Diana Funeral: Tavener 'Song For Athene', Chorale Recessional, No Commentary

The solemn conclusion of the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey, 6 September 1997. Sir John Tavener's "Song For Athene" is sung by the Westminster Abbey Choir as Diana's coffin is borne up the nave toward the Great West Door. After the national Minute of Silence, the bells of Westminster begin their 3-hour-long peal as the organist plays Bach's "Prelude in C Minor". The procession out the Abbey door as the chimes and organ fill the air with thundering discordant sound is one of the most stirring moments of television I have ever witnessed, and was unfortunately marred by almost every broadcaster with voice-over commentary. In the US, the television network CBS was alone in presenting the departure of Diana's cortége from the Abbey with due reverent silence.
Video footage by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which are the sole owners of this content. Respectfully made available for viewing here for its historical value, and for posterity.

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  • @theresebabel8241
    @theresebabel82414 ай бұрын

    The only woman who could bring a world to a standstill

  • @ernestinemaloy8680
    @ernestinemaloy8680 Жыл бұрын

    SHE IS GONE FOREVER BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN...RIP LADY DIANA FRANCES SPENCER...1961 -1997

  • @nadiahussain8026
    @nadiahussain80262 жыл бұрын

    As a Muslim watching this.. The music, the choir, the singing, the solemnity, the Welsh guards' somber dignity. Everything touches me. So hauntingly sad, beautiful, and respectful.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I really hope my funeral is like Princess Diana’s. I’ll get the best send off in Wales and my beloved 1940 will be doing this. I hope my mother gets to see this

  • @user-je1kl7sp3i

    @user-je1kl7sp3i

    8 ай бұрын

    Actualu rege a făcut casa regală britanică de risu lumi

  • @cowengordon3188

    @cowengordon3188

    3 ай бұрын

    Don't tell us Ur Muslim U create wars Ur country and kill people

  • @JoeLondon-te3hf

    @JoeLondon-te3hf

    2 ай бұрын

    She was done in. She was young and lightheaded, and she treaded on some toes.

  • @paulinekelly4773

    @paulinekelly4773

    Ай бұрын

    Stunningly beautiful like Diana 😢

  • @cynthiarichardson4633
    @cynthiarichardson46332 жыл бұрын

    The brave men that carried Princess Diana's coffin should feel so proud of themselves. What an Honour for each and everyone. RIP beautiful Princess, gone but never forgotten !

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m dreading the day my beloved War carries mine. It will be 50 years old by then but I’m sure they will do amazing

  • @57highland

    @57highland

    Ай бұрын

    I think the pall bearers were interested solely in doing their duty well and properly. I doubt that self-pride was part of that particular equation.

  • @annepearson1551
    @annepearson1551 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this like yesterday!! Its now 2023. Never to be forgotten my lady.

  • @MandyJMaddison
    @MandyJMaddison2 жыл бұрын

    It is impossible to watch this without thinking of the terrible grief of those two children as they saw the body of their Mother being carried away.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can’t imagine what they went through that day and I can’t imagine that happening to my Mummy I’ll have a breakdown

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I really feel awful for her boys still

  • @MandyJMaddison

    @MandyJMaddison

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 , I may have written this somewhere else her, but I think that you might like it. When the soldiers placed Diana's coffin on the catafalque, part of her Royal Standard was caught up at one corner. The Queen got up from her place and went over, and rearranged the flag on Diana's coffin. There was another story about a person, a reporter I think, who, while the body was lying at St James's, went to the Chapel of St James and found the coffin there, all alone. The public did not know. So she went back to the Mall and gathered up a whole lot of flowers and arranged them around the coffin.

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MandyJMaddison I’ll probably have that many flowers because I received so many when I returned home from hospital 6 months ago. Wales didn’t think their Queen would make it to her 21st birthday; me and Woody.EXE (Toy Story) had our coronation 4 days ago and we had songs from Diana’s funeral to honour her as we approach the 26th Anniversary of Diana’s death. Princess Diana’s memorial will be the biggest engagements of our reign

  • @511robyno

    @511robyno

    11 ай бұрын

    Not much sympathy for Harry these days. Grief never grows old for a child.Even mow he is a man. Especially having to grieve in public. Maybe the Queen was correct in wanting to keep them at Balmoral.

  • @janhunt6042
    @janhunt60422 жыл бұрын

    I checked the lyrics to Song of Athene and understood then why this song was sung. I have watched this over and over. A beautiful woman who won the hearts of all but one. This haunting song was so befitting the end of the service. The silence except for the music, the sway of her coffin, the men tasked to carry her and nothing but the haunting "hallelujah" all the way through the chapel, for her last journey. A great way to honor Diana, not just England's rose but the world's rose. I think Diana's funeral and President Kennedy's funeral will go down in history as the two most watched funerals in history. The two saddest and the two most haunting. And both left us with unanswered questions. May they rest in peace and in our love for them.

  • @chrissimpson6701
    @chrissimpson6701 Жыл бұрын

    You will always be the people's choice and Queen. We love, and miss you sweet Diana. 8.31.22

  • @maureenkirby1207
    @maureenkirby1207 Жыл бұрын

    A musical composition that shakes you to your very core.

  • @juanitagorgona5592

    @juanitagorgona5592

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Moe MTA drama and Phil

  • @juanitagorgona5592

    @juanitagorgona5592

    Жыл бұрын

    Kirby and Moe NYC Scary

  • @tgflux

    @tgflux

    11 ай бұрын

    Contra James Bond, I find the piece doesn't shake, but stirs! Glorious!

  • @christinewhitfeld7939

    @christinewhitfeld7939

    3 ай бұрын

    It truly does.

