Does anyone know why all the royal family attended Diana's funeral? After all, she was divorced from Charles and in a normal scenario you would not expect all your ex-husbands family to attend your funeral.
Since it was a state funeral of course the RF were goig to attend...
In essence it was. THe RF organised it, it was using the palns for the Q mother's funeral, and it was because Diana was a former royal and a public figure...
The last state funeral in the UK was in 1965 for Winston Churchill and that was an exception to the rule that state funerals are reserved for monarchs.
Diana's funeral was based on the plans already established for the Queen Mother's funeral but it was by no means a state funeral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom
If I’m right I don’t believe it was a royal ceremonial funeral as there was no lying in state or military procession. Do you know which royals are entitled to a royal ceremonial funeral?
Definitely the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are.
A day of Diana's funeral, was not a day off from work, was it?
The People’s Princess,
I think the Queen and Prince Philip might have attended even if it had been a private funeral, simply to be of support to their grandsons.
well we can't say.. I tink it would have been Charles, with the boys and the Spencer family and close friends....
Along wth Royal precedent or the family wanting privacy, was wondering about the decision to have a closed coffin the entire time after returning from France? It was remarked from those that did see her that other than a slight bruise to the forehead, she appeared fine and quite like herself.
As far as someone this well known, a closed coffin, and no visitation, seemed a little extreme.
The viewing was probably only for family. We never see the bodies of any of the royal family after they’ve passed on. Although there are pictures of Queen Victoria and Edward VII in their death beds after their passing.
Charles and her sisters viewed her at the hospital in Paris.
Different age...
When you consider that with a 'closed' coffin it's a more difficult task of saying goodbye to that person..then it's an issue. This is why the choice of Princess Grace lying in state generally allowed more closure for what was an equally shocked and saddened country, who much admired her.