The Royal Family #19

[Rosie glow]

It would probably be seen as quite disrespectfUl to have shops etc open on the day of the funeral itself.

Not all shops will close I'm pretty sure supermarkets will stay open observing the 2 minute silence at 12pm on the day. As I've said in pervious post the the queen mother died shops stayed open but my company allowed staff 2 hours off to watch the funeral. I remember the staff that stayed in store brought I a small portable TV to watch it on.

Will pop out at lunchtime and buy a few newspapers to put away and keep

If there's any left I've sold loads this morning

 

[Pollyanna263]

I would be more interested to know if there was any conversation about their other grandchildren going up to Balmoral. We have to assume Louise and James didn’t go as they’d have been with Edward and Sophie but what about Peter, Zara, Beatrice and Eugenie? I guess all going with partners it would then be quite a crowd showing up.

It was reported that Zara, Beatrice and Eugenie went up yesterday but I don’t know if it’s just them or spouses / children too, and if anyone else also went.

 

[gossipgal21]

I think if I remember from the article about it all, the funeral is classed as a national mourning day but not a bank holiday? And it’s down to the discretion of companies whether to close or not.

Not sure though, I guess it will be explained when the date is announced?

 

[Laughingforlife]

Above you said it may be false?

No it's true that my sister said it.... The person she heard it from may have got it wrong.

 

[anon60]

i keep thinking about her dogs. Who will have them. How much they’re missing her.

I think she only has one or two now?

 

[LoopyLou47]

Anyone know what time the royal train gets in to Kings cross? I need to go there to get home might need to think of other options

It's not today is it? I thought her body would be in Holyrood for a day

 

[MrsJones83]

Anywhere we can watch parliament

It’s on bbc1

King Charles is just taking off from Aberdeen

 

[Foxy86]

What date do we think the funeral will be?

 

[Rosie glow]

I do find the cancellation of comedy and sporting events a bit extreme. That's not what the Queen would have wanted. She would have wanted people to continue on with life and having fun.

We are going to a live music show tomorrow as far as I'm aware is going ahead as you say life must carry on.

 

[Gold_7]

Where will she be buried?

 

[LennyBriscoe]

It's crazy how things are moving so quickly, title, names changes, social media, etc. The staff who have worked so closely with the RF must be working so hard and feeling the pain of losing her

And there's me, who has seen the Queen once in person, couldn't do a days work today. Clued to the TV all day.

If you don’t mind sharing, where did you see the Queen? I’d love to hear stories from folks who have seen her in person or met her

 

[Ally Pally]

Gordon Brown looks bloody awful and he seems to be swaying quite a bit too.
Boris Johnson looks as shifty as ever!

 

[Oldcat]

The National Anthem sounds odd

i think I’ll be singing Qu ………ing for a long time.

Oh yes that will be weird for you all

ETA not all I quess just the English

 

[Pickminy]

If the funeral is a Monday, would it be classed as a bank holiday? I work Mondays but would really like to watch it

 

[Ally Pally]

Because that’s how traditionally people show their respects. I don’t disagree with your reasoning, however can you imagine how it would be if no one took flowers or visited the places they are. This is just a public show of grief.

Someone made a suggestion of planting a tree which I thought was very fitting.

It looks like a very slow police chase on Police, camera, Action

Television or news paper no doubt

 

[SpindleWhorl]

Are all these people supposed to be singing? Why was that bald guy walking with a face of thunder?

 

[laughing]

President Biden says he is going to the funeral. Do you think it will be Westminster abbey

Of course. All heads of state will be invited

 

[LoopyLou47]

It'll be interesting what they do with the last episode of The Crown. I know they've said that it will end with the Queen Mother's death, which makes an amount of sense, but I was thinking just now that I wonder if they'll fade that into a "what happened next" text ending or something.

And, semi-related, I've been saying for a while that after The Crown is done they should go a bit further back in time. But Victoria has been done a lot. The Regency has been done a lot. The Tudors has been done excessively. So keep going further. A series which opens with the death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066. The first series ends with William The Bastard's coronation the following Christmas. Then you carry on and have ~1000 years of history before it becomes awkward again, and hopefully by the time you reach the Wars Of The Roses it's been a while since the last Tudor thing.

Also Last Kingdom is Alfred The Great through Ethelred etc, The White Queen is Edward vi and Richard iii. Maybe the rest are too boring? You could do between Victoria and Elizabeth II. That would be interesting as it would cover The Royals during WWI and II.

 

[velvetn0mates]

Ah so the coffin is going to be flown now?

 

[Ding]

Does anyone know who the congregation at the St Paul’s service is made up of ?

Mostly members of the public