Show Brit British sh Crowd Housetops As Monarchs Monarch's Body Passes Copyright 1936 the Associated Press LONDON Jan 23 The 23 The body of King George Georg V was returned to London this afternoon on fo for r the four days lying in sta state e in in the capital of his former empire Only a few h hours urs e earlier a sad farewell had been accorded the dead monarch at Sandringham where his reign came to an end shortly before belore midnight M Monday The car 10 royal roal funeral train pulled into the the sm smoke encrusted Kings King's Cross station at 2 5 p. p m. m while tens of th thousands of Britons packed the adjacent streets They stood waiting silently and mournfully in the chill air to pay tribute o of reverence to the man manthey manthey manthey they had honored In life Ute A with loyalty An honor guard from the three fighting services the services the army navy and air force stood force stood rigidly at attention attention attention at at- on the purple-carpeted purple platform plat plat- platform form as grenadier gu guardsmen carried carried carried car car- ried the oaken coffin from the funeral funer l coach to a Royal Horse artillery artillery artillery ar ar- tillery caisson for the procession to Westminster Hall there the great folk of the land and landwere landwere were assembling for tho lying in state ceremonies The new king Edward VIII who accompanied the body of his father already had communicated to the house of commons the declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion I 1 am resolved to follow Inthe in inthe inthe the way vay way he has set before me me Prime Minister Baldwin told the commons that the tho new monarch will be crowned with appropriate pomp and ceremony n next year in indicating indicating indicating in- in that a full year year will elapse before the coronation The which rumbled into position outside the railroad station on the sanded freshly-sanded driveway driveway drive drive- way was the tho same one which had conveyed the body of Georges George's father King Edward VII to I it its burial place Atop the great coffin coflin rested the imperial crown glittering in the splendor r of its diamonds and other precious stones It was one of the rare times when the public has had the opportunity of viewing viewing viewing view view- ing this symbol of its monarchy Inthe in inthe inthe the streets The new King Edward assisted assist d his mother the widowed Queen Mary to alight from the train Then he fell in beside his three brothers the Dukes of York Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester Glou Glou- cester and Kent and the Earl of oC Harewood husband of ot the princess royal for the second walk of ot the day behind the coffin King Develops clops Limp The royal brothers previously had walked the two and a half hal miles from the church at Sandringham to Wolferton station Together Together- they set off oft afoot for Westminster Hall three miles away The queen I II I mother and the other woman members members members mem mem- bers of or the royal family followed in automobiles Not only the streets but the rooftops rooftops rooftops roof roof- tops and windows were packed with the mournfully silent watchers watch watch- ers Many business ess houses and apartment buildings on onn bo both h sides of th the route were draped in crepe Nearing g ti the houses o se of f parlia parlia- ment along Whitehall the procession procession sion Mon passed the white while stone cenotaph cenotaph cenotaph ceno ceno- where KI King g George standing bareheaded at the 1928 Armistice day exercises caught the cold which almost cost his life seven ae years year ago King ing Edward limped noticeably and he se seemed med near the breaking point as s the Cenotaph was reached reach d dand and passed his passed his memory freshly aroused by the eight oC that solemn war memorial The new monarch was seen to bite his lips in an obvious effort to maintain his composure composure His face seemed more drawn th than n ever Beside the towering Big Ben standing high above the the- Thames the procession crossed into the the new palace yard entrance to Westminster Westminster Westminster West West- minster Hall After passing between between between be be- be- be tween the high iron gates the funeral carriage stopped After only a few minutes minute In Buckingham palace the dowager queen accompanied by the Hie princess princess princess prin prin- cess royal and the three duchesses drove to Westminster Hall to take her place with other dignitaries in receiving the body within the high high- chamber where it is tolie to tolie lie He in state Parliament already had passed resolutions expressing condol condolences and dc devotion to the new king and the tho queen mother Then the Archbishop of Canterbury Canterbury Canter Canter- bur bury intoned into brief funeral rites |