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Topical Budget 744-1: Passing of the 'Gentle Lady' (1925)
 

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"Sad scenes attend Queen Alexandra's death at Sandringham House". The gates, with a policeman on duty. "The stricken mansion". A shot of the house. "To the aged inmates of Trinity Hospital she was a true friend". Some of the inmates. "The face she loved. "One of the inmates looking at a photograph of the Queen. "King and his sons at Sandringham Church". A shot of the church tower and a distant view of a small group of men arriving at the church. "Mourning tenants". People entering the church porch. "At rest". The coffin lying in state. "The King and Queen's wreath bore this moving inscription: 'For darling mother dear from her sorrowing and devoted children Georgie and May'". A shot of the wreath, with card attached. " St George's Chapel, Windsor, where Her Majesty will be laid beside King Edward". Shot of the chapel.