The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-25 00:00:00

THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAY :EVENING, MARCH 25, 1861.

'FUNERAL OF ERR ROYAL BIGHNESSI
THE LATE DUCHESS OF KENT.

The funeral of her Royal Highness the Ate'
Duchess of Kent took place to-day at eleven o'clock.
The body, up to this time, has remained at Frog-
more, whence it was removed at four o'clock this
morning. The removal was effected with the
strictest privacy. On arriving at Winldsor the
coffin was laid in the Wolsey Chapel, adjoining the
Chapel Royal, where it remained until the hour
fixed for the funeral ceremony.
The coffin bore upon a gilt plate the iinscription :
" Depositum
Illustrissima Principissa
Victoria Maria Louisa,
Illustrissimi Principis Edwardi,
Ducis Lantite et Strathernise Vidtta,
Matris Augustissimte et Potentissima
Victoria,
Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina,
Fidei Defensoris,
Obiit sexto decimo die Martio, MDCCCLXL.
Annoque tetatis 75."

The following is the official prograrcime of the
ceremonial :

On the naorning of Monday, March 25, 1861, the remains
of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and
Strathern, daughter of his late Serene Highness Francis
Frederick Anthony Duke of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld, mother
of her Majesty the Queen, and widow of his .late Royal
Highness Edward Duke of Kent and Strathern, will be pri-
vately removed from Frogmore House tifo the nave of St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, near to the tomb of her late
Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, in the choir of
which chapel they will be deposited until the completion
and consecration of the mausoleum now in the course of
construction in the grounds at Frogmore.
In strict accordance with the understood wishes of her
late Royal Highness, the funeral will be conducted in the
most private manner, and the following limited ceremonial'
will be observed :

The body having been previously conveyed, in the
strictest privacy, from Frogmore House to St. George's
Chapel, where it will be received by the Vice-Chamberlain
of her Majesty's Household, will there remain under thel
charge of the officers appointed by the Lord Chamberlainii
until the hour fixed for the funeral service.

At half-past ten o'clock those who have had the honour'
to receive the Queen's commands to attend the ceremony,
but who do not take part in the procession, will be admitted,
to St. George's Chapel, and will be at once conducted tol
seats in the choir.

At eleven o'clock the royal family and other royal per-
sonages will assemble in the Chapter-•room of St. George's
Chapel, from which they will be conducted to their places
in the procession by the Lord Chamberlain.
The Dean and Canons of Windsor, attended by the choir,
will receive the body at the anti-chapel, and then join the
procession.

The remainder of those appointed to take part in the pro-1
cession, having previously assembled in Wolsey's Chapel,
will form in the following order in the nave of St. George's
Chapel :

Pages of her late Royal Highness.
Dressers of her late Royal Highness.
House Steward of her late Royal Highness.
Medical attendants upon her late Royal Highness.
Chaplains to her late Royal Highness.
Equerries to her late Royal Highness.

Gentlemen in Waiting upon the various members of the
Royal family, and representatives of absent royal per-1
sonages.
Equerry in Waiting to the Equerry in Waiting to the
Prince Consort. Queen.
Groom of the Bedchamber to Groom in waiting to the
the Prince Consort. Queen:
Lord of the Bedchamber to Lord in Waiting to the
the Prince Consort. Queen.
The Choir of Windsor,
The Canons of Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.
THE CORONET

of her late Royal Highness, borne by Lord James Murray,l
Equerry to her late Royal Highness.
Controller in the The Vice-
Lord Chamberlain's The Lord Chamberlain. Chamberlain.'
Department.

THE COFFIN.

(Supporters of the Pall.

Supporters of the Pall.'

Lady Fanny Howard.

Lady Katherine Yerd

Lady Augusta Brute.

non Harcourt.

LadySusanLeslielld-

Lady Gardiner.

ville.

Dowager Lady Cou-
per.

Girter King of Arms.
THE CHIEF MOURNER.

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