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.

It's Queen, Andrew, Anne, Tim and Harry on that side

That's nice actually; two of their children on each side of his coffin.

Amazing sound coming from just four singers!

I know pupster. And tbh it would be a bit galling, the Queen is in the public eye but I know she's not the only one to have to bury her husband during lockdown.

The Queen sitting alone is really affecting me!

She’s now technically a single adult household, surely she should be able to at least have one of the family groups to sit with her. I wonder if she isn’t due to still putting duty first and not wanting to show any favour to anyone in particular.

I’m glad Andrew is by himself in the back row though.

I really feel for them all doing this publicly.

Sadly so many people have sat alone in their grief over the last year. It is brutal. But it feels important that the royals are subject to the same constraints as the rest of us.

CNN are doing their best to be disrespectful - the background noise as the lesson read is just poor sound work - not present on any of the other channels.

Sticking with the BBC - very dignified and fitting

Dry touching the whole thing. The choir are amazing ❤️ The Queen looks so frail, bless her ☹️

So emotional. Those bloody masks though.

Very touching not dry touching!

Quite a few are sitting alone - Andrew, Harry, Peter and Earl of Snowdon are all there alone as well as The Queen.

What a shame William and Harry couldn't walk together. Very pointed.

The music is beautiful.

The choir are magnificent.

They are having to sing elsewhere in the church because no churches allow singing at the moment. Well as far as I know, happy to be corrected on that.

I'm guessing the Queen is in a 'bubble' with her lady in waiting.

I don't think we should see close-ups of the family at all :(

@Beakind82

Amazing sound coming from just four singers!

I bet the acoustics are amazing. There must be microphones though

'hope when they're not on TV the queen is being hugged. And Harry.'

I get the feeling the Queen will be stickler for the rules, to be seen to be doing the correct thing always. I imagine she gets support from all her close family.

This is all so beautifully done, it is very moving.

The singers are wonderful. It's not easy singing to fill a space like that uo

@ChessieFL

Quite a few are sitting alone - Andrew, Harry, Peter and Earl of Snowdon are all there alone as well as The Queen.

The Dukes of Kent and Gloucester, Princess Alexandra and Countess Mountbatten will all be sitting alone as well.

Guessing the Queen has her head down so we don't see her cry. I agree, televised funeral OK and long shots if those attending but not the close ups. Too invasive. :(

'don't think we should see close-ups of the family at all '

No, I agree. It is far too intrusive.

Funerals suck don’t they? You are on autopilot through aren’t you.

@Chunkymenrock

The beautiful fell ponies, and the carriage with his cap, scarf and gloves was so poignant. Its so respectful and dignified. So sad.

That was unexpected, so personal, the old gloves shaped to his hands and the cap. Very moving amid all the pomp and formality.

@ScribblingPixie
don’t think we should see close-ups of the family at all
Totally agree.

@derxa

So emotional. Those bloody masks though.

Wearing a mask at a funeral will stay with me forever. I couldn't approach my widowed friend sitting alone due to SD and could only try to support her with eye contact.

Maybe for the Royals it's a blessing to be able to hide behind them a little though.