![]() ![]() It was, he added, a “sacrilege to gaze, and I turned the glass and looked no more”. Although he was a quarter of a mile away, the reporter observed that Edward’s face was “so white and very set, the real king, unaware that any man could see him, intensely melancholy, intensely sad”. One reporter recalled looking at the new king (who was aboard another yacht) through his telescope. The coffin had to be transported from Osborne House to the port of Cowes, then across the Solent on the royal yacht Alberta. It also testifies to the imagery surrounding Queen Victoria, as both pious and feminine, yet a formidable leader. The film clearly demonstrates the influence of royalty (five reigning monarchs, as well as many other members of royal families, accompanied Edward VII in the procession), as well as the prestige of the empire, navy and army. Joanna Bourke examines newsreel footage of Queen Victoria's "remarkable" funeral procession in February 1901 (You can see the moving images of this procession on British Pathé’s newsreel). Prince Louis Battenberg (grandfather of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh) rescued the day, suggesting: “If it is impossible to mend the traces you can always get the naval guard of honour to drag the gun carriage.” Accordingly, 138 bluejackets piled their arms, attached ropes to the carriage where the harnesses had been, and dragged the gun carriage to St George’s Chapel by hand, giving birth to a new royal tradition. With this resource you’ll be able to explain what a family tree is and what the royal line of succession is. House of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901. Queen Victoria reigned over the United Kingdom for sixty-four years and her and Prince Albert had nine children. The Royal Horse Artillery were unable to re-harness the horses and disaster loomed. This Queen Victoria Family Tree for KS2 resource is great for supplementing lessons on the Victorians. The front of the procession had already marched off and reached the end of Windsor Street before it could be stopped and turned around. More complications followed when the horses, having stood motionless in the freezing weather, suddenly kicked and broke away from their traces, almost toppling the coffin to the ground. ![]() Then came the final train journey to Windsor, where the procession waited as the coffin was placed on the gun carriage. ![]()
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