is the coffin empty or not? – Muricas News

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is empty. The tens of hundreds of Britons who queue for hours at Westminster Corridor to pay their final tribute to their Queen who died final week are being tricked. At the least that’s the premise of a conspiracy concept circulating on-line, however can that concept be true?

The conspiracy concept is fueled by two elements: on the one hand the truth that a closed coffin was chosen and then again the lengthy interval (eleven days) between the loss of life of the Queen and her state funeral subsequent Monday.

“In fact the Queen is in that coffin”, emphasizes Johan Dexters, chairman of Funebra, the skilled affiliation for Belgian funeral administrators. “It's due to this fact completely attainable to maintain a physique for that lengthy. It could be a lot much less frequent with us, however within the UK almost 90 per cent of the lifeless are embalmed. That may also have occurred with the Queen.”

In such an embalming – or thanatopraxia – the blood of the deceased is changed by preservative fluids, which counteract the decomposition and be sure that the physique will be laid in state with out refrigeration. “That can be attainable with an open coffin, as was the case with our King Baudouin, for instance,” says Dexters. “The British royal household doesn't have that custom, Princess Diana additionally used a closed coffin. I believe they select that in order to not offend individuals an excessive amount of emotionally. A closed coffin is an summary object, an open coffin will be rather more delicate.”

How lengthy a physique is preserved after an embalming relies on the supplies used. “In Historic Egypt that was for eternity, simply consider the mummies that we sometimes discover,” says Dexters. “However with the present ecological rules in Europe, that's not attainable. All liquids should be biodegradable, which implies that we're not allowed to make use of formol, for instance. With the present manner of working, a physique is preserved for between fifteen days and a month.”

In keeping with Dexters, the possibility that the coffin is empty is non-existent. Till Monday morning, the British may also salute the coffin nearly 24 hours a day, after which the official funeral ceremony instantly follows. There's merely no time left for an additional final minute make the change.”