Queen Elizabeth II Designed Her Own Hearse with Jaguar Land Rover

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin is being moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor in London right now, the place it should lie in state for 4 days, and mourners will have the ability to go to it to pay their respects.

The coffin is being carried on the state hearse—the identical one which will likely be used at her funeral subsequent Monday. BAZAAR.com has discovered the hearse was designed by The Royal Family and Jaguar Land Rover, and the queen was consulted on the plans and authorised the ultimate model earlier than her loss of life. The state hearse is completed within the shade Royal Claret, the identical colour because the official royal and state autos stored within the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace and utilized by members of the royal household on official duties, per Buckingham Palace.

The car additionally options the late Queen Elizabeth’s private royal cypher and was designed to permit members of the general public to have a transparent view of the monarch’s coffin because it travels from place to position.

Since Buckingham Palace introduced Queen Elizabeth’s loss of life final Thursday, her coffin has traveled from Balmoral Citadel in Scotland, to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, to Buckingham Palace, and now to Westminster Corridor.

The royal household—together with Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, Prince William, and Princess Kate—got here collectively this morning for the procession of the late monarch’s coffin. The funeral service for the queen will happen Monday, September 19. The queen’s ultimate resting place will likely be St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel, the place she will likely be buried subsequent to her husband of greater than 70 years, Prince Philip.

The royal interval of mourning will proceed for one week after, per King Charles III.

This story was initially printed by Bazaar.com.