I almost cried thinking that in the midst of that great war, Queen mother never left her people. I would be courageous and honored to fight for the country that time! and heck! I'm not even british!

If your mother was a good mother, as mine was, the loss is devastating I don't care who you are. No one resplaces your mom.

I loved when they played God Save the Queen for the Queen Mother. May she rest in peace

The Queen Mother was very brave during the Second World War. I can quote her even today when it suggested that then Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret be sent to the safety of Canada. “The Princesses won’t leave without me, I won’t leave without the King, the King won’t leave.”

My mother deserved all these accolades.

The Queen Mum and Bertie are together forever

My Queen we totally miss you!

Too true and well said. Thank you.

In 1952 The Quuen Mother had built a small seperate chapel,for her and her husband,off of the main St Georges Chapel.The ashes of Princess Margaret are there too. The other Royal burial ground is Frogmore(about 2 miles from Windsor)this has many graves of minor royals,and has the graves of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor(Edward VII) It also has the mausoleum of Prince Albert& Queen Victoria. The Queen Mother's funeral was exactly 50 years to the day after George VI's.

Wonderful work on the Eb Prelude and Fugue by the organist.

Queen Mother was one of my favorites historical stars. God bless her.

She stood against tyranny, and for that is a hero! I love Her Majesty and am sad that we no longer have here amongst us. Her example of wartime bravery is something that we can all learn from. May The Queen Mother rest in peace. Thank you, Ma'am for your most excellent example of bravery in the face of great danger.

LISTEN TO THE PHANTASTIC ORGAN - the pedal registration during the hymn includes the 32" Open Double Wood -incredible sound and depth.....you can find this stop also at Selby Abbey organ..

A lady who was a excellent consort for her husband the king..they took on that mantle like they were made for it...actually he was probably the one who should have being the eldest anyway.

The "square"(as you call it) is actually the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior from World War 1. As a memorial to the troops that died,an anonymous dead soldier was plucked from the battlefield and buried(with much ceremony) there. It was meant to say to all those that had lost their sons etc this might be your family member buried here. When the Queen Mother left the Abbey after getting married she laid her wedding bouquet on the tomb.

God Bless the Queen*

may god bless the queen mother ........may also god bless the royal family.....

Even though they became the British Royal Family, the Hanoverians continued to marry royalty of German origin, including Victoria, who married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Regardless, every British monarch since George III has been born in the UK and has spoken English as their first language. George V broke away from the German past in 1917 by relinquishing his family's German titles, renaming them "Windsor", and allowing his children to marry British men and women.

God save the queens.

@quidwitch That situation reminds me of my grandmother. Her mother died in her 98th year in April 2005, while her sister was dying of lung cancer. Her sister died in November 2005. It was one hell of a 75th birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas that year. She deteriorated considerable after that, though she is still alive today, she aged considerably from that point on. She was close to both of them.

But it was a big deal, the Royal family had never refused sanctuary before, they were committing themselves to fate, to add morale to their country. King George was a massive symbol of morale throughout the War. The fact that he and his family stayed behind in the most heavily bombed city in the world showed huge guts! Buckingham Palace was bombed twice during wartime, almost killing the King and Queen. I agree that she was remarkable, especially for the age in which her husband was King.

Long life to the queen

The Queen Mother is buried in small seperate chapel off of the St Georges chapel.This was built after King George VI died in 1952,they both lie there.In the wall of this chapel lie the ashes of Princess Margaret. The other burial; ground (about 2 miles from Windsor Castle) is called Frogmore.It was first used for the burial of Prince Albert and then(much)later Queen Victoria.In the grounds are the graves of many minor Royals.King Edward VIII(Duke of Windsor) is there along with his Duchess

May God bless the queen

prince william and Kate will be most beautiful King Queen

She was very braved during WWII. Rest in peace Queen.

