The message read: “In loving and devoted memory. Charles R”. The “R” in King Charles’ title refers to “Rex,” which is Latin for king. The service at Westminster Abbey — attended by
The message read: “In loving and devoted memory. Charles R”.
The “R” in King Charles’ title refers to “Rex,” which is Latin for king.
The service at Westminster Abbey — attended by around 2,000 guests — included Bible readings and traditional hymns, as well as a sermon from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
King Charles was joined by his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, his siblings, children and grandchildren as Britain said farewell to the country’s longest-reigning monarch. The Queen died on September 8 at the age of 96.
The coffin was draped with the Royal Standard and the Instruments of State — the Imperial State Crown and regalia — were placed on top along with a wreath of flowers.
Buckingham Palace said the wreath contained flowers and foliage cut from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove House at the request of King Charles III. It sat in a nest of English moss and oak branches.
The foliage was selected for its symbolism — rosemary (for remembrance), myrtle (an ancient symbol of a happy marriage), and English oak (symbolic of the strength of love), the palace said. The myrtle was cut from a plant grown from a sprig of myrtle that featured in the Queen’s wedding bouquet when she married Prince Philip in 1947.
Ahead of the funeral, King Charles thanked the nation for the outpouring of support and warmth his family had received.
The new monarch said in an emotional statement that he and Camilla “were moved beyond measure by everyone who took the trouble to come and pay their respects to the lifelong service of my dear mother, The late Queen.”
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where her parents, her sister, Princess Margaret, and her husband, Prince Philip, are also buried.
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Five Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli airstrikes that targeted Damascus International Airport and other areas near the capital, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said Israel had fired “bursts of missiles” from northeast of Lake Tiberias in Israel, targeting the airport and several security checkpoints south of the capital.
Syrian air defenses had shot down some of the missiles, it added.
There was no immediate confirmation if the strike has affected airport operations.
The Israel Defense Forces said that they would not comment on foreign media reports.
Israel’s military has been intensifying missile attacks on Syrian airports, saying that the strikes are meant to target Iranian forces and military assets and prevent Tehran from supplying arms to its allies in Syria, which since 2011 has been locked in a civil war that has killed more than 300,000 civilians.
An Israeli missile strike in the countryside around Damascus killed three Syrian soldiers last month. Air strikes in June put Damascus airport out of service for nearly two weeks.
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