Six Kings and Five Queens were among the Royal Guests and Relatives at the Funeral of King George V at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on this day in 1936, 90 years ago, following a Procession through London.

Following the death of King George V at Sandringham House, the Coffin was taken to the Church of St Mary Magdalene, before being taken to London for the Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall, where King Edward VIII, the Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, and Duke of Kent gave a ‘Vigil of the Princes’ on the eve of the Funeral, which followed a State Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The following morning, the Royal Family were followed by Foreign Royalty and Dignitaries from Westminster Hall down Whitehall to Trafalgar Square, under Admiralty Arch into The Mall, turning into St James’s Street and then along Piccadilly to Hyde Park Corner. Entering Hyde Park, the procession passed along the East Carriage Road to Marble Arch and from there to Paddington Station, where the Coffin was taken to Windsor.

In Windsor, the Procession wound its way through the Castle to St George’s Chapel for the Funeral Service, before being interred in the Royal Vault beneath the Quire , which was transferred to a monumental sarcophagus in the North Nave Aisle in 1939.

King Edward VIII with the Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, and Duke of Kent

Six Kings and Five Queens were among the Royal Guests and Relatives who joined the British Royal Family:

• King Haakon VII (cousin and brother-in-law) and Queen Maud of Norway (sister) with Crown Prince Olav (nephew)
• King Christian X (cousin) and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark with Prince Axel
• King Carol II and Queen Marie of Romania (cousin) with Queen Elisabeth of Greece
• King Leopold III of the Belgians and Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria with Prince Paul Regent of Yugoslavia
• Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain (cousin) with Princess Beatrice (cousin), Duchess of Galliera
• Prince Felix of Luxembourg
• Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Louise of Sweden (cousin)
• Crown Prince Paul of Greece with Prince George (cousin) and Prince Nicholas of Greece (cousin)
• Crown Prince Umberto II of Italy and Crown Prince Farouk of Egypt

• The Duke (cousin) and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• The Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (cousin)
• Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (cousin)
• Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (cousin)
• Prince Frederick of Prussia
• The Duke of Braganza
• The Duke of Nemours
• Prince Zeid bin Hussein of Iraq
• Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand
• Prince Salih Doshishti of Albania
• The Raja of Sawantwadi
• The Maharaja of Dhrangadhra
• Prince Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
• Prince Franz of Windisch-Graetz

Queen Mary’s Crown

George IV State Diadem

Queen Victoria’s Regal Circlet

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Vladimir Tiara

Delhi Durbar Tiara

Cambridge Emerald Parure

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara

Queen Adelaide’s Fringe Tiara

Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara

Cambridge Sapphire Parure

Teck Turquoise Tiara

Iveagh Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire Bandeau

Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau

Crochet Bandeau Tiara

Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Queen Mary’s Amethyst Tiara

Queen Mary’s Ladies of England Tiara

Queen Mary’s Surrey Fringe Tiara