Overcoming the conspiracy theory that the coffin is moving around empty, experts explain the process – The coffin, according to centuries-old royal tradition, has a lead lining.
Answer to the mystery we have all wondered about at some point – how her body is kept unchanged for so many days Queen Elizabeth in the coffin – attempted to give the German networks RTL and Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).
Dismissing the conspiracy theory that the coffin is moving around empty, experts explain that the Queen’s body has been embalmed with special drugs to keep it in good condition for at least 60 days after death.
The spokesman for the association of Funeral Directors of Lower Saxony, Markus Gebauer, told RND that in order to stop the natural process of decomposition, “bodily fluids are exchanged for formaldehyde and other chemicals”.
This is a standard procedure that takes two to six hours and keeps the body in good condition for two to three months.
At the same time, speaking to RTL, certified embalmer Philipp Berger explained that embalmers take care of “temporarily stopping the decomposition of the body, so that burial or farewell in an open casket can take place later” from the date of death.
Queen Elizabeth’s body will be buried in private, away from the cameras, at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, next to her father King George V and her husband Prince Philip.
Prince Philip’s body is said to have undergone the same procedure, with repeated injections, so that it remains unchanged as it lies unburied for nearly a year, awaiting the Queen, according to protocol.
Coffin lined with lead
According to CBS, Queen Elizabeth’s coffin, in keeping with centuries-old royal tradition, is lined with lead, which prevents the body from decomposing over a longer period of time.
Also, the lead makes the coffin significantly heavier, meaning eight people will be needed to carry it.
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was made nearly 30 years ago from a very rare English oak wood and weighs – without the body – around 300kg.
Finally, the newspaper Bild reports that the body is kept inside the coffin with special cooling plates until burial.
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