Brussels, Aug. 30.
HILE bugles sounded rhe Last Post" and' thousands people lined the streets silent and bare-headed, the body Queen Astrid, who was killed yesterday in a motoring accident while driving along Lake Lucerne, was borne this morning in a hearse from the railway station to the Royal Palace here.
ing Leopold, who had alighted from the train at a suburban station.and motored to the Palace, waited on the portico and received the body of his late Royal Consort which was immediately placed in the Chapelle Ardente, the same spot as the body of the late King Albert lay.
The train bearing the body of Queen Astrid arrived at the Gare clu Nord at 8.40 a.m.
The coffin was lifted from the van and placed in a hearse which was covered with a black pall and a few wild roses.
Troops, who were massed in the Place Roger, presented arms, while thousands of people stood silently in the usually bustling square.
As the procession drove slowly to the Palace past the silent crowds, many of whom were weeping, bugles sounded "The Last Post."
The funeral of the Queen has de-Anitely been fixed to take place on Tuesday, September 3.
Her tragic death has plunged the whole nation into the deepest mourning.
Immediately following the nevis of the tragedy, the Cabinet held an emergency meeting, after which the following proclamation was issued:
"SUN under the shock of the tragic death of King Albert, Bel-gum is mourning today' her Queen, whose youth, grace~ and Kindliness have conquered the people.
"The whole country is dumbfounded, sharing the King's immense sorrow.
"The country rallies faithfully around him, inclining with deepfut tenderness "tothe Royal Princes who have been bereft. of their mother."
proclamation was also issued by the Burgomaster, M. Adolphe Max. of war-time fame, expressing the profound sympathy of all citizens with King Leopold and the Royal children, Queen of the Belgians
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