KING ALBERT’S FUNERAL
Dense Crowds Line Route to Tomb. (Continued from Pace 1.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 23, 1.40 p.m.) BRUSSELS, February 22. The widowed Queen, notwithstanding a sharp attack of lumbago, was present at the Cathedral. There were dense 1 crowds along the four-mile route to the Chateau Laeken, where the King was interred. One hundred thousand ex-servicemen, ’ coming from all parts of Europe, shared in King Albert’s last review with his old army. It was thought that 20,000 Belgians would come, but over 90,000 arrived, providing a tribute which in sincerity and magnitude eclipsed the formal ceremonies. The King lay in the forecourt of the Palace amid a carpet of flowers stretching for 50 yards in all directions, which had been sent by admirers and sympathisers from every corner of the world. They ranged from rich wreaths of roses and lilies six feet in diameter to the humble posies of the poor.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20238, 23 February 1934, Page 7
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