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January 22 1901  
Queen Victoria dies peacefully at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, aged 81, and King Edward VII ascended to England’s Throne, and Head of the Commonwealth and Anglican Church.  
 
Flags in Brandon were flown at half-mast and all the public buildings and some private ones too were draped in black.  
 
To coincide with the late Regnant’s funeral at St Georges Chapel, in the precincts of Windsor Castle on 2nd February, three thousand people gathered at city hall where a day of public morning and patriotic services were formally arranged.  
 
These outdoor exercises were conducted by all the religious denominations of Brandon.  
 
On February 4th, after lying in State for two days, her body was interred in the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum at Windsor Home Park, beside her beloved Husband Prince Albert, (her first cousin) who died in 1861 from Typhoid Fever.  
 
It was not until later in June of 1901 that Brandon citizens were privileged to witness the obsequies by way of motion pictures.  
 
At the annual four day Fair a celluloid presentation was repeated for the benefit of thousands more.  
 
Her son, King Edward VII was a sensible man, who signaled the beginning of a new era by limiting the period of Mourning for his mother to three months.  
 
Note: Regnant means: A queen reigning in her own right.  
 
Obsequies means: A Funeral ceremony.  
 
Source: http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page118.asp  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZGmRXzfP8