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Funeral of the Queen of the Belgians - the Procession, 1850. The ceremony of the interment of the lamented Queen of the Belgians took place on Thursday, the 17th [October], in the little church at Laeken, whither her remains had been conveyed in compliance with her dying wish...The Cardinal-Archbishop of Malines, the senior curé of St. Gudule, the curés of Caudenberg and Laeken, headed the cortege. These were met by the clergy at the door of the church'. Queen Louise died of tuberculosis aged 38, on 11 October 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.