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The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II - Part 3

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by Anonymousreply 602September 20, 2022 3:25 PM

I think I like this service better.

by Anonymousreply 1September 19, 2022 3:40 PM

Did they drill through the royal standard for the sceptres stand?

by Anonymousreply 2September 19, 2022 3:41 PM

I like the hardware for the orb and scepter!

by Anonymousreply 3September 19, 2022 3:41 PM

Sorry that I couldn't link this on the other thread; the other thread was locked by the time I got the chance.

by Anonymousreply 4September 19, 2022 3:41 PM

It is ingenious isn't it r3? So British.

Thanks OP! We got here.

by Anonymousreply 5September 19, 2022 3:42 PM

A girl in the choir?

by Anonymousreply 6September 19, 2022 3:43 PM

Earl Spencer and his Californian wife are there. I'll bet she SWERVES Meghan every time she gets within 50 feet. No one wants to be near her.

by Anonymousreply 7September 19, 2022 3:44 PM

Thanks OP! I was looking for the new thread, and thanks for opening one

by Anonymousreply 8September 19, 2022 3:44 PM

Yes, R6. And the guy next to her is damn cute.

by Anonymousreply 9September 19, 2022 3:44 PM

A LOT of foreskin in that room.

by Anonymousreply 10September 19, 2022 3:44 PM

Ahhhhhhmennnn.

by Anonymousreply 11September 19, 2022 3:45 PM

If the Windsors were Jewish, this would have been over on September 9. Babas could have sung Avinu Malkeinu and the ceremony would have been an hour tops.

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by Anonymousreply 12September 19, 2022 3:46 PM

Meghan has sat throughout the whole day concentrating hard and taking mental notes. I wonder how many times she feels she’s been sidelined and slighted today.

by Anonymousreply 13September 19, 2022 3:47 PM

Bloody flag!

by Anonymousreply 14September 19, 2022 3:47 PM

My god its really over, the broke the stick. Coffin to be lowered soon.

by Anonymousreply 15September 19, 2022 3:47 PM

The wand was broken...so sad.

by Anonymousreply 16September 19, 2022 3:47 PM

The breaking of the rod signifies the breaking up of her Royal Household.

by Anonymousreply 17September 19, 2022 3:47 PM

Where do they open her coffin to put the flag into it. It must stink, royally.

by Anonymousreply 18September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

Yes r17 is correct, at that moment all of her Household are officially relieved of their duties to her.

by Anonymousreply 19September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

R12 Aveinu Malkenu is song at Yom Kippur. Not at funerals.

by Anonymousreply 20September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

Ah, this part is very sad.

by Anonymousreply 21September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

I wasn't expecting the services to be held in this chapel. Never seen it before.

Is it deep on royal grounds?

by Anonymousreply 22September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

Going into the earth.

by Anonymousreply 23September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

I wonder what MeMe Markle is thinking, after having threatened that she still hadn't told everything and that she was silent but she didn't know for how long. To see this magnificent funeral and the importance of the Queen and how the British people loved her. The interview with The cut, is the worst PR nightmare that happened to her. Nothing is better than to see a narcissist lose in their spiteful games, tricks and manipulations.

by Anonymousreply 24September 19, 2022 3:48 PM

I see boobs on the coffin flag. How daring.

by Anonymousreply 25September 19, 2022 3:49 PM

Apparently the coffin has a false lid, so maybe they put it i side that, R18? (Hopefully.)

by Anonymousreply 26September 19, 2022 3:49 PM

R20 Guess you don't go to many funerals of prime ministers of Israel!

You putz....

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by Anonymousreply 27September 19, 2022 3:49 PM

Brutal!

by Anonymousreply 28September 19, 2022 3:49 PM

Goodbye Your Majesty.

by Anonymousreply 29September 19, 2022 3:49 PM

Down into The Vault she goes.

by Anonymousreply 30September 19, 2022 3:50 PM

Its right there on the grounds. Philip had his funeral there. Broadcast around the world.

by Anonymousreply 31September 19, 2022 3:50 PM

The bagpipes are making me well up.

by Anonymousreply 32September 19, 2022 3:50 PM

So what do they do with her now?

by Anonymousreply 33September 19, 2022 3:50 PM

Bury her, Rose.

by Anonymousreply 34September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

Prof Anya has a few ideas.

by Anonymousreply 35September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

Her piper's watch has ended.

*crying.

by Anonymousreply 36September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

For some reason it annoys me when the pastors read from scripts during moments like this. Shouldn't you of all people have these verses memorized?!

by Anonymousreply 37September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

Into the Vault, R33.

by Anonymousreply 38September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

God Save the King up next....

by Anonymousreply 39September 19, 2022 3:51 PM

Piper disappears into the distance. Perfect.

by Anonymousreply 40September 19, 2022 3:52 PM

How gruesome to go into a vault. It's a crypt. Crypts are creepy.

by Anonymousreply 41September 19, 2022 3:52 PM

Can't believe Charles and Kate let their kids see that.

by Anonymousreply 42September 19, 2022 3:52 PM

There's a third only family private funeral at about seven tonight. So I don't know if they bring her back up or that's just around the actual grave.

by Anonymousreply 43September 19, 2022 3:53 PM

why r42? Coffins are lowered into graves every day, in front of family members.

by Anonymousreply 44September 19, 2022 3:53 PM

I missed the breaking of the scepter. Does anyone have it on Twitter or something they can post?

by Anonymousreply 45September 19, 2022 3:53 PM

Juicy furry lowhangers under the kilt YUM!

by Anonymousreply 46September 19, 2022 3:53 PM

Zara and her daughters are there as well.

by Anonymousreply 47September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

King Charles looks so sad, like he is almost about to cry.

by Anonymousreply 48September 19, 2022 3:54 PM
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by Anonymousreply 49September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

I can’t believe they’re going to have a second service tonight. How long does this go on?

by Anonymousreply 50September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

R36 the shot of QEII’s piper playing his last tune and walking alone out of the chapel and into the cloisters was the only part of this whole production that has felt truly poignant and harrowing to me. I genuinely feel for the man.

by Anonymousreply 51September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

Gawwwwwwwwwwwwwdddd Saaaaaaaaave the Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!

by Anonymousreply 52September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

Yes he looked very emotional there, at the end. He's a far more emotional person than his mother was.

by Anonymousreply 53September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

The staff? of the Chamberlain looks pre-broken

by Anonymousreply 54September 19, 2022 3:54 PM

R45 The scepter was not broken!

The last time we will hear God Save the Queen in our lifetime...

by Anonymousreply 55September 19, 2022 3:55 PM

Viscount Severn is a very promising twinkling. Hopefully he'll age better than William did.

by Anonymousreply 56September 19, 2022 3:55 PM

“Do you want to know a secret?” (intensely flairs eyes)

by Anonymousreply 57September 19, 2022 3:55 PM

The Queen personally requested that her piper, Major Burns, perform at the end of her burial.

by Anonymousreply 58September 19, 2022 3:55 PM

Have you been to a Jewish funeral, R42? Everyone pitches in with shovels to fill up the hole with dirt. Death is part of life.

by Anonymousreply 59September 19, 2022 3:55 PM

[quote] The last time we will hear God Save the Queen in our lifetime...

DON’T😭🤧

by Anonymousreply 60September 19, 2022 3:56 PM

R48, KCIII's face made me cry! You can tell he'd been crying.

by Anonymousreply 61September 19, 2022 3:56 PM

Shit, I went for a quick pee and missed the coffin going down the hole.

by Anonymousreply 62September 19, 2022 3:56 PM

They didn't show Philip's coffin being lowered down into the crypt. Did they show the queen's? I missed it.

by Anonymousreply 63September 19, 2022 3:57 PM

r48 I think Charles just hates his new job.

by Anonymousreply 64September 19, 2022 3:57 PM

I assume the immediate family is going down to the crypt to watch the queen interred?

by Anonymousreply 65September 19, 2022 3:57 PM

Was JFK Jr able to make it after all?

by Anonymousreply 66September 19, 2022 3:57 PM

Yes they showed the beginning of Philip's lowering r63, then they cut away suddenly. Watch the video.

by Anonymousreply 67September 19, 2022 3:57 PM

I think Charles wants a drink and a blow job.

by Anonymousreply 68September 19, 2022 3:58 PM

Charles looked so worried, I was giving him a pep talk through the TV. “You’ll do a good job!”

by Anonymousreply 69September 19, 2022 3:58 PM

R55, I stand corrected. I meant the staff, not the scepter.

by Anonymousreply 70September 19, 2022 3:58 PM

Ta-ra, Lil. Hope you get a bit of peace at long last, now.

by Anonymousreply 71September 19, 2022 3:58 PM

r55 If you live long enough you might hear it again.

by Anonymousreply 72September 19, 2022 3:58 PM

R68 I’m great at both if I can be Queen today!

by Anonymousreply 73September 19, 2022 3:59 PM

Wellz really does look like a King, as a previous poster said. He has the bearing.

by Anonymousreply 74September 19, 2022 3:59 PM

Bideebideebideeee, that's all folks!

by Anonymousreply 75September 19, 2022 3:59 PM

I noticed Camilla was looking at the same tall young courtier I was looking at, when she was getting into the car.

by Anonymousreply 76September 19, 2022 3:59 PM

Sassy little George is ready for his close up too

by Anonymousreply 77September 19, 2022 4:00 PM

r56 Or Edward for that matter. He was promising when younger as well.

by Anonymousreply 78September 19, 2022 4:00 PM

R77 the next Kaween of England

by Anonymousreply 79September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

Was she....holding her stomach in some kind of way?

by Anonymousreply 80September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

No hand holding today.

by Anonymousreply 81September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

So it's over, after 11 straight days. Tomorrow we'll wake up to the usual fare, politics, the economy, the energy crisis. The reign of King Charles III officially really begins now.

Thanks to everyone here on DL this morning and afternoon, in the UK and US and elsewhere, for the camaraderie. See you all here next at the Coronation! Good luck to Della and the other departing posters - come back when you can.

by Anonymousreply 82September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

Megan’s eye makeup is ridiculous.

by Anonymousreply 83September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

Seems Bea was put in charge of Fergie. She's leading her away to the car.

by Anonymousreply 84September 19, 2022 4:01 PM

The breaking of the rod signifies Charles never having time in his schedule to shag Camilla again.

by Anonymousreply 85September 19, 2022 4:02 PM

Bea has gorgeous legs, my word.

Sad they’re having to hoof it.

by Anonymousreply 86September 19, 2022 4:02 PM

Princess Michael, rewearing her outfit from last week.

