Livestream of the Queen Lying-in-State

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I've been finding this mesmerising so thought I'd create a dedicated thread.
Saw Justin Trudeau and his wife pass through earlier.

Queen Magrethe and Crown Prince Henrik of Denmark

Aagh. DH is here so I had to change the channel. I love Crown Princess Mary.

I'm surprised not to see more actors, singers etc, they cant all go to the funeral, why arent they paying their respects?

Prince Henrik sadly passed in 2018, so not him. (I met him once. He had a crushing handshake and I got a bruise). I am not watching. Is it CP Frederik?

Is that somewhat petite Beefeater at the back female?

Whoops, that's Dronning Margrethe and Kronprins Frederick, not Henrick.

Darn I missed it. I love the Danish Royals.

That baby's cry is very echoey in the hall!!

sometimes the mute it when a baby cries

It’s amazing how many people are watching it live. At midnight (trying to get puppy to settle), there were 10500+ people viewing it!

That has surprised me too.

Wonder who the dickie bow brigade was!

That’s so kind! If you manage to, he was in a black suit, black beret with a red badge over the left eye and lots of military medals. I will watch it too if I can but would be good to have another eye out for him!

Why are people doing the cross on the chest thing? The Queen was not Catholic! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

The Fail does have some uses...

I did, I’m catholic and it’s an automatic reaction when in presence of a coffin tbh. I don’t think she’d be offended, she wanted her funeral to represent all faiths.

aaah lovely. Thank you. @MaggieFS

It’s called ‘the sign of the cross’ btw.

I agree. Some people do namaste and I don't imagine the Queen did yoga...

That was a lovely moment between mother and son.

Yes its according to their faith or none how people pay their respects.

Will do.

From 2am onwards? Hopefully The Queue (or a component of The Queue) have taken care of him so far.

The older Beefeater is looking very tired. I hope he is okay. It must be such a marathon for them all.

People are marking it according to their beliefs I think, I’ve seen a number of Asian people wai, or people in military uniform salute.

I’m enjoying all the different marks of respect people are showing, it’s really interesting.

Yeah he got the 2-3am slot on Saturday morning I think. I really hope someone looked after him and made sure he was fed and warm. I told him he could go in the Tate overnight - I think that was right. I left him sitting outside where they were hanging out wristbands, the stewards were great so hopefully they clocked him.