THE COFFIN OF THE QUEEN MOTHER RESTED MONDAY IN A SMALL STONE CHAPEL A...

World | April 1, 2002, Monday // 00:00

The coffin of the Queen Mother rested Monday in a small stone chapel at Windsor Castle where the Royal Family privately mourned her before she is taken to lie in state in London. Troops in a dozen locations around the country and in the colony of Gibraltar brought out ceremonial cannon to fire 41-gun salutes in honour of King George VI's widow, who died at her Windsor home Saturday afternoon, aged 101.

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