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FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF KENT BODY TO LIE IN STATE AT WINDSOR. DEPARTURE FROM HIGHLANDS. > *— (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 27. The Duke of Kent’s body, in an oak coffin draped with a Hag of air force blue on which lay a single wreath of multi-coloured flowers, was brought to London by train today from the north of Scotland. Aircraftmen guarded the coffin throughout the 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 collin 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’s body will lie in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor Castle, till the funeral in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The Lord Chamberlain announced that donations to the Naval amenities fund or the Army and Air Force’s comfort funds woidd be appreciated instead of floral tributes.
“Tiie Times” points out that the ordinary rules of succession apply to the Dukedom of Kent, which means that Prince Edward succeeds as the next Duke of Kent.
It is announced from Nassau that the Duke of Windsor is not going to England to attend the funeral of his brother.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1942, Page 2
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