The Washington times., 1936-01-21
FUNERAL RITES
SETF0R NEXT
TUESDAY
Services to Be Like
Those Held for
Edward VII
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their more magnificent aspects
Tuesday and will be carried out
along the lines Of the ceremonies
for King Edward VII. The Kings
company of grenadier guards Is
on its way to Sandringham from
London to act as q guard OF
honor.
A battery of the royal horse
artillery with a gun carriage is
leaving tomorrow to draw the
body from Sandringham to the
railway station at Wolferton.
Royal Family to Walk
Il was tentatively arranged that,
providing the weather is good.
King Edward, Queen Mary and
other members of the royal fam
lily would walk the two and one
half miles from Sandringham to
Wolferton, stepping Solemnly be-
hind the late Kings coffin as 1t
is borne on the gun carriage.
The funeral train will leave for
London at noon, according to pres
ent arrangements.
Two hundred police have been
drafted at Sandringham to deal
with the expected crowds. In &C
cordance with the Queens ex-
pressed wish, there will be a mini.
mum of pomp at Sandringham.
From members of the household
staff who had kept five-day
vigil It was learned today how
the King died-just as he would
have wished, in his own favorite
four-poster bed, surrounded by his
beloved family, with his favorite
dog, Bob, at the foot of the death
bed, and cheerful fire cracking
in the fireplace.
Wales Ascends The Throne
The Prince of Wales, who was
the playboy of the world and an
unknown royal quantity. aScends
the throne as Edward VIII. the
first bachelor king since George
III. His viewpoint in this critical
international era may effect
vitality Europe and the whole
world.
Today he began his arduous
career by going to London to &C
cept the allegiance of the privy
council. =
His newly-serious demeanor was
shown by the fact that he re-
NAMED up until we'll after dawn
arranging for the funeral and
other procedures.
Meanwhile, John Anderson, the
official royal carpenter, worked
through the night with five as
siStants fashioning a casket in
which the Kings body will be re-
moved to Sandringham Church.
Here is the exclusive story of
how the King who had no
enemies died.
All through the late hours Of
the night the royal family, know
ing the King could not live to
dawn, stayed close to his bedroom.
Family Summoned
Before the King began losing
consciousness, the Archbishop of
Canterbury talked with him, and
then the Queen and their children
were summoned into the room.
Another friend and confidante,
Bob, Cairn terrier, was permit
ted to enter.
His master was too feeble to
recognize the pet, so Bob knew
something was wrong.
The King pressed the hands Of
all his children.
To the Prince of Wales he
whispered:
"God bless England"
The prince nodded Solemnly,
without replying.
Half unconscious, the King
spoke to the Queen last. Only
she will know what he said.
Then like a ship sailing to a
far-off placid sea. the sailor King
lapsed into complete unconscious
ness. Then it was all over. Death
entered the royal gates like any
other residence.
His sons and their wives and
the Queen soboed. The fire
seemed to crackle more softly.
The wind sighed across the
bracken and heather where the
King had hunted since boyhood.
Dog Refuses to Leave
Bob, the terrier chum Of the
King, lay down in front Of the
fire. He looked alone and cold.
Somebody tried to lead Bob out
for a walk. He didn't bulge. The
tear-faced Queen shook her head.
So meant, leave us be-" So for
> vile they left the Queen and
to mourn together the mas
It for a moment before the
I. - wheels of British ritual
pomp and tradition began to
tuvn-then the Queen remem-
bered that her son was King Out
side the death room they EN-
braced. The Kings brothers
bowed to him; his sister and
sisters.in-law curtsied to their
monarch, and then family coun:
ell in the next room was held
until early hours of the morn
ing.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury
conducted family prayers, and
blessed the new King. The queen,
the Prince Of Wales and Dukes OF
Kent and York, who had ruled for
less than IL hours as a regency
council, conferred quietly. The