The unyielding committment to culture is admirable! I sometimes wish I was British! Love from the US

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !!!! From: Brazil

Loosing ones mother is never a nice thing especially if you’ve been with her your entire life .In manny ways the queen mother is one of the luckiest parents in the world she was able to see her children and her grandchildren grow into adult hood and become a great grand mother as well some of us are lucky enough to have only known one grandparent in our lives. We shall never see her like again.

Amazing love support each other missing you a woman leader

It is just a shadow of what a heavenly ceremony would be like...

Our dear Queen Mum - still loved and missed . The passing of the last Queen Empress of India. The end of an era.

Goodbye Ma'am, you are missed x

A beloved woman .

Im just making an observation, but the Queen looks the heaviest shes ever been here. If you look at her now versus then, she is considerably thinner.

When they are playing the bugles i noticed they moved them around sort of in a circle,is there a reason for that? Please understand i mean no offense! But i have seen a bugle played several times but never seen them moved does it alter the sound? just curious.Also what is the name of the song they are playing?

The Queen Mother is buried alongside her late husband (George VI) in St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle. There's another Royal burial ground somewhere nearby I think.

No, MrSwifts31, George VI's funeral took place on 15th Febraury 1952. That of his wife, the Queen Mother, was on 9th April 2002, not quite 50 years to the day.

Votre chagrin est aussi le notre pour QUEEN MOM comme pour lord Churchill amités et respects de France

We love u Elizabeth and Diana!! X

God Save the Queen has the same tune as 'My Country tis of Thee' that we sing here in the USA.

@periperigod , the queen mother was 101 years old when she passed on .

The Queenmother was a good lady!

Today I sing the national anthem not for her majesty Queen Elizabeth but for Her majesty the Queen Mother

I don't believe she hated Diana but rather couldn't understand her frustration. Queen Elizabeth out of duty dealt with it whereas Diana did not. I don't think she could understand why Diana couldn't deal with things since there was a duty to the people of the United Kingdom.

God bless this great lady, The Queenmother, Elisabeth, RIP.

What a remarkable woman, God save the Queen

she was the queen during king georges reign! So therefore they were hers, and they are bishops as it is the church of england!

This relaxing of the marriage customs allowed for the union of the future George VI and Queen Mother to take place. This means that Elizabeth II is half Scottish on her mother's side and half English/German on her father's side. As for Philip, he was taken in by his mother's family in the UK after the Greek monarchy fell, and attended school there before spending two terms at a German school whose Jewish headmaster fled to Scotland and founded Gordonstoun, where Philip finished his education.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

@Curstyyyy you will be very welcome here my friend !!

@kdrench You are silly! Queen Elizabeth has lived her ENTIRE life for HER Country and for her Children!!! People today do NOT understand the precepts by which she has lived her life, and I doubt they ever will. QE11 never had time to be a silly teen. She is a woman we should all hope to live by and emulate!! Happy Birthday QE11

I had a glimpse of the Queen Mum on her 10th birthday when she was driven from the Clarence House to the Palace for a tea.

Philip served in the Royal Navy, became a naturalized British citizen, renounced his Greek and Danish titles, and adopted the surname of his mother's family, Mountbatten by the time he married Elizabeth. They're 3rd cousins descending from Victoria, so they have some German stock, but consider themselves to be British. Such stock will be further diluted as members of the family continue to marry British people since the rationale for marrying foreign (preferably German) royals is now nonexistent

makes me sad

Elizabeth also has ancestry going back to the Tudors, The family only had a German name due to Queen Victoria marrying Prince Albert. All the European royals are related anyway, by birth or marriage. They are as british as it gets

... and Empress of India !!

The Last Post.... not many Americans know the significance of that bugle call, lost as it is with the American preference for "Taps".. And it goes to point out that Her Majesty saw not one but two World Wars.

