Like so many proceedings associated with the royal family, Queen Elizabeth's coffin itself carries a specific history with it.
Coffin was made decades ago: 'Not something you can just make in a day'
The oak coffin was made more than 30 years ago, funeral directors confirmed to USA TODAY. Leverton & Sons, which has served as funeral directors to the royal household Andrew Leverton, a funeral director at Leverton & Sons, previously told“Oak coffins are now made from American oak. I don’t think we could use English oak for a coffin now. It would be too expensive,” he told the outlet.
The coffin is also lined with lead, Leverton & Sons said. The lead lining makes the coffin so heavy that eight military bearers will carry it on the day of the queen's funeral. “It is not something you can just make in a day,” Leverton said, noting that the coffin is also built for historic royal objects to be placed on it. Traditionally, coffins for the royal family are made from oak from the Sandringham estate,
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