HRH The Prince Philip Funeral

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Watching on BBC 1. Wish Huw would shut up and let us listen to the bands/watch them March.

@DobbyTheHouseElk

I don’t want to be crass. But where did the coffin go? I didn’t see it leave the chapel. Next frame it had gone.

Some PP saying it was lowered, I don’t see that. Did it get lowered in the chapel? Can’t work it out and apologies if it’s a crass question.

Yes, it the catafalque is mechanical, and sank through the floor.

It's an equivalent if the curtains closing at a crematorium?

We did not see anything of the coffin once at the lower level being moved into the vault. I think that sort of thing is the responsibility if the Lord Chamberlain

I missed the lowering of the coffin.

@toffeebutterpopcorn

I was pondering the shoes too! And those who had just had babies?

Princess Royal had very sensible shoes I noticed, mind you, she knew she had to walk down the hill at the start. I think the walking up came as a surprise for those in smart shoes!

Hi, she was Miriam Allen (I incorrectly gave married and not professional name earlier). The men I think were from the Queen’s six. All exceptional pros.

Sorry that was for @SchadenfreudePersonified

Oh thank you. I didn’t know it worked like that. I had missed the first part of seeing it lower. No idea why, I was glued to the screen.

Gosh, how emotional. I understand now why they were looking back as they walked out 😢. I thought they were looking at HMQ.

I’ve been inside that chapel too and never knew that.

Some off the soldiers on parade have nailed boots, which have potential to slip on that surface. So probably quite a lot of people worried about their footwear!

Diana used to wear flats or very low heels, and she set a trend which meant others did too, right now it's all vertiginous

@JayAlfredPrufrock

I missed the lowering of the coffin.

I did too, I think we were meant to.

Didn't Huw Edwards refer to it as a "private moment " while the piper was playing. What an elegant piper he was too with his delicate almost dancing foot movements. Show how well choreographed the whole event was.

I too wondered where the coffin went, I thought I had missed something.

@nevertrustaherdofcows

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Miriam Allan was the female singer

Thank you!

I thought it was a shame that she didn't;t seem to be credited anywhere. Such a lovely voice.

I felt so sorry for the Queen today. And I'm no royalist.

@FatLadySang

Hi, she was Miriam Allen (I incorrectly gave married and not professional name earlier). The men I think were from the Queen’s six. All exceptional pros.

Thank you FatLady.

Much appreciated.

The whole service was evidence that something doesn't need to be all "pomp and circumstance" to be impressive, touching and beautiful.

The lone Piper was an exquisite moment.

@mateysmum

Blimey those Chapel builders knew a bit about acoustics

I think the BBC's sound engineers deserve some of the credit.

I think The British do events like this brilliantly. Choreographed to the absolute last precise second. I found it very moving. Felt very sorry for The Queen having to sit on her own.
Something that struck me was the silence in between. You could hear a pin drop. The whole town stopped.

Still feel emotional about it all now anyone else or am I being soppy?!

@JinglingHellsBells

I think it's quite 'amusing' that people think the Queen has no friends, or that she will be on her own now. There are 'ordinary' widows in their 90s, married 70+ years, who do not have anyone living with them, but have many friends & family to support them.

The Queen has many close women friends if you follow 'Royal' gossip, including Angela her dresser who is supposedly a very close friend.

But someone like Angela Kelly, however close, is ultimately a servant. She would call the queen 'Your Majesty' and bow when she meets her.

There must be very few people left who are in any way 'peers' to the queen. She lost her only sister some time ago, and now her husband. She's fortunate to have loving children and grandchildren, but there are very few people who would share memories with Elizabeth Mountbatten-Windsor as a person, rather than HMTQ.

The whole town stopped

And Heathrow

No, it’s natural. I feel the same. Shows you have high EQ. Seeing a funeral played out with such dignity and poignancy makes us all think of the people we have loved and lost.

That’s sort of the point of the royal family really, we observe their lives, loves, struggles, dramas and apply them to our own. Even though we don’t know them, we feel we do. They represent us.

She's fortunate to have loving children and grandchildren, but there are very few people who would share memories with Elizabeth Mountbatten-Windsor as a person, rather than HMTQ

That's why Princess Alexandra was there, and others from the Kent Gloucester families. Her cousin's must be the only ones left who can call her by name

@IcedPurple yes I read some where that now Philip has gone there would be no one to call her Lilibet.

@cateycloggs

Didn't Huw Edwards refer to it as a "private moment " while the piper was playing. What an elegant piper he was too with his delicate almost dancing foot movements. Show how well choreographed the whole event was.

Yes, very elegant. Very poignant, that part with the piper.

DP, just home from work has just had to listen to me blubbering while I described the service today.

@lollipoprainbow

Still feel emotional about it all now anyone else or am I being soppy?!

I'm not an emotional person by any stretch but I feel quite like that today. I just keep getting flashbacks to her sitting and walking alone and I just can't even imagine how difficult it must be. I have grandparents who recently celebrated 60 years together and one of them has been quite ill over the past few months so I think that may have something to do with the feelings.