Funeral rules are inhumane.

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A 94 year old (vaccinated) has just lost her DH of 73 years, and has to sit socially distanced from her children, all of whom are 55+ and also presumably vaccinated, at the funeral.

It's fucking inhumane. It's inhumane whether it's the Queen or Lizzie Jones from a council estate.

She had no choice, @Maggiesfarm. No choice at all. Totally agree with what was said upthread about a gilded cage.

I agree op.

I agree OP. But then many of “the roolz” have always made little sense logically and this is no different.

She got in the car afterwards and took off her mask almost straight away, the others all walked together with no masks on too. They'll have a 'normal' wake thing I'm sure.

Are you only just noticing?

20 odd years ago an uncle of mine who was very well known in a particular field died. I remember coming out of the church (which was packed with reporters) to a couple of TV cameras and thinking just how horribly intrusive it was. His family were at their most vulnerable yet it was broadcast into peoples living rooms that tea time. It was a horrible feeling. God knows how the family felt today but they have my deepest sympathy.

Completely agree. My best friend lost her mum suddenly. They were allowed 10 people ah her funeral a year ago. It meant they couldn’t have their partners as there are 4 daughters. Her mum was only 48. Her grandparents are still alive so it was grandparent. Dad. 4 sisters. That’s it. They were not allowed to sit together. She stood at the front. Alone. To pay tribute to her mother. It was live streamed so I watched it as I would have gone under normal circumstances. Horrific is not the word

Seeing that very poignant photo of the queen today sat on her own at the end of the pew, I wondered whether there was an element of displaying solidarity with others, her subjects, who have had to mourn on their own this year.

What’s makes this all so wrong is that only 30 people were allowed to attend the funeral .....but Manchester Cathedral could hold a service in memory of Prince Philip for 150 people!
www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-04-16/manchester-cathedral-to-hold-special-service-ahead-of-prince-philips-funeral

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Completely agree. My best friend lost her mum suddenly. They were allowed 10 people ah her funeral a year ago. It meant they couldn’t have their partners as there are 4 daughters. Her mum was only 48. Her grandparents are still alive so it was grandparent. Dad. 4 sisters. That’s it. They were not allowed to sit together. She stood at the front. Alone. To pay tribute to her mother. It was live streamed so I watched it as I would have gone under normal circumstances. Horrific is not the word

That’s heartbreaking x

The Queen is someone who, due to her position, could (in theory at least) have rejected all this Covid tyranny. But she didn't. So it was right that she had to sit on her own, face nappied up, at her husband's funeral.

This year, "the rulz" (as enforced by our beloved NHS) have barred many from being with their loved ones in their last minutes. He had a very peaceful death compared to an NHS death.

Oh stop with the hyperbole, the 'nappied up'...the 'tyranny'...the mocking 'beloved NHS'...it's extremely crass.

In my experience they turned a blind eye, I sat next to my sil for instance. We also had 32, nobody was counting (it's a big chapel for a crematorium there)

What is wrong is that I organised a service to honour the Duke this week and we had 62 (maximum under covid regs) if we were bigger we could have had more.

I've watched 2 funerals via an online service the funeral director used. One was last week. I could not even work out who ppl were due to masks.

The other one was last year. A woman in her 40s. All that could go was her mum, dad,2 aunt, 2uncle , 3 children , 1 grand child and 2 friends.
It was sad as her youngest child was 6 and seeing her in her little face mask was awful.