The Queens funeral 2

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For when the first one fills up

😂 Took me ages to spot it ...........:-)

Oh yes, This. Very much this. It is quite beautiful.

Tht explains why Beatrice and Eugenie left their rows before their husbands and others.

I wonder if Zara is with them as she was with the two princesses at the abbey door

Re the March played as the procession left the Abbey:

The ‘Beethoven Funeral March’ was formerly attributed to the German Romantic composer, as WoO Anhang 13. But now, it is believed to be by Johann Heinrich Walch, a German conductor, chamber musician and choral master for the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

It’s in B flat minor - obviously a funeral March would be in a minor key.

The people with their phones out absolutely baffle me. Like a) you can capture the entire thing on a camera anyway, when so much of this is about the atmosphere, and b) anybody wants to see their shitty phone footage when they could just watch it on TV, filmed by actual professionals who are at the best angles and using the best equipment.

Driving this slowly in a procession must take some skill.

Presumably when they list who is in each car, they also mean husbands and children as appropriate? (Ie Louise and James with Sophie and Meghan, and Beatrice and Eugenies husbands in with them?)

I like this March, this sounds like the Beethoven again maybe

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Did anyone else notice Beatrice and Eugenie left before the coffin was carried out? Seemed a bit odd, they were the only ones. Maybe they didn't want to see her carried away? Their husbands stayed

I wish people would put their bloody phones away. It's a funeral not a Harry Styles concert. There will be plenty of videos and pictures online for years to come.

@LetMeSpeak the Crown Jewels go back to the Tower from Windsor to await the Coronation.

"Wonder who's making the ham sandwiches?

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’144 white baps, Meghan, you slice, I’ll butter.’

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Mounties look fab. I also like that most of the "wheelers" - the ones closest to the coffin just in front of it- are female. In horse drawn carriage teams the leaders are the flashy ones and the wheelers are the strongest ones I think.

I thought they might have had a riderless horse from the Household Cavalry in the procession behind the coffin but I can't see one.

They were donated to the Queen by Canada and live here apparently

Yes, the procession is really fascinating and impressive.

I totally agree. Bloody idiots. Why film it? They can rewatch it on the tv afterwards surely . So little respect.

But Zara not in a car?

The numbers allowed to stand along the route were heavily restricted. If it looks sparse in some places it's because of those restrictions. I was in London on Wednesday and the restrictions were already in place.

Duke of Gloucester is 78, all credit to him walking behind.

I can't quote but did grin at the broken arm Swan joke.

Love the marching through the arch

I think so- I have not seen those horses before
Prior to the jubilee the horses were coming down our road for several days as they were all being exercised. They were being kept in Hyde Park I think and being taken up to Horseguards to practice. Older people in military uniform were riding them- assume helping with the exercise.

Thats a squeeze

I'm no royalist but this is pretty amazing. Very beautifully done.

The footsteps sound amazing through the arch.

Yes

Yes it made my hair stand on end for some reason.