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State funeral customs have evolved over time. For the funeral service itself the Book of Common Prayer has been used in recent centuries, with readings from the Authorized Version of the Bible; in its essentials the form of service used is the same for a monarch as for any other person. [5]
Burial in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the grave and burial customs followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid 5th and 11th centuries CE in Early Mediaeval England. The variation of the practice performed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples during this period, [ 1 ] included the use of both cremation and inhumation .
Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II (13 P) Pages in category "State funerals in the United Kingdom" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
According to Margaret Holloway, [72] funerals are believed to be driven by the consumer's choice, personalisation, secularization, and stories that place individual traditional meta-narratives. It has been studied that funeral homes in the UK are most concerned with comforting the grieving, rather than focusing on the departed.
State funerals in the United Kingdom (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Ceremonial funerals in the United Kingdom" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Harry Styles is seen after the funeral service for One Direction singer Liam Payne, at St. Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, Nov. 20, 2024. / Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Getty
These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England, native princes of Wales to 1283, or monarchs of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom), as well as members of their royal families.
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