Funeral of King George V, 1936

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Six Kings and Five Queens were among the Royal Guests and Relatives at the Funeral of King George V at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on this day in 1936, following a Procession through London.

Following the death of King George V at Sandringham House, the Coffin was taken to the Church of St Mary Magdalene, before being taken to London for the Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall, where King Edward VIII, the Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, and Duke of Kent gave a ‘Vigil of the Princes’ on the eve of the Funeral, which followed a State Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The following morning, the Royal Family were followed by Foreign Royalty and Dignitaries from Westminster Hall down Whitehall to Trafalgar Square, under Admiralty Arch into The Mall, turning into St James’s Street and then along Piccadilly to Hyde Park Corner. Entering Hyde Park, the procession passed along the East Carriage Road to Marble Arch and from there to Paddington Station, where the Coffin was taken to Windsor.

In Windsor, the Procession wound its way through the Castle to St George’s Chapel for the Funeral Service, before being interred in the Royal Vault beneath the Quire , which was transferred to a monumental sarcophagus in the North Nave Aisle in 1939.

King Edward VIII with the Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, and Duke of Kent

Six Kings and Five Queens were among the Royal Guests and Relatives who joined the British Royal Family:

Queen Mary’s Crown

George IV State Diadem

Queen Victoria’s Regal Circlet

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Vladimir Tiara

Delhi Durbar Tiara

Cambridge Emerald Parure

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara

Queen Adelaide’s Fringe Tiara

Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara

Cambridge Sapphire Parure

Teck Turquoise Tiara

Iveagh Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire Bandeau

Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau

Crochet Bandeau Tiara

Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Queen Mary’s Amethyst Tiara

Queen Mary’s Ladies of England Tiara

Queen Mary’s Surrey Fringe Tiara

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The Funeral of King George V of Great Britain and the British Dominions, Emperor of India on this day in 1936 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, following the traditional lying-in-state at Westminster Hall that culminated the night before with the famous Vigil of the Princes, when the King’s four sons took guard around his coffin. 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. Other Royal attendees included Queen Mary, Queen Maud of Norway (sister), Princess Mary (daughter), the Duchesses of York, Kent, and Gloucester (daughters-in-law), King Haakon of Norway (cousin and brother-in-law), the King Christian X of Denmark (cousin), King Carol of Rumania, King Leopold of Belgium, Tsar Boris of Bulgaria, Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (cousin-in-law), Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia, Queen Marie of Romania (cousin), and Queen Elisabeth of Greece. The King, who was beloved throughout his empire, died at the age of 70, at the start of the ‘Year of the Three Kings’.

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  1. When Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died, her four grandsons emulated their four great-uncles and did a “Vigil of the Princes” for her as well. Even though technically the 2nd Earl of Snowdon is not a prince, it’s probably as close as it gets. She was their beloved grandmother- and I think as well as the nation’s. King George V was very prescient when he predicted about his son Edward: “This boy will ruin himself before the year is out.” How right he was.

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