Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-05-27
BODY LAID IN TOMB
RULERS OF EUROPE FOLLOW
COFFIN CONTAINING BODY
OF BELOVED KING.
Hundreds of Thousands Witness Pass
Ing of Funeral cortege Through
the Streets-Pathetic Farewell
of Widowed Queen.

London.-The body Of Edward VII
now rests in st. Georges chapel, at
Windsor Castle, where are entombed
the remains of Edward W, the sixth
and eighth Henrys, Charles l., the
third and fourth Georges and William
~.
Sovereigns and representatives OF
the powers of all the world paid their
last tribute on May 20 to Englands
beloved monarch.
Bright sunshine followed a night of
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations that
hung along the line of march, but
mad no deterrent effect on the gath
ering thousands, who, from midnight
until dawn, sought points of vantage
| from which to watch the passing OF
the cortege.
London's millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
been before filed, either at a funeral
or festival
| The pageantry that marked the
burial Of Victoria was as naught com.
pared with the magnificence of Fri
days ceremony, which was splendid
in Its Accomplishments of gilded
coaches, brilliant uniforms and decor.
atoms, far surprising the ceremony
attending the removal of the kings
body from Buckingham palace to
Westminster hall.
The procession included nine SOW
ereigns, the former president of the
United States, Theodore Roosevelt,
who alone was not in uniform; the
heirs to several thrones, the members
of the royal families, the officers of
the households, the officials of the
government, field marshals, generals
and admirals, attachments of troops
of all the British, and representatives
Of foreign armies and navies in varie.
gated uniforms, solid phalanx OF
glittering colors.
The lines of relocated soldiers
were drawn as on that other great &C.
casion of England's mourning nine
years ago, with arms reversed and
! -regimental flags dipped to the ground
The vast throngs along the streets
were massed SO tightly that those
once caught found 1t impossible to
move. At Westminster hall the wild
owed queen, going to spend a last few
minutes beside the body of the king
was assisted from her carriage by the
German emperor, upon whom the loss
of his royal uncle has rested heavily
The emperor kissed the hand and
: cheek of Alexandra and passed hel
: to her son, King George. Here the
) queen mother, glancing up. caught
. sight of the kings charger, waiting te
, follow his master to the bier, and neal
;, at hand the kings favorite dog, leG
by a gillie, and she faltered, gripping
the arm of the king and patheticall1
gazing upon the animals Edward hat
I loved SO well. Then she entered thu
$ hall with King George, Emperor vii
e liam and the Duke of Connaught
/ there to offer silent prayer ant
:. watch the removal of the coffin t.
! the gun-carriage.
Bluejackets dragged the gun-car
. riage through line of purple to ST
Georges chapel, and there simple ser
I vices were conducted by the Arch
g bishops of Canterbury and York, as
sisted by other prelates. King George
with Alexandra on his arm, Walke'
up the nave behind the coffin, wit
s. the German emperor and Queen Mar
t, following.
It During the service the widowe
n queen moved to the foot of the cats
. falque and knelt, and just before til
: coffin was lowered to the crypt Kin
= George placed on the coffin roya
u standard
h Several of the royal mourn
e ers, including Archduke Francis Fee
r dinand of Austria and Prince Charlie
ID of Sweden, left London Friday nigh
u but all the reigning monarchs n
NAMED and the king and queen ha
another notable dinner party at Bucl
ingham palace Friday evening.
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