From The Telegraph
Royals including the King and Queen of Sweden mingled with Tyrolean rifleman in full ceremonial dress inside Vienna’s St. Stephen's Cathedral.
In the cobbled square outside, thousands crowded round large screens to watch the funeral on Saturday of a man who had been exiled from Austria for nearly 50 years, from 1918 to 1966.
The colourful costumes and plumed helmets reflected the imperial majesty into which von Habsburg, who died on July 4 aged 98, had been born.
The eldest son of Charles I, the last Austrian emperor, he was born in November 1912, less than two years before the start of the First World War which was to lead to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
In the cobbled square outside, thousands crowded round large screens to watch the funeral on Saturday of a man who had been exiled from Austria for nearly 50 years, from 1918 to 1966.
The colourful costumes and plumed helmets reflected the imperial majesty into which von Habsburg, who died on July 4 aged 98, had been born.
The eldest son of Charles I, the last Austrian emperor, he was born in November 1912, less than two years before the start of the First World War which was to lead to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
