Anyone watching QEII's funeral?
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@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
behaved & respectful
Which is more than we can say about the President.
He may be the world’s most powerful man but the apparent late arrival of the US president, Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, was not allowed to disrupt the finely tuned choreography of the late Queen’s funeral.
Rather than being ushered immediately to their seats on their arrival at Westminster Abbey, the first couple, aged 79 and 71, had to be gently told they would need to stand and wait as a procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them down the nave of the abbey.
After an awkward period of small talk at the main entrance, as those awarded the highest decorations of military valour went ahead, the Bidens finally followed in the wake of Victoria Cross-holder CSgt Johnson Beharry, pushing the wheelchair of Keith Payne VC, 89.
The US president had been given a dispensation to make his journey to the abbey in “the Beast”, a heavily armoured limousine used by US presidents for security reasons, rather than be bussed to the abbey with the other heads of state and government.
Camera footage shared on social media showed that the Bidens had made slow progress through central London, even being momentarily forced to stop outside a Pret a Manger on Oxford Street.
After arriving hand in hand, the Bidens finally sat down in their places in the abbey at 10.05am. The schedule published by Buckingham Palace suggested the 500 invited dignitaries should have been seated between 9.35am and 9.55am.
Perhaps as a consequence of opting out of the buses taking other leaders from the assembly point at Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Bidens were also given seats 14 rows back in the south transept of the abbey.
The US president took his seat behind Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, and in front of Petr Fiala, the prime minister of the Czech Republic. Sitting to her husband’s left, Jill Biden sat next to Ignazio Cassis, the president of Switzerland.
@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
behaved & respectful
Which is more than we can say about the President.
It's a shame he couldn't have been bussed in like the rest of the political rabble. I guess it might have been a bit distracting if he'd been assassinated.
I was only joking
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@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
behaved & respectful
Which is more than we can say about the President.
He may be the world’s most powerful man but the apparent late arrival of the US president, Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, was not allowed to disrupt the finely tuned choreography of the late Queen’s funeral.
Rather than being ushered immediately to their seats on their arrival at Westminster Abbey, the first couple, aged 79 and 71, had to be gently told they would need to stand and wait as a procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them down the nave of the abbey.
After an awkward period of small talk at the main entrance, as those awarded the highest decorations of military valour went ahead, the Bidens finally followed in the wake of Victoria Cross-holder CSgt Johnson Beharry, pushing the wheelchair of Keith Payne VC, 89.
The US president had been given a dispensation to make his journey to the abbey in “the Beast”, a heavily armoured limousine used by US presidents for security reasons, rather than be bussed to the abbey with the other heads of state and government.
Camera footage shared on social media showed that the Bidens had made slow progress through central London, even being momentarily forced to stop outside a Pret a Manger on Oxford Street.
After arriving hand in hand, the Bidens finally sat down in their places in the abbey at 10.05am. The schedule published by Buckingham Palace suggested the 500 invited dignitaries should have been seated between 9.35am and 9.55am.
Perhaps as a consequence of opting out of the buses taking other leaders from the assembly point at Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Bidens were also given seats 14 rows back in the south transept of the abbey.
The US president took his seat behind Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, and in front of Petr Fiala, the prime minister of the Czech Republic. Sitting to her husband’s left, Jill Biden sat next to Ignazio Cassis, the president of Switzerland.
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@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
behaved & respectful
Which is more than we can say about the President.
It's a shame he couldn't have been bussed in like the rest of the political rabble. I guess it might have been a bit distracting if he'd been assassinated.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
It's a shame he couldn't have been bussed in like the rest of the political rabble.
Yes, I'll bet it was a nightmare for his security detail. No excuse, they might have planned better, but despite appearances there was probably a clusterfuck element to contend with.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
It's a shame he couldn't have been bussed in like the rest of the political rabble.
Yes, I'll bet it was a nightmare for his security detail. No excuse, they might have planned better, but despite appearances there was probably a clusterfuck element to contend with.
@Catseye3 said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
It's a shame he couldn't have been bussed in like the rest of the political rabble.
Yes, I'll bet it was a nightmare for his security detail. No excuse, they might have planned better, but despite appearances there was probably a clusterfuck element to contend with.
Now I’ll have to watch today’s footage of roof tops, but all this week with the crowds, the cameras show dozens of soldiers positioned like snipers. The whole ordeal made me nervous. I prayed nothing bad would happen.
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Duke of Norfolk is Earl Marshall and responsible overall for these events (lives in Arundel Castle I think). No doubt he delegates much to the many experts.
You may spot the occasional subtly placed Range Rover rapid response units among the 15,000 police saturating London. You'll definitely spot the mounted WPO's protecting from the front as the RCMP lead the cortege.
