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The Order of Service for Diana
Thursday, September 4, 1997; 2:23 p.m. EDT
LONDON (AP) -- Here is the complete order and
content of the funeral service for Diana,
Princess of Wales, on Saturday, Sept. 6.
Westminster Abbey
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
Saturday 6 September 1997
11:00 a.m.
During the procession of the cortege from
Kensington Palace, the Tenor Bell is tolled
every minute.
The service is sung by the choir of Westminster
Abbey, conducted by Martin Neary, organist and
master of the choristers.
The organ is played by Martin Baker,
sub-organist of Westminster Abbey.
Music before the service, played by Stephen Le
Prevost, assistant organist, Westminster Abbey:
--Second Movement (Grave) Organ Sonata, No.2
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
--Prelude on the hymn tune `Eventide'
Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
--Adagio in E
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
--Prelude on the hymn tune `Rhosymedre'
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
--Choral Prelude: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu
Christ, BWV639
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
--Elegy
George Thalben-Ball (1896-1988)
Martin Baker plays:
--Fantasia in C minor BWV537
Johann Sebastian Bach
--Adagio in G minor
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)
--Slow movement, from the Ninth Symphony (`From
the New World')
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
--Canon
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
--Nimrod, Variation 9 arranged from Variations
on an original theme (Enigma) Op.36
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
--Prelude
William Harris (1883-1973)
The members of the Spencer family are received
at the Great West Door by the dean and chapter
of Westminster.
All stand as they are conducted to places in
the North Lantern, and then sit.
All stand as the procession of visiting clergy
moves to places in the sacrarium, and then sit.
Members of the royal family are received at the
Great West Door by the dean and chapter of
Westminster and are conducted to St. George's
Chapel.
All stand as they are conducted to places in
the South Lantern, and then sit.
Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and His Royal
Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
are received at the Great West Door by the dean
and chapter of Westminster.
All stand as Their Majesties and His Royal
Highness are conducted to their places in the
South Lantern.
All remain standing as the cortege enters the
Great West Door.
The Collegiate Body of St. Peter in Westminster
moves into place in the nave.
All sing The National Anthem.
God save our gracious queen
Long live our noble queen,
God save the queen.
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the queen.
The cortege, preceded by the Collegiate Body,
moves to the quire and sacrarium, during which
the Choir sings.
The Sentences
I am the resurrection and the life, saith the
Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth
and believeth in me shall never die. (St. John
11:25,26)
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I
shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall
behold, and not another. (Job 19:25-27)
We brought nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord
gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be
the name of the Lord. (1 Timothy 6: 7; Job 1:
21)
William Croft (1678-1727) Organist of
Westminster Abbey (17-8-27)
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
shut not thy merciful ears unto our prayer; but
spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O
holy and most merciful Savior, thou most worthy
Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour,
for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen
(Book of Common Prayer)
Henry Purcell (1659-95) Organist of Westminster
Abbey 1679-95.
I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,
Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord: even so saith the
Spirit; for they rest from their labours.
Revelation 14:13. William Croft.
All remain standing. The Very Rev. Dr. Wesley
Carr, dean of Westminster, says
The Bidding
We are gathered here in Westminster Abbey to
give thanks for the life of Diana, Princess of
Wales; to commend her soul to almighty God, and
to seek his comfort for all who mourn. We
particularly pray for God's restoring peace and
loving presence with her children, the Princes
William and Harry, and for all her family.
In her life, Diana profoundly influenced this
nation and the world. Although a Princess, she
was someone for whom, from afar, we dared to
feel affection, and by whom we were all
intrigued. She kept company with kings and
queens, with princes and presidents, but we
especially remember her humane concerns and how
she met individuals and made them feel
significant. In her death she commands the
sympathy of millions.
Whatever our beliefs and faith, let us with
thanksgiving remember her life and enjoyment of
it; let us re-dedicate to God the work of those
many charities that she supported; let us
commit ourselves anew to caring for others; and
let us offer to him and for his service our own
mortality and vulnerability.
All remain standing to sing
The Hymn
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things
above,
entire and whole and perfect, the service of my
love:
the love that asks no question, the love that
stands the test,
that lays upon the altar the dearest and the
best;
the love that never falters, the love that pays
the price,
the love that makes undaunted the final
sacrifice.
And there's another country, I've heard of long
ago,
most dear to them that love her, most great to
them that know;
we may not count her armies, we may not see her
King;
her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is
suffering;
and soul by soul and silently her shining
bounds increase,
and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her
paths are peace.
Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918) Thaxted. Gustav
Holst (1874-1934).
