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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]
A state funeral was held for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in 1964. President John F. Kennedy had authorized a state funeral for MacArthur and President Lyndon B. Johnson confirmed Kennedy's directive. Funeral plans drawn up in 1958 called for seven days rather than four days of ceremonial events.
In the United Kingdom, state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs. The most recent was the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. [5] A state funeral may also be held to honour a highly distinguished figure following the approval of the monarch and Parliament (of the expenditure of public funds). [6]
State funeral of José Alencar, former Vice President of Brazil, at the Planalto Palace, Brasília. State funerals were held for the President-elect of Brazil, Tancredo Neves, who died before taking office. The former Vice President of Brazil, José Alencar, was also buried with a head of state's honor, after his passing due to cancer.
His state funeral occurred two weeks later, on 20 May 1910. He was succeeded by his only living son, George V. The funeral was the largest gathering of European royalty ever to take place, and the last before many royal families were deposed in the First World War and its aftermath. [1]
Carter’s funeral captures the American story at a fraught political moment. Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN. January 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM ... DC, after a State Funeral Service on January 9, 2025.
A plaque in Westminster Hall commemorating the lying in state. The funeral started on Tuesday 26 January 1965. By 8:30 p.m. police and security personnel had taken up their positions in what The Daily Telegraph reported as "the most extensive security operation of this sort ever undertaken in England". [9]
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.