Mourners, including representatives of foreign governments, were assembled outside Westminster Hall by 8.15 am. Elevated, foreign representatives saluting as they pass Cenotaph. SV. A period of national mourning commenced and his daughter, Elizabeth II was proclaimed the new monarch by the Accession Council. GV. Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in deep mourning, walking from Hall and into carriage, and past Lord Louis Mountbatten, etc. Queen shaking hands with Dean of Windsor, Rt Rev E. C. K. Hamilton, and then embraces Princess Margaret. 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. LV. Pall bearers moving off with coffin. GV. [12] This procession was similar to the one in London, though smaller. She appears briefly at the end of this clip. [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. Pallbearers placing coffin on gun carriage - Crown, Sceptre and Orb on coffin. Please Register or Log in to add a comment. GV. The funeral party arrived at Paddington to the refrain of Chopin's Funeral March and the royal train left for Windsor at 1220 GMT. Some 5,000 attended the proclamation in Manchester, 10,000 in Birmingham and 15,000 in Edinburgh. CU. Crowds line the road. The Funeral of King George VI. Tableau on Guards Memorial. [2], The funeral of George VI took place on 15 February. [5] The public were permitted to view the coffin and, at times, queued for 4 miles (6.4 km) to do so. Sailors doffing hats. LV. [16], A 47-page report was written after the funeral to recommend improvements for the next royal funeral. Cortege passing Castle. SV. The coffin is borne up the steps into St. George's in Windsor. [4] There was some opposition to the mourning, social researchers from Mass-Observation recorded one 60-year-old woman who asked: "Don't they think of old folk, sick people, invalids? We saw many tombs of the past kings and queens but the Queen Mother has not made up her mind about a memorial for King George VI so there is nothing there for him. Meghan Markle, Harry’s wife who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, was not medically cleared to travel with him, according to Entertainment Tonight. 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. At the time of George VI's death these were being renovated and had to be hurriedly reopened. 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. [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. 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. Dignitaries waiting to entrain. SV. [4], Richard Dimbleby, BBC radio commentary of the lying in state[8], At Westminster Hall members of both houses of parliament were present to witness the guardsmen carry the coffin into the hall. Like her husband she lay in state at Westminster Hall before a funeral at St George's Chapel. [1] He was discovered by his valet at 7.30 am and the news was conveyed to Buckingham Palace by telephone, using the code "Hyde Park Corner" to avoid alerting switchboard operators to the news. The funeral took place on a dreary winter day — an even grimmer occasion than the average royal funeral. Funeral of King George VI. Material relating to the newsreel story "The Last Journey" - 52/15. 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. [5], Crowds lined the route and to create space for them to stand the rhododendrons in Parliament Square were pulled up. Bosuns playing pipes. GV. We always welcome comments and more information about our films.All posts are reactively checked. Wreath. The procession was accompanied by Elizabeth II, George VI's wife Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and four royal dukes. That was, until his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in the midst of a 1936 scandal regarding his relationship with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.A nervous man, George wasn’t particularly keen on the idea of becoming king – and all the … MV. (Marble Arch). Sailors lining route with arms reversed and heads bowed. Most Rev and Right Hon C. F. Garbett, Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr G. Fisher, Archbishop of York waiting on steps. During the parade a 56-gun salute was fired, one round for each year of the king's life. MV. [9], The route was lined with soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British forces, standing with arms reversed. Queen's coach and Dukes just out of gates. He commented on the silence and stillness shown by the crowd, who he called "solid, courageous, but tired people". Illustration by Sydney Prior Hall, Royal Collection, on Wikimedia Commons Since its construction in the 15th century many royals have been buried in St. George’s Chapel. Piper, and bass drum. Coffin nearing top of steps followed by Queens, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret. GV. [13][12] The Queen's party dismounted to watch the coffin carried onto the royal train by eight guardsmen. Selected Originals - The Last Journey - Funeral Of King George VI. 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. 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. GTV. Guardsman. The coffin was followed by George VI's brother Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and son-in-law Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on foot. 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. LV . The new queen, Elizabeth II, her sister Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Queen Elizabeth followed by car. BBC Commentator. 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). SV. Back view, coffin going into Chapel. Pan, gun carriage starts to turn corner. SV. GV. CU. Procession making way up Whitehall. Gentlemen-at-Arms taking places by side of train. This short sequence shows the coffin of HM King George VI taken by gun carriage along the road to Wolferton Station. Towards, Guards marching across Horseguards Parade, with arms reversed. Pan from Westminster Mall entrance to Big ben with hands 4.0' clock CENOTAPH. The news was repeated every fifteen minutes for seven occasions, before the broadcast went silent for five hours. The Sandringham estate staff and their families followed in procession part of the way and the public lined much of the route. Hulton Archive Print … SV. SV. Crowd line the track at Ealing as the funeral train bearing the coffin of King George VI passes on the way to Windsor. The coffin was carried by train to London King's Cross railway station where another formal procession carried it to Westminster Hall where the king lay in state for three days. 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. [2][5] The procession was broadcast on television, the first time that part of a royal funeral had this treatment, and also by radio. GV. [16] His daughter, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 and, in accordance with her wishes, a private funeral was held at St George's Chapel. <–King Edward VIII. [Getty Images] Popperfoto Popperfoto. Pipers feet pan up to pipers. 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'. SV. Guard of Honour in Palace Yard pan to coffin being carried from Westminster Hall by Grenadier Guard Pallbearers. Churchill had criticised Leopold for remaining in Nazi-occupied Belgium during the Second World War, rather than escaping to lead a government in exile.
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