New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Eugene Buried
W Without Pon1p
arnborough
Only Vestige of Splendor
That Attended Her Years
as Monarch Marks Fu-
neral; Body in Crypt
No Floral OFFERINGS
King George and Alfonso,
With Their Wives, Among
the Few Royal Mourners

fAhNbOROUGH, England, July 20
(By The Associated Prcss) Only a
vestige of that magnificence which at
tended her eventfuI years as the wife
OF one of the most powerful monarchs
in Europe marked the funeral this
morning of the once brilliant Empress
Eugenie at the Little ST. Michael's
Abbey Church, near the quiet English
village of Farnborough
Gorgeously robed churchmen admin
istered the last rites, but there was an
entire absence of military display or
other show of state splendor King
George and Queen Mary of Great
Britain, King Alfonso and Queen Vic
toria of Spain, the Duke of Connaught,
the Prince of Monaco, members of the
British royal family. former King
Manuel Of Portugal and former Queen
Amelia, as we'll as the Italian, Spanish
and French ambassadors and other
members of the diplomatic world, paid
their final homage to the last empress
of the French. The chief mourners
Princess Clementine.
Monks Keep Vigil
These, together with other members
of royal and noble families, grouped
about the coffin in the sanctuary where
monks had kept silent vigil since the
body was deposited there Sunday night
The abbot sang a solemn requiem
mass, after which the Archbishop of
Westminster gave absolution.
The mahogany casket, ornamented
with silver reposed on high catafalque
in front of the altar, with the pail of
black and gold used at the funeral Of
the Prince Imperial, Eugenie's son, its
only covering.
There was a notable absence of
wreaths and other floral offerings. The
floor Of the chancel wac carpeted with
purple. Draperies of the same royal
Napoleon, adorned the walls.
The services were of two hours
duration. At their conclusion the
kings and queens left the church. Then
the procession, headed by a cross
bearer and acolytes and other church.
men, began its slow progress through
the front portal of the church. chant
ing on the way around, and filing into
the crypt.
lack-coped Benedictine monks, the
Abbot, the Bishop of Portsmouth and
the Archbishop of Westminster pre-
ceded the casket, which was borne upon
the shoulders of eight non-commis-
stoned officers of the British artillery
Princess Kisses Coffin
In the crypt the coffin was placed on
purple drapcd trestles in front of the
altar, the churchmen and mourners
forming a silent circle. while the Alb
bott concluded the rites Then, max
ing a farewell sign of the cross at the
head of the coffin as they left, the
churchmen, with bowed heads, filed out
to the somber accompaniment of the
"De Profundis."
Princess Clementine, as the last
monotones of the retreatng singers
were dying out, stepped reverently to
the head of the coffin and kissed it with
a show of restrained emotion. Her act
was emulated by the other mourners.
One by one. they passed slowly out
Then came the sound of departing
motors and the body of the former En-
press was left alone in the crypt. there
to rest in the marble sarcophagus in
the place she had chosen and prepared
for her burial between the Third Ma
poleon and her son, whom she once was
honeful of seeing fourth Napoleonic
ruler