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Today's funeral marks the last day in the official ... coerced Singh into “gifting” the diamond to Queen Victoria, Dalhousie wrote in a letter in August 1849 to his friend Sir George Couper. “ ...

The gun carriage was first used for the state funeral of Queen Victoria and will be drawn by 142 members of the navy. It is expected to set off just before 10.45am, with King Charles III ...

The State Gun Carriage has been removed from active service in 1901, and was in the funeral of Queen Victoria (1819-1901), King Edward VII (1841-1910), King George V (1865-1936), King George VI ...

By comparison, the late Queen’s state funeral in September 2022 cost £162million. That included the lying in state and other events held across the UK during the period of national mourning.

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... Lastly she left orders that Abdul Karim be among the principal mourners at her funeral. She was an indomitable monarch who, even at the ...