Hundreds of people have queued to see Queen Elizabeth's final resting place, as Windsor Castle reopens to the public for the first time
It is the first opportunity for the public to see the ledger stone inscribed with the Queen's name, situated in the George VI memorial chapel.
Anne Daley, 65, from Cardiff, and Grace Gogharg, from Ghana but who lives in London, were the first people in the queue, and had arrived at Windsor Castle at 7.30am. Ms Daley said she felt emotional about entering, adding: "The castle feels like empty, gloomy. Nobody's living in it. You know, you've lost the Queen, you've lost the duke, you lost the corgis.The monarch is buried alongside her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and her parents, King George VI and Elizabeth, the Queen's Mother.The late monarch's coffin made its final journey from Westminster Abbey to St George's Chapel as part of a state funeral on Monday 19 September.
The pair became friends at the unveiling of the Diana, Princess of Wales statue outside Kensington Palace in July 2021, and they were also amongst the first people to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall. Ms Daley said: "We waited at Lambeth Bridge on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when we eventually got in at 5pm."
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