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The Funeral Procession through the streets of London was led by the King’s four sons: King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), the Duke of York (later King George VI), the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, before traveling by train to Windsor. Queen Elizabeth,later to be the Queen Mother, can be seen in the carriage during the Windsor procession. Pipers feet pan up to pipers. This took place on 15 February 2002, the 50th anniversary of her father's funeral and Margaret was afterwards cremated and her ashes placed in the Royal Vault. Regarded as a private diplomatic mission, … Top view, mounted policemen. [12] Television cameras were excluded from the funeral itself, which was presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, and the Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett. Register now. She appears briefly at the end of this clip. SV. [2][5] The procession was broadcast on television, the first time that part of a royal funeral had this treatment, and also by radio. [4] The BBC radio commentary by Richard Dimbleby has since received comment for its poignancy. GV. Some of the family were there at the time so the state apartments were closed. His body was taken in procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington and then by train to Windsor where he was buried in St George’s Chapel. He died in his sleep at Sandringham House, Norfolk on 6 February 1952 at the age of 56. On 26th April 1923 (as Duke of York) he was married in Westminster Abbey to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later to become The Queen Mother). [15], The body of George VI was moved from the Royal Vault on 26 March 1969 and reinterred in the newly built King George VI Memorial Chapel. Another procession carried the coffin through the town to St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle where a service was held and the king interred in the royal vault. SCU. The funeral of George VI, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland took place on 15 February 1952. A period of national mourning commenced and his daughter, Elizabeth II was proclaimed the new monarch by the Accession Council. She was buried next to her husband in the King George VI Memorial Chapel on 9 April 2002. Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the series; King George was a well-liked monarch, but he never expected to possess the throne. The Sandringham estate staff and their families followed in procession part of the way and the public lined much of the route. Sailors lining route with arms reversed and heads bowed. [7], George VI's coffin was afterwards placed on a dais in Westminster Hall, under a vigil guard. CU. [2] From then High Sheriffs repeated the proclamation at town and city halls across the country. Woman. MV. The Funeral of King George VI - procession through London. The American representative was Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Prince Philip then embraces Princess Royal. The king's body was relocated to the newly built King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's in 1969 and was joined there by the body of Queen Elizabeth and the ashes of Princess Margaret in 2002. Some 5,000 attended the proclamation in Manchester, 10,000 in Birmingham and 15,000 in Edinburgh. (Vincent Auriol) at the head of a group of 20 foreign heads of state. It is accompanied by Grenadier Guards. Some 304,000 people passed through Westminster Hall with queues up to 4 miles (6.4 km) forming. The Earl Marshal has a suite of offices set aside for their use at St James's Palace in London. SV. The procession into the hall was led by the officers of arms, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (Brian Horrocks), the minister of works (David Eccles), the Earl Marshal, the Lord Great Chamberlain (James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster) and, immediately in front of the coffin, the Dean of Westminster (Alan Don) and the Archbishop of York (Cyril Garbett). The father, Randall Margraves, was nearly within striking distance of Nassar before officers tackled him to the floor in front of shocked spectators including his daughters. [16], The oak of Sandringham, hidden beneath the rich, golden folds of the Standard. BBC Commentator. GV. [7] They were followed on foot by the four royal dukes: Edinburgh, Gloucester, Windsor (George VI's brother, the former king Edward VIII) and Kent (Prince Edward, grandson of George V) and senior military and royal household figures. Pan, gun carriage starts to turn corner. [Getty Images] Popperfoto Popperfoto. There followed the Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers and a police band, ahead of detachments from every police force in the country and representatives of the colonial police forces. [5][7] The Archbishop conducted a service during which the coffin was guarded by the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and the Yeoman of the Guard. [4] After the final day of lying in state it took a team of three jewellers two hours to clean the dust off the crown jewels which lay on the coffin, in preparation for the funeral. Pan, coffin past. The procession was accompanied by Elizabeth II, George VI's wife Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and four royal dukes. (Orig.Neg. [2], The House of Commons met at 11.58 am to express its grief before adjourning to await the decision of the Accession Council as to the next monarch. SV. London, England. The service included the hymns "The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done" and "God be in my head and in my understanding". George VI died in the early morning of 6 February at Sandringham House in Norfolk. The procession was the first of a British monarch to be broadcast on television and may have led to the start of a mass purchase of television sets. Further senior military officials and members of the Royal Household preceded and escorted the coffin, flanked by the Gentleman at Arms and Yeoman of the Guard. St. George's Chapel, through trees. The coffin is borne up the steps into St. George's in Windsor. Wreath. Various shots of procession. SV. Piper, and bass drum. Thereafter was a detachment of the RAF and representatives from Commonwealth forces including Northern and Southern Rhodesia, East and West Africa (King's African Rifles and Royal West African Frontier Force), Ceylon, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. SV. SV. Most Rev and Right Hon C. F. Garbett, Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr G. Fisher, Archbishop of York waiting on steps. His daughter, HRH The Princess Elizabeth, had been proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II on 8th February 1952. [5], Crowds lined the route and to create space for them to stand the rhododendrons in Parliament Square were pulled up. Coffin being carried up steps. [16], A 47-page report was written after the funeral to recommend improvements for the next royal funeral. In 1952 she had the honour of hauling the funeral