Chapter 652 – The King’s Funeral

“America is busy with how to end the war.” Kuala Lumpur Administration Office, Allen Wilson joked harmlessly, just then, the secretary came in to bring out the telegram from London and gave it to the Commissioner of British Malaya to review.

I thought it was another day of nothing Allen Wilson looked at the telegram, all of a sudden jumped up, but the secretary who came in was startled, he was the first time to see the top boss like this, even before the Chinese petition, the entire Executive Office was surrounded, he has not seen Allen Wilson so out of sorts.

This is of course, when the Executive Office was surrounded, not outside the British army to watch it. Overall the resistance in the colonies did not lie in the colonies themselves, but in whether or not Britain still wanted to maintain them.

But this news was different, the news of George VI’s illness and death could affect every aspect of the British Empire.

“There’s nothing much going on in the Executive Council, so I’ll leave for the day.” Returning to his senses, Alan Wilson, with a bitter look on his face, commanded a sentence, said a few words about each of his duties, and hurriedly left the Executive Office.

This telegram was not to him personally, but the cabinet sent a telegram to recall Crown Prince Elizabeth and Princess Margaret abroad, the Crown Prince couple is visiting Africa, while Her Royal Highness is in Kuala Lumpur.

Alan Wilson left the Executive Office, his mind plotting how to use not too strong language, to tell Her Royal Highness, your father, the great King of England left this fact.

In fact, inwardly, the Princess’s reaction is secondary to the perspective of a better future. Britain is about to enter the era of the old Buddha, and the succession of the Crown Prince also indicates that the United Kingdom is about to embark on an eventful period of time.

Casually think back to the era of Queen Elizabeth, although in the memory of the previous life this era has not ended. But Alan Wilson a little thought, it is easy to see, after the queen came to the throne of the day, is not smooth sailing.

Soon after her accession to the throne, she encountered the Suez Canal War, which transformed Britain from a sunset empire into a regional power. In the sixties the major colonies became independent, and in the seventies the British Pound Sterling Area was officially defeated. The eighties saw the Northern Irish Republican Army. The sniping of the pound in the nineties can all be considered minor.

As a Queen Elizabeth who was still a global power when she ascended the throne, this life has watched her country go from bad to worse, Alan Wilson felt that it may be far from the breeze on the surface.

Arrived at the residence of Alan Wilson, first informed his wife of this matter, discussing how to make the princess easy to accept the words.

“How do I know!” Pamela Mountbatten this time to beat a retreat, can not blame her for the critical moment did not take charge, he is also the first time to run into this kind of scene.

“Then I go?” Alan Wilson coldly asked back, “Anymore, as if you have this status to be able to overpower her.”

“That’s all an illusion, no one can hold Margaret down if she makes a scene.” Pamela Mountbatten, her head shaking like a rattle, said, “Just treat her as if she were a businessman and tell her to return to London at once.”

“I know!” Alan Wilson agreed, the corners of his mouth twitching constantly, taking a closer look at it as a conversation preview.

With a broken voice, Alan Wilson walked to the door of Princess Margaret’s room, then turned back apparently beating a retreat.

But Pamela Mountbatten waved her hand to pump up the air and ignored the pleas for help, and Alan Wilson pushed his way in with a secret sigh.

At the same time, British East Africa Kenya, is here Crown Prince Elizabeth couple, also learned the news. The Crown Prince as well as her husband Prince Philip immediately prepared to return to London.

On the way back, the hairline has obviously moved back Prince Philip, looked at his wife and sighed. He knew that Crown Prince Elizabeth’s days of simply being his wife were over. Once he became Queen, Prince Philip would be as much a subject to this woman as anyone else in all of England.

And in Kuala Lumpur, Princess Margaret’s voice cried sadly and bitterly, leaving Alan Wilson at a loss for words, and he could already feel quite clearly that the dampness in his chest was above the alert level.

“Margaret, the grief is understandable, but the priority now is to return to London immediately. I’m sure the Crown Prince is also filled with grief right now, but surely he is already on his way.”

Reaching out and patting Her Royal Highness on the back, Alan Wilson reminded in a calm voice that you should be shouldering your responsibilities as a princess right now, not lying in your brother-in-law’s arms wiping away tears.

Soothing the princess’s emotions, Alan Wilson walked out of the room and saw his wife who had been waiting pointing to the water stains on his chest, “Dear wife, help me find a shirt to change into. By the way, you’re going back too, aren’t you?”

“I’ll have Comet One in Australia come pick us up!” Pamela Mountbatten turned to find a shirt, emphasizing, “It’s not that I’m going back, you are too. You are my husband, and you must attend the funeral even out of respect.”

