'In loving and devoted memory': King Charles handwritten note to late queen

Britain's King Charles follows the gun carriage carrying his late mother the Queen Elizabeth after her funeral at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, United Kingdom September 19, 2022. Joshua Bratt/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles paid tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth on Monday with a handwritten note laid on top of her coffin reading: "In loving and devoted memory, Charles R."

The note was placed amid a colourful wreath for the late monarch that Buckingham Palace said contained, at Charles's request, rosemary, English Oak and myrtle, which had been cut from a plant grown from myrtle used in Elizabeth's wedding bouquet.