The authorities said about 3,500 attended the ceremony, roughly one-quarter of the size of the crowd of four years ago.

But he was at home in 1893 for the marriage of his daughter Josephine, a ceremony also attended by Ruppert.

About 750 mourners attended the private ceremony, after which thousands of mourners lined the route of the funeral procession.

After a ceremony in the Netherlands attended by family members, the remains were flown to the Army's central identification laboratory in Hawaii.

No ceremony attended the entry of king or border lord into the great hall, though individuals noted the king's passage with informal salute when he passed nearby.

As did the numbing choreography of royal life: solemn ceremony attended the king's every rising, Mass, meal and evening retirement.

The ceremony was attending by senior government officials.

Since he was still in mourning, no great ceremony attended upon the observance.

About 300 people attended the ceremony, which was held in a driving rain.

Construction of the pier began on 1 November 2010 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Maine governor John Baldacci and city officials.