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The funeral of Queen Mary (born Princess Victoria Mary of Teck), widow to King George V, took place on 31 March 1953 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, following her death on 24 March and subsequent lying in state at Westminster Hall.
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
Queen Mary, consort of the late King George V, dies in her sleep at Marlborough House in London. [8] The 10 Rillington Place murders are uncovered in London. [9] 31 March – The funeral of Queen Mary takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. [10]
Some 16 months later, on June 2 1953, she was crowned at the Abbey – the scene of coronations for some 900 years. ... The Queen Mother’s funeral was held at the Abbey in 2002, five years after ...
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Death and funeral of Queen Mary may refer to: Death and funeral of Mary I of England (1516–1558), queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558; Funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560; Death and funeral of Mary of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of the ...
March 9, 1953: Funeral procession of Joseph Stalin in Moscow. ... Queen Mary, consort of George V of the United Kingdom, 85 [24] Paul Couturier, French priest (b. 1881)
Shutterstock Lady Mary Russell was one of Queen Elizabeth II‘s maids of honor at her 1953 coronation, and she died on September 18 — just one day before Her Majesty’s state funeral. Queen ...