1. Handwritten observe

Nestled among the many flowers of the Queen’s funeral wreath was a handwritten card by her son King Charles III, which learn: “In loving and devoted reminiscence, Charles R.”

2. Flowers

At King Charles’s request, the wreath on prime of the Queen’s coffin incorporates flowers and foliage from the royal properties of Buckingham Palace and Clarence Home, in London, and Highgrove Home in Gloucestershire. Additionally on the King’s request, the wreath was sustainable, and affixed in a nest of English moss and oak branches.

The wreath incorporates myrtle, the traditional image of a contented marriage, reduce from a plant that was grown from a sprig of myrtle within the Queen’s marriage ceremony bouquet in 1947. It additionally incorporates rosemary as an emblem of remembrance and English oak, a nationwide image of power, in a nod to the Queen’s fidelity and steadfast responsibility. Different foliage consists of pelargoniums, backyard roses, autumnal hydrangea, sedum, dahlias, and scabious.

3. The imperial state crown

The late Queen’s sanctified physique is represented by the crown, orb and sceptre. The crown, representing the sovereign’s energy, has 2,868 diamonds, 269 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 4 rubies. It incorporates among the crown jewels’ most valuable gems, together with the black prince’s ruby, the Stuart sapphire, and the Cullinan II diamond. The St Edward’s sapphire, set within the centre of the topmost cross, is alleged to have been worn in a hoop by St Edward the Confessor and found in his tomb in 1163. The crown has been broken beforehand – in the course of the transportation of the physique of George V, the diamond-encrusted globe which tops the crown, together with the cross and sapphire it helps – snapped off and rolled right into a gutter.

The Queen wore the crown when she left Westminster Abbey after her coronation in 1953. The monarch wears the crown for state events, together with the state opening of parliament.

4. The orb

The golden jewelled ball created, just like the sceptre, in 1661, is topped by a gem-encrusted cross. It’s meant to remind the monarch that their energy is derived from God.

5. The sceptre

The sceptre was created for the coronation of King Charles II, and has been used to characterize the crown’s energy and governance in each coronation since 1661. In 1910, the Cullinan I diamond was added to the sceptre. Weighing 532.2 carats, it’s the largest colourless reduce diamond on the earth. Cullinan I is the most important stone reduce from the magnificent Cullinan diamond. Found in South Africa in 1905, it’s the largest uncut diamond ever discovered.

6. The royal customary flag

The royal customary represents the sovereign and the UK. The fashionable incarnation of the flag has 4 quarters: England (three lions passant) within the first and fourth quarters, Scotland (a lion rampant) within the second quarter and Eire (a harp) within the third quarter. In Scotland, a distinct model of the royal customary is used, with Scottish arms within the first and fourth quarters and English arms within the second. Wales just isn’t represented, as its particular place as a principality was recognised by the creation of the Prince of Wales lengthy earlier than the incorporation of the quarterings for Scotland and Eire within the royal arms.