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Royal funerals: everything you wanted to know

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Are Any British Monarchs Buried Outside of the Uk?

There are a couple of british monarchs buried outside of the uk. For very good reason. James the second was ousted from his throne after just three years. He sought exile in france, and died close to the centre of paris. Another example is that of george the first, our first hanoverian king. His remains were ultimately buried in the palace of herenhausen. They were moved, but that's where they ended up. And i think george would have been rather pleased with that. What impot did she have in planning the funeral? The queen, in common with every monarch in recent times, was said to have had quite a

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