| Show BODY LAID IN TOMB RULERS OF EUROPE FOLLOW COFFIN containing BODY OF BELOVED KING hundreds of thousands witness pass ina nal nfl of funeral cortege through tah streets pathetic farewell of widowed queen london the body ot of edward VII now rests in st georges gea chapel at al windsor castle where are entombed tho the remains of adward IV the sixth and eighth henrys charles I 1 the third and fourth georges georgea and william IV sovereigns imd and representatives of the powers ot or all the world paid their last tribute on slay may 20 to En glands beloved mo monarch earch bright sunshine followed a night ot of thunderstorms that swept the city and soaked the funeral decorations that hung along the line of march but had no deterrent effect on tho the gathering thousands who from midnight until dawn sought nought points of vantage from which to watch tho the passing pai esing 0 of the cortege londona Lon dons millions filled the streets and aen open places as they have never been bean before filled either at a funeral or a festival the pageantry that thai marked the burial of victoria was as naught compared with the magnificence of fridays ceremony which was splendid in its accompaniments pt of glided gilded coaches brilliant uniforms and decorations far surpassing the ceremony attending the removal of the kings body from buckingham palace to hall tho the proc procession esson included nine sovereigns ere igns tho the former president of tho the united states theodore roosevelt who alone was not in uniform the heirs to several thrones the members of the royal families the officers of tho the households the officials of the government field feld marshals generals and admirals detachments of troops of all the british and representatives of foreign armies and navies in variegated uniforms a solid phalanx of glittering colors the lines of red coated soldiers sold lera were drawn as on that other great occasion of at En glands mourning nine years ago with arms reversed I 1 and regimental flags dipped to the ground the vast throngs along tho the streets were massed so tightly that thore once caught found it impossible to move at westminster hall ball the widowed quen queen going to spend a last few minutes betide beside the body of the king was assisted from her carriage by die german thados loaft of his royal uncle alicle has rested heavily rhe fhe emperor kissed the hand baud and cheek of alexandra and pissed her bor to her son king george hero the queen mother glancing up caught sight might of the kings charger waiting to follow his master to the bler bier and near nea r at hand the kings favorite dog led by a gillie md and sho she faltered gripping the ami am ot of tho the king and pathetically gazing upon the animals edward had loved to t o well then she entered tho the hall with king george emperor william wililam and the duko duke of connaught there to offer after a silent allent prayer and watch tho the removal of tho coffin to the gun guin carriage Blue jackets dragged tho the win gun ear car ariage through a una line of purple to st georges chapel and there simple services were conducted by the arch bishops of canterbury and york assisted slie ted by other prelates pr elates king george with alexandra on his arm walked up the navo nave behind the coffin with tho the german emperor and queen mary following during the service the widowed queen moved to tho the toot foot of 0 the catafalque and knelt and just juat before the coffin was lowered to the crypt king george georgo placed on the coffin a royal standard several ot of the royal mourners including archduke Arch duko francia ferainand of at austria and prince charles of sweden left london friday night but all the reigning monarchs remained and the king and queen had another notable dinner party at buckingham palace friday evening |
