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The tomb of Victoria and Albert in the Frogmore Mausoleum The interment at the Frogmore Mausolem took place on 4 February. The procession from St George's Chapel was accompanied by massed military bands playing funeral marches, but in the final part of the journey, pipers played a lament , the Black Watch Dead March.
The effigy of Albert was the last work completed before Marochetti's death. [13] Albert is depicted in his Field marshal uniform wearing his Order of the Garter. [14] The effigy of Victoria was completed at the same time, and kept in storage until her death. It was mined from the Cairngail quarry in Longside, Aberdeenshire.
English: The body of Queen Victoria on her deathbed, 1901. The Queen is lying on a bed, surrounded by white fabric, holding a cross. There are portraits of Prince Albert above the bed, and to the side. Flowers surround the Queen.
Albert died in 1861 at the age of 42, devastating Victoria so much that she entered into a deep state of mourning and wore black for the rest of her life. On the day of her death in 1901, their eldest son succeeded as Edward VII , the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged.
After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, British republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond jubilees were times of public celebration.
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Albert, Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Victoria, died in the Blue Room on 14 December 1861. [4] He had asked to be moved to the room because of the strong light from its tall windows. [ 4 ] In the aftermath of his death Victoria decreed that the room should "be kept in its present state" and "not made use of in the future". [ 5 ]