Some things never change.

by Anonymousreply 87September 19, 2022 4:03 PM

R67 I could just imagine Phil’s ghost grumbling and growling “oh, get a bloody move on, will you?”

by Anonymousreply 88September 19, 2022 4:03 PM

I want to see what happen under the hole!

by Anonymousreply 89September 19, 2022 4:04 PM

BBCAmerica ended its coverage at noon and joined "Star Trek: Next Generation" already in progress.

Rude.

by Anonymousreply 90September 19, 2022 4:04 PM

The whore leaves

by Anonymousreply 91September 19, 2022 4:05 PM

Thank you, gentlemen. Twas a pleasure sharing history with you.

I've been here 11 hours. My ass is numb!

by Anonymousreply 92September 19, 2022 4:05 PM

Lmao, they put Meghan and Harry in Wallis' Rolls again.

by Anonymousreply 93September 19, 2022 4:05 PM

I just noticed that Meghan has on long black gloves. Elegant, but a bit much for a daytime funeral. The hat, dress and attached cape were bringing enough fashion drama there.

by Anonymousreply 94September 19, 2022 4:05 PM

[quote] If you live long enough you might hear it again.

Alas my end of watch will be long before Queen Charlotte begins her reign.

by Anonymousreply 95September 19, 2022 4:06 PM

[quote] The last time we will hear God Save the Queen in our lifetime...

R55, not sure what you were listening to, but we haven’t heard that sung since before QEII died. At the first service after she died they already changed it to God Save the King.

by Anonymousreply 96September 19, 2022 4:06 PM

[R83] In her mind she is in a Hollywood movie premier. She has to look glammed up!!

by Anonymousreply 97September 19, 2022 4:07 PM

Kirsty Young on the BBC, just perfect, emotional in her summing up of a great, but sad day.

God bless Her Majesty. God Save The King.

by Anonymousreply 98September 19, 2022 4:07 PM

How did Harry get so much time off from BetterUp? Americans aren't generous with vacation time, particularly new hires.

by Anonymousreply 99September 19, 2022 4:07 PM

Megans cape like dress and that sharply angled hat reminds me of the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz.

by Anonymousreply 100September 19, 2022 4:07 PM

Just now seeing the silent BBC title card to fade out, showing the old and young face of ER, might be what gets me, rather than all the pageantry. It’s the little things, sometimes.

by Anonymousreply 101September 19, 2022 4:09 PM

Those fucking corgies did me in. I was fine until I saw them. Went through half a box of tissue.

by Anonymousreply 102September 19, 2022 4:10 PM

Long was Her reign, long will be Her sleep with her beloved Prince at her side.

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by Anonymousreply 103September 19, 2022 4:10 PM

R100... that penny just dropped for me too... Elphaba... except her solo is Defying Decency.

by Anonymousreply 104September 19, 2022 4:11 PM

R98 Kirsty among others has been magnificent today, yes. Huw Edwards & Fiona Bruce, as well.

Usually I’ve only critical things to say about Aunty Beeb, but they’ve done well today, haven’t they?

by Anonymousreply 105September 19, 2022 4:11 PM

R101 BBC knows how to do these. Logo and headlines are back.

by Anonymousreply 106September 19, 2022 4:12 PM

R102, that got me as did some of the horses as the hearse passed them. A few seemed to be bowing their heads as the hearse went by. I wondered if their riders were making them do that.

by Anonymousreply 107September 19, 2022 4:12 PM

Oh i should've switched. I had the Sky News app and started with that but it cut out every two or three minutes. So frigging annoying.

by Anonymousreply 108September 19, 2022 4:13 PM

I've been watching the Sky TV Feed and Alastair Bruce was terrific. For some reason their video feed was crisper and clearer on YouTube than the Beeb's, at least for me it was. Not sure why.

by Anonymousreply 109September 19, 2022 4:13 PM

King Charles' coronation will be a dull affair. No beautiful young Queen with her handsome Prince at her side.

No, it will be a bunch of olds marching about.

by Anonymousreply 110September 19, 2022 4:14 PM

Now the crowds hit the pubs to get drunk.

by Anonymousreply 111September 19, 2022 4:14 PM

Did you notice the big Candle in the first ceremony, blocking Meghan face in the televised programs? I laughed so hard!! I wonder if it was deliberately, by the cameraman or producers, to angle the camera that way.

by Anonymousreply 112September 19, 2022 4:14 PM

Meghan is fucking gorgeous.

by Anonymousreply 113September 19, 2022 4:15 PM

This service was better. It felt more intimate. I started to lose it when the crown, orb and septor were removed.....then the coffin was lowering. I didn't think I would cry so much. It was beautiful and I'm glad I watched the entire ceremony. Charles crying got to me, too.

by Anonymousreply 114September 19, 2022 4:16 PM

R112, I wondered at points if there was a conspiracy to keep shots of her to a minimum.

Did you see the big tear face outside after the committal? Gotta deliver the shot...

by Anonymousreply 115September 19, 2022 4:16 PM

Myrtle and English Oak....🍂

by Anonymousreply 116September 19, 2022 4:16 PM

Watching on MSNBC… they have Michael Beschloss commenting on the BRF leaving the chapel, and my husband asks “What’s up with that one eyebrow?”

I asked him “what eyebrow?” Thinking he was talking about Brooksbank exiting. He says “That man’s eyebrow! That man talking!”

I look up and Michael has only one eyebrow “painted” or made up or whatever. He def needs to hire Andrea’s makeup artists when she retires. They never let her look as demented as she really is. And sadly, Michael is following quick on her heels.

by Anonymousreply 117September 19, 2022 4:16 PM

I would swear the camera operators went out of their way to avoid Megan.

by Anonymousreply 118September 19, 2022 4:16 PM

The pony got me, the corgis really got me, the removal of the regalia was sobering and God Save the Queen/King always gets me.

by Anonymousreply 119September 19, 2022 4:17 PM

Thought Anne was gonna lunge for the crown.

by Anonymousreply 120September 19, 2022 4:17 PM

Now back to the real world.

The religious wars in Leicester - they will need to perform a partition there to keep the Hindus and Muslims from killing each other.

Back to waiting 6 months to start chemo at NHS.

Back to trying out how to keep warm this winter (Liz says no to paying for heat).

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by Anonymousreply 121September 19, 2022 4:17 PM

I could swear you're a 16 yo mental case off her meds R118.

by Anonymousreply 122September 19, 2022 4:19 PM

I noticed, when the grandchildren stood by the Queen's coffin in Westminster Abbey....in their positions, the cameras would pan to William, the two girls (don't remember their names)....but never showed Harry. You only saw Harry when he was walking to and from the coffin. I think that was deliberate.

by Anonymousreply 123September 19, 2022 4:21 PM

Yeah, the animals...the pony and corgis was beautiful and touching moment.

by Anonymousreply 124September 19, 2022 4:24 PM

Not enough Major Jon today.

by Anonymousreply 125September 19, 2022 4:25 PM

That was a hell of a send off for the Queen!

by Anonymousreply 126September 19, 2022 4:25 PM

I think Meghan looked nice today. But I didn't like her hat. I also didn't like her hat at the Jubilee and it looks like the two hats were exactly the same, one black and one white.

by Anonymousreply 127September 19, 2022 4:26 PM

Emma the pony stomping her foot when the Queen passed was so beautiful. And the little corgis also paying respect.

by Anonymousreply 128September 19, 2022 4:27 PM

Annoyed Canadian here that I dont have a day off and cant sit and watch the whole thing, will have to re-watch later online.

The beauty of it all is staggering to me. Not a step out of place. Not one leaf on the grass. Everything in sync and in unison. The Queens pony made me cry as well as her dogs.

That Meghan complained about "the smell" of the chapel and couldnt appreciate the beauty, glory and history of everything is shocking to me. What an ungrateful cunt.

by Anonymousreply 129September 19, 2022 4:29 PM

Funny if this turns into a head of state superspreader event.

by Anonymousreply 130September 19, 2022 4:29 PM

It’s rather touching too that, for the indefinite future, The Queen’s Guard will continue to be called thus.

Not sure when that will end, perhaps when the last of the Guards who joined the ranks during her life & reign have retired.

by Anonymousreply 131September 19, 2022 4:30 PM

Where are they putting up the foreign mucky-mucks? They ARE putting them up . . . no? Are they going to feed them more than a couple of cucumber sandwiches after all this?

by Anonymousreply 132September 19, 2022 4:31 PM

It was worth getting up at 5 am for...

by Anonymousreply 133September 19, 2022 4:33 PM

R120 a good part of the country would secretly love Anne to step in and act as Head Of State until Wills takes the throne.

by Anonymousreply 134September 19, 2022 4:35 PM

That woman represented the penultimate white supremacist, racist, genocidal family....their vast wealth (which is NOT known) is off the backs of the countries they raped over centuries and stole from their own people. Read about the Duchy of Cornwall, Chuck's (now billy's) feudal land. It's disgusting. All their properties and holdings should be nationalized and given back to at least used to strengthen the people. not only of Britain but the other victims of their genocidal murderous lust

Seeing those ridiculous old white men in their expensive flowing robes talking about their fantasy christ is just too much. And all those military marchings in those outlandish costumes that just represent the centuries of imperialist war, well, it disgusts me.

The pomp and circumstance is used to hide the treacherous past of these tyrannical people.

Wake up bitches.

by Anonymousreply 135September 19, 2022 4:38 PM

Jill Biden's headgear is most unfortunate.

by Anonymousreply 136September 19, 2022 4:39 PM

RE134, supposedly related European royal are staying at Buckingham Palace; non-related and non-European royals are at Claridge's. Presidents etc will stay at their embassies

by Anonymousreply 137September 19, 2022 4:39 PM

And now the old gal is home. I imagine the Queen Mary beckons her forth, saying "Lilibet! So glad you've finally joined us! Come have a drink. The Gin and Dubonnet are actually ALIVE here! You remember Crawfie don't you?"

by Anonymousreply 138September 19, 2022 4:39 PM

Someone asked in these thread what the Queen was buried in. If you believe the Mail, it was one of her day dresses, with her simple pearl earrings and her wedding band. Her engagement ring was removed and given to family, most likely Princess Anne.

by Anonymousreply 139September 19, 2022 4:39 PM

I was moved by seeing her beloved corgis barking when hearse neared, they knew their mistress was approaching.

Charles was a wreck, he was teary eyed and the way he looked at her coffin before placing the flag atop was haunting and will stay with me.

by Anonymousreply 140September 19, 2022 4:39 PM

Thanks R135. Are you an Igbo related to Uju?

