People and royalty
It comes straight from Namur.
Belgian connection. It’s a well-known fact: Elizabeth II was close to King Baudouin and the late Queen had done her the honor of traveling to Brussels for her funeral in 1993. From now on, another black-yellow-red symbol unites Her Majesty with country.
“It’s quite sought after”
This Saturday, September 24, Buckingham Palace lifted the veil on the tombstone of the sovereign, who died at the age of 96. Elizabeth II now rests in St. George’s Chapel alongside King George VI and Queen Mother Elizabeth, her parents, Prince Philip, her adored husband. On the official photo, we see an intense black stone where his name appears in gold letters. Surprising, but true, this marble comes from Namur.
A ledger stone has been installed at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, following the interment of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
The King George VI Memorial Chapel sits within the walls of St George’s Chapel, Windsor. pic.twitter.com/5GdsGoTb27
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« The stone was purchased from us. They bought raw stone and worked it their way. They polished it and put the inscriptions on it as requested by the end customer,” explained Guillaume Orban, an engineer from the Golzinne quarry, to RTL. This is ” a very black stone, with a very very fine grain and which has the particularity of giving the impression of being slightly translucent” , he added. Another refined detail? ” You can see through the material, and that is quite sought after”.
The vault of Queen Elizabeth II is accessible to tourists from this Thursday, September 29.