Franz Ferdinand buried in Vienna

The funeral of Franz Ferdinand, the heir-presumptive to the crowns of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg took place this morning in Vienna.

At 10.45am the solemn ceremony began, attended by the extended royal family and other invited dignitaries.

Less than an hour later the two coffins were carried through lines of firemen and veterans to a vault in the Palace church, where they were interred in the presence of close family members.

The city remains in mourning. When the coffins arrived by train from Vienna the previous night they had been placed on two great court hearses, with full military mourning pomp accompanying the processional arrangements to the Hofburg Palace.

Following the funeral of their parents, the three children - Sophie, Maximilian and Ernst - left the Palace and were driven to Schoenbrunn.

Huge crowds lined the route as the funeral cortège passed through the streets.

Guards stand watch over the coffins of Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg. (Image: Wiener Bilder, 12 July 1914, ANNO/Austrian National Library)

In the palace, the coffins were placed on a large elevated catafalque covered with gold brocade, as the 7th Uhlans and 4th Dragoons stood watch.

Meanwhile, up to twenty people have been arrested as wild rumours have swept through Bosnia in the aftermath of the assassination with claims that the conspiracy to murder Franz Ferdinand was so great as to leave it impossible that he might escape the country alive.

It is reported that further bombs were discovered, including two under the luncheon table at the Town Hall where the Archduke and Duchess were to dine. A similar bomb was found in the chimney of the room where the Duchess was to stay before rejoining her husband, while seven further bombs were reported to have been found in the possession of a woman.