The Queens funeral 3

[KenAdams]

Again, thread 2 has filled up fast.

The lowering of the coffin makes me think if the curtain closing around the coffin at crematoriums. Very final.

Incredible.

We saw her go!!

I really don’t like the pipes but they were her choice and this day is all about her.

goosebumps and tears. not even British

Oh no, 😭how they are holding it together in there I don't know, I'm in bits.

(I assume just further away but I have wondered!)

Very moving.

We won't see her like again.

There'll never be another like this in our lifetimes.

We'll let you off, just this once 😁

Aww I’m going to miss her and her cheery smile 😢

Beautifully done. All of it.

We said the same...

She's gone

sorry ... I have been brought up saying debts and debtors so I didnt think about the word trespasses

Oh my. The bagpipes fading away 😢

Same here. I've cried so many times 😭

So they don’t just do guard duty and ceremonial stuff all the time? I assume they are in more typical military gear when they’re serving elsewhere?

Its strange how I am going to miss someone I never met.

how on earth do they stop crying and dripping noses and stuff, I keep marvelling at that. Even the tiniest welling up in my eyes makes my nose run for hours

Musically I think violins, piano, harps, double bass etc...

Gosh, that was something. I thought the herald did well, just about kept his voice steady.

So is that it then? I assumed the family would get private time (where they could freely cry and hug each other is they wanted) and they would be the last to see her before cremation or burial or whatever???

Found that a bit jarring, the repetition of what had been said about Elizabeth, for Charles - but that's monarchy continuing I guess

The bag piper was really poignant

But what if it didn't snap...?