The Queens funeral 2

[KenAdams]

For when the first one fills up

@BeyondApproach one of the equerries i think

We used to run our fitness test 1.5miles on the long walk @BruceAndNosh ! Horrible.

Did anyone find out who the ladies with the canes (in front of the Gurkhas) are please?

Yes Tall Paul in 007 Olympics (fab) ceremony was bauld. This very tall young man with dark hair and glasses clearly isn't him.

Ah apparently Matthew Magee a private secretary twitter.com/bexsiobhane/status/1571866263227609088?s=46&t=uatCawqe1pFWQFYrcLfbWQ

Have some decorum and put your bloody phones down- you won't even get a decent photo.
Just appreciate the moment.

I mean an A road, Albert Road

When HMQ gets to St Georges, will there be a service just for her family?

Exactly what I just said to DH!

Velcro...

Yes, my heart was in my mouth whilst it was being controlled.

Where would the rider take it if it needed to leave the procession? They are all so tightly packed in!

The Royal Slenderman. 😂

The only thing I can see which may be them is the procession information says representatives of the commonwealth will be in the main procession. 🤷‍♀️

They said at the start that they were all former Equerries to the Queen.

DH, ex-RAF, knows the guy who had been selected to be her new Equerry but he never got to actually start the job 😔

Think we’re going to need another thread @KenAdams !

@BeyondApproach he's known as TA. Was the queens equerry. Lt Col Twumasi-Ankrah from the blues and royals.

I’ve kept it together quite well.

it’ll be when her crown is removed that I’ll go 😭

The UK have done her proud ❤️

The Queen's former equerries are the ones immediately beside the hearse inside the lines of guardsmen

I far prefer this music. I love the pipes.

I'm interested why every now and again the marchers march on the spot. Is it to stretch out the column?

When they next do a close up of the Coffin you can see the orb sitting in a golden 'claw' attached to the Coffin. The prongs of the claw line up with the lines on the orb though so it's tricky to see.

Every now and then it looks as if they're marching on the spot. Maybe it's to regulate speed so they don't smack into the ones in front.

Also, I hardly think Prince George was wearing blue because "he's still growing!" It's not like they can't afford to buy him another one. William's uniform was air force blue, so maybe it was to match that?

Where's Jamie?

Yes, after the public one.

Apparently the people walking in front are senior members of the royal household. Can't do any better than that, sorry.