why do you think Sir Simon's funeral was stately traditional one.Give reasons.

Sir Simon belonged to the upper tier of the social hierarchy in Britain. No matter what he might have done when alive or even in that go-between zone, the British would not have anything short of a stately funeral to honour their time-old traditions. The old world was confronting the modern world of rationality and thought, society was changing already so it becomes imperative to hold on to the last vestiges of tradition. The funeral procession was wonderfully impressive, attended by Lord Canterville as the chief mourner having come up especially from Wales. From the procession to the attendees and the service, nothing had been spared in order to organize a stately funeral for Sir Simon, in strict observance of all the traditional customs and rituals. In a way, it can be read as laying to rest the old world ideas and beliefs, bidding adieu to the past with the due honour it deserves in order to welcome the new.