THE mystery about who removed plastic covers from flowers laid out for the Queen has been solved.

It was an 'eco group' from Roots Family Farm Shop, based in Bransford Road, Rushwick, near Worcester who took the covers off the many bouquets laid at the war memorial outside Worcester Cathedral.

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday, September 8 and was laid to rest at a state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday.

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A spokesperson for Roots said: "So this is how we spent our evening… with the permission of Worcester Cathedral, Meg, Debbie, Florence and Frederick carefully and respectfully removed the plastic wrap from tributes left at the monument.

"We were astonished at the three huge bags of plastic wrap removed from the flowers."

The three were seen with filled black bin bags stripping the flowers of their plastic and paper covering.

An eyewitness said the three did not seem to be part of an official body such as the council but believes they may have been doing it voluntarily.

The eyewitness said: "As I drove past the cathedral, I saw three women removing all the wrapping on the floral tributes left for The Queen.

"They did not seem to be working on behalf of anyone as they were not wearing high vis and did not seem to have lanyards.

"They had already filled a couple of bin bags when I went past."

On Sunday, a Worcester News reporter visited Worcester Cathedral and the majority of the wrapping had been removed.

Meanwhile, a total of 4,450 messages were left in the Books of Condolence opened at Worcester Guildhall following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Worcester City Council opened the books within hours of the news being released by Buckingham Palace on Thursday, September 8.

The first message to be left was from the Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Adrian Gregson.

The Guildhall extended its opening hours throughout the period of National Mourning to give city residents and visitors the chance to leave their memorial messages to the late monarch.

The Books were closed on Tuesday, September 20 at 6pm. Throughout the period of National Mourning the Mayor’s macebearers were on duty to greet people and help them on their visit to the Guildhall. The Mayor also joined the macebearers during the week, to meet mourners in person.