Queen Mary I died on 17th November 1558 at the age of 42. Prince Philip's "unwavering loyalty" to the Queen will be praised at his funeral, as well as the duke's "courage, fortitude and faith". [read more] The Queen will cut an isolated figure at her husband’s funeral. The funeral was held in London. Her reputation as “Bloody Mary” was well deserved, following her determination, throughout her 5-year reign, to rid the country of Protestants and return England to what she saw as the true Church, namely the Roman Catholic one. Queen Mary has been laid to rest next to her late husband following a funeral service at Windsor Castle. Mary, Queen of Scots lived a turbulent life. More than 1,500 mourners, including many royal dignitaries from around the world, attended the service at St George's Chapel in Windsor today. She died of smallpox on 28th December 1694. On Saturday 17 April, the Queen will attend the funeral of her husband Prince Philip at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Widowed in 1936, Queen Mary lived to see her eldest son, Edward VIII abdicate the throne, her son George VI reign successfully, and her eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth, come to the throne in 1952. The … Aged five, she was sent to France to be raised as a future consort to the French Dauphin Francis. It started at 9:48 am on 9 April 2002, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey sounded 101 times, each chime representing a year that the Queen Mother had lived. William III and Mary II were crowned as joint monarchs in the Abbey on 11th April 1689. Burial. She was born on 8 December 1542 at Linlithgow Palace and unexpectedly became Queen six days later when her father, King James V, died at the age of 30. The funeral of Queen Mary I. Mary’s body had lain in state at St. James’s Palace until 13 December 1558. Mary’s coffin was draped in cloth of gold to begin its journey to Westminster Abbey. During the Queen’s funeral it snowed, and at Westminster Abbey, a robin flew into shelter from the cold. The king was crowned in the ancient Coronation Chair so a new chair had to be specially made for Mary's use and this is now in the Abbey collection. Her successor Elizabeth was determined to give her a funeral worthy of a Queen and the final bill came to a staggering £2 million in today’s currency. It perched for a while on the Queen’s funeral bier, and I was often reminded of this occurrence when in the palace gardens, of which Queen Mary was so fond, for there … During today's ceremony, several hymns will be sung by a small chorus of three choristers and a soprano, and Bible passages will be read out. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, mother-in-law to Australia's own Princess Mary, will mark the funeral of Prince Philip in a special way today.. Although there is no sermon - as per the Duke of Edinburgh's request - the service will be a highly religious one. The former Queen's body was brought by car from London to Windsor in the early hours of this morning. Her magnificent funeral on 5th March 1695 cost £50,000. Regarded as the matriarch of the royal family, her funeral and lying-in-state created unprecedented scenes of public mourning.