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by Anonymousreply 141September 19, 2022 4:41 PM

[quote]Viscount Severn is a very promising twinkling. Hopefully he'll age better than William did.

Sadly, his fair will likely fall out at a young age like the rest of the family; but at least he's a cute kid for now

by Anonymousreply 142September 19, 2022 4:41 PM

The closest related royals to the BRF are the Norwegians, as Harald is QEII's second cousin (his grandmother was King George V's sister). After that, the Danes are close to Charles and William (William has taken a liking to Frederik and the next heir, Christian). Also former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands had a good friendship with the Queen.

by Anonymousreply 143September 19, 2022 4:41 PM

R135, others have done it already to the point of tedium and, frankly, more entertainingly. Go do your dull student radical schtick somewhere else.

by Anonymousreply 144September 19, 2022 4:42 PM

Wait…did Trudeau really get drunk and sing Bohemian Rhapsody last night?

by Anonymousreply 145September 19, 2022 4:42 PM

r135 sounds like he's fun at parties, amirite?

by Anonymousreply 146September 19, 2022 4:44 PM

R138 yes!

I like to think that the spirits of the illustrious late Queens of England have their own separate halls & grounds from the many Kings, even more splendid and comfortable.

by Anonymousreply 147September 19, 2022 4:45 PM

Charlotte wore a horseshoe brooch.

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by Anonymousreply 148September 19, 2022 4:48 PM

After her unfortunate outfit earlier this week, Sophie looked well turned out today. Heck, even Fergie looked appropriate. Well done by everyone!

by Anonymousreply 149September 19, 2022 4:49 PM

[quote] Also former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands had a good friendship with the Queen.

The Dutch royals were fairly hostile to the British royals at least since the time of the Boer war against the Afrikaaners, but things changed in WWII when Queen Wilhelmina escaped the Nazis and led her country’s resistance from London. George VI is said to have regarded her from then on as Cousin Wilhemina, and to have introduced her to Lilibet and Margaret as such.

by Anonymousreply 150September 19, 2022 4:49 PM

[quote] That woman represented the penultimate white supremacist, racist, genocidal family

And to whom do they come in second, R135? The Hapsburgs?

by Anonymousreply 151September 19, 2022 4:50 PM

I can't link to the Daily Mail here, but they have confirmation that there was a kerfluffle at the end of the Abbey service when Bea and Eugenie got up suddenly to leave their seats. They walked away to the back of the abbey, but no word on why.

I'm guessing one of them was overcome, or one is pregnant and had to either pee or throw up so got the hell outta there and out of the camera's way.

by Anonymousreply 152September 19, 2022 4:50 PM

R148 That is so damn chic.

by Anonymousreply 153September 19, 2022 4:50 PM

Yes, Kate looked beautiful, regal, dignified, etc. But "steely" is what comes to mind Re her demeanor today. Impeccably elegant, bien sur. But there is a set to her face and body language discernible in photo after photo on the DM. Frosty steel. Wonder if she is furious about some backstage episode.

by Anonymousreply 154September 19, 2022 4:50 PM

R154 I think she's trying to be Queenly.

by Anonymousreply 155September 19, 2022 4:51 PM

Agree r154, and will say we'll find out this week or next when things about behind-the-scenes begins to leak to the press. I bet there are some real juicy stories waiting. Two guesses who they all involved.....

by Anonymousreply 156September 19, 2022 4:51 PM

Have the pallbearers come to my room with a pitcher of dirty martinis and a pack of Parliments.

by Anonymousreply 157September 19, 2022 4:51 PM

r129, if you think members of the royal family like Prince Philip never complained about an old building smelling bad, you are delusional.

by Anonymousreply 158September 19, 2022 4:52 PM

I used to think Charlotte looked like Kate…damn, except for the brown hair she’s really the spitting image of Willam.

by Anonymousreply 159September 19, 2022 4:52 PM

If you're gonna lip off and get cute with Jewish stuff, please at least know what you're talking about.

by Anonymousreply 160September 19, 2022 4:52 PM

She needs to give Camilla a crash course, then, R155.

by Anonymousreply 161September 19, 2022 4:52 PM

Rest assured, the tabloids will invent some "behind the scenes" drama for you ladies to obsess over. If hell freezes over and they somehow don't, you'll make up plenty of drama of your own.

by Anonymousreply 162September 19, 2022 4:53 PM

Camilla complained about one fart from President Biden…so yeah I am certain that they do bitch about such things…

by Anonymousreply 163September 19, 2022 4:53 PM

R154, I honestly thought Kate reminded me of The late Queen today. Her emotions are under control in a way which is very familiar from Elizabeth, especially in her younger years.

She has emotional intelligence and an iron will. Camilla is Queen Consort, but I really think Kate is going to be the new matriarch.

by Anonymousreply 164September 19, 2022 4:55 PM

One of my favorite moments...Charlotte told big brother George he "needed to bow" when the Queen's casket went by.

Atta girl, Lottie! You tell him how it's done.

by Anonymousreply 165September 19, 2022 4:55 PM

R148 Princess Charlie's a proud Weird Horse Girl just like Auntie Anne! and Alexander The Great!

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by Anonymousreply 166September 19, 2022 4:55 PM

Maybe Eugenie is pregnant?

by Anonymousreply 167September 19, 2022 4:55 PM

Kate was flawless.

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by Anonymousreply 168September 19, 2022 4:57 PM

Lottie loses it.

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by Anonymousreply 169September 19, 2022 4:58 PM

[quote][R148] Princess Charlie's a proud Weird Horse Girl just like Auntie Anne! and Alexander The Great!

Maybe not *that* weird, R166,

by Anonymousreply 170September 19, 2022 4:58 PM

Bea looked terrified during "God Save the King," I noticed.

You can always link to the DM through their Twitter.

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by Anonymousreply 171September 19, 2022 4:59 PM

[quote]If you believe the Mail, it was one of her day dresses, with her simple pearl earrings and her wedding band.

Thank you, R139. A part of me hopes she was accessorized, too, with a favorite purse; Queen Elizabeth's signature fashion item.

by Anonymousreply 172September 19, 2022 4:59 PM

Charles has been very busy since his mother died but he finally had the time today to be emotional.

by Anonymousreply 173September 19, 2022 4:59 PM

Kate always leaves me cold

by Anonymousreply 174September 19, 2022 4:59 PM

Cruelle De Ville had the nerve to wipe a tear.

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by Anonymousreply 175September 19, 2022 5:00 PM

I think it's good for the family to have a mix of Charles' vulnerability and William's stoicism.

by Anonymousreply 176September 19, 2022 5:00 PM

Kate looked elegant and majestic today.

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by Anonymousreply 177September 19, 2022 5:02 PM

Did anybody see where Biden was sitting?

by Anonymousreply 178September 19, 2022 5:02 PM

R175, Meghan has always like the Queen. She and Harry named their daughter after her for Christ's sake. Why can't she be allowed to mourn without you loonies trying to ridicule her.

by Anonymousreply 179September 19, 2022 5:04 PM

These photos of Kate are retouched - heavily. Her skin is so not that smooth. And she looks way more haggard than this. All of that dieting.

by Anonymousreply 180September 19, 2022 5:04 PM

"Emma the pony stomping her foot when the Queen passed was so beautiful. "

That was Princess Anne, not Emma the pony. People confuse the two.

by Anonymousreply 181September 19, 2022 5:04 PM

R175 she had a little squirty bottle of fake tears under her Carmen Sandiego hat.

by Anonymousreply 182September 19, 2022 5:04 PM

Well, all I can say is, you Brits are very lucky to have a monarchy, in my opinion. It's a beautiful, unifying thing (or can be if you let it). Certainly better than the embarrassing shitshow we've got in the U.S.

by Anonymousreply 183September 19, 2022 5:05 PM

The removal of the crown, orb and sceptre did it for me. Just thinking of her with those same objects at her coronation 70 years ago at such a young age, and now her duty is done and they are returned. So moving.

by Anonymousreply 184September 19, 2022 5:05 PM

R184 oh! I'm welling up just reading about it again.

Elizabeth's soul must feel so much lighter without them now, as when she was a very young woman.

by Anonymousreply 185September 19, 2022 5:07 PM

[quote]Did anybody see where Biden was sitting?

Not sure, but the DM was shitting all over him for sitting behind (gasp!) the Polish president. He should just be like Trump & knock down some old ladies so by god he can be front & center!

by Anonymousreply 186September 19, 2022 5:08 PM

I thought all the women looked beautiful, including Meghan. The single tweak I would have made to Kate’s look was simpler earrings, to really let that beautiful necklace shine. The look ended up just slightly on the blingy side. Cam learned her lesson from wearing too much jewelry to the earlier procession this week and did well today.

I’m very much looking forward to the coronation outfits.

by Anonymousreply 187September 19, 2022 5:08 PM

Kate looked so regal and elegant. She is truly coming to her role. I want to see her new phase as Princess of Wales.

by Anonymousreply 188September 19, 2022 5:09 PM

I can’t stop laughing at this. Missed opportunity for sure, lol.

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by Anonymousreply 189September 19, 2022 5:10 PM

Kate’s mouth always looks like it’s drooping…did she have a stroke?

by Anonymousreply 190September 19, 2022 5:10 PM

Meghan crying...Why? Heard no money for her in the will??

by Anonymousreply 191September 19, 2022 5:11 PM

The US President and First Lady Jill Biden were seated 14 rows back during the service at Westminster Abbey that drew 2,000 guests — including some 500 of the world’s presidents, kings, princes and prime ministers.

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by Anonymousreply 192September 19, 2022 5:12 PM

No, R190, that's just an aristocratic feature that you wouldn't know about.

by Anonymousreply 193September 19, 2022 5:12 PM

It's stressful when occasions like this, that go on for days in the public eye...you have to put on a stoic face, or be with people who (or whom?) you dislike and have conflicts. Drama would have been the worst thing to do....though I'm sure the behind the scenes have plenty to tell. The Queen was a stabilizing factor, now she is gone.

by Anonymousreply 194September 19, 2022 5:13 PM

r192 If he wanted a good seat then he should have got on the bus.

by Anonymousreply 195September 19, 2022 5:13 PM

Did anybody get footage of the coffin going down into the crypt? According to FOX News, Charles was weeping like a baby when the crypt keeper came out and grabbed the coffin and pulled the lot down, flag and all.

by Anonymousreply 196September 19, 2022 5:16 PM

Drooping faces are now a sign of the aristocracy…even though the person being spoken about isn’t aristocratic and just a heavy smoker that has an earring disorder. Allegedly.

by Anonymousreply 197September 19, 2022 5:17 PM

*Eating disorder

by Anonymousreply 198September 19, 2022 5:19 PM

[quote]The US President and First Lady Jill Biden were seated 14 rows back during the service at Westminster Abbey that drew 2,000 guests — including some 500 of the world’s presidents, kings, princes and prime ministers.

