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    In the United Kingdom, state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs. The most recent was the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022...
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    A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually...
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    was the first state funeral in the United Kingdom for a non-member of the royal family since Edward Carson's in 1935. It was the last state funeral until...
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    Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's...
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    funeral of Elizabeth II State funerals in the United Kingdom Range, Matthias (2016). British Royal and State Funerals. Boydell Press. Hibbert, pp. 464–466...
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    George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died at the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took place on 15 February...
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    King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, died on Friday 6 May 1910 at the age of 68. His state funeral occurred...
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    Viscount Nelson, was given a state funeral in London on 9 January 1806. It was the first to be held at St Paul's Cathedral and was the grandest of any non-royal...
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    In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that...
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    and state funeral of Edward VII Death and state funeral of George VI Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II State funerals in the United Kingdom Rose...
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    typically have their state funerals in the United Kingdom), an individual from a family that did not wish a state funeral, or a foreign dignitary. For...
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    and subsequent lying in state at Westminster Hall. Her death occurred two months short of her 86th birthday and ten weeks before the coronation of her granddaughter...
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    via YouTube. "A History of Royal Burials and Funerals". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 4 March 2023. "Funeral of Queen Alexandra and other stories". AP Archive...
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    James I and Anne of Denmark Jennifer Woodward, The Theatre of Death: The Ritual Management of Royal Funerals in Renaissance England (Boydell, 1997), p. 175...
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    of the funeral call the effigy a "representation" or "presentation", dressed in crimson velvet robes of state with a crown, orb and sceptre, the fingers...
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    April 2002 at Westminster Abbey in London, attracted 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom and cost £5.4 million. The Queen Mother had developed a persistent...
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    Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and the longest-serving royal consort in history,...
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    State Funerals. Boydell Press. Order of Service for the funeral Archived 23 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine Farewell to Diana - BBC The Funeral Service...
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    and funeral of Margaret Thatcher Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush State funerals in the United States...
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    Peter Oborne in The Daily Telegraph argued that the scale of the ceremony amounted to a de facto state funeral and disagreed with the status of a ceremonial...
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    Minister of the United Kingdom. Although Wellington's political career had led to his unpopularity because of his opposition to the Great Reform Act, in old age...
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    songs by the band Queen during this period. Operation Hope Not, funeral plan for Sir Winston Churchill State funerals in the United Kingdom Knight, Sam...
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    The state funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, was attended by a significant number of dignitaries...
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  • The death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau took place in 2000. Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1968 to 1984, with...
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    announcement of his death, the period of official mourning, and the details of his state funeral. Planning for the King's funeral began almost immediately...
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    Union 1801, which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
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    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Ceremonial and state funerals in the United Kingdom Funeral directors to the Royal Household Classic Car Buyer, May 2023...
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    The Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage is a converted Ordnance, BL, 12 pdr 6 cwt, MK II, gun carriage which has been used in the UK to bear the coffin...
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    an honour typically reserved for state funerals, yet a detail which emphasized Mountbatten's lifelong links with the Royal Navy. His bicorne Admiral's...
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  • from the year 1922 in the United Kingdom. Irish affairs occupied an important place in politics throughout this year. 1922 saw the establishment of the Irish...
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