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But a red-eyed Lady Sarah Chatto, Princess Margaret's daughter, appeared devastated.After the service a piper of the Royal Highland Fusiliers played a lament as the coffin was carried to the waiting hearse outside. "When she noted that Margaret had looked upset at her sister's Coronation, Glenconner wrote that Margaret replied, "Of course I looked sad, Anne. and I did, right through to the following afternoon," she said of the incident.One of the princess's most startling moments of the season was her apparent suicide attempt. Margaret was colonel-in-chief of the regiment.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were said to have remained composed throughout, nodding acknowledgement at guests, the Press Association reported.Her ashes were to be returned to St. George's Chapel, where they will be placed in the Royal Vault.There had been doubts that the royal family's matriarch, who has been unwell with a chest infection and then suffered a fall, would make Friday's ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the burial of her own husband, King George VI.Lord Linley read the lesson from Romans 8 which was followed by the hymn Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise.Canon-in-residence, Rev Canon Barry Thompson, said a prayer for the princess: "O eternal God ... we remember before thee this day thy servant Margaret, rendering thanks to thee: for her loyalty and sense of duty; for her faithfulness towards her family and her friends; for her energy and enthusiasm; for her quick wit and sound advice; for her depth of knowledge and her love of life..."Margaret's death came amid her sister's Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of her accession to Britain's throne.But although three minutes late and spending the service in a wheelchair, the Queen Mother was able to join her other daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, for the ceremony in St. George's Chapel.Within minutes of the end of the funeral service, the Queen Mother was whisked away from Windsor Castle, the gatekeeper at Cambridge Gate told PA.Streets leading up to the main entrance were lined with crowds, some of whom had picked their spots from first light. She was bedridden at Sandringham after her final public engagement on 22 November 2001, when she attended the recommissioning of HMS Ark Royal. Our editors handpick the products that we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page. LONDON, England --Britain's 101-year-old Queen Mother was among 400 mourners at Windsor Castle for the funeral of her daughter Princess Margaret.There had …
Margaret's ashes were placed near the king's grave located in a special vault.Her Majesty issued the announcement "with great sadness" and reportedly "[Princess Margaret's] children, Lord Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, were at her side." Princess Margaret was cremated, which is uncommon for the royal family. "Perhaps they were too similar – I don’t think it is an unusual predicament for a mother and daughter," she wrote. He put on dark glasses as the coffin of Princess Margaret was carried past, while his wife was clearly upset.During the service organ music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake -- Princess Margaret was a great lover and supporter of ballet -- filled the chapel.The princess was taken to Slough Crematorium for a private cremation without any other royal present, in accordance with her wishes.
""One would do things like open all the windows, only for the other to go around shutting them," Lady Glenconner, Margaret's former lady-in-waiting, wrote.Glenconner has some speculations as to why they didn't get along, too. LONDON, England -- Britain's 101-year-old Queen Mother was among 400 mourners at Windsor Castle for the funeral of her daughter Princess Margaret. Some had travelled from as far as Canada to be there.The Queen Mother had flown by helicopter from Sandringham, eastern England, on Thursday, determined to say a final farewell to her younger daughter who died last week aged 71.She was then driven back up Long Walk towards her Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, 3.5 miles away.The princess had been dogged by medical problems in recent years and was little seen in public. Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Sarah Chatto, and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, at Princess Margaret’s funeral. . Or one would suggest an idea and the other would dismiss it immediately. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI, and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.