Full title reads: “Farnborough, Kent. As Befits a Romany Queen. 82 year old Gypsy Lee, who died as she foretold, has a royal funeral.“
Farnborough, Kent.
Funeral parade for ’Queen of the Kent Gypsies’ is led by horse drawn carriage piled with floral tributes. (Mrs Levi Boswell was Gypsy Lee’s real name). Lots of people line the route and many mourners walk behind the coffin. MS of some mourners as the wait to enter the Church Yard. Pan across large number of people gathered for funeral.
N.B. Gypsy Lee foretold the place and time of her death - fulfilling her destiny as a renowned fortune teller.
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