All sit.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale reads:
If I should die and leave you here awhile,
Be not like others, sore undone, who keep
Long vigils by the silent dust, and weep.
For my sake - turn again to life and smile,
Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do
Something to comfort other hearts than thine.
Complete those dear unfinished tasks of mine
And I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
All remain seated.
The BBC Singers, together with Lynne Dawson,
soprano, sing:
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die
illa tremenda quando coeli movendi
sunt, et terra: dum veneris judicare saeculum
per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio
venerit, atque ventura ira.
Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae,
dies magna et amara valde.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux
perpetua luceat eis.
(Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death in that
dread day when the heavens and the earth shall
be shaken, and you will come to judge the world
by fire. I tremble in awe of the judgement and
the coming wrath. Day of wrath, day of calamity
and woe, great and exceeding bitter day. Rest
eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let
perpetual light shine upon them.)
Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901) from The Requiem.
All remain seated.
Lady Jane Fellowes reads:
Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity.
All stand to sing
The King of love my Shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
and he is mine for ever.
Where streams of living water flow
my ransomed soul he leadeth,
and where the verdant pastures grow
with food celestial feedeth.
Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me,
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home rejoicing brought me.
In death's dark vale I fear no ill
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
Thou spread'st a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth:
and O what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!
And so through all the length of days
thy goodness faileth never:
good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house for ever.
Dominus regit me.
J B Dykes (1823-76) H W Baker (1821-77) Psalm
23.
All sit.
The Right Honorable Tony Blair, MP, Prime
Minister, reads:
1 Corinthians 13
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not love, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have not love, I am
nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be
burned, and have not love, it profiteth me
nothing.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth
not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh
no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
Love never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be
tongues, they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in
part, and we prophesy in part. But when that
which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child:
but when I became a man, I put away childish
things. For now we see through a glass, darkly;
but then face to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known. And
now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but
the greatest of these is love.
All remain seated.
Candle in the Wind
Goodbye England's rose;
may you ever grow in our hearts.
You were the grace that placed itself
where lives were torn apart.
You called out to our country,
and you whispered to those in pain.
Now you belong to heaven,
and the stars spell out your name.
And it seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind:
never fading with the sunset
when the rain set in.
And your footsteps will always fall here,
along England's greenest hills;
your candle's burned out long before
your legend ever will.
Loveliness we've lost;
these empty days without your smile.
This torch we'll always carry
for our nation's golden child.
And even though we try,
the truth brings us to tears;
all our words cannot express
the joy you brought us through the years.
Goodbye England's rose,
from a country lost without your soul,
who'll miss the wings of your compassion
more than you'll ever know.
Bernie Taupin (b 1950) Elton John (b 1947)
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The Tribute by The Earl Spencer.
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All stand to sing
The Hymn
Make me a channel of your peace:
where there is hatred let me bring your love,
where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
and where there's doubt, true faith in you:
:: O Master grant that I may never seek
so much to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love with all my soul!
Make me a channel of your peace:
where there's despair in life let me bring
hope,
where there is darkness, only light,
and where there's sadness, ever joy:
:: (repeat chorus)
Make me a channel of your peace:
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
in giving ourselves that we receive,
and in dying that we're born to eternal life.
:: (repeat chorus)
Make me a channel of your peace:
where there is hatred let me bring your love,
where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
and where there's doubt, true faith in you.
Sebastian Temple. St Francis of Assisi
translated by Sebastian Temple.
All sit.
The Most Rev. and Right Honorable Dr. George
Carey, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate
of All England and Metropolitan, leads
The Prayers
For Diana, Princess of Wales:
We give thanks to God for Diana, Princess of
Wales; for her sense of joy and for the way she
gave so much to so many people.
Lord we thank you for Diana, whose life touched
us all and for all those memories of her that
we treasure. We give thanks for those qualities
and strengths that endeared her to us; for her
vulnerability; for her radiant and vibrant
personality; for her ability to communicate
warmth and compassion; for her ringing laugh;
and above all for her readiness to identify
with those less fortunate in our nation and the
world.
Lord of the loving: Hear our prayer.
For her family:
We pray for those most closely affected by her
death: for Prince William and Prince Harry who
mourn the passing of their dearly loved mother;
for her family, especially for her mother, her
brother and her sisters.
Lord we thank you for the precious gift of
family life, for all human relationships and
for the strength we draw from one another. Have
compassion on those for whom this parting
brings particular pain and the deepest sense of
loss. Casting their cares on you, may they know
the gentleness of your presence and the
consolation of your love.
Lord of the bereaved: Hear our prayer.
