Laura Bush wife of US president George W Bush arrives at Westminster Abbey, for the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She will be interred at St. George's Chapel in Windsor next to her husband King George VI. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-through-sombre-crowds-lining-sodden-streets-king-george-vi-came-back-105924472.html, King George VI Death State Funeral Feb 1952 Laying in state in Westminster Hall in London, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-king-george-vi-death-state-funeral-feb-1952-laying-in-state-in-westminster-20171356.html. Following her funeral in Westminster Abbey in London, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was buried in the George VI Memorial Chapel inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle next to her late husband, King George VI, who died in 1952. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-l-r-prince-harry-prince-william-the-earl-of-wessex-and-the-countess-106862691.html, Mourners gather in Parliament Square during the funeral of the Queen Mother in central London, April 9, 2002. Heaven knows what it feels to lose a son, a husband, and a father. But the true story of what happened on 6th of … [She will be interred at St. George's Chapel in Windsor next to her husband King George VI. Princess Margaret, son Viscount Linley and his wife, Lady Serena Linley, paused to look at tributes left by the public as they left Westminster Abbey in London after the funeral service for Princess Diana on Sept. 6, 1997. Prinz Albert of York wurde am 14. ], https://www.alamy.com/a-man-standing-before-a-poster-of-the-queen-mother-takes-a-photograph-of-mourners-during-her-funeral-at-westminster-abbey-in-central-london-april-9-2002-royal-dignitaries-and-politicians-from-around-the-world-have-gathered-at-westminster-abbey-to-pay-their-respects-to-the-queen-mother-who-died-march-30-aged-101-she-will-be-interred-at-st-georges-chapel-in-windsor-next-to-her-husband-king-george-vi-image381382382.html, Britain's Princes Charles (L) and Andrew (R) stand vigil at the coffin of the Queen Mother where it lies in state at Westminster Hall in central London, April 7, 2002. George VI was the third son she had seen die. Mar. As Britain prepares to bury Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh — Queen Elizabeth II's devoted husband of 73 years — on April 17 following his death at 99 on April 9, 2021, Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at other British royals' funerals over the last century… starting with perhaps the most tragic of them all… On Aug. 31, 1997, newly divorced Princess Diana died at 36 following a car crash in Paris. British subjects mourned as the funeral cortege of Queen Mary — Queen Elizabeth II's paternal grandmother who's also known as Mary of Teck — made its way through London on March 29, 1953. Artist: Unknown, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-duke-of-york-in-king-george-vs-funeral-procession-1936-1937-artist-11061231.html, 1910 The Times page 11 funeral of King Edward VII, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1910-the-times-page-11-funeral-of-king-edward-vii-72277714.html, https://www.alamy.com/windsor-horse-show-friday-150515-image379969373.html, Morocco's crown Prince Sidi Mohammed at memorial services for French Pres. * The casket that contains the ashes of Princess Margaret, who died in February 2002, is also being placed in the vault. SV. Edward VII was buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. A few of them — Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia (front), Spain's then-King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (center) and Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja (rear) — are seen leaving Westminster Abbey in London following the funeral service, which was the culmination of more than a week of mourning for the royal matriarch, who died that March 30 at 101. His funeral took place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on the 15th. Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives at Westminster Abbey, for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. In front of the altar is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. George VI died in the early morning of 6 February at Sandringham House in Norfolk. Artist: Unknown. Published: August 26, 2020 at 10:45 am . The Queen’s father, King George VI, was the last monarch to assume a different regnal name, having been born as Prince Albert. Date: 1952, https://www.alamy.com/londons-farewell-to-king-george-vi-the-funeral-train-about-to-leave-paddington-station-drawn-by-the-windsor-castle-15th-february-1952-date-1952-image256556488.html. * Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II led mourners from Britain and across the world at the funeral service at Westminster Abbey. The Countess of Snowdon is one of the few royals who chose to be cremated rather than buried. ], https://www.alamy.com/guards-stand-by-the-coffin-of-the-queen-mother-as-it-lies-in-state-in-westminster-hall-in-central-london-april-7-2002-thousands-of-people-have-waited-in-line-to-pay-their-last-respects-to-the-queen-mother-who-died-march-30-aged-101-her-funeral-will-take-place-on-april-9-after-which-she-will-be-interred-at-st-georges-chapel-in-windsor-next-to-her-late-husband-king-george-vi-image380815895.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-king-george-vi-death-state-funeral-the-gun-carriage-with-the-coffin-20171351.html, A man standing before a poster of the Queen Mother takes a photograph of mourners during her funeral at Westminster Abbey in central London, April 9, 2002. She died that Aug. 31 from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris. A Pearly King sheds a tear during the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother as it make its way to Westminster Abbey. It was the former Wallis Simpson's first and last public appearance with the royal family in England since she and her husband were exiled following his abdication. This is an aerial view of the flowers and mementos that mourners left outside the gates of Princess Diana's London home, Kensington Palace, the day before her funeral on Sept. 6, 1997. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-last-solemn-journey-of-king-george-vi-when-his-coffin-was-taken-106344590.html. King George VI — who was previously known as Prince Albert, Duke of York before he took the throne following his brother King Edward VIII's abdication — died on Feb. 6, 1952, at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England, from a blood clot after years of ill health including a lung cancer diagnosis.