The Funeral of King George VI - procession through London. Full title reads: "The Funeral Of His Majesty King George V". We saw many tombs of the past kings and queens but the Queen Mother has not made up her mind about a memorial for King George VI so there is nothing there for him. The coffin was followed by George VI's brother Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and son-in-law Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on foot. [5] The coffin was placed onto a gun carriage of the Kings' Troop Royal Horse Artillery for its journey to the nearby Wolferton railway station. At Wolferton Station an immaculate train steams away from the station platform. SV. Sailors with bowed heads. Coffin nearing top of steps followed by Queens, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret. Pall bearers moving off with coffin. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth traveled via the Pennsylvania Railroad to meet with U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. The procession passed along Whitehall, where the Cenotaph was saluted, and later passed through Hyde Park to Marble Arch and along Edgeware Road. Following the coffin, carried again by eight guardsmen, up the chapel steps Elizabeth II gave way to usual precedence in allowing Queen Elizabeth to proceed ahead of her. [2] The council met at 5 pm in the Entrée Room of St James’s Palace and confirmed Elizabeth as George VI's successor. Back view, coffin going into Chapel. Procession approaching and going through gates at Marble Arch. Windsor Castle. Angle shot, St. George's Chapel. When the Queen dies, Philip will be transferred to the gothic church's King George VI memorial chapel to lie alongside his wife of 73 years. Coffin being carried towards train. In 1952 she had the honour of hauling the funeral train of King George VI from King’s Lynn in Norfolk to London. Towards, Guards marching across Horseguards Parade, with arms reversed. Top view, crowd. Pan, coffin on gun carriage. She was buried next to her husband in the King George VI Memorial Chapel on 9 April 2002. [4] After the final day of lying in state it took a team of three jewellers two hours to clean the dust off the crown jewels which lay on the coffin, in preparation for the funeral. On another occasion the organisation recorded that a fight broke out in a Notting Hill bar after one man said of the King, "He's only shit and soil now like anyone else". SV. [9] The procession was led by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of the Welsh Guards. He died in his sleep at Sandringham House, Norfolk on 6 February 1952 at the age of 56. [2] The numbers were lower than they had been for George V, which was ascribed to the effects of the widespread television coverage. LV. These were followed by senior foreign and British military officers, including George VI's aides-de-camp. Guards band marching towards Castle. Guard of Honour in Palace Yard pan to coffin being carried from Westminster Hall by Grenadier Guard Pallbearers. … The rear of the procession was made up of representatives from the fire services and the Civil Defence Corps. Register now. Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records. TV. Selected Originals - The Last Journey - Funeral Of King George VI. [2][3] An official proclamation of the accession was made by the Garter King of Arms on the Proclamation Gallery on the palace's eastern front, preceded by trumpet blasts from musicians from the Life Guards, the event being filmed by four television cameras. SV. Pan from Westminster Mall entrance to Big ben with hands 4.0' clock CENOTAPH. [Getty Images] Popperfoto Popperfoto. The line required a reversal at King's Lynn so the locomotive was changed for BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia. George VI became King unexpectedly following the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, in December 1936. Pall bearers holding coffin for funeral of King George VI. Hulton Archive Print … She was the first royal bride to lay her wedding bouquet on the grave of the Unknown Warrior, in memory of her brother who had died during the Great War. MV. Churchill had criticised Leopold for remaining in Nazi-occupied Belgium during the Second World War, rather than escaping to lead a government in exile. GV. SV. [1] He was discovered by his valet at 7.30 am and the news was conveyed to Buckingham Palace by telephone, using the code "Hyde Park Corner" to avoid alerting switchboard operators to the news. Some 304,000 people passed through Westminster Hall with queues up to 4 miles (6.4 km) forming. Material relating to the newsreel story "The Last Journey" - 52/15, the-last-journey-funeral-of-king-george-vi, Things You May Not Have Known About The Oscars, Hundreds of full-length documentaries on…, Watch Documentaries on "British Pathé TV", Selected Originals - The Last Journey - Funeral Of King George VI, Mirror to the Soul - A Two-Hour Documentary. St. George's Chapel, through trees. SV. We did see George’s Chapel, which has an especially beautiful vaulted ceiling. LV. A train runs its last journey on a tiny old railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Angle shot. His funeral took place on 28th January 1936 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle following the Lying-in-State in London. Towards, elevated, procession marching through Hyde Park. [2], At Windsor the coffin was taken from the train and hauled by sailors, on a gun carriage through the town to St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. George VI had undergone a lung operation in September 1951 from which he never fully recovered. Harry, Meghan and their son Archie moved to California in March 2020. It's been terrible for them, all this gloom". Crowd. Selected Originals - The Last Journey - Funeral Of King George VI. His body was taken in procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington and then by train to Windsor where he was buried in St George’s Chapel. [16], A 47-page report was written after the funeral to recommend improvements for the next royal funeral. Gentlemen-at-Arms taking places by side of train. The cof Windsor Castle, Berkshire. CU. There was also a detachment of the Royal Marines (including their band). It is accompanied by Grenadier Guards. Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and others waiting on steps of Chapel. This took place on 15 February 2002, the 50th anniversary of her father's funeral and Margaret was afterwards cremated and her ashes placed in the Royal Vault. They gave the silver candlesticks which are on the altar in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor, in commemoration of their marriage. Some of the family were there at the time so the state apartments were closed. Phillip, 99, died Friday. Coffin being pulled along Paddington Station platform. As a mark of respect the Great Tom bell at St Paul's Cathedral was tolled every minute for two hours, as well as the bells at Westminster Abbey. Coffin is carried out of Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster. GV. [16] His daughter, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 and, in accordance with her wishes, a private funeral was held at St George's Chapel. Edward VII, George V and George VI were originally buried in the Royal Vault, but their bodies were moved to tombs in the chapel itself a few years after their deaths. The Funeral Procession through the streets of London was led by the King’s four sons: King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), the Duke of York (later King George VI), the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, before traveling by train to Windsor. [4] The BBC radio commentary by Richard Dimbleby has since received comment for its poignancy. SV. [2], The body of George VI was placed in a coffin made from oak grown on the Sandringham estate. The procession was the first of a British monarch to be broadcast on television and may have led to the start of a mass purchase of television sets. That was, until his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in the midst of a 1936 scandal regarding his relationship with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.A nervous man, George wasn’t particularly keen on the idea of becoming king – and all the … [5] The coffin was drawn on a gun carriage by the Kings' Troop, escorted by an officer and ten men of the Grenadier Guards, preceded by mounted police. The Sebastopol bell, a Crimean War trophy at Windsor Castle that is rung only upon a royal death, was tolled 56 times, once for each year of George VI's life, between 1.27 and 2.22 pm. George VI's funeral was held on 15 February and began with another formal procession to Paddington Station, the coffin being carried on a gun carriage hauled by Royal Navy seamen, as is traditional at the funerals of British sovereigns. His earliest triumph at improvising was during funeral ceremonies for King George VI in 1952. Through archway of St. George's Chapel. Sailors doffing hats. [9], The route was lined with soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British forces, standing with arms reversed. Funeral Procession of King George VI passes Cenotaph en route to Westminster Hall lying-in-state CROWN JEWELS CU shots of … [2], Royal funerals are overseen by the Earl Marshal, a hereditary post held at the time by Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk. Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret, walking from coach up steps. It was the first time a British monarch had set foot in the United States. Pan down to wreathes. [12] The coffin was placed on a gun carriage that, as per royal tradition, would be hauled by a party of sailors the 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from New Palace Yard to Paddington Station from where it would travel to Windsor by train. It was retired by British Rail in … On arrival at Paddington the coffin was loaded onto a train for the journey to Windsor. Thereafter was a detachment of the RAF and representatives from Commonwealth forces including Northern and Southern Rhodesia, East and West Africa (King's African Rifles and Royal West African Frontier Force), Ceylon, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. [9] The Belgian King Baudouin refused to attend, believed to be on the advice of his father, Leopold III, who held a grudge against the British prime minister Winston Churchill. <–King Edward VIII. [7] The coffins arrival at the Royal Chapel was marked by naval petty officers piping the admiral over the side. SCU. SV. Scots Pipe band marching towards Castle (not playing). The enraged father of three daughters who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar lunged at the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor and tried to attack him during a sentencing hearing in a Michigan courtroom on Friday. George VI was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. [5], Crowds lined the route and to create space for them to stand the rhododendrons in Parliament Square were pulled up. The coffin is borne up the steps into St. George's in Windsor. It stops, Cortege party step one pace forward. The king's body was relocated to the newly built King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's in 1969 and was joined there by the body of Queen Elizabeth and the ashes of Princess Margaret in 2002. Title: ROYAL: King George VI funeral procession throughout England Date: 14th February 1952 Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: The Nation Pays Homage ENGLAND: Various: EXT BIG BEN. Back view, procession and cortege approaching Windsor Castle. Most Rev and Right Hon C. F. Garbett, Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr G. Fisher, Archbishop of York waiting on steps. Towards, coffin being pulled across Horseguards. GV. [2] The coffin was laid in St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham where the king had worshipped while on the estate. Edward IV, Henry VII, and Queen Alexandra are buried in the Quire Aisles. Elizabeth II placed the king's colour of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin at the end of the service. Queen Victoria Statue. On one transatlantic flight from London to New York, in air during the time of the funeral, all of the passengers rose from their seats and bowed their heads in acknowledgement. CU. Cortege moving towards Whitehall past Houses of Parliament. Photographer Ron Case (of Keystone Press Agency), who was with a group of other press photographers outside St George’s Chapel, Windsor, had only RAF aerial reconnaissance camera.