King Charles III: Plaque for Queen Elizabeth II unveiled

King Charles III
Plaque for Queen Elizabeth II unveiled

King Charles III upholds an important royal tradition.

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King Charles III unveiled a new plaque at Westminster Hall on Wednesday to commemorate the late Queen.

King Charles III (74) unveiled a memorial plaque for Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), who died in September, in Parliament in London on Wednesday. The metal plaque was embedded in the floor of Westminster Hall where the Queen lay in state for several days during the funeral services.

Charles continues royal tradition

“Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was laid out here. From the fourteenth of September until her funeral in Windsor on the nineteenth of September two thousand and twenty-two,” reads the inscription that can be read on the plaque. It continues on Instagramthat Charles is thus continuing a “royal tradition dating back to King Edward VII in 1910”.

In addition, Charles unveiled two “unique bronze lamps featuring the heraldic animals of the United Kingdom”. It is “a gift from Parliamentarians to the late Queen on the occasion of her platinum jubilee”.

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