Anyone watching QEII's funeral?
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Our funerals go on for nearly as long as your elections.
I must admit, I find the gun-carriage a little out of place, considering her role and her personality. I guess it's the tradition.
And yes, it is very impressive and appears extremely well done. An echo of a bygone age, perhaps.
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Our funerals go on for nearly as long as your elections.
I must admit, I find the gun-carriage a little out of place, considering her role and her personality. I guess it's the tradition.
And yes, it is very impressive and appears extremely well done. An echo of a bygone age, perhaps.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I find the gun-carriage a little out of place,
You mean upon which her casket is - I assume that's a gun carriage - or the way that weapons are carried upside-down?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I find the gun-carriage a little out of place,
You mean upon which her casket is - I assume that's a gun carriage - or the way that weapons are carried upside-down?
@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I find the gun-carriage a little out of place,
You mean upon which her casket is - I assume that's a gun carriage - or the way that weapons are carried upside-down?
I meant the carriage she's been carried on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy_State_Funeral_Gun_Carriage
Pretty much my first memory is seeing Churchill's coffin on the same carriage - I think my dad ensured that it impinged upon my 2-year old brain.
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@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I find the gun-carriage a little out of place,
You mean upon which her casket is - I assume that's a gun carriage - or the way that weapons are carried upside-down?
I meant the carriage she's been carried on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy_State_Funeral_Gun_Carriage
Pretty much my first memory is seeing Churchill's coffin on the same carriage - I think my dad ensured that it impinged upon my 2-year old brain.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
I meant the carriage she's been carried on
Yeah, they just had a shot of it, and it became obvious to me.
And, I think there were other things more traumatic that impinged on your two-year-old brain as well.
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MFR got up way, way early to watch. It's still on. I watched much of the walking procession. The choreography was spectacular. To get that many people all doing what they are supposed to do and being where they are supposed to was very impressive, especially when they reached Wellington Arch and they all had to assemble in their rightful places.
I fear Charles will not receive the same love as his mum.
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MFR got up way, way early to watch. It's still on. I watched much of the walking procession. The choreography was spectacular. To get that many people all doing what they are supposed to do and being where they are supposed to was very impressive, especially when they reached Wellington Arch and they all had to assemble in their rightful places.
I fear Charles will not receive the same love as his mum.
@Mik said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
MFR got up way, way early to watch. It's still on. I watched much of the walking procession. The choreography was spectacular. To get that many people all doing what they are supposed to do and being where they are supposed to was very impressive, especially when they reached Wellington Arch and they all had to assemble in their rightful places.
To be sure, this has been planned out for decades.
I fear Charles will not receive the same love as his mum.
Right. Or his older son.
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Well, Wills looks like his grandfather Phillip, and is not perceived as having a stick up his ass like Charles. I suspect he will be received pretty well.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Well, Wills looks like his grandfather Phillip, and is not perceived as having a stick up his ass like Charles. I suspect he will be received pretty well.
@Mik said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Well, Wills looks like his grandfather Phillip, and is not perceived as having a stick up his ass like Charles. I suspect he will be received pretty well.
I noticed in the photos today that Williams' eldest, George, bears a definite resemblance to Edward VIII, particularly around the eyes...
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"....there may be trouble ahead..."
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Yup, I watched. I’ll never see anything like that again in my lifetime. I might get a Globe & Mail tomorrow just for the pics. The visuals of those flowers arranged on the Long Walk at Windsor was surreal. I can’t even imagine how many people were involved creating that.
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@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
An impressive thing to see.
The Brits know how to do pomp and circumstance.
I didn't watch but I always wonder what kind of efforts are made behind the scenes. For example, who is in charge of making sure the horses are ready, who is in charge of the invitee list (when there is seating inside the church, for example), who coordinates the order of the cars? Like...is there a rule book on how everything is supposed to go?
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@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
An impressive thing to see.
The Brits know how to do pomp and circumstance.
I didn't watch but I always wonder what kind of efforts are made behind the scenes. For example, who is in charge of making sure the horses are ready, who is in charge of the invitee list (when there is seating inside the church, for example), who coordinates the order of the cars? Like...is there a rule book on how everything is supposed to go?
@89th said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Like...is there a rule book on how everything is supposed to go?Yes. Quite.
The corgis & the Queen’s favourite horse were perfectly positioned, behaved & respectful, of course.
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Next thing you know, they’ll figure out bigger writing desks, or more savvy inkwell placement.
@Horace said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Next thing you know, they’ll figure out bigger writing desks, or more savvy inkwell placement.
The American desk needs to be bigger so that the interns can fit in underneath
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@89th said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
@George-K said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?:
Like...is there a rule book on how everything is supposed to go?Yes. Quite.
The corgis & the Queen’s favourite horse were perfectly positioned, behaved & respectful, of course.