  • @hlondon2408
    @hlondon24083 жыл бұрын

    A dreadful day I will never, ever forget. Her sons.....her sons. 😭

  • @sarapizarrorojas6218

    @sarapizarrorojas6218

    3 жыл бұрын

    Princesa amada por dios

  • @aileen694

    @aileen694

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, what a horrendous experience for two young boys, having to stand through that whole thing, couldn't even grieve in private.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aileen694 Very awful and even my Nana’s funeral was horrible because I was only 14 when I lost her. While walking behind Nana’s coffin, my beloved war of 9 years gave me so much strength that day and it was my friends funeral in 2017 and he died my age. I went to give strength to my friend Charlotte and we were by each other for a few days

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    2 horrible funerals I’ve experienced and never attending funerals again

  • @stephanielopez6528
    @stephanielopez6528 Жыл бұрын

    A real princess.....never will be another one like her.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly not but at least everyone’s got me now and I’m pretty much the new Diana after all the war charities I have supported since 2017 and I love buying poppies every year to put on the war graves. No one else does this

  • @irenemanzanarez6260
    @irenemanzanarez6260 Жыл бұрын

    Still makes me cry! What an unforgettable woman. RIP Queen Diana Will always live in our hearts❤

  • @Brenda1371
    @Brenda13714 жыл бұрын

    I was in shock when this happened. She was loved around the world. To see this all these years later still brings a tear.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    So was Mummy and I hugged her on the 24th anniversary and we both grieved for Diana. I was already suffering mental health issues anyway and prince Philip’s funeral took its toll on me and I didn’t think it would happen

  • @blakedavid8302

    @blakedavid8302

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 Stop being a troll! And get help while you're at it.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blakedavid8302 Here we go again 🤦‍♀️

  • @andresfeliperojas9170

    @andresfeliperojas9170

    Жыл бұрын

    Aquí en Bogotá Colombia yo siento lo mismo que tu solo tristeza pesar por la partida de alguien con carisma y amor al prójimo y amor del puro y genuino hasta siempre princesa diana descansa en paz

  • @susanhudson8500

    @susanhudson8500

    Жыл бұрын

    Each royal has a burial plan created once born or married into the family or set by family at a you g age

  • @kathholbrook8588
    @kathholbrook85883 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness 24 years later this still hurts my heart to watch! Beautiful woman.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mummy cried on the 24th anniversary and I hugged her. Mummy was only 18 back then

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I really felt her grief

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 I’lol be 60 on the first of June I’m exactly 11 months younger than Diana was and I was devastated when she died . I’m American and I was and still am a huge fan of hers . I’ll miss and love her till the day I die .

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@janieleishman9130 I am almost 20 years old and I will be attending the Queens funeral with my mother who will be her mid 40’s by then. I’m dreading her grief and she’s dreading mine when Elizabeth dies. I’m keeping my beloved Woody until then and I will be taking him on the day; I will be 24

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 I’m sure your mother will need you that day .

  • @karenpoteet751
    @karenpoteet7513 ай бұрын

    I saw that card that read "Mummy" on the flowers, and I lost it. Couldn't' stop thinking about those poor boys. I'm sure they think about her every day. I think about my wonderful mother every single day.

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    2 ай бұрын

    I know this ain’t about me but this could have been my funeral during my illness in 2023 and I was only 20. Woody.EXE finally revealed what his card would’ve said, it would have read “in loving memory of my beloved Queen and a loving sister” my sister and Mummy would have been so broken if they saw that but my 2009 Woody wouldn’t have hardly cared after I noticed his horrible expressions during this heartbreaking time. 15 months on and we’re all deeply traumatised knowing I should have died and i honestly don’t blame Woody.EXE for almost losing it in public because he was the one who watched his own Queen die in front of him. These last almost 17 months have been so difficult for the 5 of us as I continue to recover from my trauma that the illness has caused me.

  • @PthaloGreen2
    @PthaloGreen2 Жыл бұрын

    Thinking of Diana today as the coronation took place. She was not meant to be queen. And it's okay. It's all beautiful. Life goes on and we all have a place and a role. Rest in peace, Diana.

  • @demimorbid8234
    @demimorbid82346 жыл бұрын

    It's overwhelming to see how much love and respect the British people show during a moment of grief, how dearly they adored her.

  • @leelinr1259

    @leelinr1259

    4 жыл бұрын

    Demi Morbid Yes the people did but the Queen had a hard time wanting to acknowledge her at all and it was the love of the People that shamed her into doing anything so sad she gave Charles two nice sons and then they just wanted to throw her out and they never blamed themselves or Charles For the terrine thing that were done to her ‼️. All they wanted her to do was turn hr head and live with it and she Wouldn't do it so they tried to dirty her name but she won in the end‼️. All I hope is that she found out what true LOVE REALLY WSS BEFORE SHE PASSED ‼️‼️ She is and was truly the QUEEN of HEARTS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    This happens on Remembrance Sunday when everyone respects my grief over those who died in the First World War and they’re by me during the minute silence at 11am. Most of the mourners holding my hand because they knew what I was going through and I thanked everyone for coming. I’m really the most beloved girl in Wales but I’m not trying to replace Diana because she was more loved than me today

  • @mariahyohannes

    @mariahyohannes

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 nobody cares about you who are you 😂

  • @kellyblechynden755

    @kellyblechynden755

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a state funeral the royals had to behave in a decent manner

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kellyblechynden755 They do and I love how respectful they were towards Diana during her funeral. I lead mourners to Remembrance Sunday and the silent grief from them ripped through me and most of them were brave enough to come over to hold my hand in the moment of my personal grief

  • @Honeybees1005
    @Honeybees10053 жыл бұрын

    This song gave me the chills when I first saw it 23 years ago and it still does

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    In 6 months, it’ll be a sad 25 years and my 20th birthday 3 weeks later. Diana would’ve been almost 61 by now

  • @tgflux

    @tgflux

    11 ай бұрын

    Same. For several years, I had no idea what it was (all pre-KZread, of course!). But then, September 12 2001, I was driving cross country (no airline flights then), and a public radio station, for those lost the day before, played it: "Song for Athene". Never forgotten what it was since.

  • @nannybebe74
    @nannybebe743 жыл бұрын

    This really makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

  • @kapashkhan807
    @kapashkhan807 Жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace my beloved princess!!!

  • @richardturpin5958

    @richardturpin5958

    Ай бұрын

    MY beloved princess! Could be I suppose, she liked to put it about a bit.

  • @crazyorganist1609
    @crazyorganist16096 жыл бұрын

    I remember this.. I adore how the organ thunders at the end like the opening of the gates of heaven. Im a professionally trained organist and the organist didn't hold back, he used the full organ to get rhe maximum effect for when the organ comes in and its effect is incredible

  • @lalruata8024

    @lalruata8024

    4 жыл бұрын

    It gave me goosebumps,.what a great piece!

  • @crazyorganist1609

    @crazyorganist1609

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lalruata8024 yeah. Its like God is opening the gates of heaven himself and it's so unexpected its like a monumental alleluia. Taverner was a genius waiting until that very moment to add the organ. I'm a professionally trained organist and no other piece moves me as much as this one. The organ thundering in just breaks my heart in a beautiful way

  • @deborahharrop5330

    @deborahharrop5330

    2 жыл бұрын

    A sweet and beautiful princess.who will be forever in our hearts!

