Al-Marsad newspaper: A video clip documented that Lord Chamberlain Andrew Parker, the highest official in the British royal family, broke his baton on the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The wand was broken, symbolically declaring the end of the “second Elizabethan era,” AFP reported.
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was taken down today, Monday, to his final resting place in the Royal Vault in St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Before the queen’s coffin was lowered to the cemetery, the “state tools” with which the Queen was crowned in 1953, which include the Imperial State Crown, orb and scepter, were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar.
It is noteworthy that the position of chief court custodian dates back to the Middle Ages, and whoever holds this position supervises the departments that support the royal family in addition to playing the role of the main contact between the king and the House of Lords, and organizes all ceremonial activities, such as garden parties, international visits and parties Royal Wedding Besides the opening of the Government Parliament, it also deals with the affairs of the royal estates and royal travels.
Usually, whoever holds this position breaks the stick of his position on the coffin of the late kings in A sign of the end of their reign and the end of his role with them.