Queen Elizabeth Funeral

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Anonymous wrote:wow, the st. george's chapel procession is just so moving. the constant beat of the drum and the bells tolling.

Yes. Boy, the British really know how to do these right.

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Kate looks great and she picked gifted jewelry and not looted.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow, the st. george's chapel procession is just so moving. the constant beat of the drum and the bells tolling.

Yes. Boy, the British really know how to do these right.

They do church services really well. The choir, unsurprisingly, is amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:The guys carrying the coffin are probably so relieved they got through it without dropping the coffin.

I couldn't stop thinking about this.

Also: the hearse driver needs more accolades. I think that would be stressful, driving that slowly and smoothly with the queen's coffin in the car! What a weird experience for that guy. I hope he gets a beer soon.

I feel stressed for all the people who are playing specific and important roles in this funeral -- the pallbearers, the drivers, the people in the choir. If you make a mistake, billions of people will see it. That would be very stressful to me. But I suppose they all had many opportunities to practice (my understanding is that this funeral has been planned for decades).

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Anonymous wrote:Who is the short guy with giant ears walking in front of the Queens hearse? Black morning suit, is wearing a few medals. He really looks like Charles!

He’s walking next to a 7 foot giant who is a doppelgänger for Stephen Merchant lol

I believe they were her personal ushers. I’ve seen them both in pictures of her the past couple of years. The tall man looked very sad.

Tall Paul, he was the Queen's most trusted aide.

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Anonymous wrote:Given the likely age of William when he succeeds Charles and then George when he succeeds William, we’re very unlikely to see someone who served for as long as Elizabeth did.

For a lot of reasons, this is very historic.

We will never have another Queen in our lifetime, probably not even my children's lifetime. This is so historic and even more so because she planned every single detail of this funeral herself.

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Anonymous wrote:Major kudos to the people playing bagpipes and those playing the brass/woodwinds at the earlier procession. Their cheeks must be hurting them after all this playing.

I assume Peter Phillips is walking with the senior royals because he is a male. You will see Earl Snowden walking but not his sister.

A little suprised women (other than Princess Anne) weren't part of the procession. If they were, they would be allowed to wear shoes other than heels, correct?

The musicians were incredible. All did an outstanding job.

There was a little red haired choir boy that was amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:The guys carrying the coffin are probably so relieved they got through it without dropping the coffin.

Watching them carrying this heavy coffin was uncomfortable. Certainly in this day of modern machinery, we can utilize another method to get a coffin up 3 flights of stairs.
I that had dropped, those poor soliders would be mortified for life.

I bet the hardest part was keeping their support arm against the back of the person across from them. Carrying the weight was probably easy. Keeping your arm outstretch without support seems impossible. I’m surprised that isn’t something they couldn’t work around.

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Anonymous wrote:Sad to see the little kids crying, Charlotte, George and Edward’s son.

Sadder that we’re consuming that.

It’s okay to cry when you are sad. It doesn’t need to be hidden or cause embarrassment.

Of course. It also doesn’t need to be broadcast worldwide for clickbait. They’re children.

It's not clickbait . It's history and action.

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Anonymous wrote:The guys carrying the coffin are probably so relieved they got through it without dropping the coffin.

I couldn't stop thinking about this.

Also: the hearse driver needs more accolades. I think that would be stressful, driving that slowly and smoothly with the queen's coffin in the car! What a weird experience for that guy. I hope he gets a beer soon.

I feel stressed for all the people who are playing specific and important roles in this funeral -- the pallbearers, the drivers, the people in the choir. If you make a mistake, billions of people will see it. That would be very stressful to me. But I suppose they all had many opportunities to practice (my understanding is that this funeral has been planned for decades).

They started planning all of this as soon as she became Queen. Charles’ funeral is already planned too.

My other question is how they attached the crown, pillow, etc to the coffin?

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Anonymous wrote:someone just texted me that the corgis are there--is that true?? I was watching earlier and didn't seem them when as they approached st. george's. but then had to turn it off.

This is sweet

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think Charles, William and George are imagining their own funerals? An "oh, this is what mine will be like"?

I certainly hope not

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Anonymous wrote:The guys carrying the coffin are probably so relieved they got through it without dropping the coffin.

Watching them carrying this heavy coffin was uncomfortable. Certainly in this day of modern machinery, we can utilize another method to get a coffin up 3 flights of stairs.
I that had dropped, those poor soliders would be mortified for life.

I bet the hardest part was keeping their support arm against the back of the person across from them. Carrying the weight was probably easy. Keeping your arm outstretch without support seems impossible. I’m surprised that isn’t something they couldn’t work around.

How are the crown and scepter attached to the coffin? I'm amazed they didn't fall off. Those men deserve all the accolades in the world for carrying that coffin so smoothly up those steps with the entire world watching.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is the short guy with giant ears walking in front of the Queens hearse? Black morning suit, is wearing a few medals. He really looks like Charles!

He’s walking next to a 7 foot giant who is a doppelgänger for Stephen Merchant lol

I believe they were her personal ushers. I’ve seen them both in pictures of her the past couple of years. The tall man looked very sad.

Tall Paul, he was the Queen's most trusted aide.

There was a younger aid walking in front of the casket today as well. Just as tall as Paul, but more like 30. I wonder if it’s his son.

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Anonymous wrote:someone just texted me that the corgis are there--is that true?? I was watching earlier and didn't seem them when as they approached st. george's. but then had to turn it off.

This is sweet

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my favorite "members" of the royal family