Too cheap to tip the usher, Joe?

by Anonymousreply 199September 19, 2022 5:19 PM

R179, the loon is anybody who after the last two years takes Meghan Markle at face value.

Good luck filling our your application.

by Anonymousreply 200September 19, 2022 5:19 PM

Please folks we need to start a Go-Fu-Me for the Harkles. These low rent, Low IQ. PR bots spamming these threads are the worst!

by Anonymousreply 201September 19, 2022 5:20 PM

[quote]Cruelle De Ville had the nerve to wipe a tear.

Oh, dear x 2.

1. CruellA

2. DeVil, as in DEVIL -- get it?

by Anonymousreply 202September 19, 2022 5:21 PM

[quote] the crypt keeper came out and grabbed the coffin and pulled the lot down, flag and all.

Crypt-keeper sounds like a really cool job ngl..

by Anonymousreply 203September 19, 2022 5:22 PM

I didn't care for Kate's jewelry in the least. Way too much.

by Anonymousreply 204September 19, 2022 5:24 PM

She’s a Scouse girl at heart, so we should be kind, R203.

Which of Kate’s outfits did Carole borrow this time?

by Anonymousreply 205September 19, 2022 5:25 PM

[quote]That woman represented the penultimate white supremacist, racist, genocidal family

You don't know what "penultimate" means, do you? A clue: It doesn't mean "super-duper ultimate."

Dumbass.

by Anonymousreply 206September 19, 2022 5:25 PM

'Drunk' Canadian PM Trudeau is slammed as a 'tone deaf embarrassment' for singing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at London hotel before Elizabeth II's state funeral

by Anonymousreply 207September 19, 2022 5:25 PM

Meghan's tears for Her Majesty: Duchess of Sussex wipes her eye as she and Prince Harry watch procession behind Queen's coffin after sitting in second row for funeral

by Anonymousreply 208September 19, 2022 5:26 PM

Charlotte as a bossy younger sister to George is an interesting dynamic. Someday one of these heirs will look around at the world and decide he doesn’t want to rule and wants to make his own choice about what to be.

by Anonymousreply 209September 19, 2022 5:26 PM

At least he didn't sing "Guantanamera."

by Anonymousreply 210September 19, 2022 5:26 PM

R179, you know this from personal conversations with Meghan Markle? I think others are entitled to be skeptical after her actions since leaving Great Britain, as well as her ability to cry at will. She is an actress, after all.

She certainly may be having some emotional upheavals, but I sincerely doubt it's because of any close personal connection to the Queen.

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by Anonymousreply 211September 19, 2022 5:26 PM

oh please that whore was only acting. she shed a fucking tear...

like she knew her for years and years and spent so much time together! snort!

by Anonymousreply 212September 19, 2022 5:28 PM

I predicted Kate would overdo it slightly under pressure, and I think she did indeed over-accessorize today. But I hope she goes WAY over the top for the coronation, that’s the moment to do it.

by Anonymousreply 213September 19, 2022 5:28 PM

"Meghan was a shitty D-list actress who was never convincing even once!"

* Meghan sheds a tear at a funeral *

"Meghan is an actress and every emotion of hers is fabricated to fool the entire world!"

by Anonymousreply 214September 19, 2022 5:29 PM

Kate didn't overdo it. She was fine. She looked lovely and with the collar on her dress, the necklace wasn't too showy.

by Anonymousreply 215September 19, 2022 5:29 PM

I’m honestly in shock that Trudeau was caught on camera acting like a thirsty theater kid on the trip to bury the Queen! Humiliating, lol

by Anonymousreply 216September 19, 2022 5:30 PM

[quote]'Drunk' Canadian PM Trudeau is slammed as a 'tone deaf embarrassment' for singing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at London hotel before Elizabeth II's state funeral

I saw this & initially thought it was more DM nonsense, but apparently there's video. Oh, Canada!

by Anonymousreply 217September 19, 2022 5:30 PM

I didn't see Biden in the audience. Do churches have audiences? I did see Prince Albert and Charlene though. I noticed none of the foreign royals sang God Save the King which I suppose is to be expected. However, I noticed Harry who stared daggers at William all through the ceremony didn't sing it either. Daddy must not have given him any money.

by Anonymousreply 218September 19, 2022 5:30 PM

Whoa, re-playing the clip zooming in as they filed into their seats in the rows at St. George. Willz distinctly stage-managed the seating order, holding Kate back and motioning for H&M to pass him and Kate and enter the row first. And then he continued to hold Kate and motioned Lottie in next to Harry. It's quite obvious.

by Anonymousreply 219September 19, 2022 5:30 PM

^ I think there’s a lot in the Will and Kate marriage dynamic we don’t have a clue about, and probably never will.

by Anonymousreply 220September 19, 2022 5:31 PM

[quote]a good part of the country would secretly love Anne to step in and act as Head Of State until Wills takes the throne.

until *Charlotte* takes the throne.

by Anonymousreply 221September 19, 2022 5:31 PM

And quite right, R219. The family were very forbearing to even allow Harry's whore to be there in the first place, and she certainly did not deserve to have the important place occupied by the Waleses.

by Anonymousreply 222September 19, 2022 5:32 PM

R214, no one said she was convincing today either.

by Anonymousreply 223September 19, 2022 5:32 PM

[quote] I think Charles wants a drink and a blow job.

***sigh***

In other words, it's Monday again.

Well, gentlemen and ladies, here's what I'm here for!

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by Anonymousreply 224September 19, 2022 5:33 PM

There's been a lot of poor Harry's feelings leaking the last few days, William is probably furious about it given his tolerance for their self-aggrandizing.

by Anonymousreply 225September 19, 2022 5:33 PM

And vulgarian donald was sitting on the crapper at home licking KFC grease from his short fingers, R192, his absence one of the consoling segments of the events surrounding Queen Elizabeth's death.

If The New York Post is your newspaper of choice, it follows that you're a Fox News viewer as well.

Sad.

by Anonymousreply 226September 19, 2022 5:36 PM

R216, as a Canadian, what a devastatingly apt way to put it. Ouch!

by Anonymousreply 227September 19, 2022 5:36 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 228September 19, 2022 5:37 PM

[quote] The US President and First Lady Jill Biden were seated 14 rows back during the service at Westminster Abbey that drew 2,000 guests — including some 500 of the world’s presidents, kings, princes and prime ministers.

People didn’t pick their own seats or take what was left if they arrived later than others. The seating order was established according to strict rules of protocol. Joe’s status as the leader of the free world gets him a lot, but not a first-row seat at this event.

by Anonymousreply 229September 19, 2022 5:37 PM

Justin's singing isn't bad.

by Anonymousreply 230September 19, 2022 5:37 PM

Meagain Narcle was probably hoping to hitch a ride on Airforce One.

by Anonymousreply 231September 19, 2022 5:38 PM

Joe was late, so he did not get a fruit cup.

by Anonymousreply 232September 19, 2022 5:38 PM

Who does Charlotte resemble? I thought the Queen or the Queen Mother but somebody said to me today William, which if so, means she's can't look like the Queen because William is all Diana.

by Anonymousreply 233September 19, 2022 5:42 PM

While we're all armchair psychoanalyzing this bunch, it always kind of surprises me that George & Charlotte seem to have no connection to Harry. Louis is too little & they never really got to know Auntie Megs, but you'd think they'd respond to him in some way since they're not in the middle of the adult drama, but it's like they don't even know him.

by Anonymousreply 234September 19, 2022 5:42 PM

I'm Canadian and I've voted for Trudeau in every election & while I usually roll my eyes at the right wing obsession with him, this is embarrassing. The Queen was Canada's head of state too, not a good look.

by Anonymousreply 235September 19, 2022 5:48 PM

Princess Charlotte, 7, breaks down crying at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

by Anonymousreply 236September 19, 2022 5:52 PM

Such a forced shallow reaction by DL over the death of her majesty. Embarrassingly tacky.

by Anonymousreply 237September 19, 2022 6:04 PM

So Sandra Oh was at the main funeral. Official representative for Canada I guess.

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by Anonymousreply 238September 19, 2022 6:07 PM

The earrings wore by Kate were a gift to the Queen by Japan. Kate most likely wore those earrings not only in remembrance to the Queen but also as a nod to the Emperor who made a very rare trip out of his country to attend the funeral. (He's only ever left to attend one other funeral several decades ago).

by Anonymousreply 239September 19, 2022 6:09 PM

People caring about this need to get a life

by Anonymousreply 240September 19, 2022 6:09 PM

You first.

by Anonymousreply 241September 19, 2022 6:10 PM

Where was Queen Letizia of Spain at the Windsor service? Only Felipe and his father and mother were up there in the stalls, next to the Swedish and Greek royals. Were only certain choice continental royals invited to the more personal Windsor service, and others not? I didn't see Queen Margrethe in the chapel, or the Luxembourgs.

by Anonymousreply 242September 19, 2022 6:20 PM

Bidens were seated behind the president of Poland.

Maybe people were pissed off about the armored car.

I heard that QE was mad at Trump for landing a helicopter 2X on the grass at Buckingham Palace, causing damage to the grass.

by Anonymousreply 243September 19, 2022 6:29 PM

[quote]People caring about this need to get a life.

What is really pathetic is some pathetic person bothering to post this pathetic comment.

I’m looking at you R240

by Anonymousreply 244September 19, 2022 6:35 PM

I didn't receive my invitation.

by Anonymousreply 245September 19, 2022 6:48 PM

Missed the first two threads but here are my minor thoughts:

I love Charlotte - her little coat and Madeleine-style hat are so cute and chic.

The London procession with the bagpipes and Big Ben chiming made me think of Funeral for a Friend by Elton John.

I thought Meghan looked fantastic.

by Anonymousreply 246September 19, 2022 6:54 PM

[quote]I didn't receive my invitation.

Nor did I.

by Anonymousreply 247September 19, 2022 6:57 PM

I know they had to do it, but I hated seeing the crown removed for the last time.

by Anonymousreply 248September 19, 2022 6:57 PM

[quote]King Charles' coronation will be a dull affair. No beautiful young Queen with her handsome Prince at her side. No, it will be a bunch of olds marching about.

