The Queens funeral 2

[KenAdams]

For when the first one fills up

What do you mean? My family is there - not me. It is packed.

That view under the arch is beautiful

Oh that IS a squeeze!!

I'm so glad its not raining!

Me too. I wonder if he's going all the way to Marble Arch? Bit of a trek

Beautiful procession

The weather has been amazing throughout.

Utterly beautiful service. It was the minutr's silence shown in so many places that made me cry.

The heels some of the women walking - I'm in awe. I was in London yesterday, 15.000 steps in my Sketchers and blisters everywhere.

They’ll have selected out anyone too erm, wide from the gun carriage party as well…

What are you going on about? There are thousands of people there! The route is long and there will be cut off points in terms of the numbers and depth of people for security reasons.

Yes, that was a lovely moment.

I thought I saw lots of people not signing God Save the King!

The Mounties are on the last 4 of the horses alive which were gifted to the Queen and they live here.

Generally they don’t, it’s usually a complete list of who is in each car.

Isn’t it incredible?

The processional music has been fantastic. The repetitive beating of the drums really gives me goosebumps.

All the law ceremonies are the reason we still have a monarch. Like I said before I don’t know how people back in the days with no forms of media. The royals were extremely private, yet people were so happy to go along with it.

I wonder if they take this into account when chosing the day for the funeral

They must have security forces and snipers on every building.

Will the king have two birthdays too? Like his mum did?

Random question, why are the sailors holding hands?

The staff lined up outside Buckingham palace is such a lovely touch

I would say that the horses are very very very unlikely to do a Number One; up to a point they can be trained not to, and most won't whilst being ridden. More chance of some Number Twos though, although might be minimised with training/diet management.

Someone asked on the other thread if the RCMP hoses had been brought over specially. The answer is no, they have been gifts over the years from Canada, Their names are Elizabeth (for the Queen Mother), George, Sir John, and Darby, They have all had important jobs otherwise. So so beautiful - and doing the slow walk very well.

(Burmese was of course, the first horse given to the Queen by the RCMP.)

I was wondering this too