You won't spot the many police teams down the labyrinth of London sewers ensuring security.The funeral was memorable and moving; the evocative lone piper walking away from St George's Chapel was when I finally broke.
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Duke of Norfolk is Earl Marshall and responsible overall for these events (lives in Arundel Castle I think). No doubt he delegates much to the many experts.
You may spot the occasional subtly placed Range Rover rapid response units among the 15,000 police saturating London. You'll definitely spot the mounted WPO's protecting from the front as the RCMP lead the cortege.
You won't spot the many police teams down the labyrinth of London sewers ensuring security.The funeral was memorable and moving; the evocative lone piper walking away from St George's Chapel was when I finally broke.
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What a world we live in. Probably the great majority of the human race was able to watch her funeral. I wonder if we will learn how many people watched. Even an estimate.
I wish there were a way we could tell her. She would be surprised, I think, but also pleased.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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What a world we live in. Probably the great majority of the human race was able to watch her funeral. I wonder if we will learn how many people watched. Even an estimate.
I wish there were a way we could tell her. She would be surprised, I think, but also pleased.
@Catseye3 said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I wonder if we will learn how many people watched. Even an estimate.
I was thinking that half the people in St. George's in Windsor couldn't see, we had better seats than them.
Here you go George:
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Duke of Norfolk is Earl Marshall and responsible overall for these events (lives in Arundel Castle I think). No doubt he delegates much to the many experts.
You may spot the occasional subtly placed Range Rover rapid response units among the 15,000 police saturating London. You'll definitely spot the mounted WPO's protecting from the front as the RCMP lead the cortege.
You won't spot the many police teams down the labyrinth of London sewers ensuring security.The funeral was memorable and moving; the evocative lone piper walking away from St George's Chapel was when I finally broke.
@AndyD said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Duke of Norfolk is Earl Marshall and responsible overall for these events (lives in Arundel Castle I think). No doubt he delegates much to the many experts.
You may spot the occasional subtly placed Range Rover rapid response units among the 15,000 police saturating London. You'll definitely spot the mounted WPO's protecting from the front as the RCMP lead the cortege.
You won't spot the many police teams down the labyrinth of London sewers ensuring security.The funeral was memorable and moving; the evocative lone piper walking away from St George's Chapel was when I finally broke.
I loved the horses. The RCMP had perfect control of theirs … and these were not their own horses.
I could pick out some of the Canadians in the procession because I remember a pic of my dad in his dress uniform.There was an interview with the predecessor to the Queen’s piper. He said he felt more nervous for this piper than he ever felt piping.
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Mrs. George commented that it was probably cruel to have all those geezers (King Charles III, et al) walk so far for so long, LOL.
@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Mrs. George commented that it was probably cruel to have all those geezers (King Charles III, et al) walk so far for so long, LOL.
Cruel? Andrew should’ve been assigned the entire distance imo.
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I heard a commentator say 5.1 billion people watched. 63% of the world's population. Don't know if that's accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised.
I saw lots of horse poop on the road; I even saw marchers stepping on it because they wanted to keep in step. That's dedication.
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I heard a commentator say 5.1 billion people watched. 63% of the world's population. Don't know if that's accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised.
I saw lots of horse poop on the road; I even saw marchers stepping on it because they wanted to keep in step. That's dedication.
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I heard a commentator say 5.1 billion people watched. 63% of the world's population. Don't know if that's accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised.
I saw lots of horse poop on the road; I even saw marchers stepping on it because they wanted to keep in step. That's dedication.
@Friday said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I heard a commentator say 5.1 billion people watched. 63% of the world's population. Don't know if that's accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised.
I saw lots of horse poop on the road; I even saw marchers stepping on it because they wanted to keep in step. That's dedication.
That number seems really high. I’m pretty sure that I have read that only 4.5 billion people even have access to the internet or tv, and I’m sure viewership wasn’t likely to be more than 60% in closely tied nations…. If there were more than 1.5 billion, I would be astonished.
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@Friday My family will ask about the poop I’m sure. I heard on CNN some 4 billion were watching. Could this really be true?
@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@Friday My family will ask about the poop I’m sure. I heard on CNN some 4 billion were watching. Could this really be true?
That’s the report but I can’t believe it. You would need 90% of the accessible world to watch. Somehow I doubt that 1.2 billion Chinese watched the funeral…
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I didn’t see one bit of horse crap in the footage I watched. Was any cleanup edited, or were the horses wearing diapers?
@blondie said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I didn’t see one bit of horse crap in the footage I watched. Was any cleanup edited, or were the horses wearing diapers?
They probably used the same horses they used to use in John Wayne movies - "where seldom is heard a discouraging turd..."
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@Friday 7.1 Billion.
