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From: Crofters <>
Subject: [CRAWFORD] Earl of Crawford & Balcarres
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 15:34:44 +1000

Listers,

I note the following newspaper article - with mention of the Earl of
Crawford and Balcarres [remember back about 13 Century - a last female
heir of the Barony of Crawford in Lanarcshire, married a Lindsay who
then took the title Earl of Crawford and [later] Balcarres

Article from the Telegraph [UK] located at:
http://www.etoile.co.uk/IM/Qmum.html

Finally at rest, with 'beloved Bertie' and Margaret
By Caroline Davies
(Filed: 10/04/2002)

THE Queen's final farewell to her mother took place
in
private last night as the Queen Mother was laid to
rest
next to her husband, George VI, and with the ashes
of
Princess Margaret.

She was interred in the tiny George VI Memorial
Chapel,
within St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Until
the
interment, the coffin was placed beneath the
intricately
carved roof of St George's, under the silken banners
of
the Garter Knights.

The Queen Mother's own banner has hung here since
1936. Now it will be removed.

Short prayers were said by the Dean of Windsor, the
Rt
Rev David Conner, as the coffin arrived from
Westminster
Abbey to be placed in the chapel's quire. The only
family
members present were the Prince of Wales and the
Earl
of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

It was moved later, without ceremony, to the vault
in the
memorial chapel - built especially for George VI -
ready
for the committal and interment service.

At 6pm, members of the Royal Family gathered for the

ceremony. The marble slab had been removed so both
coffins were visible. The Queen, Prince Philip,
Prince
Charles and the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and
Kinghorne were all present. Other members of the
Royal
Family remained in the main body of the church.

The Queen's Lord Chamberlain, Lord Luce, sprinkled
earth
from a silver dish on to the coffin. Then the Queen
Mother's Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Crawford and
Balcarres, broke the white wand - a symbol of his
office -
in two over the coffin, to mark the end of his
duties.

The ceremony lasted 15 minutes.

The ashes of Princess Margaret, who died eight weeks
go,
were placed in the vault, in accordance with her
wishes.
Then the marble slab, now bearing the inscription
George
VI 1895-1952 Queen Elizabeth 1900-2002, was
replaced.

The chapel is a fitting resting place for the Queen
Mother.
On the gates, built to resemble those to Edward IV's

tomb, verses from the poem by Marie Louise Haskins,
which were printed in the Order of Service, were
inscribed
at her request when King George VI was laid to rest
there. He had used those same verses to end his
Christmas broadcast in 1939.

Other personal touches include a Celtic cross,
commissioned by Princess Margaret, on the altar. Set
in
one wall is a bronze relief replica of her "beloved
Bertie"
at Sandringham by William Reid Dick.

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Regards
Croft

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