Post by Taxigirl on Nov 5, 2004 10:42:11 GMT
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Princess Alice, the 102-year-old aunt of the Queen who died last week, is due to be buried at Windsor.
A private ceremony, to be attended by the Queen, will take place at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel on Friday.
The wife of Prince Henry, the third son of King George V, Princess Alice will then be buried at Frogmore in Windsor's Home Park next to her husband.
A memorial service for the princess - who became the longest-living royal in history - will be held at a later date.
Guarded overnight
The private royal funeral, which is not a state occasion, will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor in the chapel - the burial place of the Queen Mother.
Princess Alice's grandchildren the Earl of Ulster, Lady Rose Windsor and Lady Davina Lewis will attend, as will the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The princess's body has been laying at rest in the nave of St George's Chapel overnight, guarded by the Queen's clergy.
She was brought from Kensington Palace, where she died in her sleep on Friday.
Family tragedy
Princess Alice was born on Christmas Day in 1901 and became the oldest ever member of the Royal Family when she reached the age of 101 years and 238 days in 2003.
Her eldest son, Prince William, a pilot, died in a crash at an air show in 1972.
Two years later her husband died after suffering a series of strokes. The pair had been involved in a car crash in 1965 after attending the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill.
Princess Alice, the third daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, had a passion for travel and spent time in Kenya, India, Afghanistan and Australia.
She saw at first hand the abdication crisis sparked by Edward VIII's affair with Mrs Simpson in 1936, and was said to be instrumental in supporting the monarchy during World War II.
Princess Alice, the 102-year-old aunt of the Queen who died last week, is due to be buried at Windsor.
A private ceremony, to be attended by the Queen, will take place at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel on Friday.
The wife of Prince Henry, the third son of King George V, Princess Alice will then be buried at Frogmore in Windsor's Home Park next to her husband.
A memorial service for the princess - who became the longest-living royal in history - will be held at a later date.
Guarded overnight
The private royal funeral, which is not a state occasion, will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor in the chapel - the burial place of the Queen Mother.
Princess Alice's grandchildren the Earl of Ulster, Lady Rose Windsor and Lady Davina Lewis will attend, as will the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The princess's body has been laying at rest in the nave of St George's Chapel overnight, guarded by the Queen's clergy.
She was brought from Kensington Palace, where she died in her sleep on Friday.
Family tragedy
Princess Alice was born on Christmas Day in 1901 and became the oldest ever member of the Royal Family when she reached the age of 101 years and 238 days in 2003.
Her eldest son, Prince William, a pilot, died in a crash at an air show in 1972.
Two years later her husband died after suffering a series of strokes. The pair had been involved in a car crash in 1965 after attending the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill.
Princess Alice, the third daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, had a passion for travel and spent time in Kenya, India, Afghanistan and Australia.
She saw at first hand the abdication crisis sparked by Edward VIII's affair with Mrs Simpson in 1936, and was said to be instrumental in supporting the monarchy during World War II.