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THE demise of the Queen Dowager, which had been so long expected, took place at two o'clock on Sunday morning; and it became known to the public through various channels, long before the following official announcement appeared in an Extraordinary Gazette.
" Whitehall, December 2, 1849.—This morning, at seven minutes before two o'clock, her Majesty. the Qneen Dowager departed this life, at Stanmore Priory; to the great grief of her Majesty and of all the Royal Family, after a painful and protracted illness, which she bore with exemplary patience. "The lose of this most excellent Princess will be deeply mourned by all classes of her Majesty's subjects to whom her many eminent virtues rendered her the object of universal esteem and affection."
The medical attendants of Queen Adelaide at that moment were Dr. David Davies and Dr. Richard Bright. Her Majesty's sister, the Dutehess Ida of Saxe Weimar, with Prince Edward, Prince Gustave, and two Princesses of Saxe Weimar, were residing at Stanmore Priory. Special messengers at once conveyed the intelligence to the members of the Royal Family. The great bell of St. Paul's tolled for two hours after morning service, and the same mark of respect was paid during the day at all the Metropolitan and suburban churches.
The Court mourning is ordered to commence tomorrow, Sunday the 9th December.
The funeral is fixed to take place on Thursday next, the 13th instant, in St. George's Chapel; but at midday, instead of night; and the ceremonial of "lying in state" is altogether dispensed with. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert remain in great privacy at Osborne House; the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, taking exercise as the weather permits.
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