PRINCESS DIANAS FUNERAL PART 13: THE SERVICE BEGINS
PRINCESS DIANAS FUNERAL PART 13: THE SERVICE BEGINS, At 10 55am the cortege arrives at the West Door of Westminster Abbey and the commentary is handed over to the Scottish actor Tom Fleming His solemn voice has been used by the BBC for state occasions since the 1950s The coffin is hoisted from the Gun Carriage and carried inside by the Welsh Guards as Big Ben chimes eleven oclock in the background The Houses of Parliament are just around the corner from the entrance to Westminster Abbey The British national anthem is sung as the camera zooms in on the Royal coat of arms in Westminster Abbeys stained glass: God save our gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen God save the Queen! Send her victorious Happy and glorious Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! The coffin begins its journey to the Altar to sound of the Funeral Sentences: I am the resurrection and the life saith the Lord: he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die St John 11:2526 I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold and not another Job 19:25 27 We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord 1 Timothy 6: 7; Job 1: 21