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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Operation London Bridge (category State funerals in the United Kingdom)
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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Operation Menai Bridge (redirect from Death and state funeral of Charles III)
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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