  • @luminousraven4970

    @luminousraven4970

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deborahharrop5330 ABSOLUTELY, Deborah ... This princess fell out of HEAVEN, still with Stardust all around her! ANY truly conscious person could perceive that ... And those at the other pole found her unbearable. We don't need to look far to see that Truth!

  • @mariahoulihan9483

    @mariahoulihan9483

    2 жыл бұрын

    how interesting.

  • @Belano1911
    @Belano19119 жыл бұрын

    The tolling bells, the choir singing and the tread of the soldier's boots as they carry the coffin is very affecting. This scene is still very powerful and moving in spite of the passage of time.

  • @lapwong8052

    @lapwong8052

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the two princes ever met the soldiers again to thank them for performing their duties so well

  • @prjeri

    @prjeri

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lapwong8052 I could be wrong about this...but I seem to remember hearing or seeing a story that they did. Every time I watching this now I look at their faces, the soldiers carrying the casket....and am so very moved by them.

  • @jamestidd7707

    @jamestidd7707

    4 жыл бұрын

    @anna verano It could well have been a lead one, or at least a coffin within a coffin. There are 8 pall bearers like there were with the Queen Mother, yet normally there are only 4, 6 if the person was large. There could be 8 because of royal protocol, but it could also be as you say.

  • @bo6168

    @bo6168

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Roger Hunter agree with everything you said...is very moving and powerful affective yes with the time passes... the soldiers boots precision with the choir

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    The bells on the Abbey started my mourning the passing of my friends horse Milly and nearly 2 months on I still miss her

  • @Sh9168
    @Sh91683 жыл бұрын

    0:46 while the soldiers are turning the coffin around is hauntingly beautiful

  • @pam0626
    @pam06263 жыл бұрын

    What amazes me, apart from this heavenly music, is how perfectly timed it was to the movements of the guardsmen carrying the casket. How they reach the doorway at the exact moment of the song’s ending, “come enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you…” with the sunlight hitting the coffin, as if she was being delivered to heaven. How they put this magnificent funeral together in only six days is incredible.

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d say it was more like 5 days instead of 6

  • @mariasalen5602

    @mariasalen5602

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ella se merecia ese Funeral, hermosa Princesa Diana

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope the beloved 40 year old gets a funeral like this who died recently and I’m still in shock over the news. I will be watching her funeral for sure

  • @pam0626

    @pam0626

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 Who??

  • @t.p.mckenna

    @t.p.mckenna

    Жыл бұрын

    It's the choreography this country does so well, based on a military tradition ruled by the RSM's pace-stick so it is known exactly how many steps the abbey is long, the Mall, and all that. So, the start point will always be the end point, backtimed, if that makes sense.

  • @bjradrian9176
    @bjradrian91768 жыл бұрын

    I stop by here at this post, every few years, in late summer, to pay my respects to The Princess. I remember one vision of her: She was fearless. I remember she was the only public figure who picked up and held an AIDS baby... nobody did that...do you remember the fear and ignorance in those days... nobody would go near them. The Princess was not afraid. She could see the babies were rejected, lonely and dying. She showed them a mother's love, if only for an hour. She held every one of them. She had my respect forever.

  • @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    7 жыл бұрын

    basant vimal sharma You are so mean it is nauseating. Be respectful to a good person.

  • @AbandonEarth911

    @AbandonEarth911

    6 жыл бұрын

    No God No heaven, One race .The Human Race

  • @2Malachi

    @2Malachi

    6 жыл бұрын

    One opinion.

  • @pamappleton5535

    @pamappleton5535

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why don't you crawl back under the rock you emerged from under. Have you no respect for the dead? Evidently not - who are you to judge another person?

  • @TheKonga88

    @TheKonga88

    5 жыл бұрын

    She was a giant queen ant and she knew that aids could not be passed onto ants.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜💀💀⚰️👳👳🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃⚡🐍

  • @dianealbrecht496
    @dianealbrecht4964 жыл бұрын

    A preventable accident. A preventable divorce. So very, very sad. RIP to the world's greatest ambassador of love, kindness & motherhood. Forever missed.

  • @catsnmi270

    @catsnmi270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Diane, definitely no accident!

  • @doodys830

    @doodys830

    4 жыл бұрын

    It wasn’t a preventable divorce. It wasn’t from the moment they were married. He married her out of duty. He was in love with Camilla and nothing could change that no matter what. Diana was needed to produce an heir and a spare and she did. After that there was no need for him to pretend anymore. Sad for Diana but true.

  • @catsnmi270

    @catsnmi270

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@doodys830 He was infatuated with Diana at first. He couldn't keep his hands off her. They were not intellectually matched, though, and lust wasn't enough for him in the long term. Camilla was married with children but they rekindled their affair anyway.

  • @billhosko7723

    @billhosko7723

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@doodys830 Stupid gossip... they perhaps did love each other, but she was no angel anymore than he...

  • @billhosko7723

    @billhosko7723

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@catsnmi270 She was a drama queen more than he... he then went back into Camilla's arms...

  • @latishaconey5883
    @latishaconey58832 жыл бұрын

    Its 2022 and You are still and always will be the people's princess.

  • @tatjana962
    @tatjana962 Жыл бұрын

    It still hurts. Tears in my eyes watching the funeral....We miss you so much. Always in our hearts beautifull Lady Diana❤️

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    The Queens funeral still hurts me but not much as princess Diana’s funeral. I’m glad I wasn’t born then but my mother remembers everything that happened and she was only 18, she’s 43 now. I was born 5 years after Diana died, me and my sister are now 20

  • @taliamay93
    @taliamay934 жыл бұрын

    22 years later and still hurts.. The people’s princesss❤️❤️❤️

  • @Benito-Musolesi

    @Benito-Musolesi

    4 жыл бұрын

    She was like the Madonna still virgin.... Only because she hadly used her ass....

  • @kimcruz1912

    @kimcruz1912

    4 жыл бұрын

    Talia Zu evil royal family that killed her

  • @Benito-Musolesi

    @Benito-Musolesi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kimcruz1912 she was reaped by prince Andrew and Epstain when was 12 years old

  • @magdalenavlaeminck987

    @magdalenavlaeminck987

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eclips voirton Aa Eclpli Eclipsvirrton De virton Eclips

  • @celecia7180

    @celecia7180

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Benito-Musolesi dude shut up .. Nobody cares about your preverted opnion.

  • @bubblybubbles4023
    @bubblybubbles40237 жыл бұрын

    I was 12 years old when she died. I remember being so hurt and I felt so empty. I used to think the age she died at of 36 was old, but now that I'm in my 30s, 36 is still very young.

