To wonder if the crown in the coffin...

[Muezza]

Is the real thing or a replica?

Obviously if someone attempted an elaborate heist to steal it they'd have all the guard and police on them in a split second, im just really curious!

On one of my sewing groups, a member disclosed that she had been asked, many years ago, to make the cushion for the Scottish crown to be placed upon, for the Queen's coffin in the event of her dying in Scotland. She was provided with a mould that would hold the crown securely in place and the cushion had secure fixings to the coffin. Sadly, her cushion was not used. She had kept this secret for around thirty years.

How come they didn't use it @unsync? She must have been upset.

@7Worfs god yes. Put me right off my sandwich on my lunch break!!

I read somewhere that the coffin has fake double lid on so the crown can be safely attached to the fake lid.

Some sellotape?

Me too.

In that half hour after the service when the hall was closed, before the public were allowed in.

Double sided sellotape would be my choice, with a few of those cable ties to defeat the drones/ eagles from snatching it . (See above) You can get clear plastic cable ties which are pretty invisible.

My thinking re a plain linen shroud was that during the coronation she wore one over the bejewelled dress for the anointing.

That would have been a sacred moment for her, so I can imagine she may choose her earthly remains to be clad in something simple.

She has some of her jewellery on, I saw an article about it - I'll try & find it!

Good to know neither if my parents weren’t “normal humans”!

Both went into their coffins wrapped in linen as per their wishes.

Damn the ruddy iPhone and no edit on MN ….

Good to know neither OF my parents WERE “normal humans”.

I think a plain shroud as well. She was very religious and I think it sounds like something she would choose

I do not think HMQ is wearing a evening dress. I think more likely something comfy and was her off duty clothes. Although the probability is a shroud. I think she will be holding a cross.

It’s beautiful and sparkly but probably has some bad gremlins concerning the jewels

It's a great shame that the country's second national treasure (Paul Daniels) has gone to the Great Bonco Booth in the sky.

It would have been a great finale to end of the viewing of the Queen's coffin if he could have whipped the Royal Standard away leaving the crown and cushion still place.

I would have liked that,
Not a lot,
But I would have liked it.

It’s on the coffin, isn’t it, not in it?

I’m slightly nervous that it’s not insured!

Why would you need insurance when you have far more money than all the insurance companies in the first place? The idea of insurance is to protect something that you'd have no hope of replacing if it were lost/stolen/damaged. In the same way that we ordinary folk wouldn't bother to insure a loaf of bread or a kitchen spatula, as we'd just pay to replace it, the royals would just (as far as possible) easily afford to replace any of their crowns or jewels if something unfortunate befell them.

I am liking the idea of somebody turning up on Dickinson's Read Deal with that crown, though - the dealer has bought 4 billion pounds on the table, so you can't see anything at all apart from a massive studio full of money; and in the background, you can hear a muffled "Maybe just another £20 to sweeten the deal?!"

Surely this would require a trained team of magpies, lured by the promise of shiny things!

Someone ran towards the coffin earlier and grabbed the royal standard, not sure if he was after the crown. Arrested by the police but oddly from the blurry photo I saw the soldiers didn’t move.

My DH was buried in the new PJs he died in. He looked so peaceful

The whole thing has been designed to hold the pieces from the crown jewels in place. Nothing has been left to chance or is going to fall off. I imagine someone does have a bunch of cable ties handy as a back up plan though 😁

“What’s in the box, John?”

Stolen wealth

It's real all right. Couldn't take my eyes off it!