Thesaurus Musicus (c.1743) The former police officer, who has been playing pipes for over 40 years, said: "If you were speaking with the Queen Mother you were completely at ease." THE Queen Mother's love of Scotland was reflected in the music played by the regiments of the Massed Pipes and Drums. Works great as a jig too. At 10:40 am, the bearer party of the The procession lasted from 11:00 am until 11:16 am.The funeral started with the choir singing the At 12:25 pm, the bearer party lifted the coffin from the The Queen and Duke then left the abbey by car for Buckingham Palace at 12:40 pm, followed by others in the processions three minutes later. When the coffin came out of Westminster Abbey, they played the Irish lament Oft in the Stilly Night. Queen Elizabeth was interred in the It started at 9:48 am on 9 April 2002, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey sounded 101 times, each chime representing a year that the Queen Mother had lived. The funeral was held in London.
The announcer says Oft in the Stilly Night... like me (at times), you must have your selective hearing on Andrew! Pipe Major John Spoore was personal piper to Queen Mother from 1985 to 1990, playing for her every year on her birthday.
The Queen arrived at the Palace five minutes later, and there was a lunch for dignitaries at 1:00 pm. Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey on this day in 2002. The cortege drove to Windsor Castle where the Queen Mother will be buried in a chapel alongside her husband. At the end of the service, the coffin was carried to a waiting hearse to the Irish lament, Oft in the Stilly Night. Her body had lain in State in Westminster Hall for the previous few days, and included a ‘Vigil of the Princes’, with her four grandsons, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, and Viscount Linley, guarding the coffin. Last week the 65-year-old from Gillingham in Kent was told that the Royal Family had asked him to play at the funeral. They performed the traditional Scottish airs My Home and The Mist Covered Mountains - a favourite of King George VI. On Tuesday he will be among 196 British army pipers and drummers who will play as the coffin moves to St George's Chapel, Windsor. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen. Last week the 65-year-old from Gillingham in Kent was told that the Royal Family had asked him to play at the funeral. Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save The Queen.
RIP Queen Mother, our Colonel-in-Chief, Black Watch (RHR) of Canada. The ashes of Princess Margaret, who died a few weeks ago at the age of 71, will also be interred there. It started at 9:48 am on 9 April 2002, when the tenor bell of The doors of Westminster Abbey were first opened at 9:45 am, and the first of the 2,200 guests arrived; most of the guests were in their seats by 10:30 am.