To see people wearing colourful clothing at the queen's funeral?

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Wouldn't it be good to see everyone in colour as the queen liked to wear rather than black?
Will anybody think of it and do it I wonder?

Black is so morbid and becoming outdated.

It really is unusual now to see everyone in black at funerals now. Unfortunately I've been to loads over the last few years.

Another prime example of MN ageism - your death apparently doesn’t matter if you’re old. It bloody matters to the people who have loved them all their lives.

She didn't wear black to her own husband's funeral! I don't think she would have been up for random lime green though.

No. If she’d have wanted people in colour she’d have said so. She was a traditionalist, she wore black in mourning.

I’m sure some people will be in national dress mind you.

Part of the reason why the Queen always wore bright colours, apart from she obviously liked them, was to make her visible at all times to her security team. This is what I have been told

I’m not being ageist, that’s ridiculous. Just saying that death at the end of a long life is natural. It’s different to the death of a child or young person.

My own mum died aged 93. I didn’t wear black to her funeral, at least not all black.

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Yes she did. Google it.
The RF always wear black in mourning.

The Queen always wore black for funerals/mourning, rememberence Sunday and audiences with the pope.

She would have made it clear if she didn't want people in black at her funeral. It wasn't as if her funeral was unplanned.

I think the Queen was very traditional and would want black. I’m sure she wore black to Prince Philips funeral.

When I die I want everyone in black, none of this bright colour malarkey. I loathe bright colours, my wardrobe is predominantly black. It would be a celebration of my life in black.

Yep definitely not in black. No there's no black to see here

@DashboardConfessional What colour did you think she wore?

Even her face mask was black!

What funeral did you watch? The rest of us saw her sitting (alone, let’s not forget) in black

Agree with others that bright colours at a funeral is tacky for an adult. I would appreciate it for a child but for an adult I would definitely wear black. To me is about being respectful to the occasion

Apologies, it was his memorial I was remembering the photos of, to which she wore green.

I’ve always worn black to funerals with the exception being when asked to wear a specific colour. I wore a bright long dress to one funeral as that was what the deceased requested before they died.

Don't think the queen will notice what anybody is wearing

She might have worn bright colours, but not at funerals.

I think plain clothes in neutral or deep sombre colours are fine. Not loud prints. Unless the deceased has asked for them.

The rest of the world will though. If Camilla, Kate or gob forbid Meghan turned up in anything but black then I don’t think the comments would be “oh that’s a nice touch” it would be “WTAF!”

Black isnt morbid
Nor outdated

People can choose whatever colour theyd like to wear whether that is black or white or a color.

And the queen only wore bright colors so she could be spotted easily haha

She was a traditional ladie why on earth would she want to break it now black is respectful and those sayings it's morbid your going to a funeral not a party do you want balloons and party poppers aswell.

I heard that black only came in for mourning in the Victorian era. Any truth in that?

Keep your knickers on. It was a general comment about black being more dignified. I didn’t set out to specifically ‘offend’ you and your exact family circumstances 🙄

It'll be colourful because of the uniforms and those opting to wear national dress, and representatives of nationalities whose formal mourning colour is white. I expect medals will be worn

But it's a State funeral, highly formal, and so the dress code will be black, and it will be observed. Look at what the Queen herself wore to funerals - matte black (even veils back in the 50s) with non-glitzy jewellery.

True, I also wonder if they will have veils. Now that would be a "😯" moment.

Nobody has really worn veils at protestant funerals for years!

Yes and no.

Black was the colour of mourning beforehand (widows weeds and all that) but the Victorians took it to a whole new level, because the widowed Queen did, so the aristocracy and the upper class followed suit - and then QV didn't stop.

Men's clothing in particular never recovered the bright colours, high heels and pantaloons of the Georgian days