Queen Victoria's DISASTROUS Funeral

When Queen Victoria died on the Isle of Wight inside Osborne House on the 22nd January 1901, there was great panic and worry inside of royal circles. Victoria had ruled since June 1837, and she was at that time the longest reigning monarch of any in British history, ruling for 63 years and 216 days. At half past 6 in the evening with her son and successor surrounding her, and her eldest grandson the Kaiser of Germany, she passed away surrounded by her family and her favourite dog was laid upon her deathbed. But Victoria had written instructions for her funeral years before, but there was a great stress as a state funeral had not been planned for some time, and certainly one not of the scale of Victorias. There was no one alive who had a recollection of the death of a former monarch, and with this the planners of the funeral were greatly stressed. The Queen after her death was dressed in a white dress and she wore her wedding veil, but then many members of her family assisted helping lift her body into the coffin but the funeral was already going wrong before the body was even sent back to the mainland.