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the funeral was no different. 2,000 voices felling westminster with the lord is my shepherd said to be the queen s favorite song, at her wedding, also here 75 years ago. the archbishop of canterbury invoking another song and another bridge from past to present. her late majesty s broadcast during covid lockdown ended with we will meet again. words of hope from a song of vera lynn. christian hope means certain expectation of something not yet seen. we can all share the queen s hope which in life and death inspired her servant leadership. service in life, hope in death. all who follow the queen s example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say, we will meet again. the funeral ended with a simple incantation and buglers blowing the last post the british counterpart to taps. the father, the son, and the holy spirit be among you and remain with you always. amen. there followed two minutes of silence throughout the country and commonweal ....
At attention their children and grandchildren nearby as the coffin was transferred to a hearse for the final trip west to windsor castle. three decades ago fire consumed the castle ending a year of tragedy and scandal the queen herself lamented. 30 years later with the monarchy in flux she returned home. two of her beloved welsh corgies, sandy and mick, were waiting for her outside st. george s chapel where in yet another sign of continuity with the past some of the music was composed by sir william henry harris the organist here and taught young elizabeth piano when she was a girl. after a brief ceremony before the lowering of the coffin, we saw a sequence of steps and sights never before televised signifying the end of her reign and the beginning of the next. ....