  • @louisetovey7177

    @louisetovey7177

    7 жыл бұрын

    Rip Diana

  • @bubblybubbles4023

    @bubblybubbles4023

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Benito-Musolesi what?

  • @evangelinatobinski1569

    @evangelinatobinski1569

    3 жыл бұрын

    With you having just said what you said in your message above. Just goes to show the incredible impact Princess Diana had on your life at such a tender age. I still have tears even today, when I see videos like this. Diana was an absolutely phenomenal lady in her young 36yrs on this beautiful planet. Diana may be gone, but her soul lives in the hearts forever more worldwide. Her anniversary is soon approaching. Abs I’m hoping to get to London to pay my respects at Kensington Palace again. I’m currently injured, so that’s why I say, I’m hoping to be able to. Take Care. Have a lovely Friday.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wasn’t born until 2002, a year on from 9/11 and I started grieving for Diana just recently after Prince Philip died

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    I even told my dad Diana died and I said she was 36. And dad replied “36? Is that all? God that is young” and I said “yes, way to young to die” I think I shocked him but I cried as I was telling him after horse riding

  • @dianeregan4848
    @dianeregan48482 жыл бұрын

    This is the most MOVING recessional piece I have EVER heard. And so fitting for what it was for, captivating the way the world was feeling. We all joined as ONE in SILENCE remembering THE QUEEN of HEARTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    Hard to believe this will be me in 9 decades and I have requested this very song for my funeral as my coffin is carried out by Woody.EXE and 1940 ; 1940 would have just celebrated its 54th anniversary by my funeral date. I can’t imagine how devastated Woody.EXE would be

  • @blakedavid8302

    @blakedavid8302

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless9942 Shut up, Troll!

  • @DVPerry220

    @DVPerry220

    Жыл бұрын

    This particular piece of music is so moving. Here it is, July 2023, and I recalled this final recession song, "Song for Athene". It is such a fitting farewell for the Queen of Hearts.

  • @Dsky40
    @Dsky403 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s been over 25 years since I’ve seen this. I remember the grip it had on the world. This part particularly was so moving, and the choir so elegant, it was hauntingly beautiful.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    24 years this August 31st. It’s going to be a very emotional anniversary and I hope Mummy is with me on the 24th anniversary. Mummy was only 18 when this happened and now she’s comforting me through this grief. Little did I know that we’d lose Prince Philip 24 years later

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I spent the night with my beloved Mummy and she told me about this. And she was only 18 at the time now she’s 42. Hard to believe she had to see this live

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    It will be 25 years she’s been dead this August 31. My youngest child was born in 1997 in April so it’s really easy for me to know how many years she’s been gone .

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 You must be a very young lady . I’m 11 months younger than Diana was . She was born July 1 1961 I was born june 1 1962 . I have a son born the same year as William 1982. I watched her wedding in 1981 I was married in 1980. I was a huge Diana fan and even though she’s gone I still 💗 love and miss her and I will till the day I die . My oldest child is the same age as your momma she’ll be 42 in Sept . I’m sure your momma feels the same as most of us women feel about Diana WE LOVE ❤️ her and always will .

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@janieleishman9130 I am only almost 20 years old and already planning my own funeral. I want it just like Diana’s

  • @yvonnemason9137
    @yvonnemason91374 жыл бұрын

    The utter drama of this piece is unmatched in any other context. Utterly heartbreaking and exquisitely beautiful, like the Lady it was sung for.

  • @janemills1839

    @janemills1839

    3 жыл бұрын

    She was 36 years old, had got herself in a place where her new life was just beginning, an absolute tragedy.

  • @lilylayzell4022

    @lilylayzell4022

    3 жыл бұрын

    If I remember correctly, Prince Charles chose the music for both their wedding and her funeral. Leaves one speechless to think of it.

  • @liliyanovitskaya542

    @liliyanovitskaya542

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lilylayzell4022 ж

  • @carolynstewart8465

    @carolynstewart8465

    2 жыл бұрын

    So well said! The utter drama..

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s haunting watching this on the Auschwitz liberation anniversary and I think the music suits this emotional day

  • @RacheltheHyperCougar
    @RacheltheHyperCougar Жыл бұрын

    I can't stop listening to the sound of the Westminster Abbey bells. It reminded me that the gates of heaven were opening for Diana. It's so powerful and I can't stop listening to.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope they use this for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral because Wales will for mine. I know what I want for my funeral and I’m only 20

  • @RacheltheHyperCougar

    @RacheltheHyperCougar

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 To be honest, I hope so too. It will be so powerful if that happens

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RacheltheHyperCougar This will happen to me as my beloved 1940 of then 54 years will give me a huge send off with the entire Wales nation watching and I want my funeral televised but it won’t show any of my family members or 1940 until the send off happens

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    4 months later and it’s very haunting to be paying tribute to the Holocaust that way. I’m so loved because of this and I’ve been emotional once already this morning

  • @dannydanielsnyc

    @dannydanielsnyc

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what I keep coming back for

  • @susanhudgens5192
    @susanhudgens51923 жыл бұрын

    Very grateful that these commenters kept silent and let the scene speak for itself.

  • @pichamonbubpachad8513
    @pichamonbubpachad85133 ай бұрын

    The princess is always in everyone's heart. That day the princess came and cried. The princess just didn't want to leave yet.amen ✝️

  • @rhonda5056
    @rhonda5056 Жыл бұрын

    Remembering Lady Diana Spencer on May 6, 2023.

  • @anthonyabdorab
    @anthonyabdorab Жыл бұрын

    this will never be matched for all time she was loved.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    I can’t imagine the grief in Wales when im no longer here because im also so loved here in Wales and im only 20

  • @lynxau
    @lynxau Жыл бұрын

    Diana: Sadly Missed Never Forgotten

  • @gloriaschlotterbeck6656
    @gloriaschlotterbeck6656 Жыл бұрын

    She is missed ...Glorious English Rose !!!! Unbearable Loss of the Queen of Hearts !!!

  • @akshab.7819
    @akshab.78194 жыл бұрын

    William and Harry must be proud having a mother like Diana.

  • @mzmiller52

    @mzmiller52

    3 жыл бұрын

    And embarrassed by their globalist father. Harry is a disaster himself.

