Funeral of Princess Mary (Princess Royal, Countess Harewood) at Harewood House, Yorkshire and memorial service at Westminster Abbey, London.
Various shots Harewood House. L/S All Saints Church, mourners are arriving. M/S Earl of Harewood's son arriving. Panning shot Princess Marina (Dowager Duchess of Kent). Panning C/U Duchess of Kent. M/S Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arriving. M/S Duke of Kent. L/S people going in to church. Panning C/U Queen Elizabeth arriving. M/S Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Charles (Prince of Wales).
L/S Westminster Abbey. M/S representative of nursing services arriving. M/S Duke of Norfolk. M/S Lady Clementine Churchill. Panning C/U former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arriving with wife. Panning C/U Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Lady Douglas-Home. Panning shot Lord Attlee (Clement Attlee) arriving. M/S Earl Mountbatten. M/S Arab man arriving. M/S Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. Panning C/U the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) and Duchess of Windsor (formerly Mrs Wallis Simpson) arriving at back entrance.
L/S All Saints church in Harewood. L/S as coffin is lowered into vault. L/S mourners led by Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) coming out of church. They walk around from the entrance to the vault. C/U wreath from King Olav of Norway. C/U wreath from Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. L/S funeral service in progress.
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