Queens funeral disrespectful to throw flowers at the hearse

[Kowloondairy]

Am I the only one who thinks that the sight of the queens hearse covered in tatty thrown flowers looks so awful and disrespectful.

Probably not but I expect you're in a small minority.

Yes.

As in give over

Could you not find another word to toss about with abandon? I feel like I may scream if I hear one more person whine "disrespectful".

It's tradition to throw a single flower, traditionally a carnation but I've seen people throwing bouquets complete with plastic still attached, someone looked like they threw an entire bush at one point.

I'm baffled as to why the crowd is cheering and clapping when she passes in some places.

I thought what a security risk throwing flowers was. Can you imagine if someone threw an egg instead? Or something worse? I was surprised it was allowed.

YANBU

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4637190-people-throwing-flowers?latest=1

Stop moaning!

I hate that. A silence is so much nicer

I am not sure it’s the right thing to do to throw flowers at the hearse, but actually I think they look really lovely!

It's the phones that are pissing me off. It's a funeral for Christ's sake, why are you filming it? Would you want people filming your mother's funeral with their phones? Show some decorum, people.

Me too. How many times are they going to rewatch it?? And if they’re desperate to, just watch it on iPlayer ffs. It’s just for the saddo’s who are desperate to put it on FB and say ‘look at me, look at me. I was there, I was the saddest’ 🤔

I always think that about the phones. The footage on IPlayer will be so much clearer with better sound. If you really feel the need to relive a funeral that is. Not your wobbly camera phone stuff.

I'm surprised that it's allowed but it's rather touching to see the hearse arriving covered in flowers.

I remember commentary from Diana’s funeral that said throwing flowers at a funeral procession dated back to the Middle Ages. I think people want to strew the Queen’s path with flowers. Personally I find it touching.

Who put you in charge of how to mourn the passing of someone Op?

What a strange thing to ask! Nobody on here is in charge of anything but can still have an opinion…

Chavtastic.

The throwing of flowers that is.

It's the cheering that is baffling me.

The mindless whooping like it's the jubilee is worse

Hopefully.

It’s not my thing, personally, but I don’t whine about it because I’m not the Grief Police.

I’m not especially bothered by the death of the Queen but I’d have thought that if you were, you’d probably at least wait until they’d buried her before logging on to Mumsnet to have a snobby gossip about the mourners.

It’s ok now anyway she’s out of the hearse and the flowers on the car will be in the bin already.