Queen Anne – buried in Curtea de Arges

Queen Anne was buried, on Saturday, in the New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral that stands near the Curtea de Arges monastery.

The funerary procession that left from Bucharest and travelled through Chitila — Gaesti — Topoloveni — Pitesti arrived in Curtea de Arges after more than three hours, being greeted along the way by thousands of people who clapped and threw flowers on the road ahead of the hearse, Agerpres informs.

The coffin with the body of Queen Anne was carried by eight servicemen from the 30th ‘Mihai Viteazul’ Guards Regiment who deposed it on a bier in front of the new cathedral.

The funeral service started just shy of 16.00h, being officiated by His Holiness Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and His Holiness Calinic, Archbishop of Arges and Muscel, together with an assembly of orthodox priests. The religious ceremony was attended by hundreds of people.

The Orthodox service lasted nearly half an hour, after which the coffin of Queen Anne was taken inside the new cathedral, where the burial service took place in private.

The New Cathedral will not be available for visitation for seven days after the funeral.

On Saturday, over 1000 persons participated in the service officiated for Queen Anne of Romania in the Palace Square in Bucharest.

The funerary procession that transported Queen Anne to her final resting place in Curtea de Arges has attracted hundreds of people on the side of the road in the localities it passed through.

The hearse carrying Queen Anne took the “old road” to Pitesti, in the applause of those it passed near. Others chose to salute the funerary procession by waving the Romanian flag.

Many laid flowers on the road ahead of the hearse, and the gates of some houses were adorned with the flag especially for this event, as some confessed.

People gathered on the side of the road from the start of the hearse’s travel from Bucharest and some preferred to wait even an hour, some out of curiosity, others, though, mostly aged 70 and above, out of solidarity with the Royal Family, with tears in their eyes or under the spell of memories. Most filmed or photographed with mobile phones the funeral procession.

Queen Anne died on August 1 in a hospital in Switzerland, aged 92.

King Mihai I did not attend the funeral, remaining in Switzerland, at the recommendation of medics.

Romanian authorities declared Saturday, August 13, a day of national mourning.

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