article_snippet: It was standing room-only at Leicester Cathedral -- which had been partially rebuilt for the occasion -- as Archbishop of
article_snippet: Canterbury Justin Welby led prayers for king, swinging incense and sprinkling holy water over the casket, before scattering the casket with earth from key locations marking king birth, life and death.
article_snippet: Queen Elizabeth, represented at the ceremony by the Countess of Wessex, sent a special message to mark the reinterment, which Queen Elizabeth hailed as "an event of great  national and international significance.
article_snippet: "Today we recognize a King who lived through turbulent times and whose Christan faith sustained him in life and death," it read.
article_snippet: But though it bore many of the hallmarks of grief -- polished coffin, empty tomb, relatives clad in gloomy, pitch-dark suits -- this was not, the organizers insisted, a sad occasion.
article_snippet: This is not a funeral at which we mourn," said Professor Gordon Campbell, of the University of Leicester, welcoming the congregation to the cathedral, just yards from that famous parking lot.
article_snippet: Instead, the aim of the service was to offer Richard III a fitting farewell, and a lasting memorial -- neither of which Richard III was granted following Richard III death at Bosworth in 1485.
article_snippet: I hope there's perhaps some joy, that something has been done well and right and that we've made peace with the past.
article_snippet: In his sermon, the Bishop of Leicester, Tim Stevens said those who had joined the commemorations "(came) not to judge, condemn or praise, but to stand in silent, humble and reverent attentiveness at the meeting place of time and eternity.
article_snippet: But Campbell insisted that the reburial service on Thursday was held in a "spirit of reconciliation," a thought echoed by Tim Stevens: "Whether we bear a white or a red rose, whether for Richard or Henry ... whether for Leicester or York, we recognize at the graveside that all we journeys lead we to this place, where reputation counts for nothing and all human striving turns to dust.
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