Posted on 03/30/2002 8:53:26 AM PST by RCW2001
Hehehe... You spicy Irish lasses...
State funerals are generally limited to monarchs. The Queen Mother will have a royal ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey before being buried with her husband, the late King George VI, in Windsor. The ceremonial royal funeral is for those members of the royal family who hold high military rank, for the consort of the monarch and for the heir to the throne. All other members of the royal family, their children and spouses, are usually given a private royal funeral. Such a funeral was given for Princess Margaret, the queen's sister, who died Feb. 7.
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