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Article: Diana's funeral won't be royal, but her resting place will be.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 4, 1997
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No spot is more sacred to the British nation or contains more of its history than the magnificent Gothic abbey church in Westminster, the site of Princess Diana's funeral Saturday.
Hers is not technically a royal or state funeral; she became ineligible for that with her divorce from Prince Charles.
But honors in Westminster Abbey are closely identified with royalty. All but two of Enland's kings and queens have been crowned at Westminster Abbey since William the Conqueror became the first in 1066.
And it has been the traditional site of not only royal funerals but also burials. The vaults contain the remains of 32 monarchs or their ...