Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

=== Funeral ===
{{Main|Funeral of Lord Mountbatten}}
[[File:MountbattenTomb.JPG|thumb|upright=1.3|Mountbatten's tomb at [[Romsey Abbey]] in Hampshire, near to his home, [[Broadlands]].]]
On 5 September 1979, Mountbatten received a [[ceremonial funeral]] at [[Westminster Abbey]], which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, the royal family, and members of the European royal houses. Watched by thousands of people, the funeral procession, which started at [[Wellington Barracks]], included representatives of all three [[British Armed Services]], and military contingents from Burma, India, the United States (represented by 70 sailors of the [[US Navy]] and 50 [[US Marines]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Apple|first=R. W. Jr.|date=6 September 1979|title=Hushed London Bids Mountbatten Farewell|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/06/archives/hushed-london-bids-mountbatten-farewell-europes-royalty-turns-out.html|access-date=15 May 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515161934/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/06/archives/hushed-london-bids-mountbatten-farewell-europes-royalty-turns-out.html|url-status=live}}</ref>), France (represented by the [[French Navy]]) and Canada. His coffin was drawn on a gun carriage by 118 Royal Navy ratings.<ref name=iwmfuneral>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022140 |publisher=Imperial War Museum |title=The Funeral of Lord Mountbatten |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514075054/http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022140 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceremonial Funeral of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma|url=https://www.commsmuseum.co.uk/dykes/mobfuneral/mobfuneral.htm|access-date=15 May 2021|website=www.commsmuseum.co.uk|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515161945/https://www.commsmuseum.co.uk/dykes/mobfuneral/mobfuneral.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Mountbatten's funeral was the first major royal funeral to be held in the Abbey since the 18th century.<ref name="Range 2016">{{cite book | last=Range | first=M. | title=British Royal and State Funerals: Music and Ceremonial Since Elizabeth I | publisher=Boydell Press | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-78327-092-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn1FDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA304 | access-date=17 March 2024 | page=304 | archive-date=17 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317064708/https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn1FDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA304 | url-status=live }}</ref> During the televised service, his great-nephew Charles read the lesson from [[Psalm]] 107.<ref name=iwmfuneral/> In an address, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Donald Coggan]], highlighted his various achievements and his "lifelong devotion to the Royal Navy".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499279.stm |publisher=BBC |date=5 September 1979 |title=On This Day: Mountbatten Buried after Final Parade |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101174021/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499279.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> After the public ceremonies, which he had planned himself, Mountbatten was buried in [[Romsey Abbey]].<ref>{{harvp|Vickers|1989|p=42}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Wilson|2016|loc=Kindle locations 33727-33728}}</ref> As part of the funeral arrangements, his body had been embalmed by [[Desmond Henley]].<ref name=christopherhenley>{{cite web |url=http://christopherhenleylimited.com/inmemoriam.htm |title=In Memoriam: Desmond C. Henley |publisher=Christopher Henley Limited |access-date=16 March 2014 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914054346/http://christopherhenleylimited.com/inmemoriam.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>