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BBC News reports -----> Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, according to extracts from her death certificate. It says she died at 15:10 BST in Balmoral Castle in Scotland on 8 September - she was 96. The National Records of Scotland published the certificate on Thursday. The document was signed by her daughter, Princess Anne. The death was recorded on 16 September by the Registrar General for Scotland. Her death certificate also bears the name of her father, King George VI, and mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. BBC News confirmed the death at 18:31 BST on 8 September following a statement from the Royal Family. That statement read: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon." Queen Elizabeth with her husband Philips Duke of Edinburgh in 1958
Queen Elizabeth 11 21 April 1926 - 8 September 2022 View the full funeral service here: Washington Post -----> Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre removed from Queen Elizabeth 11's coffin ABC News -----> Pipe Major Paul Burns, performed a fitting lament at the end of the queen's funeral. The song he played was "Sleep, dearie, sleep." Its lyrics, via Musicxmatch, are a simple exhortation for the hearer to take some long-needed rest. Transliterated from a Scottish brogue, the lyrics read, "Sodger, lie doon on yer wee pickle straw / It's no very broad and it's no very braw / But, Sodger, it's better than naething at a', / Sae sleep, Sodger, sleep." Read More: Here ---->
Cambridge University UK is the first to return a Benin Bronze artefact to the Oba of Benin.
The Benin Bronze artefact popularly known as Okukor was handed over by Cambridge University officials to a delegation from Nigeria yesterday 27th October 2021. Okukor and other Benin Bronzes were taken 124 years ago {in 1897} from the Oba of Benin Royal Palace in Benin City. Okukor welcome back home. Read full article from Jesus College Cambridge here -----> As Cambridge University returns Benin Bronzes artefact Nigeria sends a formal request to the British Museum to return all Benin Bronzes it holds.
View Channel 4 News Video report here ---->
In this video we are taken inside the Benin Royal Palace to witness traditions before the Oba in sitting.
The king, Oba Ewuare 11 gives some background information on the Benin Bronzes artefacts and reiterates his position on their return. He unveils that the museum for the returned Benin Bronzes will be located opposite the palace and will be named Benin Royal Museum. For the visitors he gives a brief history lesson on the duties of the Benin Royal Chiefs. Each group can be identified by their white or red colour robes. The Oba touches briefly too on traditional arrangements in the palace example sitting positions. An Eulogy of the Oba is then narrated before gifts are presented to the guests and group photographs taken. This meeting gives a taste of what visitors can expect when the Royal Benin Museum opens. Every visit will be a spectacular and memorable experience for all. Watch this space! Oba Ghato! Okpere! Ise! Long Live the King! Amen! |
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