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Originally Posted by Gayle
On what grounds then, would she get a state funeral?
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I've done a bit of googling and it seems that state funerals are normally reserved for Sovereigns.
However, a few others have had them. Charles Darwin was one and the most recent was Winston Churchill in 1965.
It seems that permission has to be given from the monarch.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