Ditto for King William's coronation, R110.

by Anonymousreply 249September 19, 2022 7:07 PM

It will be back again for the coronation.

by Anonymousreply 250September 19, 2022 7:08 PM

Jill Biden and Camilla look similar.

by Anonymousreply 251September 19, 2022 7:10 PM

I think everyone conducted themselves very well and looked great today. I find the “new” Wales family to be impeccable. Princess Charlotte was amazingly but appropriately chic for her age -down to her great grandmother’s diamond horseshoe stick pin! Well done .

by Anonymousreply 252September 19, 2022 7:11 PM

Being a Royal does seem like total hell after about 6 months

by Anonymousreply 253September 19, 2022 7:11 PM

Please accept our apologies R245. We thought you were laid up with a terrible case of the gobloots.

by Anonymousreply 254September 19, 2022 7:12 PM

Can’t believe the family has to attend yet another ceremony!

by Anonymousreply 255September 19, 2022 7:28 PM

Watching all the carefully choreographed services, traditions and rules made me feel sorry for anyone marrying into the BRF. I would be bored in a month and fed up by 6 months. I commend Kate for sticking it out.

by Anonymousreply 256September 19, 2022 7:34 PM

Agreed, R252. Charlotte may have been the best-dressed person there.

by Anonymousreply 257September 19, 2022 7:38 PM

I was not invited either, despite being a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and heir to the throne of Imperial Russia.

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by Anonymousreply 258September 19, 2022 7:43 PM

The five people now buried in the George VI Memorial Chapel. Three lived to old age - 101, 99, 96. George VI died at 56 and Princess Margaret at 71.

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by Anonymousreply 259September 19, 2022 7:49 PM

r258 The look like they were born to play wicked stepmothers in a pantomime.

by Anonymousreply 260September 19, 2022 7:49 PM

Regarding the 8 handsome soldiers who carried the coffin - 5 were deployed in Iraq at the time of the Queen's death and were immediately flown back to the UK to begin rehearsals.

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by Anonymousreply 261September 19, 2022 7:50 PM

R166 knows what’s up. Nothing wrong with that

by Anonymousreply 262September 19, 2022 7:50 PM

Fuck! I fell asleep for a few and completely missed Elton. What did he sing this time?

by Anonymousreply 263September 19, 2022 7:52 PM

The TV commentary is hilarious.

"A commoner wrote to the Queen and she wrote back, signing it "Sincerely yours." Isn't that just amazing that she was so human!"

That's almost a direct quote

by Anonymousreply 264September 19, 2022 7:55 PM

Elton sang the Irish National Anthem and it was quite lovely. Then he sang the Nigerian national anthem, in Igbo so as not to further insult Professor Uju.

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by Anonymousreply 265September 19, 2022 7:56 PM

R261, only white soldiers allowed to handle her coffin

by Anonymousreply 266September 19, 2022 7:56 PM

[quote] Regarding the 8 handsome soldiers who carried the coffin - 5 were deployed in Iraq at the time of the Queen's death and were immediately flown back to the UK to begin rehearsals.

I thought the war was over

by Anonymousreply 267September 19, 2022 7:56 PM

There was a Fijian pallbearer in Scotland, race-baiter at R266.

by Anonymousreply 268September 19, 2022 7:58 PM

2 of the pallbearers identify as Latinx , and one is trans R266.

The "most beautiful Windsor" (per the Daily Fail) was in attendance.

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by Anonymousreply 269September 19, 2022 8:01 PM

The Dean of Windsor has a lovely speaking voice; he sounds like John Gielgud. The Archbishop of Canterbury sounds like Steve Coogan (not that there's anything wrong with that).

The actual filming of the services and processions was beautifully done.

by Anonymousreply 270September 19, 2022 8:03 PM

R242 It looks like a number of foreign royals were "nixed" from the service at St. George's in Windsor probably due to space. It seems like only royals the Queen had personal friendship with were invited to St. George. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Queen Letiza, the King and Queen of the Belgians all weren't there either. Queen Letiza likely gave up her seat so Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos (who were close friends of the Queen) could attend.

by Anonymousreply 271September 19, 2022 8:03 PM

The Spanish government told the old, corrupt adulterer King Juan to stay away from the funeral. Does he still live in Abu Dhabi? Maybe he hitched a ride with one of the Gulf State despots the Queen was so fond of, not the least because they showered her with jewels and horses.

by Anonymousreply 272September 19, 2022 8:07 PM

[quote] The actual filming of the services and processions was beautifully done.

The birds eye views over the coffin from the roof of Westminster were a bit vertigo inducing though.

by Anonymousreply 273September 19, 2022 8:09 PM

[quote] 2 of the pallbearers identify as Latinx , and one is trans

Sure

by Anonymousreply 274September 19, 2022 8:12 PM

[quote] There was a Fijian pallbearer in Scotland, race-baiter at [R266].

But nowhere near the real funeral

by Anonymousreply 275September 19, 2022 8:13 PM

Legend in the making.

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by Anonymousreply 276September 19, 2022 8:15 PM

And one of the two women who read lessons at the service was a black woman. But you'll ignore that because you're determined to see racism in all things.

by Anonymousreply 277September 19, 2022 8:16 PM

Yes, loved Charlotte's ensemble. Eugenie also looked good. Meghan as well. Kate, good but predictable.

by Anonymousreply 278September 19, 2022 8:19 PM

R276 A queen in the making. 👑

by Anonymousreply 279September 19, 2022 8:25 PM

Yes, in the overhead shots at Westminster Abbey the black and white checkered floor tiles seemed a mile away. Dizzying touch of Hitchcock and his crane.

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by Anonymousreply 280September 19, 2022 8:28 PM

The last state funeral in 1965 for Churchill.

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by Anonymousreply 281September 19, 2022 8:35 PM

[quote] Meghan's tears for Her Majesty: Duchess of Sussex wipes her eye as she and Prince Harry watch procession behind Queen's coffin after sitting in second row for funeral

Her tears were because the only thing she got out of the deal is the SMALL pearl and diamond earrings from the never used bin.

by Anonymousreply 282September 19, 2022 8:47 PM

Every time I hear the phrase "laid to rest", I think of "they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest"

by Anonymousreply 283September 19, 2022 8:49 PM

The relationship between George and Charlotte is very reminiscent of the relationship between Charles and Anne. Charles & George are both pensive rather shy types and their sisters are obviously more assertive.

I hope the adult Charlotte is as protective and loving towards George as Anne seems to be to Charles.

by Anonymousreply 284September 19, 2022 8:50 PM

Who do you think got the young Forrest Gump treatment on the shuttle bus?

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by Anonymousreply 285September 19, 2022 8:51 PM

Sky interpreted this as a message the burial service is concluded.

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by Anonymousreply 286September 19, 2022 8:53 PM

I heard Justin Trudeau rode the bus.

by Anonymousreply 287September 19, 2022 8:55 PM

George does seem like a nervous type, trying to make sure he does everything perfectly. He understands his role in the future of the monarchy, and takes it seriously (as much as a kid can). Charlotte has confidence. She’ll be a great asset to George.

Louis reminds me of a little bull. So far, I like him.

by Anonymousreply 288September 19, 2022 8:56 PM

I heard Justin sang "Another One Bites the Dust" while riding the bus.

by Anonymousreply 289September 19, 2022 8:58 PM

Apparently St George's Memorial Chapel has room for six coffins, so presumably Charles and Camilla will be the fifth and sixth. This means the Queen Mother will spend eternity with Camilla, of whom she strongly disapproved. Sophie even said Charles was waiting for the Queen Mother to die before he proposed to Camilla.

by Anonymousreply 290September 19, 2022 8:58 PM

Meghan cried even harder as she looked at Kates's loot & realized she will never get to touch any of that stuff, much less wear it!

As to all the moaning that Kate wore too much Bling. Gloating Girl thing.

My sister had a knockout ring that was pure bling made from some r=unwanted stones she & her husband had. She only wore it when she had to go to events where his ex-wife & his family who hated her. It was so bling a blind man could see it. I asked why did you have it made, its so not you.. She said, to gloat just to gloat.

by Anonymousreply 291September 19, 2022 8:59 PM

If there's an afterlife, there are a hell of a lot of happy corgis now

by Anonymousreply 292September 19, 2022 9:01 PM

[quote]I heard Justin Trudeau rode the bus.

I heard he sat right in the back of the bus, smoking with Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

by Anonymousreply 293September 19, 2022 9:02 PM

I QM had a flask.

by Anonymousreply 294September 19, 2022 9:03 PM

Are we shipping Zoe & Jack, the soulmates who met in the crowds watching the funeral processions?

Apparently they've both got partners (Zoe a fiancée!), and Zoe's ten years older. Still, don't they look sweet all cwtched up?

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by Anonymousreply 295September 19, 2022 9:03 PM

Damn, that was quite the spectacle. I remember watching Phillips and hearing that it was a low-key scaled-down affair and thinking that was pretty damn impressive, so I knew this would be impressive.

Anyone else notice that pile of horse manure and how that one line of pipers/band members neatly weaved around it?

Enough with the Biden needed to take the bus crap. The President of United States is the most powerful leader in the world and, as a result, is *always* a target. We've had multiple assassination attempts (enough so that there's a musical about it) and some were successful. He was never going to be on the bus. The security bubble around the American president is intense. Biden, who loves cars, is only allowed to drive at Camp David--at that was as VP. Not even former presidents get to drive. My guess is that part of Biden's seating (on the aisle) was arranged with his security detail in mind.

Pearls are the jewel considered appropriate for mourning--of course the Royals knew that, though Charlotte wore her little stickpin, which was sad and sweet.

Wills looked really sad entering Westminster--wondering if the walk brought back the one following his mother. He really looks kingly with that height and physique--well done, Spencer genes.

Harry looked uncomfortable. Misses his uniform and, I'm sure, has a love/hate relationship with the whole thing--and the immensity of the whole system was on display today. It's a funny thing--you have this intense focus on this person who is the embodiment of the state, but that focus goes above and beyond the actual person who is that embodiment. Elizabeth, in her practical, low-key way, completely understood this. It's not going to change because a second son married an actress with a social media following. Wondered if any of that registered at all on the Duke of Sussex--that this is a job and the unifying aspect of the monarchy isn't unimportant after all

Even if Harry doesn't get it, it's clear that Charles does--both times "God Save the King" was played, he looked stricken--by both the huge sense of loss of the mother figure of all mother figures and the sense that the duty she lived by for decades is now all on him, an old, not particularly healthy, man. He'll have a harder time learning on the job and there will be learning. He's got Truss, not Churchill. He knows he's not loved the way his mother was. He seems overwhelmed--he no longer gets to sing "God Save the Queen" with everybody else--he's on his own.

