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“Eight days of national mourning”

217 replies

Susie477 · 10/04/2021 17:14

Have been announced by the government, leading up to DofE’s funeral next Saturday.

WTF is that supposed to mean? Do we all have to wear black? Are jokes banned and comedians interned? Are radio stations not allowed to play ‘shiny happy people’?

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 10/04/2021 18:37

Everyone knew it would mean national mourning for months as we've watched him get iller

Who is everyone? Is this assumed knowledge?

Geamhradh · 10/04/2021 18:40

@mooonstone

oh great, my birthday was supposed to be lockdown free but now it falls in the national mourning period
Don't think the monarch needs to sign your permission to have a cider and a KFC love.
Moonstone1234 · 10/04/2021 18:42

I am sorry he has passed but 8 days is too much. Isn’t there going to be an announcement regarding international travel on Monday? Is that all postponed now?

ColourfulElmerElephant · 10/04/2021 18:46

I haven’t read the article (behind a paywall) but is it definitely the country going into eight days of mourning rather than the Queen?

Tehmina23 · 10/04/2021 18:46

Today I was working at the hospital as usual... I saw the Union Jack half mast for Prince Philip then I looked round & saw the dozens & dozens of ribbons that staff had tied on fencing in memory of some of the Covid patients who have died at the hospital including staff members we have lost....
and I thought, it's a shame Philip didn't make 100 but he was very old; he died at home not in hospital (unlike my favourite Uncle who died alone on a ward because my Auntie wasn't allowed in last year).

I feel that in 'normal' times this amount of mourning for the elderly spouse of the Queen may be appropriate but I'm not sure that it is at present correct to focus quite so much on losing one very elderly man when so many 100s of thousands in the UK are dead from Covid.., including countless Frontline workers who didn't even get appropriate PPE thanks to this inept govt (actually, I won't start on that)..,

I just feel that in such circumstances the public mourning of this one gentleman could perhaps be toned down.

Goawayquickly · 10/04/2021 18:48

@ColourfulElmerElephant

I haven’t read the article (behind a paywall) but is it definitely the country going into eight days of mourning rather than the Queen?
Yes but it won’t affect you in anyway.
MysteriousMonkey · 10/04/2021 18:52

I did not know Philip and am definitely a republican, but it's sad for his wife, family and friends. Having read a little bit about him he seemed pretty decent so I do feel sympathy. That said, they should be allowed to mourn him privately and everyone else should carry on getting on with things.

ineedaholidaynow · 10/04/2021 18:53

I assume apart from flags at half mast national mourning is really not going to impact many people. It will be mainly the Queen and the rest of the family.

Boris won’t be doing any visits, so not sure how many people will be devastated by that. No councillors knocking on your door re May elections.

Waveafterwaveslowlydrifting · 10/04/2021 18:54

Fuck that. I'm off on holiday tomorrow ( UK only but still can't bloody wait). I'm sad that he's passed away but life goes on.

ineedaholidaynow · 10/04/2021 18:55

Exactly @Waveafterwaveslowlydrifting national mourning really won’t impact many people

Tallybo · 10/04/2021 18:56

@colouringindoors

While I do feel very sorry for the Queen, having been with him for so long, and his children, the degree of impact of 8 days mourning in 2021, let alone during a pandemic, seems inappropriate and disproportionate.
It won't really affect anyone though, as in, individuals don't have to do anything at all Confused. No one in the government is stopping work.
ErinMcCafferty · 10/04/2021 18:57

@mooonstone

oh great, my birthday was supposed to be lockdown free but now it falls in the national mourning period

Twenty years I've been on MN. Since Cod. And that is the thickest thing I've ever read. I genuinely don't understand how people manage day to day life.

ineedaholidaynow · 10/04/2021 18:57

What do people think national mourning actually involves?

AliceMcK · 10/04/2021 18:57

Not a royalist at all, in fact the royal family are not particularly liked in my family. I also feel he was a bit arrogant, not that I knew him personally of course. BUT he was the Queens husband, she is the head of state and if this is what she wants then her wishes should be honoured. He already choose not to have a state funeral or lie in state which means he won’t be getting the send off other people in his position have been given. So if this is the plan it should be honoured and respected.

megletthesecond · 10/04/2021 19:00

Does this mean radio 1 is going to be Coldplay and London Grammar all week? Please no.
The radio is my only company. My dc's won't interact with me.

AlwaysLatte · 10/04/2021 19:03

I think they're just referring to the period of time taken by the family before the funeral, assuming you're not family or a close friend you can carry on as normal.

peak2021 · 10/04/2021 19:04

Eight days where flags are at half mast, that's all. Black being worn by newsreaders perhaps.

The House of Commons will still be sitting, clothes and card shops and hairdressers will open on Monday, people will go to work, more trains run than last week. Hardly a great ceasing as occurred say in Thailand when the monarch died.

Though a week with Coldplay (or even a day) I can understand is not something to cherish.

TenaciousOnePointOne · 10/04/2021 19:05

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

Everyone knew it would mean national mourning for months as we've watched him get iller

Who is everyone? Is this assumed knowledge?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
SleepingStandingUp · 10/04/2021 19:07

@mooonstone

oh great, my birthday was supposed to be lockdown free but now it falls in the national mourning period

The good news, as they're cancelling all birthdays that week, is you'll stay your age another year.

Quirrelsotherface · 10/04/2021 19:08

Don't think the monarch needs to sign your permission to have a cider and a KFC love

Grin
Lockheart · 10/04/2021 19:11

Periods of national mourning never affect the majority of people. I and everyone I know will be going about business as usual. There will be silences, flags flown half-mast, social media pages trimmed in black, but for most people there will be no discernible difference. There's nothing to get wound up about.

user1495884673 · 10/04/2021 19:13

No new laws, no press conferences. In normal times, yes we could put these things on hold for a few days. Not when we are actively trying to restart the country and the economy in a pandemic.

Theunamedcat · 10/04/2021 19:14

It literally doesn't effect anyone flags fly half mast some people wear black armbands and the queen gets to mourn the death of her husband of almost 70 years rest assured her nose will be back to the grindstone in 8 days

user1495884673 · 10/04/2021 19:15

This is a time when the country needs leadership. I appreciate that the Queen is in mourning and she is not much more than a figurehead but the government should be continuing with business as usual.

Ridgere · 10/04/2021 19:17

Twenty years I've been on MN. Since Cod. And that is the thickest thing I've ever read. I genuinely don't understand how people manage day to day life

😂😂😂

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