Show FUNERAL RITES OF KING 1 I WA R D VII london eng the funeral of king edward la Is declared to have been the most imposing ceremonial great Brit britaina ains capital ever witnessed thirty thousand soldiers were brought from aldershot aldershof Alder shot and other military camps to line the streets streeta when the process procession loii passed As aa there was waa no room to barrack them over night the soldiers antho ln the parks and streets the city had bad the appearance ot of an invested town far conre of c the vold soldiers lers slept in tents ln in the parks while the remainder lay down beside their guns in the streets at a conservative estimate persons passed through westminster hall ball to look upon the coffin of the king lying in state barriers were built by means of which the people were ushered through in four lines at the rate of an hour the tha body of the late kins king was not exposed to view queen mother chose hymns the hymns sung at the service at windsor were all of the queen mothers choice they were my god my father while I 1 stray now thu the laborers task Is oer and 1 I heard it a voice from heaven scotland yard had all its detectives on duty and these were reinforced by a hundred more from continental cities all visitors were watched but there was waa little real tear fear of at anarchistic attempts because it was known that every one under surveillance eur ilance would be deported train from england it if any trouble were caused on oa this occasion and it was not likely that the persons of the anarchist type would give up voluntarily their safest refuge in europe the procession to westminster hall may 17 for the lying in state stale was almost on as great a scale as the funeral procession the cortege included king george and all the foreign sovereigns on horseback and the queen mother and the royal ladies lades in carriages when the funeral procession started every street car in london came to a standstill for a quarter of an hour all the public houses in london were closed while the procession was passing no Disi friction shown there was no distinction as to peron son nor n or were there any ticket privileges for the lying in state in westminster hall all had to take their turn in line at st georges georgea chapel at windsor from whence the body was carried to US its final testing resting place the carved stalls were removed in order to give place to timber seating otherwise not a tenth of those entitled to attend would have bavo been able to enter the chapel was draped with violet hang ings fogs the service held in westminster abbey did not form any part or of the ine royal funeral it was a memorial service sen ice held especially tor for those members oatho house of lords and house honsa of commons commons who were unable to go to windsor E electric standards were fixed around the place in westminster hall ball where the catafalque stood the public was admitted until ten at night bight the catafalque occupied the spot on an which Glad stones catafalque stood afe coffin was seated scaled and draped by some of the royal regalia and king edwards EJ wards field mar half sword the coffan was sealed and draped and surmounted by sorsa soro of the royal arili find kinc ed edwards bards nards field mar the court removed to windsor the day before the funeral the archbishop ot of canterbury assisted by canon callon wilberforce conducted a short service at westminster hall on the nr ar rival of 0 the body on may 17 the members ot of both houses ot of parliament attended this service neither al loubet M Del casse nor M N clemenceau CIemence au formed part of the french mission to attend the funeral ot of king E edward premier briand in go 96 but also gave up the idea owing to tho the fact that emperor william was there un ier these dr cir cume cum stances the mission was purely formal it consisted of M pichon minister of foreign affairs general dalstein military governor of paris admiral marquis and an representing president fallieres FaH lerea roosevelt among the monarchs Mon archa ex president roosevelt who was named as special envoy of the united states to attend the funeral of king edward was presented to king george soon boon after his arrival in london mr air roosevelt occupied a place with th the visiting monarchs in the funeral procession and attended the burial at windsor jackles drew carriage king george being so BO closely identified with thi the navy the he naval cantin contingents tin gents took tooh a prominent part in the ceremonies Blue jackets drew the gun carriage to windsor as they did the carriage which bore the body of victoria although on that occasion they did so because the horses became beame c restive soldiers from the kings company grenadier grena adler guards kept sentry watch over the body in the throne thron room at buckingham palace they were relieved each hour with simple ceremony some one of the visiting royalties entered the room every now and then and the widowed queen went there