Queens cortège 6 hour journey

[Dodie66]

I’m just wondering how they do a 6 hour journey. Do they have stops for loo breaks? Do they change drivers.?

PA probably does have a pelvic floor made of steel from all the horse riding.

Sorry forgot it was outskirts since will take longer

There’s always one numpty.

@PinkyFlamingo

That schedule looks retro!
Nostalgic!
It made me think of the 39.steps and red phone boxes.

But not sadly without someone making it about something else and stirring the pot so well done to you!

@Elderflower14 thanks for that! I vaguely remember it happening at the time but had completely forgotten. She's aces isn't she? 😂

He was a right bastard in Tudor times. Managed to get two of his nieces beheaded.

I assume today's version is (a) much nicer, and (b) not being played by David Morrissey more's the pity

I said to DC that I bet Ann might be bored on the long slow journey and they said "she'll have her phone on her won't she?"
Just imagining Ann sat in the back catching up on TikTok and Facebook

Another Aberdeenshire local here. The cortège went by our house this morning - it was incredibly moving. I think the whole village were out to see her pass.

The locals here feel very protective of the royals. People are acutely aware that they come here to holiday, as people and a family rather than as the royals. They're very tangible - most people know of someone who works for them, almost everyone has seen them out and about/has a story to tell etc. So in a way people are glad her final weeks were spent here, somewhere she loved, and the area is now able to say goodbye to her. I've felt so proud of how the local area has come together to pay our final respects. I imagine Windsor is/will be the same.

They’ve stopped now, laws about taking breaks when driving at work apply to them I guess.

Wonder where they are, can you imagine that lot pulling into a service station for a wee and a Costa coffee

Martin Guisler is advising of the towns on BBC Scotland.

I assume it's the actual castle, rather than Brechin Castle Centre! (A garden centre)

I like the image of them all queuing with a tray for their Sunday roast in the cafe though 😂. Then queuing for the three toilets. And getting charged the entry fee to look at the pond.

They have stopped at Brechin Castle for a pee and cup of tea.

They've just shown this on the ITV news - this made me cry. Such a beautiful gesture and so fitting for the countryside. Loved the horses lined up alongside also. Beautiful.

Cross posted 🤣

The current Duke of Norfolk is 65 year old Edward Fitzalan-Howard. He’s been in the role for 20 years so hopefully well-briefed! His eldest son (who I’m guessing will handle the same role for William) is a 32 year old ex-racing driver. Interestingly he has 2 daughters (aged 4 and 2) so I suspect the title will pass on to a male cousin, unless he has a son.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she did plan it this way, in fact she probably did TBH. She planned all the rest of her death didn’t she? Maybe apart from the date. Hanging out in Scotland a lot, she loved Scotland so makes sense she wanted Scotland to be a big part of her send off.

I think she planned it that way. It's interesting how they had a very detailed plan in place for if she died in Scotland, but apparently not for if she died in Wales or NI. I know it was far more likely in one of her major homes, but it could have happened anywhere.

Thats interesting. Why can’t the title (Duchess) be passed down to the girls, if it’s hereditary? Anne was in direct line to the throne, albeit last, behind even her younger brothers. Is it different with the title of Dyke?

Duke!! What a typo!

Being bored on the journey, remember it is their mother in the coffin in the hearse in front.
These journeys are not boring.

@CaptainMerica

Oh, I didn't mean centre! No idea why I added that!

I hear a boo after God Save the King was sung.

Snorting at dyke.

They are driving to Edinburgh, at this stage. It is 175 miles, but it takes a long time because you do not generally drive a hearse at 70 mph. The early roads are small roads, and they are slowing down at each village or town, with people lining the roads.

@Aberdeenshire that's a lovely story, from 'on the ground', thank you.

Congratulations. And it is flippant and disrespectful. Do you normally do that at funerals and the aftermath of someone’s death? It’s true what they say - money can’t buy manners, discretion or tact.

I'm sorry you seem to have misinterpreted my tone. My response was to the PP who said that we're all the same in death and I was attempting to reflect on the poignant fact that even those who have access to phenomenal wealth in their life will leave it all behind, just as those of us with very ordinary financial circumstances.

Of course I would not say that to grieving relatives at a funeral, although the point would be largely meaningless if we were talking about Mrs Jones at number 48 who had died and left a three-bed semi in Basildon and £10K. Likewise, I wouldn't ask her family about where they stopped for a wee on the way there, if they came from a distance away.

Like it or not, the Queen was a very public figure - that's pretty much the whole idea of monarchy. As well as the personal aspects of it, her life was representative of that of the nation too. Have you noticed how Mrs Jones' death (and indeed mine, when it happens) wouldn't get a 20-second mention on the local news, whereas the death of the Queen dominates the main TV channels for two weeks or so?

Did you also find it disrespectful that everybody instantly started talking about Charles taking over his mother's job, home and privileges almost the instant that she died - even updating the Queen's own song to remove references to her in favour of him? Was that not in very poor taste too?