THE LAST FAREWELL: Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.THE LAST FAREWELL: Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system.The Order was established by Queen Victoria in 1878, when she became Empress of India. The Order was only open to women; it was discontinued after India's independence in 1947. , Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John, Relict RELICT. A widow; as A B, relict of C D. of His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth The Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: see Great Britain. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or United Kingdom or Great Britain Island country, western Europe, North Atlantic Ocean. and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter THE JOURNEY'S END: Staff at Windsor Castle stand in respectful silence amid the many floral tributes as the hearse bearing the Queen Mother arrives at St George's Chapel where she was laid to rest beside her beloved husband King George VI. Prince Charles follows his darling grandmother's coffin from Westminster Abbey |
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