Will the queens funeral be bigger than Diana's

lickenchugget · 19/09/2022 02:11

It should be

Pixiedust1234 · 19/09/2022 02:18

😯

I don't know whether these types of threads are serious questions anymore.

You do know the Queen ranks(ed) higher than an ex princess, right?

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vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:21

I feel like diana touched more hearts than the queen

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ofwarren · 19/09/2022 02:21

Bigger in what way?
Are you referring to public attendance?

GobbolinoTheWitchesCat · 19/09/2022 02:21

Do you mean in terms of pomp and ceremony or crowds?

I think for crowds, no. I remember Diana's funeral a bit but I remember more the shock over the hysteria and the huge numbers of wailing people who lined the streets.

Diana had a ceremonial funeral, the Queen's will be a full state funeral and there hasn't been one of those since Churchill died, so for pomp and status, the Queen's will be much greater.

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vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:23

Bigger in general

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pompomdaisy · 19/09/2022 02:25

'Touched more hearts' oh god please stop with this drivel!

Damnloginpopup · 19/09/2022 02:26

It already is.

Diana was really disliked in the period leading up to her death. I'm convinced it was guilt-laden virtue signalling and massive hypocrisy. The morning she died I was on a cross channel ferry. I went and bought the paper - from the day before - it was really attacking her. That evening when we docked I got the same paper but from that day. 'farewell put English rose' on the cover. Total turnaround. I wish I had kept both as nobody believes me. And my mum, like half the country, insists she never said all the anti Diana stuff she did. Personally I didn't like Diana, before or after. Still a tragedy irrespective of that though.

Nancydrawn · 19/09/2022 02:28

vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:21

I feel like diana touched more hearts than the queen

Oh ffs.

PyongyangKipperbang · 19/09/2022 02:29

The stupid is strong with this one

lickenchugget · 19/09/2022 02:32

vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:21

I feel like diana touched more hearts than the queen

🤣

Furries · 19/09/2022 02:32

vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:23

Bigger in general

Such a cop-out response. At least articulate exactly what it is you are asking!

Damnloginpopup · 19/09/2022 02:36

Dr Christian Barnard touched more hearts than both combined.

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/09/2022 02:38

vondutch · 19/09/2022 02:21

I feel like diana touched more hearts than the queen

What the actual fuck?

Neither of them has done a single bloody thing better than (and here's a list):

Anyone else.

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/09/2022 02:42

Henrietta Lacks.

Google her. Just for a start. If we ever stop cancer, it will be her who started it.

Jonas Salk.

Didn't patent the polio vaccine.

Norman Borlaug.

A billion people are alive today because of him.

Doyoumind · 19/09/2022 02:48

Yes. Now put the phone down and go to bed.

fUNNYfACE36 · 19/09/2022 03:04

What a stupid question.The queen was rhe monarch for 70 years

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 19/09/2022 03:47

No. The monarchy is on its way out.

Furries · 19/09/2022 03:54

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 19/09/2022 03:47

No. The monarchy is on its way out.

Pop back in a year or so to let us know how your view held up.

teezletangler · 19/09/2022 04:04

I feel like diana touched more hearts than the queen

I've heard that is indeed the decision criteria for a state funeral

PyongyangKipperbang · 19/09/2022 04:28

Three days before Diana died, my grandfather passed from cancer at 64.

He almost died the first time he was in active service during WWII. As soon as he was allowed he re-enlisted into the Navy and then almost died again. We didnt know this until after he passed, he never spoke of it.

My Grandmother started symptoms of her life limiting illness in her early 30's. He worked 12 hour shifts on the railways and then came home and cooked and cleaned and cared for their five kids and her, who by the time he had to leave work couldnt walk or toilet herself. Caring for her was his priority and thats why he left early and they had to watch every penny.

He passed 18 months after she did, from the cancer he knew he had but didnt want to leave her to get it treated as he just wanted to see her safely out of the world and join her shortly afterwards.

Who deserved the streets lined for them more?

Zebedee55 · 19/09/2022 04:50

Yes, it will be "bigger" in status. Diana wasn't a working royal when she died, and didn't have a State funeral.

I didn't watch Diana's, and I won't be watching this one. I've never watched any of them, just can't be bothered with it all.

I don't understand all the weeping and wailing for people you don't know.

I hope those that do watch it enjoy it though.

Helgadaley · 19/09/2022 05:19

pompomdaisy · 19/09/2022 02:25

'Touched more hearts' oh god please stop with this drivel!

It isn't drivel. Diana's death was unexpected, and millions of people worldwide were truly devastated at the time.
The Queen's funeral will be a more important world event, but won't arouse the same emotions as Diana's did. As the queen was 96, her death was expected to happen at some fairly near point.

Oldbird69 · 19/09/2022 05:27

Damnloginpopup · 19/09/2022 02:26

It already is.

Diana was really disliked in the period leading up to her death. I'm convinced it was guilt-laden virtue signalling and massive hypocrisy. The morning she died I was on a cross channel ferry. I went and bought the paper - from the day before - it was really attacking her. That evening when we docked I got the same paper but from that day. 'farewell put English rose' on the cover. Total turnaround. I wish I had kept both as nobody believes me. And my mum, like half the country, insists she never said all the anti Diana stuff she did. Personally I didn't like Diana, before or after. Still a tragedy irrespective of that though.

I feel the same about wishing I'd kept the newspaper from the day she died! It must have already gone to print before the news hit. Front page was that William wasn't speaking to her because she was Gidding about with men & making a show of him. Glad someone else remembers too!

SavoirFlair · 19/09/2022 05:37

OP is this you?