| Lord Strathmore |
| THE TIMES |
| Thursday June 28, 1938 |
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THE KING AND QUEEN PRESENT SERVICE IN HEAVY RAIN In heavy rain the Countess of Strathmore was laid to rest in the private burial ground at Glamis Castle today. A large number of mourners were present, and while they gathered the rain became heavier. A service for the family was held in the private chapel, the Bishop of St. Andrews, Dr. Reid, and the Rev. H. G. G. Rorison, the family chaplain, officiating. "The Lord is my shepherd," "Jesus lives !" and the Countess's favourite hymn, "They come, God's messengers of love," were sung. The coffin, bearing the Queen's wreath of lilies-of-the-valley and carnations, was carried to a waiting farm lorry drawn by two horses, and was followed by the mourners to the burial ground. In spit of the rain the King decided to walk behind the coffin, and he was accompanied by Lord Glamis and Mr. David Bowes-Lyon (the Queen's brothers), the Maaster of Glamis, Vice Admiral Leveson Gower, Lord Elphinstone, Mr. Andrew Elphinstone, Mr. Charles Ralston, and Rear Admiral Sir Basil Brooke, Equerry to the King. Following in a car were the Queen and her father, the Earl of Strathmore, and in other cars were Lady Rose Leveson Gower, Lady Elphnstone, Mrs. David Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. John Bowles-Lyon, Lady Constance Blackburn, and Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon. Fpr a mile behind the general mourners followed, among whom were Lord Airlie, Captian Bruce Ogilvy, Sir Harry Hope, Colonel Maitland, Colonel and Mrs. Carnegy, Colonel Guthrie, Lady Dalhousie, Mr. Gavin Ralston, Miss Ralston, and representatives of all the burghs and town councils in the district. |
At the burial ground the King, bareheaded in the rain, helped to carry in some of the flowers, taking a small white cross of carnations, from Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. When the coffin had been carried to the grave by estate workers the car conveying the Queen and her father drew up and was met by the King. The Queen was in deep mourning with a heavy veil. The choir from St, John's Church, Forfar, in surplices, stood at the foot of the grave, and the Bishop of St. Andrews at the head, while the King and Queen and members of the famly stood at one side. The Bishop's voice was heard with difficulty because of the noise of the rain in the oaks which surround the ground. When the choir had sung the nune Dimittis Lord Strathmore stepped forward and stood with bowed head at the open grave. He picked up his own wreath of liliums, irises, and carnations, grown at Glamis, and handed it to his son, Captain Michael Bowes-Lyon, who knelt in the grass and placed it on the coffin beside the Queen's wreath. The King and Queen and all the members of the family each paused for a moment by the grave before theyy returned to the Castle. For some hours afterwards members of the public visited the grave to pay a last homage and see the flowers. In addition to the Queen's wreath, the King and Queen sent a wreath of white liliums. Queen Mary's wreath was of pink roses and gladioli. The King and Queen of Norway sent one of white and pink carnations. |