@periperigord 101 years old

Queen Beatrix is a very gracious lady. Many years ago she came to the UK for the funeral of the (murdered) Lord Mountbatten. We saw her(with her lady in waiting) near Harrods,and she smiled and nodded at us(very nice) She obviously has taste as she was going into Harrods!LOL

@floridatom1964 The Queen does not sing this song because it is about her and she would look rather stupid singing "God Save Me"

Our final tribute to Her Imperial Majesty, the last Empress of India!

First, it's called the British monarchy because it reigns over Britain.The German influence began with the accession in 1714 of George I, a German prince who was the nearest Protestant relation to Queen Anne (as a great-grandson of James VI and I). He started the succession of the Hanoverians, who reigned until 1901 with the death of Queen Victoria. Her son succeeded her as a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His son then changed it to Windsor due to ant-German sentiment during WWI.

How old was the queen mum when she died?

@Glamstar54 Who was the queen from Germany? The Queen Mother was born and raised in Scotland! I believe her Scottish clan is Clan Lyon.

May she RIP, Eternally❕❕❕She was truly a ♥️ *Divine, Blessed Queen's Mother,* 🥀 indeed❗️❗️❗️ She lived the 🍓Berrrrrrry🍇 Best possible life upon the earth, never wanting for anything; a King Husband, whom Cherished Her; a Queen daughter, whom is one of a kind, Ruler Of The World; future Kings/Queens Offsprings❕❕❕👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

Live long Queen

@Curstyyyy you ill be very welcome here my friend !!

@324wilson God save United Kingdom ! I'm french but in my heart i'm english !

I thought the majority of English are decendants of germanic tribes. The Welsh, Cornish and Scottish are whats left of the indigenous....or those that were here before. Maybe the english are the integrated result of roman celts and germans? I dont know.

@petermca Yes, and even then, votes are in question, which ONLY make the outcome questionable.

I think that....

@bebupalula she was a hero

Why didn't they play Taps.

gad bless you

Requiescat In Pace.

I wonder why her title of Empress of India was not proclaimed by the Garter King of Arms.

Well said...

Please accept my apologies for the comments made by thebellotilla. I'm American and can assure you, a huge majority of Americans loved this woman very much. The U.K. always has a special place for us. I note that this thebellotilla person posts mostly in Spanish. If that person is indeed an American citizen, he or she has not absorbed American traditions. Then again, it is possible that Latin Americans in general dislike the British because of the humiliating defeat of the Argentines.

@freegie27 wot do u want? a medal?

@Aikidolover29 Not at all...they get several names and choose one of them. Charles Philip Arthur George is going to be George (the last Charles they had was a menace).

The regalia belongs to HRH, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Those are Bishops, NOT Cardinals as this is the Church of England. I found your commentary VERY insensitive.

@mbukukanyau It's revolution time if that happens.

@gav44 SHE was a heroine.

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Prince Philip is Queen Elizabeth's 3rd cousin. i guess Queen Mary said that she didnt want the German name for the family

This is what we call the funeral of the highest order and Royalty....We bless God who hath given unto man to design and organize a ceremony like this... May she rule over us for a very long time.... God Save the Queen!

I really do not believe someone can go through an education system and come out so rude and ignorant, grammar and spelling appalling.

Has she past away? I do not think that statement is an accurate one.

@floridatom1964 The Queen doesnt sing on God Save the Queen for the same reason one isnt supposed to drink when one is being toasted....because you dont join in the singing of ones own praises.

@periperigord 101

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@Monarchos people always have other people that rule over them whether its a republic with politictians or a monarchy. We in the USA cant even direcly elect our own president!

Big deal!

You're a Catholic atheist, right?

@324wilson me two god save the queen

If you want to bash the English, you might at least attempt it in the language they gave us..

@mbukukanyau Go back earlier: it's time for both Rome and Canterbury (and the rest of us too!) to rejoin true Biblical Christianity as laid down by our Lord Jesus Christ and recorded in the Holy Scriptures. Soli Deo Gloria.

Too bad the Church of England is dying, Its time for England to Rejoin Rome

No even the true totals