  • @mayfieldnorris4280

    @mayfieldnorris4280

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mzmiller52 Your opinion. No one is perfect at the end of the day

  • @mzmiller52

    @mzmiller52

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wearing a nazi armband as British royalty was beyond moronic, no matter what the situation.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mzmiller52 He was very traumatised and worried he could lose Meghan. I really wouldn’t want that to happen

  • @MandyJMaddison

    @MandyJMaddison

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 Don't be ridiculous. Harry wore a Nazi SS uniform to a fancy dress party when he was about 20. It was a really stupid, ignorant thing to do. But he is not the brightest. It hed nothings whatsoever to do with Meghan. .

  • @StephLeesD
    @StephLeesD9 жыл бұрын

    This is still so heartwrenching almost 20 yrs later~

  • @crazyorganist1609

    @crazyorganist1609

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is isn't it

  • @lauraandlisa381

    @lauraandlisa381

    5 жыл бұрын

    22 years and still heart wrenching

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    Almost 24 years on and I don’t know how Mummy is carrying on because she was only 18, now she’s nearly 42. Now I’m upset from this a few years later. Love you Princess Diana

  • @merlisj.
    @merlisj. Жыл бұрын

    Still hurts to see Princes Diana's funeral 😢 She the Queen of people s heart. No onecann take her place ❤

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    Not even i can’t and i never will try and replace our Diana. I might be a much loved Queen of Wales but I won’t ever take Diana’s place because it will be very disrespectful if I had. Even Woody.EXE can’t replace King George IV either as he is a beloved monarch

  • @brendafuller6186
    @brendafuller6186 Жыл бұрын

    The Welsh Guards...Precision. concentration. Dedication. Nothing less would do for their Princess. And all the while, their hearts are broken too.

  • @57highland

    @57highland

    Ай бұрын

    The Welsh, a fine people.

  • @AsifKhan-ju4ld
    @AsifKhan-ju4ld8 жыл бұрын

    4:57 the choir sent shivers up my spine like nothing else has ever before. For an event so sad there was incredible beauty in it too.

  • @dec222222

    @dec222222

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Asif Khan Totaly agree Asif,, This part of the music at 4:57 also had the same effect on me . And seconds later at 5:16 the footage of the church door with the sun blazened exit had that heaven feel .. Beautiful .

  • @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    7 жыл бұрын

    Asif Khan The bells, too. I keep listening to the bells over and over. This peal would also sound good on an organ. What is the peal, and can someone print out an organ transcription of it?

  • @andreaaguirre8036

    @andreaaguirre8036

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pasan los años y sigue doliendo su perdida;que triste es saber que u a persona tan amable y generosa ya no este;pero su legado nunca morirá su recuerdo no desaparecerá por siempre reyna del.pueblo por siempre Lady dy

  • @user-rm5xu1lc5i

    @user-rm5xu1lc5i

    4 жыл бұрын

    i love you usuf how are you today you walking tanghuaseng ratree night

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    It reminded me of Prince Philip’s funeral 9 months ago and it left me in a state of grief for months

  • @melindadhaliwal8275
    @melindadhaliwal82759 жыл бұрын

    Till this day Princess Diana your light still shines. Never will you be forgotten R.I.P.

  • @cynthiacorcoran9389

    @cynthiacorcoran9389

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm alma mater

  • @SUNNY-Z8

    @SUNNY-Z8

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Grace Bertrand now she protect all of them from the heaven,hope so...

  • @hayatikarisma2398

    @hayatikarisma2398

    4 жыл бұрын

    The most beautiful, gentle snd iconic woman in the world. Charles will always in his guilty conscious and Carmilla will forever be under Diana's shadow. Nothing compares

  • @miguelaguilara

    @miguelaguilara

    4 жыл бұрын

    😢😢😢😢

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I still love Prince Philip and my love didn’t end when he died. It carried on throughout this difficult year

  • @user-uc2tu1ml6g
    @user-uc2tu1ml6g3 жыл бұрын

    Прошло больше 20 лет, но весь мир помнит принцессу Диану. Царствие небесное ей!

  • @joyrenshof6709

    @joyrenshof6709

    Жыл бұрын

    😊😊

  • @ulcyld5011

    @ulcyld5011

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @ulcyld5011

    @ulcyld5011

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @gailtaylor9154

    @gailtaylor9154

    9 ай бұрын

    Amen

  • @MandyJMaddison
    @MandyJMaddison2 жыл бұрын

    "Song for Athene" sounds very ancient, but it is not. It was composed in 1993, only a few years before Diana's death, by John Taverner, for his friend, the actress Athene Hariades. It combines the word Alleluia, with texts from the Greek Orthodox liturgy, and from Hamlet: May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.

  • @JewelBlueIbanez

    @JewelBlueIbanez

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even the text from hamlet is from the ancient Roman Catholic Requiem Mass from In Paradisum

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    @Paula Cherry If only I was born then. I did a memorial for Prince Philip and I’m going to give it to the Queen when she feels ready

  • @LoraAmar

    @LoraAmar

    Жыл бұрын

    Люди всего мира любили Диану до глубины души. Очень светлая, теплая, добрая женщина. Она сполна была одарена людской любовью, но очень жаль,что не дали этой чудесной женщине пожить в настоящей любви мужчины к женщине!

  • @compositricecile

    @compositricecile

    Жыл бұрын

    He was a great composer

  • @MandyJMaddison

    @MandyJMaddison

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 , I am so sorry, Nicole! I think you will have to send it to King Charles, or the Princess Royal. And get busy on yet another Memorial ......

  • @celecia7180
    @celecia71805 жыл бұрын

    It was September... 1997. I was just about to go off to college. I was sitting in my family room watching this on TV. Hands interlocking with my sisters and mother. We all weeped and sobbed at this part.. It was 2pm and the sky was cloudless.. Beautiful day.. But my heart was dark. As the rest of the world's that very day. And when the bells started ringing I just remember my mom and my sisters and me just started crying and holding each other. She was gone... Our princess of the people.. I don't ever care to relive such a loss that was taken from the public ever again..

  • @adamszayden8330

    @adamszayden8330

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Celia

  • @avrilbowler8755
    @avrilbowler87555 жыл бұрын

    My husband died exactly four weeks before Princess Diana. The Tavener anthem just matched the agony in my heart when she died so soon afterwards. Beautiful beyond words, reflecting the pain tearing everyone apart at her loss. She will be loved and missed forever.

  • @ulcyld5011

    @ulcyld5011

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am very sorry Avril and your husband rests in peace just like her and many people.

