HRH The Prince Philip Funeral

[IamnotH]

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

Lots of projection on here, along with the sensible pragmatists.

The Queen rarely, if ever, shows emotion in public. Even if one of her children had sat right next to her in the chapel, there would have been no obvious physical contact. That's not how they roll.

My dh is made of similar stock. When he has given moving eulogies at close family funerals, and returned to his seat next to me, I know that he doesn't want a hug or a hand touch or anything. I've fleetingly wondered if the congregation behind us think I'm a cold bitch for not seeming to comfort him visibly, but it's not how he rolls either. Doesn't mean he's not in deep emotional turmoil.

There was a thread on mn recently about hugs, and how some people, including me, aren’t big on hugs. Our whole family don’t hug. We’re more ‘stiff upper lip’, then touchy, freely.

@Bowbridge

Can I ask what might be an insensitive question (sorry if it is). Why do they have lead lined coffins? I read Diana did too.

@Standrewsschool

There was a thread on mn recently about hugs, and how some people, including me, aren’t big on hugs. Our whole family don’t hug. We’re more ‘stiff upper lip’, then touchy, freely.

Was that a different thread from the one that was cheering about Covid putting paid to having to hug strangers? (Every cloud, eh?)

Apparently they are lead-lined because it preserves the body longer.

@timeforanewnameagain

Can I ask what might be an insensitive question (sorry if it is). Why do they have lead lined coffins? I read Diana did too.

I believe it preserves the body for longer, although I'm not sure why that needs to be the case.

@CallmeHendricks. I think it was, but I may be wrong.

Is it right that PP is only in the vault until the Queen dies then they are both going elsewhere? Frogmore?

Oh thank you for answering. I'm not sure why they need to do that but I guess there just be a reason!

@Sparklingbrook

Is it right that PP is only in the vault until the Queen dies then they are both going elsewhere? Frogmore?

No, not to Frogmore. Still in St George's but in the same part as The Queen's parents.

@Standrewsschool

Apparently they are lead-lined because it preserves the body longer.

Is that because they are stored "above ground" until their companion passes?

I thought the heavy lining was to stop it from being stolen.

Lead lined because it preserves the body.
PP will be moved to another crypt in Windsor chapel alongside the Queen when she is laid to rest - her parents are there, and I think I read that Margaret's ashes are there - although I might have got that wrong.

Princess Margaret died 6 weeks before the Queen Mother, she wanted to be buried with her Mother and Father but there would only be room for the ashes so she was cremated.

I was thinking yesterday how frail the Queen looked. People do die of broken hearts I believe because my grandma died at my grandpa's funeral, she had said many times that she didn't want to live without him. A PP said they had a similar thing so for them and had the identical funeral and we did too, the same hymns, poem, everything. They were buried together in the churchyard.

Princess Margaret died 6 weeks before the Queen Mother, she wanted to be buried with her Mother and Father but there would only be room for the ashes so she was cremated

What a conversation to have! I’d have been tempted to say “first one in stays whole, last in cremated.”

I agree 100%.

@ApplyWithin

Princess Margaret died 6 weeks before the Queen Mother, she wanted to be buried with her Mother and Father but there would only be room for the ashes so she was cremated

What a conversation to have! I’d have been tempted to say “first one in stays whole, last in cremated.”

That sound like one of our family conversations. DH soo realised he’d married into a family of ghouls (after a lost dinner family ‘who has the worst funeral story’ competition and my grandma won and came second).

Fascinating article with details of the vault, who’s in there, how the lift mechanism works, etc:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9482763/Prince-Philip-joins-24-Royals-vault-St-Georges-Chapel.html

Aren’t royal coffins lead lines because originally there would have been worries about grave robbers or something?

I feel for Her Majesty , she looked broken and truly her age , which she has never done before .
I am fearing that she will be next and pretty soon .
Losing your soulmate of so long , it wouldn’t surprise me.
My parents died within 2 months of each other ; I like to think they wanted to be together eternally.

Willowisps I can well believe it.

I'd be very worried that if the Queen went soon Prince Charles wouldn't be far behind .

Why should that be a worry? William is an adult. It would be good for him to inherit the throne in his early forties instead of waiting until he's at least seventy two plus.

What do people mean by 'I'm fearing the queen will be next"? She's in her 90's, I hope she will be next! Who else should it be?