Anonymous wrote:OP's comment that she was switching off the Queen coverage to watch The Weather channel and then Hoarders was quite amusing. It implied that she was missing serious international news by the Queen's funeral, when she really was watching bread and circus TV.

If only OP could have read the international news on numerous forms of media.

Seriously international news…lol It’s the Kardashians for low IQ people.

OP's comment that she was switching off the Queen coverage to watch The Weather channel and then Hoarders was quite amusing. It implied that she was missing serious international news by the Queen's funeral, when she really was watching bread and circus TV.

If only OP could have read the international news on numerous forms of media.

Nope, I'm enjoying it. I'll take it over inane nonsense like sports any day.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I was kind of offended on September 11th when there was more Queen coverage than anniversary coverage.

This.

History of 21 years ago and history of today. We no longer commemorate Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor), Nov. 23 (Kennedys assassination). Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and other holidays are just that, a holiday.

But we've Indigenous Peoples Day coming up. Whahoo!

I'm not following the footage now too closely but--as a singer myself--I will probably watch the funeral next week, just to hear the choral performances. The English choirs are incredible.

It is the worst. It is like a cross between the opening ceremony at the Olympics and a Disney parade with 1/2 the characters marching and wearing their costumes and the other 1/2 forced to watch the parade.

The commentators are straight out of Best In Show. They should add some blimps and throw cigarettes, silk stockings and chocolate bars to the crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I was kind of offended on September 11th when there was more Queen coverage than anniversary coverage.

This.

History of 21 years ago and history of today. We no longer commemorate Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor), Nov. 23 (Kennedys assassination). Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and other holidays are just that, a holiday.

JFK was assassinated on November 22, not 23.

Anonymous wrote:I find it extremely interesting because it is a link to centuries of history.

The American commentators get the history wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I was kind of offended on September 11th when there was more Queen coverage than anniversary coverage.

This.

History of 21 years ago and history of today. We no longer commemorate Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor), Nov. 23 (Kennedys assassination). Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and other holidays are just that, a holiday.

Anonymous wrote:I work from home and usually have the TV on for back round noise. This sycophant coverage of the queens death parade is unwatchable. I have turned to the weather channel.

Nope. I love the pagentry and nobody does it as well as the Brits.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I was kind of offended on September 11th when there was more Queen coverage than anniversary coverage.

This.

I find it extremely interesting because it is a link to centuries of history.

I just took my long morning walk, listened to BBC WORLD on Sirius. And I heard an interview with an American about the death (and career) of Ken Starr. Then they went to a summary of this morning’s pageantry around the Queen.

Anonymous wrote:I have only watched a tiny amount here and there, but i do find it interesting to watch such a weird family/tradition. Queen Elizabeth was an accidental queen because her uncle abdicated the throne. So, it is weird that people make such a fuss over her.

Go watch some movies about British history/the monarchy and I bet you’ll be surprised at how death (accidental, illness or murder) and abdication (whether voluntary or not) changed history.

Geez, people. Get a clue.

Anonymous wrote:Regardless how you feel about the Queen and the BRF, this is history. The pomp and circumstance are entertaining. The tradition is interesting. In fact, it’s cultural.

Love her or hate her she is an iconic figure, the world over. A chapter in history closes with her death.