The crown on Queen Elizabeth’s draped coffin is positioned at the middle and gives nothing away.

Is she being transported head first or feet first? I’m sure there’s protocol for this.

Is there any established custom when it comes to ordinary folks like us? Which end goes first in transport? Which end goes first into the hearse, the chapel, the cremator? It doesn’t matter in any real sense; I’m just curious.

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