Queen Elizabeth Funeral

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

😩 Pallbearer lads had me teared up.

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Do you know anyone who stood in the queue to file past the coffin? I used to work on the other side of the river where people were standing.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

😩 Pallbearer lads had me teared up.

So young too.

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Anonymous wrote:What about when the Lord Chamberlain snapped his stick in two?

That was the only thing that choked me up.

Yeah, so does he lose his job? No reassignment?

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

😩 Pallbearer lads had me teared up.

Why coffin has to be so heavy? In the end everyone turns into dust.

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Anonymous wrote:Prince George and Princess Charlotte are so well behaved. They are living history, and their presence is important given their place in the line of succession.

I think I missed something: why did they walk a long way with the coffin and then put it in a hearse to drive it somewhere?

The new Princess of Wales should share her secret on how to have well-mannered children and it should be mandatory reading for all American parents!

I'm guessing they've had a lot more practice than most kids. There again, Louis is still working on these skills, so it's not like they are perfect.

He is 4 and for all we know, may have autism or AdDHD or something.

oh please--he's FOUR. how can you make an assessment like that on a 4 year old that you don't even know? But, your comment did get me thinking, especially as a parent of a child who has ADHD and a LD, what happens in that case if the heir just isn't up to the task? What if they have some sort of serious intellectual disability (something beyond ADHD or LD which are both treatable) that prevents him/her from performing their duties? Does the family decide to skip to the next in line?

Adults with autism and ADHD can have good lives and do amazing things, royal pageantry doesn't need much but looking good and acting interested.

Most of the autistic and ADHD students I work with at school would have HS significant trouble attending today’s events.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

😩 Pallbearer lads had me teared up.

So young too.

You don't usually see the faces below those bear skin hats. Their families must be so proud of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

😩 Pallbearer lads had me teared up.

Why coffin has to be so heavy? In the end everyone turns into dust.

Partly because of the long number of days before the burial.

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Anonymous wrote:What about when the Lord Chamberlain snapped his stick in two?

That was the only thing that choked me up.

Yeah, so does he lose his job? No reassignment?

He has finished his service to that monarch.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

wow- why so heavy?

Royal coffins are lined in lead so the corpses don’t rot as quickly.

I did not know that--so interesting!

She was on display for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone say what they dressed the Queen in? Is there some kind of protocol for this?

Not the clothing but…

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the coffin was 600lbs. Those young pall bearers were amazing.

wow- why so heavy?

Royal coffins are lined in lead so the corpses don’t rot as quickly.

I did not know that--so interesting!

She was on display for a long time.

Are we to believe that the coffin on display the past 10 days truly has the body in it? I know it's morbid, but was sort of wondering this.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, though, they theatrically sank HRM down through the floor into the vault, but she'll be popping up topside again for the private entombment with close family only, later at 7:30 GMT.

I loved the bread and circuses moment, though, just as I did with Philip's.

No, she won't be "popping up topside again."

The coffin was lowered to the level where there is another chapel, the King George VI Memorial chapel. It's where her father (you know...King George VI) is entombed along with her mother. The private service for close family only is held there and not in the nave of St. George's Chapel where today's service was held and from which the coffin descended.

So no "popping up" is required.

I'm no royal-lover, but I at least I know enough history not to gloat and crow childishly over inaccuracies.

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Maybe they had some kind of cooling system.

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Just curious…Does anyone know why the pope decided not to attend when so many other foreign leaders came? Is it because she was the head of the Anglican Church, or just logistics?