Well who cried whilst watching the funeral?

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Was watching the funeral with DH and DC in our living room.

I’ve found the Queen’s death quite saddening and I have shed a few tears over the last 11 days, but every time I’m at a funeral the music / hymns always set me off.

Felt quite emotional. What a woman she was!

And you don’t need to tell me how silly I am, DH has told me plenty of times that I ‘shouldn’t be crying about someone I never knew’ 🙄

I totally get this, I had thought the same too, however I’m guessing they were used to other people looking after them feeding them /walking them etc especially with the Queen being so frail the last few weeks/months (?) and they will know Andrew. I’m not a fan of his for obvious reasons but I’m sure him and Fergie will make a fuss of them as they are a link to his mother

I cried when the Queen's coffin was leaving London. I'm not a royalist but think she was a remarkable woman who made her mark in a man's world! She reminds me of, and is a link to my grandparents who have sadly passed, and she has always been a reassuring constant in my life, when at times things seemed quite rubbish! The idea of her leaving London never to return was too much! And then when the car went past her pony and corgis!

Yes I know I realised that too, not that I sung it much in my life since I left school. I wasn’t a big royalist but the Queen’s passing had much more of an effect on me than I thought. I cried for a couple of days when I heard she had died and today has been very emotional too watching the funeral

I thought Charles had tears in his eyes as they sing God save the King at Windsor

I cried today when the hearse holding Her Majesty’s coffin drove by me in Hyde Park.

I cried the day I heard the words “Her Majesty The Queen has died” back on 8 September.

But I’ve really cried this evening when a montage of the Queen came up on the Royal Family’s instagram page to some emotive music.
I am not a royalist in general but I loved the Queen and I feel a profound sense of loss despite never having met her. Which in itself is making me feel very irrational to be this upset this evening.

I actually wasn’t expecting to see Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, at the funeral today.

He did

I missed the full funeral but have been in tears several times over the last ten days, mostly at other people's tributes of stoic grief and the commitment to show respect through every possible ceremony.

She's been there our whole lives. It feels like our anchor is gone.

People can call it hysteria, if that's their perception. All I see is love for a woman who sacrificed her life to be our faithful queen.

Yes I cried.

I cried when she was brought out of the Palace of Westminster, and again when the congregation sung the National Anthem…the piper made me bubble a bit more!

Queen Elizabeth was his godmother. He tweeted a picture of the ER cuff links he was wearing today.

I can't sleep, I've got the funeral marches going round and round in my head. The music was so moving.

I found the beautiful rendition of Love Divine emotional The last verse echoed something the Queen once said about one day casting her crown before The King of Kings ( mentioned in the book The Servant Queen) ‘Changed from Glory into Glory til in heaven we take our place, til we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder love and praise ‘. . The majesty of the music and words and thinking of her sincere faith made me well up.

Been blubbing all day from about 10:45am right through. It's been very emotional and beautiful music always sets me off. Need to get back to normal and get a grip now. RIP Elizabeth.

Yes. I cried a few times.

Kirsty Young at the end broke me

Oh I know I had stopped crying but she nearly set me off again

Does anyone else find it hard to believe that tomorrow it will be two weeks since the Queen met Liz Truss at Balmoral to appoint her as Prime Minister and then two weeks later she’s already buried?

Yes. I cried when they sang God save the King, I cried when they transferred her to the hearse and just played the music of the anthem - it was like the final ever God save the Queen, I cried when I saw the pony and the dogs waiting at Windsor and I cried when they showed the interviews with people in the crowd. And then I cried all over again watching the news. It's completely without logic really. It was a brilliant send off.

Oh yes the casting of crowns line 😭

I shed a few tears yes. Mixed emotions for the Queen, but also my own grandmother who died only yesterday. 😔She was a royalist and would have been watching the proceedings with me. RIP.

I've cried on and off all week. I didn't cry today until we saw Emma, her horse and the corgis. Also cried again at the fading bagpipes and the coffin being lowered.

Yes I did, the corgies and Emma the pony did it for me. Also got a family funeral tomorrow so I'm a mess already.....

I cried for the Corgis, too. But I have had Corgis for many years, including rescues. They are resilient little dogs, and their streak of independence (a herding trait) makes them pretty adaptable. They will be fine.

I was OK until the corgis.

I occasionally look after my nephew's dog and she keeps looking for him when he's away on school camp or wherever.

Those poor dogs won't understand that their human isn't coming back.

I think there's been a lot of 'God save the Queeiiinng' sung tbh

💐So sorry for your loss funeral must have been very hard for you