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Sailors accompanied the funeral procession earlier than stated.[edit]

"However, the visual distinction usually referred to is that in a state funeral, the gun carriage bearing the coffin is drawn by sailors from the Royal Navy rather than horses. This tradition dates from the funeral of Queen Victoria; the horses drawing the gun carriage bolted, and so ratings from the Royal Navy hauled it to the Royal Chapel at Windsor."

This is missleading - since sailors had accompanied state funeral processions after problems during the Duke of Wellingtons funeral (where sailors had to be fetched after the huge wagon carrying the coffin became stuck on a hill) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.168.48.161 (talk) 10:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mounbatten's State funeral[edit]

I believe Lord Mountbatten had a full state funeral- I visited the State gun carriage yesterday and he is listed alongside the Monarchs and Winston Churchill in all their documents. This article suggests he had a service comparable with Princess Diana. Should we put him on the same list as Churchill? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.62.5 (talk) 11:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cavell[edit]

Not only is the UK list not complete, it's not accurate, either. Cavell did not get a state funeral. If you think she did, you have to prove it, please. Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:08, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Darwin[edit]

In what sense did Charles Darwin get a 'state funeral'? Was his body transported to Westminster Abbey on a gun carriage? Was there the customary military and/or naval dimension?Which members of the royal family were present at the funeral? Did the prime minister attend? There's nothing about any of these things in the report on his funeral that appeared in The Times on 27 April 1882. See: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1882/News/Funeral_of_Charles_Darwin

Being buried with a Church of England funeral in Westminster Abbey, though a very high honour, doesn't in itself constitute a state funeral. I can't help wondering whether Darwin's state funeral isn't one of those internet myths. 01:58, 18 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norvo (talk • contribs)

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Article title[edit]

A lot of the article is about ceremonial funerals. The content explains the similarities and differences. The title would be better as "State and Ceremonial Funerals in the United Kingdom". S C Cheese (talk) 08:18, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to update the article following the state funeral of Elizabeth II and have redrafted it so as to place greater emphasis on what an actual state funeral is and looks like (now that we have a recent example as evidence). This may (or not?) reduce the rationale for changing the article's title. Barabbas1312 (talk) 14:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]