<p>Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel, alongside her mother, father, sister and husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen, however, will not be joining the host of other royals who are interred in the Royal Vault beneath the chapel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Construction of the memorial chapel, designed by George Pace, was completed in 1969.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was commissioned by Elizabeth as a permanent resting place for her father King George VI.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/a-timeline-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-death-1146306.html" target="_blank">A timeline of Queen Elizabeth II's death</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The king died aged 56 in February 1952 but his death had been unexpected and as a result no specific resting place had been allocated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the time, the king's remains were interred in the Royal Vault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Royal Vault is the final resting place of a long list of mostly 18th- and 19th-century royals, including George III who died in 1820.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With no more space to accommodate a second vault at St George's, it was decided to construct another chantry chapel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The resulting chapel was the first addition to St George's since it was consecrated in the 15th century.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen rejected the idea of the traditional marble chest tomb with life-sized effigies favoured by earlier royals for her father.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/uk-live-updates-britain-prince-charles-joe-biden-queen-elizabeth-funeral-thames-murmu-westminster-united-kingdom-1146297.html" target="_blank"><strong>Track UK-related updates</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead, the king's grave was marked with a simple stone of black Belgian marble inlaid into the floor with the inscription "George VI".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The dedication took place on March 31, 1969, in a ceremony attended by George's widow Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Queen, Prince Philip, Elizabeth's sister Princess Margaret and all four of the monarch's children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before his premature death, George VI enjoyed a happy family life with his wife and two daughters, referring to the tight-knit foursome as "us four".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death of the Queen means that all four will finally be laid to rest together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen mother, also called Elizabeth, was buried in the chapel on April 9, 2002, after her death aged 101.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Margaret's ashes were moved to the chapel from the Royal Vault, where they had been placed initially following her death earlier in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Philip, who died in April 2021, left instructions for his remains to be transferred from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel on his wife's death.</p>
<p>Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel, alongside her mother, father, sister and husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen, however, will not be joining the host of other royals who are interred in the Royal Vault beneath the chapel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Construction of the memorial chapel, designed by George Pace, was completed in 1969.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was commissioned by Elizabeth as a permanent resting place for her father King George VI.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/a-timeline-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-death-1146306.html" target="_blank">A timeline of Queen Elizabeth II's death</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The king died aged 56 in February 1952 but his death had been unexpected and as a result no specific resting place had been allocated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the time, the king's remains were interred in the Royal Vault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Royal Vault is the final resting place of a long list of mostly 18th- and 19th-century royals, including George III who died in 1820.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With no more space to accommodate a second vault at St George's, it was decided to construct another chantry chapel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The resulting chapel was the first addition to St George's since it was consecrated in the 15th century.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen rejected the idea of the traditional marble chest tomb with life-sized effigies favoured by earlier royals for her father.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/uk-live-updates-britain-prince-charles-joe-biden-queen-elizabeth-funeral-thames-murmu-westminster-united-kingdom-1146297.html" target="_blank"><strong>Track UK-related updates</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead, the king's grave was marked with a simple stone of black Belgian marble inlaid into the floor with the inscription "George VI".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The dedication took place on March 31, 1969, in a ceremony attended by George's widow Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Queen, Prince Philip, Elizabeth's sister Princess Margaret and all four of the monarch's children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before his premature death, George VI enjoyed a happy family life with his wife and two daughters, referring to the tight-knit foursome as "us four".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death of the Queen means that all four will finally be laid to rest together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Queen mother, also called Elizabeth, was buried in the chapel on April 9, 2002, after her death aged 101.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Margaret's ashes were moved to the chapel from the Royal Vault, where they had been placed initially following her death earlier in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Philip, who died in April 2021, left instructions for his remains to be transferred from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel on his wife's death.</p>