train of King George VI from King’s Lynn in Norfolk to London. <–King Edward VIII. LV . Britannia shared the funeral train duties with 61617 Ford Castle. Angle shot. The enraged father of three daughters who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar lunged at the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor and tried to attack him during a sentencing hearing in a Michigan courtroom on Friday. SV. [7] The coffins arrival at the Royal Chapel was marked by naval petty officers piping the admiral over the side. A funeral train carries a coffin or coffins (caskets) to a place of interment. Queen Mary leaves in coach with her sister Queen Maud of Norway. George VI died in the early morning of 6 February at Sandringham House in Norfolk. [5] On 11 February the coffin, draped in the Royal Standard on top of which his wife Queen Elizabeth had laid a wreath of flowers, was carried from the church. Full title reads: "The Funeral Of His Majesty King George V". Not registered? Crowd at Hyde Park. Rugby and hockey games were postponed, though football matches continued with the singing of the national anthem and the hymn "Abide With Me" before each game. [2], A period of national mourning followed George VI's death. A train runs its last journey on a tiny old railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. From Paddington the coffin was taken by train to Windsor for burial in St George’s Chapel, where the King’s father and grandfather, George V and Edward VII, had been buried, and among his earlier predecessors both Henry VIII and Charles I. The Sebastopol bell, a Crimean War trophy at Windsor Castle that is rung only upon a royal death, was tolled 56 times, once for each year of George VI's life, between 1.27 and 2.22 pm. [5], Upon arrival at the station the coffin was removed from the gun carriage by eight soldiers of the Grenadier Guards and placed into a railway carriage, the same carriage that had carried the coffin of George V (the deceased king's father) for the same journey to London. We always welcome comments and more information about our films.All posts are reactively checked. [12] This procession was similar to the one in London, though smaller. Coffin being pulled along Paddington Station platform. Back view, gun carriage being pulled under arch. [1][12] George VI was buried within the Royal Vault of St George's Chapel. Sailors turn corner. Coffin being carried towards train. Pan, coffin on gun carriage. He commented on the silence and stillness shown by the crowd, who he called "solid, courageous, but tired people". Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret, walking from coach up steps. [7] The coffin was followed by Elizabeth II, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret (who had all travelled by car from Buckingham palace) and the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Kent and Princess Mary. Through archway of St. George's Chapel. Towards, elevated, procession marching through Hyde Park. Cortege moving towards Whitehall past Houses of Parliament. [2] The coffin was laid in St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham where the king had worshipped while on the estate. Photographer Ron Case (of Keystone Press Agency), who was with a group of other press photographers outside St George’s Chapel, Windsor, had only RAF aerial reconnaissance camera. George VI died on 6th February 1952 at Sandringham and was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 15th February 1952, following a State Funeral in the Chapel. [7] The procession route was via the A4200 (Kingsway), Aldwych, Trafalgar Square and along Whitehall (where military officers in the procession saluted The Cenotaph) to Westminster Hall, part of the Palace of Westminster. Mass of wreaths. The train that carried George VI was named Windsor Castle. LV. SV. SV. At the funeral of King George VI in London are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Windsor and the Duke of Kent.... Military band plays on the platform as King George VI's funeral train leaves Paddington on its way to Windsor. The cof GV. SV. LV. The funeral procession for King George VI. Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records. [7][9], Behind them walked the kings of Denmark (Frederick IX), Greece (Paul) and Sweden (Gustaf VI Adolf) and the President of France. His earliest triumph at improvising was during funeral ceremonies for King George VI in 1952. George V was succeeded by Edward VIII who subsequently abdicated in December 1936 in … London. Pan, coffin being hauled along platform. The new queen, Elizabeth II, her sister Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Queen Elizabeth followed by car. Guardsman. SV. George VI's funeral was held on 15 February and began with another formal procession to Paddington Station, the coffin being carried on a gun carriage hauled by Royal Navy seamen, as is traditional at the funerals of British sovereigns. Like her husband she lay in state at Westminster Hall before a funeral at St George's Chapel. [2][8] Historian D. R. Thorpe considered that the funeral helped spark the mass purchase of television sets, usually ascribed to Elizabeth II's coronation the following year. Four Dukes of Windsor, Edinburgh (Prince Philip), Gloucester and Kent looking on - Kent hatless. Gun carriage being pulled away. They were followed by the High Commissioners of Commonwealth states and the representatives of foreign delegations. Yet the pictures then showed the train drawing into Liverpool Street hauled by 70000 'Britannia'. Top view, crowd. Behind the coffin the Royal Standard was carried by the Household Cavalry in front of the Queen's carriage, which carried Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. She was the first royal bride to lay her wedding bouquet on the grave of the Unknown Warrior, in memory of her brother who had died during the Great War. Train pulling out - guard of honour in foreground. George VI's coffin lay in St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham until 11 February when it was carried, in procession, to the nearby Wolferton railway station. Watching a Tv doco on King George VI the other day and noted that the loco which brought his coffin south from Sandringham after he died there in 1952 was the B2 61617 'Ford Castle'. GV. At the foot of the steps is the coach carrying Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and the Princess Royal. … Edward VII, George V and George VI were originally buried in the Royal Vault, but their bodies were moved to tombs in the chapel itself a few years after their deaths. SCU. MV. [2] The numbers were lower than they had been for George V, which was ascribed to the effects of the widespread television coverage. Numerous foreign monarchs and other representatives also attended. But there may well be some surprises and upsets in other categories, including a tough race among the best supporting actress contenders and, amazingly, a fierce battle for best picture as well. Pall bearers taking coffin from carriage. GV. Dignitaries waiting to entrain.