Feel sorry for Harry walking behind the Queens coffin

[FayeGovan]

It must be very triggering for him, i feel for him.

[Roselilly36]

It will be difficult for them all, very sad.

[Ringmaster27]

I’m by no means a royalist - but the footage of William and Harry as kids walking behind their mother’s coffin makes me sob each time I see it.
No child should ever be subjected to that kind of media circus during the most vulnerable time in their life. And I can imagine doing it again at their grandmother’s funeral will just take them right back to that time. Doesn’t sit right with me at all.

[OhMerde]

I expect he could have said no. No one could surely force him, so it would seem that he wants to do it.

[steppemum]

@OhMerde

I expect he could have said no. No one could surely force him, so it would seem that he wants to do it.

can you imagine the media response if he said no? Don't think he has much choice really

[Fizbosshoes]

@Ringmaster27

I’m by no means a royalist - but the footage of William and Harry as kids walking behind their mother’s coffin makes me sob each time I see it.
No child should ever be subjected to that kind of media circus during the most vulnerable time in their life. And I can imagine doing it again at their grandmother’s funeral will just take them right back to that time. Doesn’t sit right with me at all.

I was 19 at the time of Diana's death and I don't think I realised the enormity if it. Now as a parent (and even more so, now that my DC are very similar ages to Harry and William at that time) it seems horrendous that they had to do that with the world's media spotlight on them as well as the thousands of people lining the route.
I think Prince Philip was reported to have said he would walk with them if they did it (but that in itself probably added an extra pressure on them)

[AnyFucker]

Do we know the reason why it is just Charles and her two grandsons ?

Why not her other children ?

[sanityisamyth]

@AnyFucker

Do we know the reason why it is just Charles and her two grandsons ?

Why not her other children ?

According to this, all the Queen's children are.

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

@AnyFucker

Do we know the reason why it is just Charles and her two grandsons ?

Why not her other children ?

Probably a number of reasons

• gives Anne a rest
  
• avoids the Andrew situation
  
• triggers the nation to remeber Diana and hopefully then makes the viewers warm more to charles and the sons now
  
• Constitutional - the new monarch, the heir apparent and the (adult) next in line.

[FrownedUpon]

Why only Harry? Why don’t you feel sorry for William too?

[Rafferty10]

Op why only Harry? William was there too.....

I am baffled why only Harry get thought of at moments like this, both brothers have had to endure the media circus around their beloved mothers sad death.

Personally l think at that sad time both brothers should have been able to stay in Scotland, away from prying eyes for as long as they wanted, along with the rest of the Royal family.
I cannot imagine how hard it must be grieving with cameras watching every expression.

[CPL593H]

Huge difference between middle aged men paying respect to a 96 year old and boys aged 15 and 12 following the coffin of their suddenly and tragically dead mother through enormous weeping crowds. The latter appalled me at the time and still does.

[HeidiWhole]

They walked behind the Queen Mother's procession too I think which was only about 5 years after Diana's funeral.
I always wonder if they feel scared - I know security is incredibly tight but they must feel quite vulnerable in all the crowds.

[girlmom21]

I actually don't think they'll compare the two events. They're not children. It's not their mother. The woman they're walking behind is their grandmother who lived to a fantastic age - not someone who died in a tragic accident far too young.

[steppemum]

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

Probably a number of reasons

• gives Anne a rest
  
• avoids the Andrew situation
  
• triggers the nation to remeber Diana and hopefully then makes the viewers warm more to charles and the sons now
  
• Constitutional - the new monarch, the heir apparent and the (adult) next in line.

all the Queen's children are walking behind the coffin.
media is only interested in William and Harry due to the Diana connection.

[KimWexlersPonyTail]

I seem to remember an interview where Harry and William stated that they had insisted on walking behind Dianas coffin and Charles and Diana's brother had tried to talk them out of it.

[smilesy]

Why not her other children ?


All of them will be. It’s just that William and Harry are mentioned particularly as they are in addition

[Floralei]

William and Harry managed it for Prince Philip. It’s not about them or Diana this time, it’s about the Queen and the King who is the one who lost his mother now.

[stuntbubbles]

@girlmom21

I actually don't think they'll compare the two events. They're not children. It's not their mother. The woman they're walking behind is their grandmother who lived to a fantastic age - not someone who died in a tragic accident far too young.

You don’t think walking behind a coffin in front of enormous crowds with the world’s media trained on you, at a formative age, might embed in your memory in such a way that walking behind a coffin in front of enormous crowds with the world’s media trained on you, and now with the added baggage of the past few years, would be triggering?

[pawkins]

@girlmom21

I actually don't think they'll compare the two events. They're not children. It's not their mother. The woman they're walking behind is their grandmother who lived to a fantastic age - not someone who died in a tragic accident far too young.

This.

[RoutineLow]

@CPL593H

Huge difference between middle aged men paying respect to a 96 year old and boys aged 15 and 12 following the coffin of their suddenly and tragically dead mother through enormous weeping crowds. The latter appalled me at the time and still does.

Yes but the point is that the particular adult men (middle aged? 😂) in question are the very same people who walked behind their mother's body as children. And the discussion on this thread is around whether that will throw up memories for them.

It would be a "huge difference" if we were talking about adults paying their respect to their grandmother who hadn't gone through the ordeal of doing the same for their mother as children.

[Pinkpeony2]

@stuntbubbles

You don’t think walking behind a coffin in front of enormous crowds with the world’s media trained on you, at a formative age, might embed in your memory in such a way that walking behind a coffin in front of enormous crowds with the world’s media trained on you, and now with the added baggage of the past few years, would be triggering?

I threw dirt on my own mothers coffin when I was the same age as William. She died in an accident too.
Been back to the funerals of all my grandparents since as an adult and stood by the grave whilst the coffins were lowered. Two totally different things with very different feelings.

[antelopevalley]

@KimWexlersPonyTail

I seem to remember an interview where Harry and William stated that they had insisted on walking behind Dianas coffin and Charles and Diana's brother had tried to talk them out of it.

It was reported that it had been suggested to them but they were told they did not have to. But if they did Charles would walk with them.
Diana's brother at the time was outspoken in the press that it was wrong and much of the public agreed with him.
I do not think children can understand what the reality of this would have been before doing it. Harry was only 12 years old at the time and William was 15.
It was also suggested by some of the press at the time that it was suggested Harry and William walked behind the coffin to stop the public throwing things at the procession. I do not know if this was true, but more than one columnist suggested it.

The public anger at the Royal Family at the time is hard for anyone to understand who was not an adult then.

[OhMerde]

There will be hecklers again towards Andrew. I know it's his mum, I know it's ceremonial etc but my god, what an absolute shitshow. The hoo ha with Harry and William, the MM show, Andrew etc, all just detracts from what it should be about. Millions of bloody pounds spent, soldiers polishing their boots through the night, everyone working so hard to make it just right and at the heart of it all, spoilt petulant adults who can't just bloody behave themselves.

[Lipsandlashes]

I suppose my question is why Harry? William because he is next in line to the throne but at this stage Harry is another of the Queen's grandchildren. Why not any of the others?

[antelopevalley]

And that controversial video of Andrew and Eugenie.