BY TRAIN TO LONDON
GUARDED AT DUNROBIN CASTLE WILL LIE IN ALBERT MEMORIAL CHAPEL London, Aug. 27. The Duke of Kent’s body in an oak coffin draped with a flag of Air Force blue on which was a single wreath of multi-coloured flowers, was brought to London by train to-day from the north of Scotland. Aircraftmen guarded the coffin throughout tne night at Dunrobin Castle, the Duke of Sutherland’s Highland seat. Two special coaches carried the bodies of the other victims from farther north.
The Duke of Kent’s coffin was placed beside them at Dunrobin station where 30 members of the Air Force lined the platform and presented arms in a guard of honour Country folk from the Highlands stood silent and bareheaded, paying their last respects.
The Duke of Kent’s body will lie in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor Castle, until the funeral in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
The Lord Chamberlain announced that donations to the naval amenities fund or army and air force comfort funds would be appreciated instead of floral tributes.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 5
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