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2. Interesting. I remember Churchill's funeral...
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 10:09 PM
Apr 2021

...in which the coffin was carried on a caisson (as with J.F.K. two years earlier), except this one was drawn, not by horses, but by humans -- members of the British armed services. Interesting that Philip will be using a hearse instead of what would seem to be a more-fitting for royal pomp conveyance, but I guess that, if he helped design the Land Rover, he would want one used at his funeral.

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