Schools closed for the Queen’s funeral

[Notme1980]

First off, Queen Elizabeth II was an amazing ruler and an inspiration, we are a forces family and my husband has served her for 30 plus years.

but - I do not want the schools to be closed for her funeral (or for any reason at all), I want us to do what I believe she would have done, press on.

They don’t own their homes - the country does. We would still have to fund the palaces whether they are lived in or not.
Without the royal family we would all have to pay more taxes and would be financially worse off - they raise far more money for the country from business and tourism than they receive.

Planner: “And the NHS, Ma’am? All the people whose appointments and procedures won’t be able to go ahead?”

Queen: 🤷🏼‍♀️

Some do. Most BH are in school holidays but May Day is usually in term time and DCs school is open as normal (SE London). Independent day/boarding school so that's probably why.

The company I work for sent out an email within hours of the Queens death being announced that we would be operating as usual regardless, which felt insensitive to say the least. I know not everyone will feel the same and that's fine, but personally I was very upset at the news. I would have liked to mark the occasion with my children, it is a huge moment in history and the Queen has been the only monarch many of us have ever known. As it is my children will have the day off with their dad thankfully, so I won't have to find childcare but otherwise I would be in a difficult situation.

So don't watch it 🙄

But not people working in the food industry- or my company at least.

For half of the shop floor, it makes no difference, they’ll be off shift anyway. But for the other shift, and the office staff - no AL allowed unless it had already been approved last Wednesday or before, for the next 3 weeks. And anyone calling in sick will go straight to disciplinary counselling, irrespective of reason - and that’s despite an enforced 48 hours after last illness if it’s any sort of “digestive complaint”.

Not actually true.

FFS 🙄

Our GP surgery will close...its a bank holiday....I'm NHS community....all my team will be off on full pay....same as any bank holiday

Can you imagine none UK countries reading this thread! They must be aghast at the idea that the country's monarch for 70 years should just be buried and done with no ceremony and the country just carry on whilst the royal family get on with it.

Of course it's a bank holiday (although in this situation I don't agree with that term) of course the schools should be closed, as are all other government buildings. Christ some people are just ridiculous-all this was pretty obvious!!

@Inyournewdress · Today 15:20

The reality is that some people will suffer dire medical consequences and even death as a result of delays caused, yes we had all that with covid….and every extra day of it counts. If you’re one of those people you are allowed to be bitter.

Oh FFS 🙄 Get a grip. Dramatic much?!

It’s not dramatic. Given the NHS’s poor track record at timely rearrangement of cancelled surgeries it’s highly likely that somewhere in the entire country a person with cancer will have their surgery postponed to a much later date, at which point margins may have been transgressed and survival chance reduced.

It happens all the time, it’s part of accepting one of the major negatives of the NHS, but to end up in that situation when the only reason given is “it’s history innit?” seems particularly unfortunate.

I think everyone should have the right to witness this historical event. Including teaching staff etc.

But people don’t have the right to carry on as normal without consequences. Employers can’t make people work. Employees can’t work to earn much needed money if their workplace is closed. People can’t see their doctor for booked appointments. People can’t get the surgery that was planned.

What about the right to not be “part of history”? What about the right to consider your own health being more important than government-mandated mourning?

It would be great if the “historical event” people could volunteer to man the phones for the NHS. “Sorry, you don’t get your cancer removed on Monday because we all want to watch the Queen’s funeral, and so should you!”

I wouldn’t mind so much if it wasn’t entirely predictable how Monday is going to go.

There will be hours of build up on the BBC where nothing is happening. Then there will be the procession. Then there will be the service, with commentary of who’s who, and about an hour where there’s something actually notable happening in the funeral ceremony. Then another procession.

It’s utterly bonkers that people will miss out on a day’s worth of essential healthcare to allow people to watch people talk on the BBC and a coffin being driven about.

The funeral starts at 11am. Instead of a public holiday for the entire day, why not just make it a long lunch?

They should have chosen a Sunday. The ten day rule could have been tweaked.
The Royals don't live in the real world though , so I'm not surprised at the disruption it might cause people. Let's hope there is six months notice for the coronation , if not more.

Most people are happy to have an extra bank holiday, whether they want to watch the funeral or not.

i thought that the 10 day rule had actually been tweaked to Monday to avoid Sunday, though I am not exactly sure how they work out the days, I did see they were calling d day Friday as it was announced quite late on Thursday, which I'm sure has been done so it is Monday not Sunday.

Do you understand how emotional some kids will get with this? Not necessarily because of the upset the queen died , but because of the pomp and circumstance of the situation.
Why should teachers make kids watch it at school and then have to deal with that? If my kids are watching it I want it to be with me so I, as their parent, can help if they become distressed/curious/bored with it.

The reply to this well-argued comment is ludicrous ie someone has a different but equally valid opinion to me, so I'll make some 'humorous' insult dressed up as a joke as I can't actually logically counter what they've said/am not capable of understanding there is a different view to mine.

Yes, but remember if you repeat a lie a thousand times it becomes true. The royal family DON'T generate income for this country.

FFS it's one day 🙄.
Seriously.....get a grip.
also you may want to pause and consider that it's history in the making.

Isn’t a lot of this about the usual thing?

No, you can always get what you want!!
It’s a bank holiday. Schools aren’t a baby-sitting service. Get over it.

Here’s an upside:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/26/are-bank-holidays-good-for-the-planet-we-ask-an-expert?amp;amp;amp

Yes, you are being unreasonable. It should be a day marked with respect.

Agree absolutely. Our 6 year old loves royalty and history. We won't go to London whilst it is so crowded but we did for the jubilee and will go in a couple of weeks. He has watched the proclamations, getting his saying of King Charles right instead of Chiles (hard to say actually) and seeing history happen in his world.