Queen Adelaide's Testamentary instructions

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Title

Queen Adelaide's Testamentary instructions

Date Created

November 1841

Creator

Adelaide, Queen Dowager

Description

Two copies of Adelaide's instructions in which she expresses her desire for a funeral without pomp or state and for her remains to be carried by sailors to St George's Chapel in Windsor. She requests that her body is not to be dissected or embalmed.
The second copy of Adelaide's instructions is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mary Seymour.

Language

English

Identifier

GEO/MAIN/37102-37103

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