British authorities refused the royal family's wish to have her buried at Mandalay and she was instead buried at the Cantonment Gardens. Her funeral on 17 December - the last royal funeral in Burma - was nevertheless a grand affair and was overseen by the Sawbwa of Yawnghwe. Over a hundred thousand people (more than a fifth of the city) watched the procession towards the Shwedagon, her coffin was shaded by eight white umbrellas and the governor himself, Sir Harcourt Butler, accompanied the cortege on horseback.
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