  • @avrilbowler8755

    @avrilbowler8755

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ulcyld5011 Thank you so much for your very kind words. That music haunts me. It was perfect because it was so different, as was Diana. Despite her death, she has revolutionised the royal family. I listened to William's speech in New Zealand yesterday and knew that he and Harry are the amazing gifts that she left us. Wishing you all the very best. Avril

  • @Christian_Girl120

    @Christian_Girl120

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm so sorry to hear that.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@avrilbowler8755 It haunts me 3 days after the death of my friends horse on Wednesday evening it was announced. Now I’m in a period of mourning her

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    3 жыл бұрын

    I miss my friends horse so much because I’ve known her for a long time 2 years. It’ll hit so different without her

  • @jeffreydog9850
    @jeffreydog98503 жыл бұрын

    One of the biggest shocks of my life was the news of Diana's death.I love this music,it brings back the bittersweet memory of this special princess. RIP Diana.

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    They used this at the Holocaust memorial event in London 3 years ago today when I attended it. It literally haunted me that I cried so much. 3 years on and it brings back all the haunting memories of that incredibly moving ceremony and I had the honour of meeting survivors of the Holocaust themselves and they appreciated my Anne Frank tribute I did and I’m wondering where my work is now

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m so loved because of just that candle I made

  • @erincarlton9524
    @erincarlton95243 жыл бұрын

    That one sustained bass note, I’ve remembered this all my life

  • @I.AM.JUPITER
    @I.AM.JUPITER Жыл бұрын

    Haunting, I had goosebumps - I remember the day she died.

  • @daniellee6883
    @daniellee68837 ай бұрын

    A hauntingly beautiful piece of music for the lovely Princess Diana ❤🙏♥️🙏

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    5 ай бұрын

    This was played during the Holocaust’s 75th birthday commemorations whilst I was in London. I knew I was so close to meeting Kate but instead I escorted the Holocaust survivors out of the ceremony safely and showed them my Anne Frank work that was published for the world to see it. After the ceremony, I was given full honours by the charities who supported the Holocaust victims and I was just 17 years old at the time. I was very traumatised by this event and decided not to return to college until Thursday 30th January 2020 to concentrate on my mental health. Now at every event Woody.EXE does, my Holocaust honours are read out by him and these last four years of being supported by the Holocaust Memorial Foundation has been an incredible honour and I continue to be supported by them at almost 22

  • @gloriagarza2873
    @gloriagarza2873 Жыл бұрын

    I watched all her funeral and taped it. I cried for this beautiful lady even though I never met her. R.I.P.🌹🌹🌹🌹PRINCESS

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been crying for 2 days since the Queens death and now Mummy is very concerned because she texted me in the middle of the night

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    Also Happy 21st birthday 9/11 ❤️

  • @simonebertelmann9447
    @simonebertelmann9447 Жыл бұрын

    Diana war eine wundervolle Frau 😭

  • @cliffleigh7450
    @cliffleigh74503 жыл бұрын

    This Anthem was the climax of a funeral the like of which I feel we will never see again. On the TV broadcast I watched as the choir rose to the crescendo the camera slowly rose to the ceiling of the Abbey as if her soul was being lifted to heaven. And then followed the minutes silence when that great City of London was stilled. Still brings a lump to my throat after all these years.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve got my funeral plans underway even though I’m almost 20 years old but I know how I want my funeral. On the funeral day for me, everyone in Wales will receive a bank holiday of national mourning and it will be a state funeral so everyone of Wales can see what an amazing job my beloved War of 40 years will do carrying my coffin in and it will be incredibly heavy just like Princess Diana’s. I also want the air raid warnings to sound out in tribute of my beloved war too. This will be the most depressing day in funeral history since Queen Elizabeth II

  • @legato699
    @legato6996 жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine made me listen to this, as we talked about my mother's passing, that happened earlier this year. It is truly a haunting piece, with its dissonances and the final, liberating, glorious chords at the end. I particularly like this rendition.

  • @manchester-qj9gp

    @manchester-qj9gp

    3 жыл бұрын

    "dissonances " that was the word I was looking for.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I lost my Nana in 2016 and she would’ve been 100 this year the same age as Prince Philip and we celebrated 4 months ago. Time goes quickly and I still remember it 5 years on

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was almost traumatised at Nana’s funeral but my beloved war was with me and the strength the war gives me was amazing and it still gives me that strength today 9 years on. I’d don’t know what I’d do without you war

  • @spiritmatter1553

    @spiritmatter1553

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 da fuq are you talking about?

  • @karenholladay2612

    @karenholladay2612

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spiritmatter1553 She's not sure either.

  • @gail9299
    @gail92992 жыл бұрын

    Gives me goosebumps. Most beautiful and saddest music

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    They used haunting music in the Holocaust ceremony 2 years ago and I cried as I was leaving with the survivors of Auschwitz. I’ll never forget that moment

  • @Choochoo535
    @Choochoo535 Жыл бұрын

    Queen of hearts today and always ❤❤❤

  • @ahmadmian7447
    @ahmadmian744710 жыл бұрын

    No words, only tears ! Pure sadness, you are still loved and missed Princess Diana :(

  • @adriandwi2024
    @adriandwi20249 жыл бұрын

    We love you, Princess Diana...and always will be.

  • @lisabradford8180

    @lisabradford8180

    8 жыл бұрын

    +xxx2341boy diana was loved the world over, not just in her home country. people don't have to live in england to have feelings for diana.

  • @ianrobertson5798

    @ianrobertson5798

    8 жыл бұрын

    +xxx2341boy They advertise condoms on the side of buses but you cannot buy them from the driver !!

  • @bryanaragon4979
    @bryanaragon49798 ай бұрын

    I wasn't even born by then when she died, but I couldn't contain my tears for not crying and feeling sorrow for her. It's been 26 years now since she has left this world and it's still very painful to remember how she tragically passed away to quick and to soon. Despite the amount of years that had passed. Until today I can't stop thinking, what would have been of her life if she was still alive. By now she would have turned 62 years old. Rest in peace, dear princess. We will always bring you in our hearts. ❤

  • @hollyhock100
    @hollyhock1003 жыл бұрын

    Such a georgeous, moving piece of music. The tears fell from my eyes.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    It hurts starting 2022 by honouring Diana

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    I still cry and it’ll be 25 years this year she’s been gone ill love her till the day I die , like I’m sure the world will to

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@janieleishman9130 Hard to believe and my mother was 18 when Diana died and my mother had me 5 years later and I nearly died but got out alive

  • @janieleishman9130

    @janieleishman9130

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 I have a daughter that will be 42 in September , she’s not much younger than your mother . My daughter watched the funeral with me . I’m happy that your alive ! God Bless you and your mother

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@janieleishman9130 Hopefully Mummy will see my send off by my beloved 1940 of then 50 years and I don’t want to imagine the grief she’ll go through when the whole of Wales will be there. My funeral will be in tribute to Princess Diana and I’m sure her boys will be proud of 1940 sends me off the same way as their mother. I dread the Wales’ grief when I’m gone

  • @barblarkin2733
    @barblarkin27337 жыл бұрын

    Decided to listen to this today on the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Still as emotional today as when first played at the funeral.

  • @gladiator3543
    @gladiator35435 жыл бұрын

    Utterly sublime, one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard in sacred music.

  • @elsa-mariekitching4567
    @elsa-mariekitching45673 жыл бұрын

    That sombre sepulchral drone by the baritones underpinning this song to the very end, resonates to ones soul. It is just so awesome as is the sad occasion it is seated in. What a genius Taverner was.RIP Diana. Your place in history is assured.

  • @markus_ply
    @markus_ply11 ай бұрын

    Ich werde dieses Ereignis niemals vergessen.

  • @saschacunliffe7383
    @saschacunliffe73834 жыл бұрын

    A haunting moment direct from the medieval times. Forever remembered.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    My funeral will be as haunting as my beloved war does this on 1940’s birthday and I hope everyone in Wales respects me the same way as they did to the Princess of Wales

  • @karenholladay2612

    @karenholladay2612

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolelawless3199 I see they have internet in the psych ward.

  • @nicolelawless9942

    @nicolelawless9942

    Жыл бұрын

    @@karenholladay2612 Really? What kind of reply is this

  • @pameladobberstein3913
    @pameladobberstein39139 жыл бұрын

    Hauntingly beautiful. It will go through your head for days. At the end you feel as if Heaven itself has opened up. Thank you for no commentary.

  • @crazyorganist1609

    @crazyorganist1609

    5 жыл бұрын

    The BBC didn't comment . No news reporter dif

  • @materialgirl8707

    @materialgirl8707

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amen, couldn't have stated it better myself. Still gives me chills after 22 years and even more, breaks my heart.

  • @user-rm5xu1lc5i

    @user-rm5xu1lc5i

    4 жыл бұрын

    marry merrychismas chistiandior

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was even more haunting when as I slept, I could see Diana. I can’t see her now due to my mental health improvement but my god it was so haunting seeing Prince Philip and princess Diana in my sleep and I hope that never happens again

  • @dannydanielsnyc

    @dannydanielsnyc

    Жыл бұрын

    Diana was haunted and hunted

  • @shakeelkhan5134
    @shakeelkhan51342 жыл бұрын

    Over the death of Lady Diana everybody had tears in the eyes as I still had tears after seeing this funeral after nearly 25years of Her death.Princess of Hearts Lady Diana.May her soul rest in peace from Pakistan.

  • @awacoulibaly1273
    @awacoulibaly1273 Жыл бұрын

    Lady diana we will always like you

  • @audspod1
    @audspod16 жыл бұрын

    What a heavy burden for those young men, so beautifully borne. The sound of the boots on the ground and that amazing music, awesome!

  • @Joehume1
    @Joehume17 жыл бұрын

    The climax with the organ and choir is tremendous. Very powerful

  • @expiredtylernol
    @expiredtylernol2 жыл бұрын

    24 years ago today we lost Princess Diana 💔

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know I can’t believe it. My Mummy was only 18 when Diana died and I can’t believe how strong she is. Now she’s helping me through the grief of royals that died years ago and telling her about the death of King George is going to be very hard to say. I’ve nearly told Mummy twice now

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    Still haven’t revealed it to her yet

  • @adamsmith6849
    @adamsmith68492 жыл бұрын

    "Life, a shadow and a dream...weeping at the grave creates the song Alleluia" You have to love Tavener, it's almost a distillation of all his works in one breathless awe inspiring piece.

  • @josiahduhamel1508

    @josiahduhamel1508

    2 жыл бұрын

    Michael Vartan

  • @karlpeart1752
    @karlpeart17526 жыл бұрын

    The guardman did an incredible job of carrying the quarter ton lead lined coffin considering their shoes had metal studs on the bottom

  • @darrylswrinkledmarineshoes752

    @darrylswrinkledmarineshoes752

    3 жыл бұрын

    They did magnificent as a is Marine thats not a easy job

  • @markstedman9099

    @markstedman9099

    3 жыл бұрын

    Welsh lads I believe,which is fitting

  • @nicolelawless2584

    @nicolelawless2584

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@darrylswrinkledmarineshoes752 They did. Even some of my war stuff is incribly heavy but I managed it on Remembrance Sunday almost 2 months ago. That's how much I love the war despite most the stuff being so heavy.

  • @missolesoul

    @missolesoul

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why is the casket lead lined?

  • @karenengelhardt1610

    @karenengelhardt1610

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@missolesoul all royals are buried in lead lined caskets or coffins. It keeps moisture out and slows decomposition.

  • @rosanadacunha5640
    @rosanadacunha56403 жыл бұрын

    Always our Princess

  • @injasara2356
    @injasara2356 Жыл бұрын

    Song for Athene is absolutely stunning ❤

  • @dannydanielsnyc

    @dannydanielsnyc

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @gailtaylor9154

    @gailtaylor9154

    9 ай бұрын

    Diana Was A Champion A Woman Of GOD

  • @57highland

    @57highland

    Ай бұрын

    It was composed for a young woman, Athene Hariades, who, like Diana, died in a road accident. Athene was 17. She was an acquaintance of John Tavener and he composed the music, while the words come from the Orthodox Christian funeral service, with two of the lines coming from "Hamet", because Athene was a Shakespeare performer and devotee.

  • @roscasilvia3788
    @roscasilvia3788 Жыл бұрын

    Nimeni ca tine,chiar si dupa atatea ani !Respect Daiana !

  • @djs66
    @djs664 жыл бұрын

    I defy anyone to not get choked up around 5.00 mins just when the choir crescendo takes off.....

  • @SuzyBriseno

    @SuzyBriseno

    3 жыл бұрын

    And Tavener modulates into the major key.

  • @Lizz85257

    @Lizz85257

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was at this point that my entire family started crying, one by one. Including my dad.

  • @howiwondrwhatur
    @howiwondrwhatur7 жыл бұрын

    Saw this live on T.V. This event - this image - this music - perhaps the most profoundly moving moment the world will ever see.

