The Queens funeral 2

[KenAdams]

For when the first one fills up

Talking of the tourism impact - DH and I watching on the couch in Melbourne, discussing whether to go to the UK for the coronation next year.

The music is beautiful

A few grimaces in the front row of the Navy. Must be burning a bit now

Sorry, messed quoting up on that, trying to watch and post.

That’s a fair point

I wonder if George is in Navy to mirror Williams navy RAF uniform he’s in today

I thought this the other day about Meghan watching Harry walk behind the coffin.
I know she has been around for the Jubilee etc, but the sense of duty Harry has had to have shown this past week must me so surreal to her, as it is to most of us.

She walked in the Queen Mother’s funeral.

To help manuouver the gun carriage on uneven ground

@RAFOfficer oh thanks for explaining. I rewound it to see if I missed him salute and I was wondering why not

I don’t understand why Harry isn’t allowed to wear his uniform and salute when the others do. Surely his position with RF is separate to his having a military record.

Is is HM The Queen's personal page known as Tall Pall? He was with her for years.

I wondered where they came from. My Father was based there and we lived very close

I think that's likely, Charlotte mirrored Catherine

Ooh, that’s not navy, it’s Prussian blue! 😉

He's not serving, and has given up his Royal therefore honorary military posts.

It doesn’t LOOK like there are many there because SO MUCH of the route has been closed to spectators. See previous posts.

Apologies if mentioned up thread but does anyone know why there’s sand on certain parts of the route?

Flies usually, or if they've got foam on their mouth some do it as they don't like the feeling
Mine would do it when she wanted to trot and I was stopping her but they look quite chilled so imagine it's probably flies/midges

@JustLyra

Cheers for that! Such a shame both Duke of Kent & Prince Michael of Kent weren't able to do it.
I wonder how they would've arranged the rows if they had been there? The 3 cousins then Tim Lawrence & Earl of Snowdon behind? Or all 5 in a row?

What is this about a spider 🕷

Apologies if mentioned up thread but does anyone know why there’s sand on certain parts of the route?

It's not been mentioned once and nobody knew why.

Once you stop serving unless you leave at a certain rank your not entitled to wear uniform anymore. Other countries have different rules for veterans but the U.K. has always been like this. It’s not a personal slight against him he just isn’t entitled as he’s no longer serving and doesn’t hold any special ranks anymore

Always assumed it was to prevent the horses from slipping on the cobblestones.

Is is HM The Queen's personal page known as Tall Pall? He was with her for years.

He featured in the James Bond sketch. I spotted him in the march to Westminster Hall the other day.