Are royals embalmed in the palace?
Are royals embalmed in the palace? Embalming is a process which has long been used by the royals; it involves preservative fluids being injected into bodies to delay decomposition. Queen Elizabeth I was embalmed after her passing in 1603 and her coffin was placed in Whitehall Palace for three weeks before her burial.
Was the Queen ill before she died?
The late monarch's cause of death has been clarified by Gyles Brandreth in his book Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait. According to Prince Philip's friend, The Queen fought a severe cancer in the years before she passed away. In her later years, he said, she battled a specific type of bone marrow cancer.
Did the Queen leave a will?
While her will isn't public, there have been reports on which British royal family members inherited Queen Elizabeth's estate and fortune, and which were left out completely. Read on for what we know about Queen Elizabeth's inheritances.