on the queen’s coffin is not just any.
It comes “from a plant that grows from the myrtle in the Queen’s wedding bouquet,” explains the royal family.
Isabel II married Philip Mountbatten on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey where his funeral took place on monday. She was then 21 years old and more than 2000 people attended her wedding.
Flowers of the royal residences
The adornment of the queen’s coffin is also composed of flowers, gold, pink and burgundy colors with “touches of white”, collected in the gardens of the royal residences.
The British royal family has 22 royal residences throughout the United Kingdom, including Buckingham Castle, Windsor Castle, England, and Holyrood Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is at Windsor Castle that Queen Elizabeth II chose to rest, alongside her husband, who died in April 2021. His remains are scheduled to arrive there on Monday afternoon.
Source: BFM TV
