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The pagentry and meticulous choreography, at the slow march, of the long-planned funeral from St Giles to Westminster Abbey thence to St Georges Chapel was amazing! Even the long Queue of mourners itself became a spectacular attraction; but the real heavy lifters of the show were the 8 ruggedly handsome Grenadier Guards assigned to hoist the 317 Kg (700 Lb!!) English oak leadlined coffin, purchased 30 years beforehand...onto their shoulders, and not drop it. They were clearly up to the task and put their backs into it! !

These lads were faultless; such a difficult duy carried out impeccably. The task of lifting the coffin up the steep stairs of the 450-year-old chapel was nerve-wracking for everyone watching at home, but their performance earned the praise of the nation.
Admirers across Britain declared: ‘They have done our nation and Her Majesty proud.’

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