In his favor, and I don't think this is actually a small thing in his job, is a truly beautiful speaking voice. I thought he was a BBC presenter during a voice over at one point.

by Anonymousreply 296September 19, 2022 9:06 PM

The Corgis waiting on the steps of Windsor done me in.

by Anonymousreply 297September 19, 2022 9:13 PM

I really hope there is R292.

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by Anonymousreply 298September 19, 2022 9:15 PM

Don't mess with this future Queen.

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by Anonymousreply 299September 19, 2022 9:18 PM

It was R292's comment what done me in just now! 😭😭😭

by Anonymousreply 300September 19, 2022 9:18 PM

[quote] If there's an afterlife, there are a hell of a lot of happy corgis now

MARY.

by Anonymousreply 301September 19, 2022 9:19 PM

[quote] Pearls are the jewel considered appropriate for mourning--of course the Royals knew that, though Charlotte wore her little stickpin, which was sad and sweet.

Well, that explains why the Queen gave Megan pearl earrings. Just so she would have something to wear to her funeral.

by Anonymousreply 302September 19, 2022 9:21 PM

R296, thank you for a thoughtful, very well written post. I come here for the snark but also appreciate the thoughtful posts, too

by Anonymousreply 303September 19, 2022 9:21 PM

Scattered notes:

Proud gay American here, but I have generic/cultural kinship as the UK/Ireland as the source of at least 60% of my DNA. I was up at 4:30 Eastern time and was watching my PBS app. They were carrying BBC1 who had minimal commentary. No network of cable TV in this household which also saves me too much inane commentary.

1. It was nice to see the altered exit route from London to allow more views of the Crystal Hearse from the well-wishers along the route, as well as taking the A roads. Nice touch. Also, very nice hearse. I am sure it was custom-made in advance for today.

2. The orchestration of the TV shots (and sounds) for outside events all day was exceptional. We got those heart-dripping closeups of the pony and the corgis because the Producers knew where they would be, and when. The details in the script for the multi-events of the day and the wherewithal to have camara and audio folk stationed all over London was excellent. This was bigger than the Olympics and was conducted outside and in medieval structures -- not a studio or soundstage. Hat's off to the crews who brought us these images

3. While I "ahhhd" with the shot of the corgis, the solo piper exiting St Georges Chapel at Windsor got me crying for the first time all morning. What a perfect song that gave such atmosphere. I've also noted that I will need to find a piper before my own mother's funeral (she is 1/4 Scottish and 100% drama). I am sure I am not the only one in the world who cried; my guess is that there were 'feels' all over the globe then.

4. That Bearer Party! Can I book them for my next house move? Can I buy them all a pint? I think we now know what the group costume for all of the gay Halloween parties will be this fall.

All in all, a beautiful, fitting day for a remarkable woman.

by Anonymousreply 304September 19, 2022 9:22 PM

R303, Awww thanks. I would snark, but I'm too damned tired to think of anything.

by Anonymousreply 305September 19, 2022 9:23 PM

R299 love this Tweet from that same account

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by Anonymousreply 306September 19, 2022 9:25 PM

Why aren't you know-it-alls out there saving the world ?

by Anonymousreply 307September 19, 2022 9:26 PM

[quote]the person being spoken about isn’t aristocratic and just a heavy smoker that has an earring disorder.

Most aristocrats do, sadly.

by Anonymousreply 308September 19, 2022 9:27 PM

That's impressive if its accurate.

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by Anonymousreply 309September 19, 2022 9:28 PM

🌈 The Corgis are waiting for The Queen at the Rainbow Bridge.

by Anonymousreply 310September 19, 2022 9:29 PM

Beautiful photo.

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by Anonymousreply 311September 19, 2022 9:32 PM

I watched via PBS - how many other people caught the shot of Rose and Chumley strolling in, with no commentary from the BBC?

I didn’t like Meghan’s gloves, but thought the rest of her look was very chic, especially the minimal jewelry. I was sad to see how many ugly net veils were out - wishing someone would make a dramatic entrance in an old-fashioned style!

Has anyone seen a picture of Lady Chatto?

by Anonymousreply 312September 19, 2022 9:33 PM

R311 where was that lovely photo taken? Looks like somewhere in the Cotswolds.

by Anonymousreply 313September 19, 2022 9:33 PM

^ my guess is Scotland, near Balmoral.

by Anonymousreply 314September 19, 2022 9:34 PM

Lady Sarah. Courtesy title for the daughter of an Earl.

I'd guess Scotland, too. Looks like heather.

by Anonymousreply 315September 19, 2022 9:35 PM

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by Anonymousreply 316September 19, 2022 9:38 PM

Sarah Chatto, best dressed as ever. Gorgeous brooch and hat. This is real elegance to me.

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by Anonymousreply 317September 19, 2022 9:39 PM

Was there a "short bus" for the dumber heads of state?

by Anonymousreply 318September 19, 2022 9:39 PM

At R316, Sarah Chatto. I like the ensemble. Blazer dress (like Kate's) except with a high-necked shirt underneath. Black tights. Medium-heel black shoes. Flying saucer type hat. She has a good figure.

by Anonymousreply 319September 19, 2022 9:39 PM

J'adore this costume with plumes.

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by Anonymousreply 320September 19, 2022 9:40 PM

My favorite Queen at Balmoral pic. "I AM big! It's the castles that got small..."

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by Anonymousreply 321September 19, 2022 9:40 PM

Not an ounce of makeup on Sarah Chatto, feels very aristocratic given how carefully and beautiful dressed she is.

by Anonymousreply 322September 19, 2022 9:41 PM

R313, from the heather, I’d bet it was taken at Balmoral (or at least Aberdeenshire).

by Anonymousreply 323September 19, 2022 9:48 PM

the only item missing from meghan's witch outfit was a broom.

by Anonymousreply 324September 19, 2022 9:48 PM

Ooh, I like Sarah Chatto’s brooch. Very nice.

by Anonymousreply 325September 19, 2022 9:52 PM

Did "handsome woman" Chatto borrow the brooch from Dame Edna or pinch one of the abbey's chandeliers?

by Anonymousreply 326September 19, 2022 9:53 PM

Inside the royal vault.

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by Anonymousreply 327September 19, 2022 9:54 PM

I wonder what happens to Balmoral. I know Charles now owns the place, but does he love it as much as his parents did? Will he summer there with the grandkids and the cousins? It was such an integral part of the Queen's lore.

by Anonymousreply 328September 19, 2022 9:59 PM

The vault is actually quite spacious. They should have stuffed some of the Queen's corgis and placed them on those shelves. Or put the skulls of former palace aides on the shelves, a la a medieval crypt.

by Anonymousreply 329September 19, 2022 10:00 PM

Catherine, Princess of Wales knows how to play nice in the sandbox. Maintaining a friendly relationship with the new Queen Camilla and also Angela Kelly will continue to serve her well. It is just a bit of common sense and practicing of the golden rule.

by Anonymousreply 330September 19, 2022 10:01 PM

Angela Kelly’s power vanished the moment the Queen died. She was the Queen’s favorite and will be gently retired.

by Anonymousreply 331September 19, 2022 10:03 PM
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by Anonymousreply 332September 19, 2022 10:03 PM

Aw, Emma

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by Anonymousreply 333September 19, 2022 10:03 PM

Lady Louise needs more help with clothing and hair than she is currently getting.

by Anonymousreply 334September 19, 2022 10:04 PM

r328 Charles seems to go up there quite a lot since he's got good memories of Scotland with the Queen mother. Its William and the younger ones who seem to have less interest in travelling to the Scottish highlands for a few months once a year.

by Anonymousreply 335September 19, 2022 10:04 PM

R328.... I read in one of the Ts (Times or Telegraph) Charles contemplated giving Balmoral to the nation, he being happily ensconced at Birkhall (and I guess it's all about him). But that his siblings might feel differently given it has long been such a family home and summer tradition. So maybe he gives it to the nation and they have it for a few weeks a year to do that and it is closed in that time. The article also contended he will keep Sandringham as he is already heavily organic farming there. Windsor he doesn't like.

by Anonymousreply 336September 19, 2022 10:05 PM

M's outfit reminded me of those capes the nurses used to wear back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 337September 19, 2022 10:06 PM

So, apparently the Emperor and Empress of Japan don't normally attend funeral because it's thought to bring darkness and sadness (I'm guessing to Japan as a whole because the Emperor is one of those spiritual leader/embodiment). They'll have to undergo a purification with salt ritual. So, big honor that they showed--no wonder Kate was wearing the earrings from Japan. She and her team are savvy.

by Anonymousreply 338September 19, 2022 10:06 PM

The first Elizabeth's tomb at Westminster Abbey

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by Anonymousreply 339September 19, 2022 10:08 PM

Earl Spencer’s wife is Canadian, not Californian r7.

by Anonymousreply 340September 19, 2022 10:11 PM

R339 sometimes I wonder what civilisations far into the future--if indeed Mankind survives that long--will make of all these tombs. Will the people thousands of years from now still know who all these kings & queens were? Or will they be forgotten and have to be rediscovered, like Ancient Incans or Egyptians?

by Anonymousreply 341September 19, 2022 10:11 PM

Ugh can you imagine a tomb like that for QEII, r339? That would be CREEPY, CREEPY, CREEPY.

by Anonymousreply 342September 19, 2022 10:11 PM

Speaking of Charlotte... This is one of my favorite pictures.

"You don't have to worry, Gan-Gan, I'm here now."

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by Anonymousreply 343September 19, 2022 10:13 PM

Elizabeth I really did look like Quentin Crisp.

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by Anonymousreply 344September 19, 2022 10:14 PM

r339 She shares it with Mary I which must be one of the most awkward grave sharing situations in history. Its a pity they didn't put Edward VI in there as well just so all their spirits could have spent the last 500 years calling each other heretics.

by Anonymousreply 345September 19, 2022 10:15 PM

Best part was seeing Muick and Sandy, the royal corgis say goodbye. Too bad awful Andrew will get them,

by Anonymousreply 346September 19, 2022 10:16 PM

They'll probably make of them what we make of the Romans--i.e. we won't lose our ability to translate the language the way we lost our ability to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics and other ancient languages.

