Evening star., 1936-01-28
SIX KINGS FOLLOW
BODY Of GEORGE Y
TO WINDSOR TOMB
SorroWing Thousands See
PROFESSIONS in London
and in Country.
SIMPLE RITES HELD
IN CASTLE CHAPEL
Edward VIII Walks Behind Cot
fin Of Father, Drawn on Gun
Carriage by Sailors.

(Copyright 1896. by the Associated Press)
WINDSOR, England, January 2S-
The long funeral journey of George
v ended today in the royal vault OF
st. Georges Chapel, the burial crypt
Of Great Britain's kings.
It was service of pomp, circum-
stance and sorrow-beginning with the
removal of the body from Westminster
Hall in London and the silent tribute
of tens of thousands of spectators
massed among the cortege route and
ending with a simple burial service.
King Georges body came to Wind
sor at 1908 pm, 80 minutes later
than scheduled. The delay was in
strange contrast to Georges punctu-
atty throughout life. The mourning
crowds in London had delayed the
passage of the cortege.
The nation paused for 2 minutes
of silence at 1870 pm, the time the
coffin was to have been lowered into
the crypt, but the delay in the march
ing of the cortege set the time of
actual burial later.
From London, the Kings body was
brought by railroad train to Windsor.
One hundred thousand mourners were
assembled along the mile-and-a-half
route from the railroad station to ST.
Georges Chapel.
Journey to windsor Castle.
An honor guard carried the coffin
from the train over scarlet carpet
to a gun carriage waiting at the sta
ton door. Then the procession
started its uphill journey to Windsor
Castle.
The bell of Curfew Tower rang out
across the ancient battlements of the
Royal Palace-tolling for the dead
master.
The new King, Edward VIII, and
his three brothers, for the second
time today, fell in behind their
fathers coffin to walk in procession.
They were preceded in the cortege
by the widowed Queen Mary, who
rode in a carriage drawn by Windsor
grays.
The snrill notes Of boatswains
pipe sounded Piping Aboard" the
naval honor ceremonial, as the coffin
was placed on the gun carriage. It
was part of the ritual in the funeral
OF an admiral Of the fleet.
As the curfew bell rang, a minute
gun began the salute.
The cortege passed along a route
massed with spectators and hung with
heavy crepe.
Sailors Draw Carriage.
One hundred and fifty sailors again
drew the carriage, on which the royal
Segalia Of crown and sceptre rested.
As the procession reached the cas-
tie the Archbishop Of Canterbury and
the Bishop of Winchester walked
from st Georges Chapel and stood
on the steps under the high, stained
windows, waiting to receive the cof-
fin.
The slow funeral march of a mill
tary band re-echoed in the stone
courtyard
Within the chapel Prime Minister
Baldwin, his cabinet and other high
government officials who had not
walked in the procession, awaited the
coffin.
Sharp military commands rang out
as the funeral party halted in front
Of the wide west doors Of the chapel.
King Edward, whose uniform boots
were muddy from his walks through
the streets Of London and Windsor,
stood silently as the coffin was lifted
from the gun carriage ana carried
into the church through lines Of
honor guards.
Edward Follows Coffin.
It was placed on q bier near the
duted stalls of the Order of the
Garter, the oldest chivalric organiza-
ton In the country, whose spiritual
headquarters are in st. Georges.
Twice the piercing notes of the
boatswain's pipe sounded as the coffin
was removed and carried into the
church.
Edward entered the chapel walking
directly behind the coffin. On his
right, Mary, the Queen Mother, walked
without support. She carried tightly
rolled umbrella in her right hand.
Her face was pale and sorrowful under
o black veil
Immediately behind walked King
HAakon and Queen Maud Of Norway.
Maud Is the sole surviving sister of
King George
Next moved the new Kings younger
brothers, the Dukes of York, Glou-
cester and Kent. Princess Elizabeth.
the daughter Of the Duke and Duchess
Of York, followed.
The little girl, dressed all in black,
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