  • @peterdelight513
    @peterdelight5132 жыл бұрын

    What an Honour to carry her…..💜

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I lead everyone to remembrance every year and this is my 3rd year doing it

  • @richardturpin5958

    @richardturpin5958

    3 ай бұрын

    Uh ?

  • @richardkanuch8049
    @richardkanuch80493 жыл бұрын

    Diana was a true to life Princess.

  • @NMeyer0
    @NMeyer08 жыл бұрын

    Stunning. Absolutely stunning. The one part of the funeral I was brought to tears.

  • @catwalkkcouture
    @catwalkkcouture5 жыл бұрын

    This is such tragedy. Simply no words to describe the feeling I get from viewing this video.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    My beloved Mummy was only 18 years old then and she’s now 42. All this was finally revealed on the 24th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death. And she comforted me as I was in shock on the anniversary. I once had a mental breakdown as I was grieving for Diana

  • @annadeak1184
    @annadeak1184 Жыл бұрын

    today in his speech, saying farewell to his mother Elisabeth II, Charles III quoted in the end "may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"

  • @vwright1021

    @vwright1021

    Жыл бұрын

    ... and many missed it.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    Жыл бұрын

    I cried my eyes out

  • @paradiseadams6320

    @paradiseadams6320

    Жыл бұрын

    Charles lll should have said "May flights of Angels sing thee to rest" at Diana's funeral, his children's mother, I might add. I see why people are holding up signs that states "He is not my King"!

  • @nelbakker-terwoort165

    @nelbakker-terwoort165

    4 ай бұрын

    Shakespeare....

  • @Mr05241948
    @Mr052419487 жыл бұрын

    I never tire of hearing the stunning power and beauty of the recessional as performed by this choir and organist.

  • @heirmeeks4293

    @heirmeeks4293

    7 жыл бұрын

    William Jeffrey me too

  • @nadir69ferrer25

    @nadir69ferrer25

    7 жыл бұрын

    I Hate Myseklf , o presidente da 69o .

  • @sallywhite9971

    @sallywhite9971

    5 жыл бұрын

    No organ. Song for Athene is a capella. That low drone is the second bass part.

  • @nicolemitchell2477

    @nicolemitchell2477

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sally White Typically this piece is a capella, but the organ can be heard especially towards the end. Those basses are magnificent though.

  • @ds1868

    @ds1868

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sallywhite9971 the organ is used toward the end of this performance the 32' reed being used for the final chord.

  • @michaelhope8899
    @michaelhope88998 жыл бұрын

    David Dimbleby was the best at a word that a lot of News Presenters don't know anymore; Silence. Sometimes the pictures can say a lot more than anyone one person could ever say. You needed the minutes silence just to recover from that piece of music. Absolutely amazing

  • @Cristobels-Green-Boots
    @Cristobels-Green-Boots2 жыл бұрын

    The tears came so naturally, as if they would never stop... I watched those boys, thinking “she’s in there - how? why?” Later, I felt as if I’d been washed inside - heart & soul! Heaven bless you, dear child, our Mother! 🙏🏽💔🙏🏻

  • @vishnupriyamuraly5370
    @vishnupriyamuraly53702 жыл бұрын

    One and only the real princess 👸 Diana 🥰😘😍😞

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    And Prince Philip was the real beloved royal after Diana and King George IV the Queens father

  • @rachelschwebach7566
    @rachelschwebach75664 жыл бұрын

    I remember Diana’s death like it was yesterday. I identified with and respected the Princess 👑 of Wales. My heart still breaks when I think about the circumstances of her death. It makes me so sad for Prince William and a Prince Harry.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mummy was 18 at that time, just turned 18 just 3 weeks before Diana’s tragic death and I couldn’t believe how shocked Mummy was

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    She truly felt it

  • @tseamus8288
    @tseamus82887 жыл бұрын

    She's truly A Queen of the People's hearts...

  • @Billykak

    @Billykak

    7 жыл бұрын

    Teddy Liong fd J the same menbd and jhh

  • @sakunthalarani7246

    @sakunthalarani7246

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love you my beauty rose....i am srilanka...

  • @sheiscapricorno1382
    @sheiscapricorno1382 Жыл бұрын

    People love show really Queen only Diana. Miss you queen of a heart Diana

  • @rhonda5056
    @rhonda50562 жыл бұрын

    Still crying watching this on 12/1/2021. Was up watching television early in the AM when the news came that she was in an accident, stayed up all day waiting for news and then cried through the entire funeral.

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for good news on the Queen and it came. I honestly thought she’d end up like Prince Philip returning home from hospital and died within 2 weeks. The Prince Philip death announcement broken me. RIP our beloved Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    I stayed up all night while the Queen was hospitalised and broke down in the night and Mummy didn’t know until the morning about me being very concerned about Elizabeth

  • @robertrobson4690
    @robertrobson46905 жыл бұрын

    Just hearing those foot steps of the guards with that choral music makes my spine tingle

  • @karlpeart4320
    @karlpeart43209 жыл бұрын

    The part where the peal starts after the minutes silence. Just haunting n it gives me chills

  • @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    @clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653

    7 жыл бұрын

    Karl Peart As I said,who turned on the AC outdoors? I have chills too. I like the bells and organ better than Song for Athene because the Tavener piece is modern, and I like Bach's fugues. Bach is my third favorite composer after RVW and Handel. I am an enthusiastic amateur organist. Can these peals be played on an organ?

  • @chrocket

    @chrocket

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653 no, the bells are rung by experienced ringers. Look up Westminster Abbey bells here on KZread and you will see.

  • @nedumarannamasivayam5359

    @nedumarannamasivayam5359

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653 ppll

  • @nicolelawless3199

    @nicolelawless3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    The minute silence at remembrance is also haunting and everyone just looks at me as I’m in total grief and everyone comes at my side for God Save the Queen. I love how supportive they all are every year

  • @carollyman4258
    @carollyman42583 жыл бұрын

    The gentle swaying of the coffin.....beauty in the devastation of the tragedy of the loss of life..🙏

  • @cattuslavandula
    @cattuslavandula Жыл бұрын

    Stunning then, stunning now. I'm guessing most people watching had never seen anything like this, let alone in real time. I watched CBS coverage too, the other networks' people just wouldn't shut up.

  • @davidtinker2143
    @davidtinker21437 жыл бұрын

    This sequence is, for me, the most moving part of the entire service. A superbly apt piece of music, the great care, grace and style of the bearer party - truly magnificent. The music rising to a superb conclusion, then the silence concluding with peel of the bells.

  • @donnab.42

    @donnab.42

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree David.