Why was only Princess Margaret cremated #royal #Princess Margaret #Queen Elizabeth — Transcript

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1. 0:00Why was only Princess Margaret [music]
2. 0:01cremated in the British royal family? As
3. 0:03is wellknown, all members of the British
4. 0:04royal family are buried in the same way,
5. 0:06either at Westminster Abbey or at the
6. 0:08royal chapel in Windsor. [music]
7. 0:09However, Princess Margaret, the sister
8. 0:10of Queen Elizabeth II, was the only
9. 0:12member of the royal family to break this
10. 0:14tradition because she was [music] not
11. 0:15buried. 23 years ago, Princess Margaret
12. 0:17passed away due to her fourth stroke at
13. 0:19the age of 71. She hopes [music] to rest
14. 0:20with her parents. But the problem is
15. 0:22that the church space is limited and
16. 0:23there is no place for her to stay. The
17. 0:25only remaining space must be [music]
18. 0:26reserved for Queen Elizabeth and Prince
19. 0:27Philip. So there is simply no place to
20. 0:29accommodate Princess Margaret. In order
21. 0:30to respect her wishes, the British royal
22. 0:32family made an unusual decision.
23. 0:34Princess Margaret did not hold a
24. 0:35traditional royal funeral, but chose
25. 0:37cremation. [music] Her cremation
26. 0:38ceremony was held in 2002, which is
27. 0:40extremely rare in the history of the
28. 0:41royal [music] family. She was later
29. 0:43placed in Windsor Church next to her
30. 0:44parents. This special choice not only
31. 0:46fulfilled her wish but also solved the
32. 0:48problem of limited burial space in the
33. 0:49royal