“I certainly have great respect for His Majesty the King.” Alan Wilson craned his neck, full of the air of an imperial loyal dog.

At the time when the Crown Prince and the Princess got the news successively, the news of George VI’s death after a long illness was also already known to the public. George VI had lived a rather storied life, though half of it had been on that brother of his.

Of course former kings are never an awkward existence, even in the West. The Duke of Windsor was not the first to be notified of the king’s death, the code word “Hyde Park Corner” was sent to Buckingham Palace, and the funeral was reported through various channels in accordance with established procedures.

He only learned that his brother George VI had died when a group of journalists asked him to make a statement on his death.

A day later, Alan Wilson and Pamela Mountbatten, with Princess Margaret, in Comet One landed at the London airport, stepped on the land of London, Princess Margaret can not help but touch the feelings, and again began to pear.

Alan Wilson has long been hiding far away, this kind of comforting work is better left to his wife. For the current British, the king’s funeral is the top priority, a lot of things waiting for Whitehall to do.

Soon George VI’s two daughters met, looking at each other without words do not know what to say is good. Alan Wilson’s eyes have been on Prince Philip, over thirty years old, Prince Philip, as most British people, appeared to be a clear hairline backward, showing the trend of I became bald and also became stronger.

There is this son-in-law in, Alan Wilson soft rice hard to eat is also figure a fun, the key moment is still to be His Royal Highness the Prince of the Great Britain flunky of the facade.

George VI’s funeral in accordance with the monarch’s state funeral form, orderly, the casket parked in Sandringham’s St. Mary Magdalen Church; the casket was loaded on the steam train to London, parked in Westminster Abbey Hall for the public to pay tribute to a total of more than 300,000 people lined up to pay their last respects to the king.

If you don’t say how all men want to wake up in charge of the world and get drunk in the lap of the beautiful, long ago how much power in the United Kingdom are all the same. It is understandable that some Middle Eastern sultans and Thai monarchs in the latter part of the world are clinging to power.

If according to Alan Wilson’s idea, should take advantage of this funeral, to the monarchical countries to put forward an invitation. See if those countries were worth pulling in, but considering his own current position, that thought was dismissed.

It was even possible that he would not be able to touch such an opportunity even if he reached a position where he could arrange it. The old Buddha was still with England for as long as the naked eye could see.

In fact Allen Wilson did not think about it, he could think about this, how could the cabinet not think about it? In fact these days there are constantly dignitaries arriving in London, taking advantage of such an occasion to communicate about the current international situation.

The Duke of Windsor also returned, except that the Duchess was still barred from entering England.

On February 15, the funeral procession began to move slowly from the hospice with the ringing of church bells and the sound of a salute. The coffin was carried on a gun carriage, with the eldest brother, the Duke of Windsor, and younger brothers, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, walking behind. The Duke of Windsor wore his naval uniform, having previously argued with the royal family over what to wear to the funeral. At the back of the procession walked heads of state, members of the royal families of various countries, dignitaries and other powerful people.

The funeral cortege marched past Queen Mary’s residence, where she watched her son through the window. The procession arrived at Paddington Railway Station and the coffin and mourners traveled by steam train to Windsor Castle. A burial service was held in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, and the life of George VI was officially complete.

During these few days, Prince Philip, who considered himself to be in the same boat, expressed his friendliness towards Alan Wilson. His Royal Highness the Prince thought to himself that the two of them were in the same boat.

Unfortunately, Alan Wilson did not think so, but still expressed his blessing with His Royal Highness the Prince, you will soon be the man behind the Queen.

In many countries, the death of an old king indicates the accession of a new king, although this is not the case in England, after the coronation of Crown Prince Elizabeth, she can only be considered the Queen of England. As for when the coronation will take place, the Cabinet has not yet decided. The coronation ceremony marks the official granting of imperial power to the emperor.

“We are now at a critical moment for the future of the British Empire, and I believe that the Crown Prince is in great need of His Royal Highness’s help at this time.” Alan Wilson lied in his words.

In fact, looking at the life of this Prince in front of him, not to mention a little help for diplomacy. Less angry words, don’t let the British foreign ministry wipe his ass on the line.

The countries that Prince Philip has angered in his life include, but are not limited to, the Soviet Union, China, Australia, France, and so on.

Throughout the funeral, Pamela Mountbatten, full of exhaustion, finally made it back to the two men’s home and then explicitly and implicitly expressed a desire to be spanked.

Alan Wilson picked his wife up by the waist and walked lightly into the bathroom, life is constantly spent from destruction and new life. The morning sun struck and it was a new beginning.