The remains of Queen Elizabeth II do not rest in a gold coffin

The confusion arose after the golden coffin of Mexican singer José José circulated online.
The remains of Isabel II do not rest in a gold coffin, but in an oak coffin lined with lead, and the viral images that claim the former actually correspond to the funeral of the Mexican singer José José in 2019.

Users on Facebook and Twitter have claimed at least since September 11 that the remains of the late queen rest in a gold coffin, which is an example of the colonial legacy of the British crown.

“What Venezuelan gold became,” says an Internet user in a publication with an image of a golden coffin placed on a red carpet and surrounded by flowers. While another assures: “The queen’s remains rest in a golden coffin… She took our gold to the grave.”

Mexican deputy Gerardo Fernández Noroña also shared the photograph.

Using digital tools, it was proven that the viral images that claimed this actually corresponded to the funeral of the Mexican singer José José in 201, as Hispanic media such as Telemundo or the Chilean Tele13 reported at the time.

In the images of the singer’s wake, the golden mortuary box can be seen, with the same marks that are found in the recently viral photo.

José Rómulo Sosa, known as José José, is recognized as one of the greatest romantic interpreters of Mexico and Latin America. He died in 2019 at the age of 71 in Florida, affected by pancreatic cancer.

According to several Mexican media, his coffin had a value of between 10,000 and 24,000 dollars and was plated in 24-karat gold.

The queen’s coffin

On the other hand, Elizabeth II’s coffin is made of English oak and lined with lead, and was manufactured more than 30 years ago, The Times newspaper explained on Monday.

According to the London newspaper, not even the Leverton and Sons funeral company, in charge of the royal funeral, knows when or who made the queen’s coffin. The coffin was delivered to them in 1991 when they began working as official suppliers to the British royal house.

The remains returned to London

The remains of Elizabeth II returned this Tuesday to Buckingham Palace, which was her official residence during the seven decades of her reign. There they will rest until tomorrow a funeral procession is held and the coffin is installed in a burning chapel in the Palace of Westminster.

The coffin of the sovereign, who died last Thursday at the age of 96 in Balmoral Castle (Scotland), was transferred on a British Royal Air Force plane from Edinburgh to the Northolt military base, on the outskirts of London, from where He traveled about 25 kilometers in a hearse, under a fine drizzle, to the center of the British capital.

The coffin, covered with the royal banner, was unloaded by eight soldiers in full dress uniform from the Boeing C-17A Globemaster that transported it from Scotland, the same model of heavy aircraft used in recent months to evacuate people from Afghanistan and deliver weapons to Ukraine.

Following the death of the queen, EFE Verifica has also denied that a video showed a child escaping from Buckingham Palace and has explained how “operation London Bridge” worked, the protocol planned for her death.

EFE

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