River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-26

lueullH0u WITH the navy, the naval COns
tingents took prominent part in the
ceremonies. Blueiackets drew the
gun carriage to Windsor, as they did
the carriage which bore the body Of
Victoria. although on that occasion
they did SO because the horses be-
came FESTIVE.
Soldiers from the kings company,
grenadier guards, kept sentry watch
over the body in the throneroom at
Buckingham palace. They were re-
lieved each hour. With simple cere-
mony some one of the visiting royal
ties entered the room every now and
then, and the widowed queen went
there frequently.
Body in Magnificent Tomb.
The body of King Edward lies with
that of his immediate ancestors in the
magnificent mausoleum at Frogmore,
in the Home park of Windsor castle.
In this structure, erected by Queen
Victoria at a cost of $1,000.000, Prince
Albert Edward, father of the late
king, was laid to rest in 1861. III the
same year Queen Victoria's mother,
the duchess of Kent, was buried in an
elaborate tomb in the grounds near by.
In 1901 Queen Victoria herself was
buried in the mausoleum beside her
husband.
Queen Mothers Grief Deep.
The successive delays in the remov-
al of King Edwards body from the
bedroom where he died to the throne
room at buckingham palace were due
to Queen Alexandra's reluctance to al
low the body to be removed from the
proximity of her own apartments.
All arrangements had been made
for the reception of the body in the
throne room and notices were issued
to members of the household that
they would be permitted to view the
body lying in state there, but day by
day the removal was postponed and
the invitations deferred.
The queens private apartments
communicate directly with those of
the late king, and it is not known how
often she visited the room in which
her dead husband lay or the duration
of the vigils she made there, but 1t
is said her sister, the dowager en-
press of Russia. feared her grief
might prove too great strain.
During the later years of the kings
life he and the queen were on the
most excellent terms of friendship
and good feeling. Indeed, it is no ex-
aggeration to say they were deeply at
tached to one another. The king was
most kind and considerate in his at
titude toward his consort, who valued
highly the attentions he always
showed her.
Kings Consideration for consort.
For years they had been, to quote
an informant of credit, "the best of
pals" and while the inclusion in the
list published in the papers OF house
party at Sandringham of a certain
woman's name caused some astonish-
ment in general society, there was
among those in the inner circles Of
court life at the efforts made by a
foreign ambassador to suppress any
mention Of the woman's name in the
list of guests who were invited to
meet the king at his country house.
Queen Alexandra herself, by a letter
which the London Times described as
artless, has shown how deeply she is
affected by the death of her consort.
Authoritative details of what passed
on the day of Queen Alexandra's re-
turn to England show in what regard
King Edward held his queen.
On that Thursday before his death
Edward was continually speaking Of
her majesty to his encourage. In the
morning he announced his intention
to go to the station to meet her on
her arrival, and when he was forced
to bow to the advice of his physicians
In this matter he said he would at
least meet her at the head of the
stairs in buckingham palace.
When the queen arrived King Ed
ward, by an effort which taxed his
powers to the utmost, stood up to re-
ceive her AS she clasped him in her
arms he fell back into the chair in a
state of collapse. For a time it was
feared the end was at hand.