To spend my morning watching the funeral of Maggie Thatcher (on BBC) ?

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

She was our first woman prime-minister - a significant personal achievement, especially for the daughter of a grocer from Grantham, born in 1925

Also I agree with those that say these ceremonial occasions are something we do really well in Britain.

So AIBU to be watching this morning - in spite of disagreeing with many of her policies ? Will you be watching ?
And what do you make of both her personal achievement and her legacy ?

They're flowers. But still, distracting for the horses.

Sure I just spotted Paul Daniels

Oh, did the BBC cut the footage at the point there was trouble then?

Flowers now, maybe other things before.

There is a real sense that this pomp and ceremony is all we have left. Cringe at the OTT expense and reverence while the average person who probably polished that car and swept the cathedral floor are getting shafted

I imagine a lot of would be protesters are still in bed

London is amazing - fab architecture.

Ffs some idiot was throwing things at the horses :(

Is it wrong that the main focus of my interest is the very dashing Royal Marine with the moustache in the bearer party?

Anyone else wish the BBC would give a fair representation of what's going on. They keep showing people clapping, but they don't show any of the protesters.

I know it's a funeral, etc, etc... but surely by covering a live event the BBC should show both the clapping and the booing?

I'll be a mess too. I really do love our Queen. She will be a great loss to our country.

I don't think it'll be long before we're watching BBC again for Prince Philips funeral. I must say, himself and the Queen are looking very well.

Can anyone read the note on the flowers? My telly isn't big enough!

The people throwing shit at horses won't be laughing if one loses control. Completely stupid - I understand people not liking Maggie to a point from the very little I know...but doing silly stuff like that in protest (and I realise I'm assuming that it's in protest) serves no purpose what so ever...except putting peoples' health and safety in danger....

Eldritch

Eldritch - not wrong at all.

Agree with you MrsRobertDuvall

Sadly I suspect if there IS trouble it will come later when they have woken up!

So posters are at things being thrown at the horses and it turns out to be flowers from the mourners?

Why give them publicity culture?

Jenny It says 'Dearest Mother ... Always in our hearts'

No, I'don't culture. It is the funeral of an 87 year old lady. In my mind the time for protest was when she was in office, the time for celebration was the day she left if you didn't like her.

Jenny its from Mark and says something like beloved mother, always in our hearts

I don't think it's about giving them publicity - just fair and accurate journalism.

Dimbleby did mention booing as it happened and'disturbance with something being thrown at horses - Most of us don't want protesters to have space today. It is her funeral.