frequently body in magnificent tomb the b ody body of king edward lies with that of his immediate ance ancestors storo in the magnificent mausoleum at frogmore Frog more in the home park of windsor castle in this structure erected by queen victoria at is 9 cost of prince albert edward father of tho the late king was wan laid to rest in ism 1861 in the same year queen victorias mother the duchess of kent was butted burled in ID an elaborate tomb in the grounds near by in 1901 queen victoria herself was burled in tho the mausoleum beside her hwi husband band the structure la Is probably one of the most elaborate of the kind iii existence it was planned in minute detail by queen victoria as a memorial to the prince consort the general public Is not admitted to the chamber where lie ile the royal bodies in two im meuse sarcophagi but the spot la Is a great in magnet agnet for or tourists dozens of whom inspect alio lie marble mausoleum dally daily queen mothers grief deep the s successive A delays in the removal a of king edwards body from tho the bedroom where ho he billed to the throne room at buckingham were duo due to queen reluctance to at ali low tho the body to be removed from tho the proximity of her own apartments all arrangements had been beau mado made for the reception of the body in the throne hrone room and notices were issued to members of the household that they would bo be permitted to view the body lying in state there but day by day tho the removal was postponed ond and the invitations deterred deferred the queens private apart menta communicate directly with those of the late king and it la Is not known how bow often she visited the room in which her dead husband lay or the duration of at the she mado made there but it la 13 said her sister the dowager empress ot of russia tea feared red her grief might prove too great a strain during the later years of the kings life he and the queen were on the most excellent terms termo of friendship and good feeling indeed it Is no exaggeration n ger atlon to say they were deeply attached to one another the king was wall most kind hind and considerate in hla his ai attitude toward his bis consort who valued highly the attentions he ha always showed her bar only those intimately acquainted with both the written and unwritten political history ot of the tha last nine years knew how great a figure was edward in controlling great issues in times of international crises of the first magnitude his influence was vaa the more conspicuous perhaps because british public life today con call kalns no statesmen in either party of more than mediocre ocre ability this makes Eng En glands londs sense of loss the keen sr r kings consideration for consort for years they had been to quote an informant of credit the best of 0 pals and while the inclusion in the tha list published in tho the papers of a house party at landringham sandringham Sand ringham of a certain womans comans name caused some astonishment in general society there was considerable the more astonishment among those thosa in the inner circles of court life at the efforts made by n foreign amba ador to suppress any mention if 11 ahe womans comans name in the list of guests who were invited to meet the king at his country house queen alexandra herself by a letter which tho the london times described as aa artless has shown how deeply she Is affected by the death of her consort authoritative details of what passed on the day of queen return to england show in what regard king edward held his queen on that thursday before his death edward was continually speaking or of her majesty to his entourage in the morning he be announced his intention to go to the station to meet her bet on her bar arrival and when he was forced to bow to the tha advice of his physicians in this matter he be said he would at least meet her at the head of the stairs in buckingham palace from tho the day ape FIC landed in england ns as princess alexandra he said hs he had bad never ever n failed to meet her when she aha came from abroad lie he followed all stages of her journey and as the day wore on an and his condition became worse he ha gave instructions that she was W as to be guarded against the shock of seeing suddenly how changed by ill ness nees he was there aro are two doors to the room in which his bis majesty died one facing the invalid chair in which w hach he was waa reclining the other at the side ile he directed that the queen be brought in at the side door so GO she ebe should bee him in the most moat favorably favorable aspect when the queen arrived king bd ward by an effort which taxed his powers to the utmost stood up to receive her an aa she clasped him in her bet arms arma he foil fell back into the chair in a state of collapse for a time it was feared the end was at hind hand i f al 9 M I 1 4 za aj ST GEORGES CHAPEL WINDSOR FROM WHENCE AFTER ta TH az FINAL cr ceremonies THE BODY OF THE LATE KIN kinq CI WA waa a CON EYED TO THE MAUSOLEUM |