Evening star., 1952-02-15
King GeorgevI
Laid 10 Rest in
Windsor Tomb
More Than Million
Watch Corteee Of
Beloved Monarch
BY the Asseeioted Press


BY the Asseeiated Press
WINDSOR, England, Feb. 49,
Britain said farewell to George "
today in a great outpouring O
sorrowful grandeur, and buriec
him here at Windsor with a hymn
Of triumphant faith.
Elizabeth II, a Queen at IS, Lee
the nations final homage to hel
father. For two and one-hal1
hours she rode in a horse -drawr
carriage behind the coffin to the
dirge of 10 bands, while more thar
a million Britons, packed tightly
along the chill streets of London
bowed in reverence.
Then she 'entrained for Windsor
with the body and saw it laid tc
rest in crypt of royalty already
holding 10 other sovereignS.
New Queen Composed.
The Queen. tight-lipped but
composed. sprinkled earth on hel
fathers coffin as it sank from
sight beneath storied st. Georges
Chapel in Windsor Castle.
At the close Of the 26-minute
service the royal family left the
chapel by a side door. Elizabeth
II and her husband, the Duke
OF Edinburgh. kissed the Queen
Mother on the cheek just before
they stepped into a waiting lin
CUISINE.
The Kings mother, Mary
stayed in London with the weight
OF her "a years, and waved her
farewell from a window of Marl-
borough House. But the widowed
Queen Mother Elizabeth was here
with the Princess Margaret to
hear the choir sing the hymn
she and the Queen had chosen
hymn Of victory, often sung
at Easter:
1.-THE strife is o'er, the battle
done;
"Now is the victor's triumph
won
Buried Beside Brother.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
voiced the commital the Church
of England assigns to king and
commoner alike:
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes
dust to dust, in sure and certain
hope Of the resurrection to eternal
life.
A slab Of stone had been laid
aside in the floor, and the oak
coffin was lowered slowly to the
side of the body Of the Kings
brother, the first Duke of Kent,
killed in q wartime air crash.
Representatives of nations
around the globe joined royalty
mobiles and lords in the funeral
at st. Georges chapel Of Windsor
Castle. There was the Duke OF
Windsor. who was a King himself
when he laid George v to rest
here Is years ago. There was
Winston Churchill, the servant OF
four SovereignS; there were seven
Sovereigns from other countries
Secretary of State Acheson, rep
reSenting President Truman, and
the Ambassador of the Soviet Un-
ion. There also was Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, who led Britons as
well as Americans against the
Nazis while George vi stood un-
flinchingly beside his people in this
island Hitler coveted. And by the
turn Of time, the digintaries in
vited to the funeral included the
Chancellor Of New Germany.
Commonwealth Silent.
Britain and all the Common
wealth fell silent for two minutes
at 2 pm, the hour of the funeral
Then thousands turned to Their
radios to hear the service. Earlier
the street professions had been
seen on televiSion.
In London, more than a million
people from all walks of life, had
watched in reverent silence as 15C
white-gaitered British sailors drew
the Kings coffin mounted on q
gun carriage from Westminster
Hall to Paddington Station.
AS Queen Mary waved her fare
well from Marlborough House, the
Duke of Windsor turned in the
line Of march and saluted his
mother. Salutes came also from
her other son, the Duke o1
Gloucester, and her son-in-law
the Duke Of Edinburgh, and from
the Duke Of Kent, the 16-year.
old nephew Of George VI.
Elizabeth II and the Queer
Mother bowed toward the window
where Queen Mary watched anc
checked each contingent in the
line Of march from the funera,
program.
305,S06 Pass Bier.
The Kings body had rested ir
state in Westminster Hall fol
three days. An 8-year -old DO,
was the last Of 305, ,806 persons tx
pass by the bier.
The King died February 6 of 9
coronary thrombosis. Elizabeth
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