He turned the state opening of parliament and military drills, like the Trooping of the Colour, into full fancy-dress occasions, and at his own passing, resurrected the medieval ritual of lying in state.
他把议会的国家开幕式和
事演习,如
旗敬礼分列式,都变成了盛装的场合,在他自己去世的时候,还恢复了中世纪的躺在地上的仪式。