Along the way, both sides of the road were crowded with people who came to see the queen off for the last trip. The scene is very spectacular. It can be seen that Queen Elizabeth II is deeply loved and loved by the people, and they are all seeing her off in this way as a way to show their respect for her.
St George's Church in Windsor Castle is a place that Queen Elizabeth II admired and yearned for when she was young. This is also the venue for her wedding with Prince Philip. After all the ceremonies, the queen's coffin will slowly descend and finally land in the basement, where the imperial tomb is located.
Here, Queen Elizabeth II will be reunited with her father George VI, her mother Queen Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret, because their coffins are also placed here in this catacombs.
Some people may be curious, that is, don't ordinary people hide in the soil when they are buried? Why is Queen Elizabeth buried in the church? And the body will not be cremated, so that the body will not stink? What the hell is going on here?
Why is the Queen of England buried in the church?
So why on earth is the Queen of England buried in the church? Instead of being buried elsewhere? Like a cemetery or something. In fact, this problem is also related to the religious beliefs of Europeans.
Europeans generally believe in Christianity, so the church is a very sacred place in their minds, and the church is the closest place to God. The closer your grave is to the church, the closer it means to the Lord, so that you can enter heaven after death.
So Europeans not only want to hold a wedding here, but also want to be buried here after death. But generally speaking, not all believers can be buried in the church unless they have status and status. Generally speaking, only their bishop or king can be buried in the church after death, so that's why Queen Elizabeth II is buried in the church, not in the cemetery.
1800 members of the royal family have been buried under St. George's church, which means there are more than 1800 coffins here! As early as 20 years ago, when Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, was buried, there were media reports that there were only 12 places left in the underground cemetery. It can be said that it is already overcrowded, overcrowded.
Until Prince William's generation, it is estimated that a new cemetery will have to be opened before burial, otherwise there is really not enough room.
Ordinary people are not qualified to be buried under the church, but they can be buried outside the church, and the closer to the church, the better.
Won't the body smell if it's not cremated?
The queen's body was not cremated. In fact, there is no such thing as cremation and burial in the tradition of the British royal family. After her death, her body will be put into a coffin made of oak, which is the ultimate destination of their lives.
Although the queen has a noble position, she is human after all. Her body was put in a coffin without cremation. It is inevitable that her body will rot and stink under the action of various bacteria and microorganisms for a long time.
But there is no strong and unpleasant smell in the church, so how do they deal with it? In fact, the queen's coffin is made of oak, with delicate texture and a lot of infiltration in the tube hole, which is not easy to absorb water, corrosion-resistant and strong, ensuring long-term non-rot.
The inside is made of lead, which can better isolate the space inside the coffin from the outside world, increase the tightness, isolate the invasion of external microorganisms, reduce water loss and prevent the smell of decay from leaking out, so those coffins buried under the church have no smell.
But this is not absolute. Megan once complained that the church smelled "rotten", so she didn't want to hold a wedding there, which also angered the British royal family. So even so, it can only be tasteless to a certain extent, not absolutely tasteless.
The Queen of England's coffin is said to weigh six or seven hundred catties, and needs more people to carry it. And her coffin and Prince Philip are also lovers' models, which were prepared as early as 30 years ago.