Forgive me this is somewhat off topic -

In the TV show "The Tudors" it mentioned that the King was not allowed to attend
funerals. Is this accurate? I am interested to know more about why the King was
not allowed to attend funerals. Was this true of all European Kings of that
period? Were Queens allowed to attend funerals? I tried to google this to no
avail.

The TV show explained that the people should not see the King at a funeral,
because they should not associate the King with death. They should always
associate the King with life.

Of course a TV show is not a good reference, so I am trying to find a better
source.

I am interested in this because I heard the same thing about Egyptian
Pharaohs,that they did not attend funerals. But I don't have any real
information on this.

Thank you.