Needing the Loo at the coronation.

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Some of the guests have been there since 7am.
Are they allowed to go out for the loo.
What about the musicians/guards etc.
I'd of had to turn down the invite if I'd received one.

As someone cursed with both a small and nervous bladder (I pee more when nervous!) I am always fascinated as to how no-one in these ceremonies ever seems to just need a wee. They must all have iron clad bladders. It's something I give way too much thought to I must admit.

As for members of the public... I just couldn't be somewhere without regular access to a loo (I don't mean an accessible loo for a one off wee either. I mean a decent loo for regular use if I was going to be somewhere for many hours!)

There are public toilets but only 3 of them! And not sure they would be available for today really, but now got me wondering what they will do now!

I would definitely have shit myself if I had been there!

A colleague went to the queen's funeral. He had to be seated by 8am (I think the funeral was at noon) and said there were toilets inside the abbey. He mentioned portaloos. Can't remember if these were inside or out. I imagine the coronation will be similar.

You get used to it if you're on parade, it's tricky though because standing still for long periods often with heavy uniform is not only uncomfortable but also tiring! Generally you try not to drink too much beforehand and are definitely mindful of what you eat in the 24 hours or so before- but you need the energy so it's a balance.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-happens-if-you-need-a-wee-at-the-coronation_uk_645621f1e4b0e58960e48e5d?d_id=5791939&ncid_tag=fcbklnkukhpmg00000003&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=uk_life&fbclid=IwAR0aV2rF7rmzWIgqD5JDYLVuGoylBJRhcdyqf3gasW_inp7FqFj5EXxD-qs

toilets are closed for hours!!

I think they'll be used to having to wait and not being able to just dash off whenever.
Many jobs are the same - no quick, easy access to a toilet.

I guess you’d have to decide whether you were prepared to plan ahead (such as drinking less prior to the service). Or if you have a medical need then you might decide to decline an invitation.

many of us have jobs where there isn’t safe, immediate access to toilets so we are used to having to wait/plan ahead. Nurses, police, military, surgeons - for example. I visit clients’ houses and have only once in 25 years asked to use the loo - this was a visit that went on unexpectedly for many hours.

If necessary I can wait 5-6 hours, thankfully most days I don’t have to wait that long. That is not me being smug (I think this word was used on a different thread) - thankfully my health allows me to wait if needed. If I needed to use a toilet every hour or so then I’d be in a different job (and I’d probably do everything in my power to reduce the frequency as it’s quite disruptive to every day life to be in the loo 16 times a day)

I imagine, if anybody had been really desperate but with nowhere to go, they could have gone and had a frantic boogie with the gospel choir to try to take their minds off it

I assumed there is probably a loo off the chapel when they go off to switch their robes over etc? They disappear into a back bit which didn't have any cameras etc.

I knew there were toilets in the abbey and most of the congregation wouldn't have been fussed about people going.

What worries me is how the crowds manage, the ones who had been there since yesterday evening.

I would expect most adults to be able to hold it for more than a few hours.

I would catheterise myself.

Thought I’d be the only person wondering this! I always wonder because of my own pea-sized bladder and I too had visions of everyone wearing adult pull-ups.

I would be stuck at an event like this. I'm fine in the normal way of things but if there is no loo available you can guarantee I will need to go. Ds2 on the other hand has a bladder of steel from avoiding using the school toilets for years. So I reckon most of the royals who don't have a medical condition like IBS or something will have trained themselves not to need to go.

Charles did look fairly constipated - maybe he let one rip behind the anointing curtains.

I thought that too, especially for the poor souls who were there from 8 or so.

I would have really struggled, as someone who has a wee roughly hourly.

Those of you who need the loo every hour or more frequently…
Does this not impact massively on your life?
it must be totally inconvenient at work, when travelling, on holiday. Even sitting at home watching a film you would be getting up at least once?
do you get stressed if you are not at home having to constantly think and plan as to where the toilet is?

There must have been a collective thinking of what happens if you need the loo😄 I thought that about the general public as well crowded outside the palace. I can’t be in any crowd type situation now as I get upset stomachs very easily and it would be a nightmare. I have to know where the loos are at all times! It doesn’t help that I hate using public loos.

I always need to know where the loo is as any kind of eating out can easily result in an upset stomach (not through anxiety I just seem to react to food out).

I was thinking exactly the same and do they all run off to the loo at the same time with a huge queue after the ceremony with 4 ladies open

I usually need the loo after an hour or 2 or know I can access one

As all that music at the end dragged on and on I could read the minds of everyone sitting there to hurry up because they REALLY needed a) a pee b) a drink and c) some lunch! I do feel for the main congregation - a lot of them were there from about 9am and some were quite elderly. I felt glad for Princess Eugenie that she was one of the last ones seated. No wonder Joe Biden gave it a pass and sent his young granddaughter instead!

We wondered if they sneaked a bottle in behind them for him to have a quick wee.