Death And State Funeral Of George VI
The state funeral of George VI, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, took place on 15 February 1952. George VI died in the early morning of 6 February at Sandringham House in Norfolk. A period of national mourning commenced and his elder daughter and successor, Queen Elizabeth II was proclaimed the new monarch by the Accession Council. George VI's coffin lay in St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham until 11 February when it was carried, in procession, to the nearby Wolferton railway station. The coffin was carried by train to London King's Cross railway station where another formal procession carried it to Westminster Hall where the king lay in state for three days. Some 304,000 people passed through Westminster Hall with queues up to forming. George VI's funeral was held on 15 February and began with another formal procession to Paddington Station, the coffin being carried on a gun carriage hauled by Royal Navy seamen, as is traditional ...
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Guests
Guest or The Guest may refer to: * A person who is given hospitality * Guest (surname), people with the surname ''Guest'' * USS ''Guest'' (DD-472), U.S. Navy ''Fletcher''-class destroyer 1942–1946 * Guest appearance, guest actor, guest star, etc. * Guest comic, issue of a comic strip that is created by a different person (or people) than usual * Guest host (or guest presenter), host, usually of a talk show, that substitutes for the regular host * Guest operating system, operating system installed on a virtual machine * Guest ranch (or dude ranch), type of ranch oriented towards visitors or tourism * Guest statute, statute in tort law * Guest worker, person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen Music, literature, and film * "The Guest" (short story), 1957 short story by Albert Camus * ''Guest'' (album), 1994 album by Critters Buggin * ''The Guest'' (album), 2002 album by Phantom Planet * ''The Guest'' (TV series), 2018 South Korean telev ...
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