For the royal family:
We pray for the members of the royal family,
for wisdom and discernment as they discharge
their responsibilities in the United Kingdom,
the Commonwealth and the world.
Lord, we commend to you Elizabeth our queen,
the members of the royal family and all who
exercise power and authority in our nation.
Enrich them with your grace, that we may be
governed with wisdom and godliness: so that in
love for you and service to each other we may
each bring our gifts to serve the common good.
Lord of the nations: Hear our prayer.
For all who mourn:
Diana was not alone in losing her young life
tragically. We remember too her friend, Dodi Al
Fayed and his family; Henri Paul, and all for
whom today's service rekindles memories of
grief untimely borne.
Lord, in certain hope of the resurrection to
eternal life, we commend to you all who have
lost loved ones in tragic circumstances. Give
them comfort; renew their faith and strengthen
them in the weeks and months ahead.
Lord of the broken-hearted: Hear our prayer.
For the princess's life and work:
The princess will be especially missed by the
many charities with which she identified
herself. We recall those precious images: the
affectionate cuddle of children in hospital;
that touch of the young man dying of Aids; her
compassion for those maimed through the evil of
land mines -- and many more.
Lord we pray for all who are weak, poor and
powerless in this country and throughout the
world; the sick, among them Trevor Rees-Jones;
the maimed and all whose lives are damaged. We
thank you for the way that Diana became a
beacon of hope and a source of strength for so
many. We commend to you all those charities
that she supported. Strengthen the resolve of
those who work for them to continue the good
work begun with her.
Lord of the suffering: Hear our prayer.
For ourselves:
``And now abide faith, hope, love, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.''
As we reflect on the princess's compassion for
others, we pray that we too may be inspired to
serve as she served.
Lord we thank you for Diana's commitment to
others. Give us the same compassion and
commitment. Give us a steadfast heart, which no
unworthy thought can drag down; an unconquered
heart, which no tribulation can wear out; an
upright heart, which no unworthy purpose can
tempt aside. Grant us, O Lord, understanding to
know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find
you, and a faithfulness that may bring us to
your eternal kingdom.
Lord of the compassionate: Hear our prayer.
All remain seated.
The choristers sing:
I would be true, for there are those that trust
me.
I would be pure, for there are those that care.
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer.
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
I would be friend of all, the foe, the
friendless.
I would be giving, and forget the gift,
I would be humble, for I know my weakness,
I would look up, laugh, love and live.
Air from County Derry in G Petrie: The Ancient
Music of Ireland (1853) Howard Arnold Walter.
The Archbishop continues:
Therefore, confident in the love and mercy of
God, holding a living faith in God's mighty
resurrection power, we, the congregation here,
those in the streets outside and the millions
around the world, join one another and the
hosts of heaven, as we say together, in
whatever language we may choose, the prayer
which Jesus taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, the power,
and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Archbishop says:
The Blessing
The God of peace who brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the
sheep, make you perfect in every good work to
do his will: and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be
with you and all whom you love, this day and
for evermore. Amen.
The Hymn
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand:
bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore.
Open now the crystal fountain
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fiery cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through:
strong deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side:
songs and praises
I will ever give to thee.
Cwm Rhondda. John Hughes (1873-1932) W Williams
(1717-91) translated by P Williams (1727-96)
and others.
Standing before the Catafalque the dean says:
The Commendation
Let us commend our sister Diana to the mercy of
God, our maker and redeemer.
Diana, our companion in faith and sister in
Christ, we entrust you to God.
Go forth from this world in the love of the
Father, who created you;
In the mercy of Jesus Christ, who died for you;
In the power of the Holy Spirit, who
strengthens you.
At one with all the faithful, living and
departed,
may you rest in peace and rise in glory,
where grief and misery are banished
and light and joy evermore abide.
Amen.
All remain standing as the cortege leaves the
church, during which the choir sings:
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to
thy rest.
Remember me O lord, when you come into your
kingdom.
Give rest O Lord to your handmaid, who has
fallen asleep.
The choir of saints have found the well-spring
of life, and door of paradise.
Life: a shadow and a dream.
Weeping at the grave creates the song:
Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have
prepared for you.
John Tavener (b 1944) extracts from William
Shakespeare: Hamlet and the Orthodox Funeral
Service.
At the west end of the church the cortege halts
for the minute's silence, observed by the
nation.
The half-muffled bells of the abbey church are
rung.
All remain standing as the processions move to
the west end of the church.
Music after the service:
Prelude in C minor BWV 546. Johann Sebastian
Bach
Maestoso, from Symphonie No.3. Camille
Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Members of the congregation are requested to
remain in their places until invited by the
stewards to move.
) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press
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