Archaeologists and anthropologists spend a lot of time figuring out burial rites--they tell a lot about a culture. Those of the British monarchs get way up there on the lavish scale--so, a powerful, rich nation at work.

by Anonymousreply 347September 19, 2022 10:16 PM

R343 wow....the directness of Lottie's gaze...and the knowing smile from Bets....

Now I'm wondering if by some epic vicissitudes, Charlotte really will somehow ascend to the throne.

by Anonymousreply 348September 19, 2022 10:17 PM

Charlotte is an old soul.

by Anonymousreply 349September 19, 2022 10:22 PM

Della, I may wind up blocked because I'm having a whale of a time winding up the winged megkeys. (I disapprove of Markle, I think she's obvious, but I hate her trolls. 90% of my shading Markle was just to wind up the scum that swarm in her name.) So in advance, great good luck to you, Della, and have a good life. And to all of you who aren't the worst of DL, all the same. Take care. Have happy lives. There are some thoughtful and funny people here. Just not enough of 'em!

by Anonymousreply 350September 19, 2022 10:28 PM

[quote] [R339] She shares it with Mary I which must be one of the most awkward grave sharing situations in history. Its a pity they didn't put Edward VI in there as well just so all their spirits could have spent the last 500 years calling each other heretics.

R345, the grave of Elizabeth I is even more awkwardly situated opposite that of Mary, Queen of Scots, whose death warrant she signed…

by Anonymousreply 351September 19, 2022 10:37 PM

Haha.

I posted in Part 2 that the seating arrangement would become a story.

I said that the only reason Charlotte and George were added to the guest list for the funeral (at the last minute) was so that Harry and Meghan would be bumped to the second row, and wouldn't have to sit next to William and Kate.

I was right!

[quote] Buckingham Palace Insists Harry and Meghan’s Second Row Funeral Seats Were No Snub

There was “no snub” aimed at Prince Harry at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and he was seated in the second row because of his age, a source at Buckingham Palace told The Daily Beast Monday evening.

The source sought to quell speculation that Harry and wife Meghan Markle had been seated in the second row as a snub following their estrangement from the family, telling The Daily Beast: “The order was approximately age order but trying not to split families up.” (Harry and Meghan were seated on the front row at the second public funeral service of the day at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.)

The palace suggested that, apart from Prince William (40) who is now first in line to the throne, other grandchildren of the monarch had been seated in age order, with Peter (44) and Zara (41) being put in the front row ahead of second-row occupants Harry (38), Beatrice (34), and Eugenie (32).

According to the palace, this explains why Harry’s cousins, Princess Anne’s children Zara and Peter, were seated in the front row despite never having been working royals, rather than speculation that Harry being relegated to a less prominent position in response to his and his wife’s attacks on the monarchy.

The couple have accused an unnamed individual in the family of racism and Meghan gave an interview shortly before the queen’s death in which she said they threatened the “hierarchy” of the institution “just by existing,” and appeared to threaten to make more revelations. The palace are also said to be extremely anxious about Harry’s forthcoming memoir.

Harry has apparently suffered several slights since the queen’s death.

He did not travel to Scotland with his brother and uncles when his grandmother was first announced to have been taken ill, was excluded from a dinner with Charles and William on the night of her death, and was banned from wearing military uniform to today’s funeral.

It was also reported that he was only told of the queen’s death five minutes before it was publicly announced.

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by Anonymousreply 352September 19, 2022 10:45 PM

Sarah Chatto is always elegant. Nice to see her marriage has survived all these years. Thanks for the pics, I didn't see her in the church. I did see her brother who was staring daggers at Harry.

The Corgis and the Fell pony Emma pawing at the ground as the Queen's coffin passed, did me in.

by Anonymousreply 353September 19, 2022 10:48 PM

R352. For the love of god STFU you bloody tiresome frau hag.

by Anonymousreply 354September 19, 2022 10:51 PM

R292 Apparently, one could hear two of her corgis barking at Windsor as the procession arrived but I couldn’t hear it.

by Anonymousreply 355September 19, 2022 10:51 PM

Emma was a good girl.

by Anonymousreply 356September 19, 2022 10:53 PM

If only Harry was as good a girl as Emma and the corgis. He's a naughty, naughty boy. Didn't he want to be "just Harry"? Now he thinks he's Louis Quatorze.

by Anonymousreply 357September 19, 2022 10:55 PM

[quote] Charlotte has confidence. She’ll be a great asset to George.

You have no idea.

by Anonymousreply 358September 19, 2022 10:56 PM

If the plan was to put Harry in the second row as a snub, it backfired, because he ended up in many more camera shots than William, due to being directly behind Charles.

by Anonymousreply 359September 19, 2022 10:58 PM

Seriously. Harry's a crybaby. A whining little bitch. He can dish it out but he sure can't take it. He's Trump.

by Anonymousreply 360September 19, 2022 11:00 PM

I just love that Charlotte. I’m the middle child between two brothers and kept them in line just like our C. Telling George to bow at the funeral, scolding Louis at the Jubilee—she has the makings of a great woman.

When she broke down in tears at the funeral—completely authentic. I was bereft when my great aunt Mir died when I was 5. I loved her. You can’t fake that type of feeling…as much as Markle might try.

by Anonymousreply 361September 19, 2022 11:03 PM

R312 I saw Rose and Chumley on BBC with no voiceover by the presenter.

Anyone notice H&M seemed rather icy getting back into their car?

by Anonymousreply 362September 19, 2022 11:03 PM

[Quote]Didn't he want to be "just Harry"? Now he thinks he's Louis Quatorze.

You made me laugh, sir. Gracias.

by Anonymousreply 363September 19, 2022 11:04 PM

[quote] For the love of god STFU you bloody tiresome frau hag.

Doesn't matter what you think.

It's all over the American media, and we're watching.

The BRF treatment of Harry and Meghan during this event has been ABOMINABLE.

How funny that the Klan Grannies keep blaming Harry and Meghan for creating drama, but the reality is that it's all Charles and William stirring up all this shit.

by Anonymousreply 364September 19, 2022 11:06 PM

[quote]Was there a "short bus" for the dumber heads of state?

If she'd died two years ago, there would've had to have been, if only for Trump.

by Anonymousreply 365September 19, 2022 11:08 PM

I want to see more pictures of the obscure aristocratic ladies’ outfits, less of the same 5 royal women!

by Anonymousreply 366September 19, 2022 11:09 PM

When I'm The Princess Royal I will certainly be busy making sure King George does everything properly!

by Anonymousreply 367September 19, 2022 11:12 PM

I wonder if the corgis are going to get the same prime grade food prepared by a gourmet chef over at Andy and Sarah's house?

by Anonymousreply 368September 19, 2022 11:14 PM

Over 4 billion people watched this....crazy any broadcast can get those numbers!

by Anonymousreply 369September 19, 2022 11:14 PM

It makes me sad that Diana isn't alive today to see her beautiful grandchildren. I think she'd be so proud of her two sons, and would adore those little ones.

by Anonymousreply 370September 19, 2022 11:15 PM

In 1997, I fell in lust with one or two of the Grenadiers carrying Diana's coffin in the Abbey.

Twenty-five years later, I'd do the first Grenadier on the left and the second one in on the right!

Woof!!!

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by Anonymousreply 371September 19, 2022 11:15 PM

Were there any guests from the entertainment world there today?

by Anonymousreply 372September 19, 2022 11:16 PM

[quote]The BRF treatment of Harry and Meghan during this event has been ABOMINABLE.

[quote]How funny that the Klan Grannies keep blaming Harry and Meghan for creating drama, but the reality is that it's all Charles and William stirring up all this shit.

Oh do fuck off. They've been treated very well, included in everything and given place of prominence. Given all the stress this past week that's more than most would hope for (no one planned on them being in the UK when the Queen died, it was happenstance). Charles lovingly included them in his speech, which is kinder than the words they've had for him.

Stirring up drama? Charles and William are too busy BURYING the monarch, their mother and grandmother, and signing off on every detail as well as (in Charles's case), working 24/7 as Head of State. The only shitty people stirring up DRAMA were Frick and Frack (H&M), constantly briefing the effing press on every single petty slight Harry perceived, from seating, to reception status, to the fucking 1-inch emblem on his shoulder braiding that no one on God's Green Earth gives a FUCK about, but HIM.

The selfishness and narcissism they displayed this past week, the most stressful for the entire BRF in decades, will be long in their memories. The icy cold emanating from Kate, Camilla and Sophie today toward them spoke volumes. They are OUT, and not soon enough. King Charles doesn't have the same patience the late Queen had.

by Anonymousreply 373September 19, 2022 11:16 PM

Funny Queen story from India Hicks, daughter of Lady Pamela Hicks.

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by Anonymousreply 374September 19, 2022 11:18 PM

Anyone have a Cliffnotes version of this pageantry? Every time I'd turn the television it was the car moving an inch forward.

by Anonymousreply 375September 19, 2022 11:18 PM

[quote] Charles and William are too busy BURYING the monarch, their mother and grandmother, and signing off on every detail as well

Including seating charts, jewelry, and uniforms.

Trust me. Everything done to the Sussexes was planned and calculated.

The Queen is dead.

All bets are off.

Charles and William cannot be trusted.

by Anonymousreply 376September 19, 2022 11:22 PM

"Done to them" is the narrative now.

by Anonymousreply 377September 19, 2022 11:23 PM

[Next week, at Wembley Stadium]

Southgate: Now, Jack; when we're up to sing the National Anthem, do you remember which one of the words is going to be different, and where it goes? We've gone over it and practised hard for a few months now, haven't we? Just a little easy-peasy word that's not the same as it was last year. It's alright to get it wrong, as long as you try....though you've tried rather too many times to count, by now...still, come on, have another go, let's hear you. After all, you've done so well and worked your socks off this season. All the lads are behind you. I know you can make us all proud and remember what you've got to sing.

(long beat)

Grealish: Oom...errr....do oi hafta loike....

Southgate: Afraid so. I'll sing the first bit. Ready? 'God--Save--Our--Gracious--....'?

Grealish: Y'wot? Oi-oi dunnow....is it...uhh....

Southgate: Keep your head, just say whatever comes to mind. 'Our--Gracious.....K'?

Grealish:................

Southgate:....Ki......Kiiiiiii......

Grealish: ......................Kildare Countay?

Southgate: Not...quite, no. Remember this is England, love, England. Think a bit harder, mate.

Grealish: Er....oi....fooksake, can't do it. Oi've fookin' forgot agen, Gaffah! Sorray....

