Queen Elizabeth Funeral

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you all need jobs.

Or at the very least, better interests and hobbies if you can afford to not work during the day.

Are you jealous that I make over $100K and frankly have lots of down time and leave every day at 4:30, and work from home two days a week? Aww, that’s OK! You’re gonna be OK.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm glad it's over. Now we don't have to hear about her anymore.

Couldn't agree more. This spectacle has taken up way too much air time. I really hope this is the beginning of the end of the ridiculous institution that is the British Monarchy.

LOL based on the funeral alone, it's clear that's not happening any time soon.

My hope is we don't have to hear from you complaining about it.

Just go away already!

Huh? I ate it up. I was saying, judging by the extreme, EXTREME popularity of the Queen, based on the funeral alone, the monarchy clearly isn't going away anytime soon. I'm not complaining. I like the institution and the people.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you all need jobs.

Or at the very least, better interests and hobbies if you can afford to not work during the day.

And you?

I have a job. Worked a 10 hour day, and am home spending 15 minutes on 'my websites' before I tend to my home.

Ew, I’m sorry you work 10 hours a day. That sounds awful. I enjoy about a 6 hour workday with full-time salary and benefits.

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Anonymous wrote:It's neat seeing the Queen's cousins during the procession/at the funeral. We forget they were the Peters/Zaras/Beatrice/Eugenies/Louises/Jamess of their day.

I hope they still come out to the balcony for Trooping the Colour. Nice link to the past.

I guess Charles's generation doesn't have as many cousins, right? Just Sarah Chatto and her brother?

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Anonymous wrote:The removing of the crown, orb and scepter so moving.

I agree. I think the crown should have been buried with her. Charles can get a new one.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked how they ended each service with "My Country 'tis of Thee". I was singing along!

It was 'God Save the King' but carry on.

They might have sung “God Save the Queen (or King)” on this occasion, but some US Episcopal churches sing “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” in the place of the British version.

I'm aware. It's not a big deal which is why I said carry on.

It was HRM's funeral. Why do we Americans have to make every world event about 'us' or make embarrassing gaffes about whatever American thing is this or that way during an event that has nothing to do with us?

It's not funny. It just makes us look boorish and ignorant.

it is a US protest song. I sang it because I am an American and not a Brit.

Why do you have to "protest" just because you're not British? What exactly are you protesting? Manners? Being considerate of others? How idiotic.

i suggest you read up on your history.

Taxation without representation? We worked that out a while ago.

[Anonymous]

Someone upthread asked why there was not a similarly big to-do when her father died. People forget that England was really poor after the war. Everything was kind of frugal and stripped down.

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Anonymous wrote:The removing of the crown, orb and scepter so moving.

I agree. I think the crown should have been buried with her. Charles can get a new one.

Are you daft? Do you not realize that those aren’t just random and very valuable precious gems and diamonds adorning the crown? They all have special origin and symbolism, including the very controversial sapphire at the pinnacle.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone upthread asked why there was not a similarly big to-do when her father died. People forget that England was really poor after the war. Everything was kind of frugal and stripped down.

+1. Lots of rations, and of course no live television for that kind of purpose was established yet.

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Anonymous wrote:It's neat seeing the Queen's cousins during the procession/at the funeral. We forget they were the Peters/Zaras/Beatrice/Eugenies/Louises/Jamess of their day.

I hope they still come out to the balcony for Trooping the Colour. Nice link to the past.

I guess Charles's generation doesn't have as many cousins, right? Just Sarah Chatto and her brother?

We’ll the queen only had one sister, Margaret, and several of Phillips siblings died during the war.

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Anonymous wrote:The removing of the crown, orb and scepter so moving.

I agree. I think the crown should have been buried with her. Charles can get a new one.

The ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me.

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Anonymous wrote:It's neat seeing the Queen's cousins during the procession/at the funeral. We forget they were the Peters/Zaras/Beatrice/Eugenies/Louises/Jamess of their day.

I hope they still come out to the balcony for Trooping the Colour. Nice link to the past.

I guess Charles's generation doesn't have as many cousins, right? Just Sarah Chatto and her brother?

We’ll the queen only had one sister, Margaret, and several of Phillips siblings died during the war.

At least two of Philip’s sisters were Nazi sympathizers making Charles’ paternal family a bit more complicated.

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Anonymous wrote:It's neat seeing the Queen's cousins during the procession/at the funeral. We forget they were the Peters/Zaras/Beatrice/Eugenies/Louises/Jamess of their day.

I hope they still come out to the balcony for Trooping the Colour. Nice link to the past.

I guess Charles's generation doesn't have as many cousins, right? Just Sarah Chatto and her brother?

Do they not have any first cousins from Philip’s side? From their aunts?

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Anonymous wrote:It's neat seeing the Queen's cousins during the procession/at the funeral. We forget they were the Peters/Zaras/Beatrice/Eugenies/Louises/Jamess of their day.

I hope they still come out to the balcony for Trooping the Colour. Nice link to the past.

I guess Charles's generation doesn't have as many cousins, right? Just Sarah Chatto and her brother?

Do they not have any first cousins from Philip’s side? From their aunts?

They are/were notably older as Philip was the baby in the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you all need jobs.

Or at the very least, better interests and hobbies if you can afford to not work during the day.

I actually do need a job but until I have one, I will definitely spend some of my free time doing stuff like watching the Queen's funeral and then chatting about it online. I'm sorry you had to work all day, but you probably have more money in your bank account than I do.