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...gorgeous, jewel-studded robes the Serbian Patriarch and his bishops celebrated with their priests and acolytes the complex rite of Orthodox High Mass. Sonorously the dead King's virtues were intoned: ''Courage! . . " soldierly simplicity! ... determination!" As the organ swelled a moving Orthodox dirge, sobs grew loud throughout the Cathedral. Scarcely able to stand as she left the service. Dowager Queen Marie of Jugoslavia tottered in the arms of her mother, Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania. Lest one or both should break down on the grueling three-mile funeral march a Ford sedan was held in readiness...
...France and to death. In a very simple coffin he lay. One of the last acts of Queen Marie before rushing to Paris to join her son was to have the admiral's uniform in which her husband was killed changed to the service dress of a Serbian general, in which he had spent most of his life. Nations hurried to do him honor. From Rome Benito Mussolini wired shore batteries to fire salutes as the little Dubrovnik passed through the narrow Straits of Messina. Four British and three French cruisers dropped anchor in the harbor of Split, hauled...
...Austrian sarcophagus, will soon lie. From their catalog, Julius Maschner & Son chose the same model coffin as those they recently completed for former Chancellors Dollfuss and Seipel of Austria. All they had to do was remove the Roman crucifix from the lid and replace it with a Serbian Orthodox cross, applique the Jugoslav royal arms and a silver name plate. There were also a few minor adjustments to be made to be sure that it would fit on a Jugoslav gun carriage...
...last nine Serbian rulers, only three, including King Alexander's senile father, Peter I, died natural deaths while reigning. Spectacled Alexander never expected to share his father's luck. At his country estate in Bled last January he drew up his will and decreed that in case of his sudden death, three regents should rule the country until little Peter became...
Back to Bled next day went George and Marina. Correspondents who followed them into the Balkans were stood off by Inspector Evans with lavish treats of Serbian beer. He made copy with such jokes as "Now there, keep away. I have a policeman stationed behind every tree. No photographs!" When the correspondents grew restless Major Humphrey Butler. Adjutant to Prince George, joined Inspector Evans in describing at length the prowess of His Royal Highness. "He can outwalk either of us," they said. "Once the Prince climbed to Prince Paul's hunting hut in an hour and 45 minutes. Even...