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Livestream of the Queen Lying-in-State

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Confusedandanxiety · 17/09/2022 13:06

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

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TattiePants · 17/09/2022 17:05

Do you think in the coming weeks there'll be support groups set up for those of us suffering from mourn porn withdrawal?

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:05

aah its back!

OldTinHat · 17/09/2022 17:10

I'm absolutely hooked on it. I have to force myself to get out of bed in the morning because I can't stop watching it (and maybe because I've been watching it until the early hours...!).

UghAsIf · 17/09/2022 17:15

I'm another one obsessed with it, my children roll their eyes when i ask for the remote.
I've had it on as background noise.
I love watching all the different people and their different ways of acknowledging it all. I am confused by the people who just seem to walk through without seeming to so much as glance at the coffin - especially after the time they'd have queued.

LIZS · 17/09/2022 17:16

Do we have a time for the vigil by the grandchildren yet?

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:16

@UghAsIf
i think the camera missed the bow, that is what i tell myself, or they bowed before the camera saw them, or didnt feel it was necessary.

threepointonefourone · 17/09/2022 17:22

Another one here who finds it curiously soothing.

Horcruxe · 17/09/2022 17:29

Earlier on today.

I saw a group of 4 people wearing long cream robes with a symbol on their left shoulders.

Some people getting really upset.

Others just walking past.

Yesterday I saw someone in the dignitaries line laughing and joking as they walked past.

I just thought, I bet if they'd waited 14 hours to pay their respect they probably would have taken it more seriously.

Zosime · 17/09/2022 17:48

Do we have a time for the vigil by the grandchildren yet?

I think they may have just arrived. There was a lot of cheering as some cars came in.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:48

yes the camera focused away from the queen to all the cars

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:49

there seems to be someone wearing a flag and not much else

JaneJeffer · 17/09/2022 17:50

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:49

there seems to be someone wearing a flag and not much else

Geri Halliwell?

MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:52
Grin a man
MrsLargeEmbodied · 17/09/2022 17:54

i hope he has friends with more clothes waiting outside for him

CaptainBarbosa · 17/09/2022 17:58

Did anyone just see "the butler" white gloves and all! Wonder what his story is?

toomuchlaundry · 17/09/2022 17:58

Think the grandchildren are the next watch

LIZS · 17/09/2022 17:59

Who is on the viewing gallery now?

elizaregina · 17/09/2022 17:59

Think it's happening now

LIZS · 17/09/2022 18:01

All 8 at once

elizaregina · 17/09/2022 18:02

It's happening now.

William and Harry look magnificent

Jellykat · 17/09/2022 18:03

Aw, watching now!

eddiemairswife · 17/09/2022 18:03

I and my friend went to Queen Mary's Lying-in-State. It was in the Easter holidays. We couldn't go to the King's as it was in term time. We didn't have to queue for hours.

Horcruxe · 17/09/2022 18:04

Yes

oakleaffy · 17/09/2022 18:04

Such a beautiful Hammerbeam Roof in the Chapel.
Such skilled Workmanship from an era where it was basic hand tools.
Britain ( And Europe) has some magnificent Historical Architecture.
Wonder if the Craftsmen knew their work would still be standing Centuries hence?
I have a bit of charred. centuries old Oak from Windsor Castle Fire, a fragment from the restoration-
I treasure it .

Jellykat · 17/09/2022 18:04

Look at little Viscount Severn, hes so tiny! bless him..

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