Queen Elizabeth Crying At Princess Margarets Funeral

Queen elizabeth ii lady sarah chatto and david armstrong jones 2nd earl of snowdon at princess margarets funeral. In a break from tradition princess margaret asked to be cremated in a private ceremony with no members of the family present. At 1118 am the coffin was carried from westminster hall in the palace of westminster where the queen mothers coffin draped in her personal standard and with her crown resting on a cushion had.
queen elizabeth crying at princess margaret's funeral

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Queen elizabeth crying at princess margarets funeral. Queen elizabeth ii lady sarah chatto and david armstrong jones 2nd earl of snowdon at princess margarets funeral. Moving video footage shows the queen wiping away a tear as she says. The funeral was held in london. Princess elizabeth became queen on february 6.

The queen suffered the loss of her younger sister princess margaret and the queen mother in quick succession in 2002. The queen and margarets two children watched in silence as the coffin was. Princess margarets funeral was held in private in st georges chapel windsor on the 50th anniversary of her fathers funeral on february 15. The queen 94 has been on the throne for the past 68 years surpassing the reign of 63 years seven months and two days set by queen victoria.

Fiona hanson pa images and though she was ill herself the 101 year old queen mother who died two months later attended her daughters services along with 29 other members of the royal family and 370 guests. It started at 948 am on 9 april 2002 when the tenor bell of westminster abbey sounded 101 times each chime representing a year that the queen mother had lived. By molly west march 06 2018. A new documentary has revealed that princess margaret only saw her sister queen elizabeth cry once and it was over her feud with then prime minister margaret thatcher.