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To think it's actually insane to take your children to Buckingham Palace at 1am

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ConstantlyChanging · 10/04/2021 19:53

I wouldn't normally 'pick on' someone in the news for their actions but am I alone in thinking this is actual insanity? A man took his children to Buckingham Palace at 1am to pay their respects to the Duke (to 'avoid the crowds').

He also says they were 'quite cut up' about the Duke dying. I mean come on - he's 99 and you didn't know him?! Why the hell would you drag your kids out in the freezing cold street to stand in front of the palace at 1am?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-56699776

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YANBU: This is ridiculous

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TableFlowerss · 10/04/2021 23:16

@WeekendCEO

Go home, sign the online book of condolences and watch it on the news - that would be what HRH Prince Philip would want.

But how would he get any attention from that? 😬

Quite!!!
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Bringonspring · 10/04/2021 23:17

I actually feel very sad about it, I feel empathy for an individual who lost the love of her life and grateful for all that he did. I did not know him however.

I think there is nothing wrong in someone feeling sad and if going to Buckingham palace supports them then I support that.

I think taking your children at 1am is extreme however

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Coving · 10/04/2021 23:18

@Yetano

The time of day is irrelevant. If it's really worthwhile, the kids can sleep in late or have a lazy day. I don't think it's good to be too time limited.

Travelling many miles having been asked not to in order to place plastic wrapped
imported flowers that you have been expressly requested not to for a very old man you did not know and whose many relatives you have never met so you can somehow join in is plain ridiculous.

Especially at a place where he did not die, and where he had not lived in years. People are crazy.
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TableFlowerss · 10/04/2021 23:19

@Bringonspring

I actually feel very sad about it, I feel empathy for an individual who lost the love of her life and grateful for all that he did. I did not know him however.

I think there is nothing wrong in someone feeling sad and if going to Buckingham palace supports them then I support that.

I think taking your children at 1am is extreme however

In normal times then fair enough - but I’m the midst of a pandemic when we’ve been locked down for practically a year?

You think it’s ok to crowd at BP?? 🤦‍♀️
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TableFlowerss · 10/04/2021 23:21

@Yetano

The time of day is irrelevant. If it's really worthwhile, the kids can sleep in late or have a lazy day. I don't think it's good to be too time limited.

Travelling many miles having been asked not to in order to place plastic wrapped
imported flowers that you have been expressly requested not to for a very old man you did not know and whose many relatives you have never met so you can somehow join in is plain ridiculous.

Absolutely spot on!!!
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OwlBeThere · 10/04/2021 23:22

@MoiraNotRuby Maybe they have the class bear for the holidays

😂😂

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EastWestWhosBest · 10/04/2021 23:24

I’m in two minds.
Yes it’s very late but they don’t have to get up for school the next day, they can sleep it off.
It is, like so much else right now, history. They will be able to say they went rather than sat at home watching it on the tv.

That said I heard one parent who called her child into see the breaking news on the tv say, ‘come and see this it’s history being made’. To which the child replied, ‘I’ve had enough of history this year’.

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Cherrysoup · 10/04/2021 23:26

Absolutely batshit. All these posts re how amazing he was (or otherwise). He was a public figure, not someone we all knew personally. Just stop it.

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Bringonspring · 10/04/2021 23:26

@TableFlowerss I would say people should lay flowers and move on, just as they did recently for Sarah Everard. If people take comfort from this and go it sensible then I see nothing wrong with it.

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Bringonspring · 10/04/2021 23:27

@Cherrysoup are individuals not able to acknowledge that people did ‘amazing’ things unless they know the individual?

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WeekendCEO · 10/04/2021 23:28

Maybe they have the class bear for the holidays

🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant. 👏

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Quaagars · 10/04/2021 23:29

I suppose that depends on your kids and whether they're awake or not!
All are different.
(How old is the kid in OP just out of curiousity?)

Mine would both be utter arseholes well before 1am if kept up lol

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gallbladderpain · 10/04/2021 23:30

I think back to the first lockdown and many many people on social media were getting their kids up in the middle of the night to go and watch sunrise on the beach but they weren't criticised because they were #makingmemories and people were all on for that it seems. Every family is different and I don't see the difference in getting up in the middle of the night to go to a beach and taking the children to the Palace at 1am if they were interested.

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Undertheoldlindentree · 10/04/2021 23:32

I saw that. Manchester to London. Was surprised as thought still had to stay relatively local and only longer journeys if essential.

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Quaagars · 10/04/2021 23:33

@Yetano

The time of day is irrelevant. If it's really worthwhile, the kids can sleep in late or have a lazy day. I don't think it's good to be too time limited

I'm sorry but this made me laugh - that surely depends on the child?!
I have two -my eldest would have been in absolute utter meltdown if was put to bed any later than 7pm all the way up to approx 11 years old.
Youngest on the other hand, could stay up til any hour at any age and be fine.

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TableFlowerss · 10/04/2021 23:34

[quote Bringonspring]@TableFlowerss I would say people should lay flowers and move on, just as they did recently for Sarah Everard. If people take comfort from this and go it sensible then I see nothing wrong with it.[/quote]
In normal circumstances absolutely, but they’ve specifically been asked not to because of covid.

People haven’t seen family members for months so to see hoards of people there is pretty shitty really. People haven’t seen their own family because of travel restrictions and because ‘wants’ aren’t ‘needs’ - ie people need to go to work, people need to meet their friends. Taking your children at 1am is just bonkers.

It’s sad and I’m very sorry for the Queen. I felt teary yesterday upon hearing it and I’m sure I’ll be the same when I watch his funeral. He seemed a lovely man and it’s sad. Having said that, I don’t feel the need to crowd at BP.....

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TableFlowerss · 10/04/2021 23:35

want to meet their friends I mean

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Bringonspring · 10/04/2021 23:36

@TableFlowerss no I agree with you in not crowding there

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TheFairyCaravan · 10/04/2021 23:36

It’s absolutely ridiculous. My kids would have thought I’d lost my mind had I have suggested it when they were that age.

I don’t understand why anyone feels the need to go to Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle or Sandringham (where they reported someone kissed the gate, today Hmm). We didn’t know him. He doesn’t know and the Queen has asked people to stay at home anyway.

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kindlyensure · 10/04/2021 23:37

It's bonkers to go at 1am, but they could have been local and so not a big deal to pop along for an "I was there" moment, avoiding crowds. Lots of mere mortals live within walking distance of the palace. (Me, for e.g. But I was in bed at 1am).

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Cissyandflora · 10/04/2021 23:37

It’s the sort of adventure I’d do with my kids. Not because we are mourning but just because it’s good fun to go out together and have exciting adventures. I’m too tired or I’d do it myself.

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WeekendCEO · 10/04/2021 23:41

It’s the sort of adventure I’d do with my kids. Not because we are mourning but just because it’s good fun to go out together and have exciting adventures. I’m too tired or I’d do it myself.

How on earth is that an adventure? Fun? 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Kona84 · 10/04/2021 23:48

Maybe the kids had been naughty and that was their punishment

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StealthPolarBear · 10/04/2021 23:49

Class bear definitely. I bet the mum had t do the writing un the diary though

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cerealgamechanger · 11/04/2021 00:34

@MoiraNotRuby

I think they just wanted a trip out, I suppose it is Easter holidays so kind of harmless. Maybe they missed out on Captain Tom activities and wanted to be the keenest ones this time... Maybe they have the class bear for the holidays...



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