Queen Mother, at a funeral service in Westminster Abbey in London. He described her as "deeply loved and greatly missed." Earlier, an estimated million people turned out to pay final respects to the Queen Mother, as she began her journey to her final resting place at Windsor.

Many more observed a two minute silence in the Queen Mother’s honor who died March 30 at the age of 101, the British Broadcasting Corporation said. Mourners threw flowers as the hearse passed by.

TEARS OR SMILE

"You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived," said a poem read out during the funeral service. Royal watchers said The Prince of Wales appeared to be on the brink of tears while the Queen listened intently with her head bowed.

After the service the Queen Mother’s coffin was laid to rest in Windsor alongside her husband King George VI, who died 50 years ago. Senior members of the Royal Family said their final farewells in a private service at St George’s Chapel, Tuesday, April 9.

ASHES OF DAUGHTER

The ashes of their daughter, Princess Margaret, who died just under two months ago were also transferred to the same vault.  Royalty from some 25 countries, including the monarchs of Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands joined Queen Elizabeth II, and other members of the royal family at the service.

Leaders from Australia, Canada and other countries were also present, along with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. In a statement, the First Lady memorialized the late Queen Mother as noble in every sense of the word, serving her family from the dark days of World War II to the dawn of a new millennium.

3 COMMENTS

  1. Why is the burial sight , the vault of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, so bare and stark?
    Surely they deserve to be remembered with an effigy on a tomb, as others have been given, not just a name on the floor.

  2. who cares about them, what good did they ever do working folk who kept them in the lap of luxury through hard earned taxes as far as im concerned and most of scotland im sure its a pity they dont all have their names on that floor

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