Queen Elizabeth's coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Monday evening Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern ...

During the final ceremony of Monday's three funerary events, the Crown Jeweler Mark Appleby removed the crown, sceptre and orb before the late monarch's coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault.

They position the coffin over the straps, ready to lower it down into the grave, when suddenly the platform gives way. All the men tumble into the pit alongside the coffin, with some squashed ...

The coffin, draped in a white cloth, was placed on top of the mechanism that would lower it into the grave. Several elders were on hand to witness the burial. The preachers then said a prayer for ...

The footage shows the pallbearers walking from the hearse to the grave with the coffin. As they positioned to lower it down into the grave, the wooden platform suddenly gave way and all the men ...