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What the Queen’s funeral tells us about Britain

19 September 2022

4:48 PM

19 September 2022

4:48 PM

State funerals say a lot about the country in which they take place – and one of the things in which Britain still indisputably leads the world are the magnificent final farewells that we arrange for our leaders.

How very different are some of the send offs seen in less fortunate lands.

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