Bucharest, July 24.
The late Queen Marie Alexandra of Roumania, was laid to rest today in the royal crypt of Curtec de Ariesh while in all churches throughout Roumania religious services were held in commemoration of the occasion.
Final preparations for today's burial i|ceremony were held yesterday evening, when King Carol and other members of the royal family looked last services were carried out ate Dowager Queen passed y in Pelesch Castle, Sinaia, late in the afternoon of July 18 after a lingering illness during the past years. She was 62 years old at the ime of her demise.
Expressly in conformity with the deceased's wishes, the whole capital wearing mourning in violet instead of the usual, drab black. All balconies of official buildings and all street lamps are covered with violet cloths; which are less sinister to the eye than funeral black, according to the late Queen.
All places of public entertainment are closed in respect to the memory of the deceased mother of the ruling King. A huge throng of mourning Roumanians was still outside the Cot-recen Castle here, where the Queen's corpse was lying in state since July 21. During the past three days, files of people constantly passed before the bier of their one-time ruler.—Havas.
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