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by Anonymousreply 378September 19, 2022 11:24 PM

[quote] It's all over the American media, and we're watching.

Yes.

And loving every minute of the Harkles' discomfort.

As for their perpetual whining - boring.

They excel at showing people exactly who they are.

by Anonymousreply 379September 19, 2022 11:25 PM

Kate was perfect looking. Elegant and perfectly accessorized. Absolutely gorgeous.

by Anonymousreply 380September 19, 2022 11:25 PM

A soon as some midwesternfrau types “klan granny” it’s an immediate block from me. Makes these threads so much more pleasant!

by Anonymousreply 381September 19, 2022 11:27 PM

I'm sorry if this observation has already been made, but did anyone else notice Camilla's right hand briefly shaking? She was quick to conceal it

by Anonymousreply 382September 19, 2022 11:28 PM

About Harry's missing braid on the uniform.. so why didn't he take his own uniform with him when he left the UK.

Sounds like they had to scrounge a uniform for him

Why didn't he wear his own if it was so important to him?

by Anonymousreply 383September 19, 2022 11:29 PM

[quote]It's all over the American media, and we're watching.

Ooooooh... what are you gonna do? Be even more common?

by Anonymousreply 384September 19, 2022 11:30 PM

[quote]Were there any guests from the entertainment world there today?

Ahem.

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by Anonymousreply 385September 19, 2022 11:31 PM

[quote] Were there any guests from the entertainment world there today?

Sandra Oh (Canadian delegation) and Bear Grylls (representing the British Boy Scouts).

by Anonymousreply 386September 19, 2022 11:32 PM

Special Inside Edition on now 7:30p EST - entire episode devoted to funeral

by Anonymousreply 387September 19, 2022 11:33 PM

R382.... so I Googled that because.... it's been remarked upon a few times since earlier this year. It could be any number of things. It could be a common essential tremor, it could be a reaction to adrenalin in certain circumstances, it could be an elderly lady feeling the cold or the heat or tiredness or some combination. Of course everybody will assume it's Parkinsons but there's lots of unconcerning causes. So all that can really be said is it has been noticed but it isn't enough everybody's noticed or remarked. Of course, this being DL and the Queen not satisfactorily dead, there will be a contingent here predicting Camilla gone by Christmas so as to fill the void.

by Anonymousreply 388September 19, 2022 11:34 PM

Thank Ghu that's over. How many funeral services does one need?

by Anonymousreply 389September 19, 2022 11:34 PM

[R382],

I noticed that too.

by Anonymousreply 390September 19, 2022 11:34 PM

[quote]Special Inside Edition on now 7:30p EST - entire episode devoted to funeral

That'll be some top quality reporting.

by Anonymousreply 391September 19, 2022 11:35 PM

R375

[quote] Anyone have a Cliffnotes version of this pageantry? Every time I'd turn the television it was the car moving an inch forward.

Yes!

I found this online last night, printed it out and wherever a time was noted, I wrote down my own time zone. It was a big help.

The times of the actual events as they happened matched closely to the times listed in the guide linked below.

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by Anonymousreply 392September 19, 2022 11:35 PM

Not venturing about the tremor, but Camilla looks unwell. She really does not not look well.

by Anonymousreply 393September 19, 2022 11:36 PM

Hoof and mouth disease.

by Anonymousreply 394September 19, 2022 11:37 PM

Breyer created an Emma product in 2015. About 10k units if this info is correct.

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by Anonymousreply 395September 19, 2022 11:38 PM

She's 75 and has been at it full speed for almost two weeks. Recall, nobody expected the Queen to die as suddenly as she did and boom, they were in the middle of it all.

I remember when my father died, the funeral director said to us that when it was all over we would be as tired as we would ever be in our lives. Between the adrenalin and the emotion and the schedule, he was right. And we did about three days when I was in my thirties. So no doubt she does look tired.

by Anonymousreply 396September 19, 2022 11:39 PM

The Head Chamberlain who broke his Wand of Office at the funeral is the same man who was sitting next to Major Johnny right behind the Harkles at the St. Paul's Jubilee Service.

I think he's the ex-MI5 guy.

by Anonymousreply 397September 19, 2022 11:39 PM

David Connor, the Dean of Windsor, is the most boring person alive. Listening to him sucked all the energy right out of me.

by Anonymousreply 398September 19, 2022 11:42 PM

Foreign royals and their gems. Some a bit gaudy, but many beautiful pieces (the bow brooch from Lichtenstein is my favorite).

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by Anonymousreply 399September 19, 2022 11:42 PM

[quote]Trust me. Everything done to the Sussexes was planned and calculated.

Utter TOSH, as the Brits say. The BRF was too busy to be bothered to brief against those two useless, now-irrelevant morons. Why poke the beast - all they'd do is run back to brief their press friends, Scobie and the like. And pull focus from where it belongs: on the Queen and her passing, and the accession of King Charles.

by Anonymousreply 400September 19, 2022 11:44 PM

The crown, orb and scepter leaving the queen was sad to me.

by Anonymousreply 401September 19, 2022 11:45 PM

R391, and other postings - stop being such a cunt!

by Anonymousreply 402September 19, 2022 11:46 PM

Let's face it, Camilla never looks fresh or refreshed. She looks like Tan Mom.

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by Anonymousreply 403September 19, 2022 11:48 PM

It's not until all the services and rituals are over with that the real mourning begins. Only then does it really sink in that the loved one is gone.

by Anonymousreply 404September 19, 2022 11:49 PM

[quote]I'm sorry if this observation has already been made, but did anyone else notice Camilla's right hand briefly shaking? She was quick to conceal it

It's just gin withdrawal. She will be fine as she is probably now drowning in gin as she listens to her newly minted King-husband complain and start tantrums.

by Anonymousreply 405September 19, 2022 11:49 PM

I don't even believe Elizabeth Windsor is dead. I think she was just tired & decided to quietly hand the crown over to Charles since he's an old man and he's been waiting his entire life to be "king." I bet she's spending her last days quietly at Balmoral castle in peace and when she dies for real, the family will bury her quietly without fanfare or the press. She'll spend the rest of her life in seclusion on 50,000 acres of land.

I've thought about thus ever since she died. That woman is still a live. No way she's dead!

by Anonymousreply 406September 19, 2022 11:50 PM

Tan Mom Looks like Megan in Germany tee hee, but not today, nope. Funny how that goes..

by Anonymousreply 407September 19, 2022 11:50 PM

R374, I remember India Hicks as a bridesmaid at THE Royal Wedding (1981).

However, the Honorable Lady Hicks needs to proofread before tweeting.

It's "complaint," not "compliant."

by Anonymousreply 408September 19, 2022 11:50 PM

Today was the best look I ever had of the Imperial Crown. It sure beats the pictures I had previously seen.

by Anonymousreply 409September 19, 2022 11:51 PM

Had to work today so watching the replay on PBS. Don't tell anyone but I'm fast forwarding through the boring parts.

by Anonymousreply 410September 19, 2022 11:53 PM

R402: No.

by Anonymousreply 411September 19, 2022 11:54 PM

OMG, the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is real!!!

by Anonymousreply 412September 19, 2022 11:57 PM

Reading fluff online about the funeral, Harry is referred to as the Britney Spears of the Royal Family..

by Anonymousreply 413September 19, 2022 11:57 PM

I'm wondering what Harry's immigration status in the US is. He certainly didn't get a green card prior to buggering off from Vancouver. Foreigners married to Americans have no right of abode. I bet he's using a diplomatic passport which is dubious as he isn't a working royal. Will he get deported?

by Anonymousreply 414September 19, 2022 11:57 PM

Get a load of R411! Talking about "trash tv" while posting incessantly at the DL! 🙄

by Anonymousreply 415September 19, 2022 11:59 PM

Haz is married to an American, so he does have a green card.

by Anonymousreply 416September 20, 2022 12:00 AM

Get a load of the wounded feelings on R415. Toughen up, flower, if you're gonna play here.

by Anonymousreply 417September 20, 2022 12:00 AM

India Hicks is trash, and stole a coat from airport clothing store.

by Anonymousreply 418September 20, 2022 12:02 AM

[quote]Foreigners married to Americans have no right of abode. I bet he's using a diplomatic passport which is dubious as he isn't a working royal. Will he get deported?

What nonsense. IF you marry an American, you can apply for a green card, residency and then eventually citizenship. Ever heard of marriage fraud? That is when an American citizen is paid to marry a foreigner in order for the foreigner a green card/residency.

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by Anonymousreply 419September 20, 2022 12:02 AM

And if Charles and Diana's marriage had worked out, and they had stayed together, Diana would have been the one sitting there next to Charles today. That's kind of sad.

by Anonymousreply 420September 20, 2022 12:03 AM

India Hicks also wore skyscraper spike-heel Louboutain boots to the funeral, which Meghan would have been drawn and quartered online for sporting.

by Anonymousreply 421September 20, 2022 12:04 AM

Harry always looks so sloppy and poorly groomed to me. And balding so rapidly, practically 100% bald on top now. Aging like sour milk, just like his brother.

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by Anonymousreply 422September 20, 2022 12:05 AM

And her stans accuse everybody else of dragging her into every post.... (R421)

by Anonymousreply 423September 20, 2022 12:06 AM

I mean, this is just… tragic.

Also, that bombshell Oprah interview isn’t aging at all well, is it, H&M?

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by Anonymousreply 424September 20, 2022 12:09 AM

I would think Harry was able to get a green card. He's married to a citizen, and I think there is only pause if officials suspect the marriage is fraudulent or only to gain US citizenship. But I don't think there is any database to look that up. You'd think there would be actually.

by Anonymousreply 425September 20, 2022 12:11 AM

Harry & Wills are no longer cute twinks. One is 40 and the other nearly there.

They are going to start falling apart. What did you expect? Two Dorian Gray's?

Was Prince Freddie of Denmark there? He of the big cock?

by Anonymousreply 426September 20, 2022 12:14 AM

I doubt Harry received this treatment, but nowadays with social media, getting a green card involves usually turning over a ton of private messages and other online proof that your relationship developed naturally. Kind of shocking invasion of privacy to the couples I know who went through it.

by Anonymousreply 427September 20, 2022 12:15 AM

William is still okay looking. Harry looks about 10 years older than he is and his scruff is always too scruffy. He’s so unpolished looking and yet a little dirty.

by Anonymousreply 428September 20, 2022 12:16 AM

The only thing missing from the funeral today was Sheryl Lee Ralph taking the pulpit and singing.

by Anonymousreply 429September 20, 2022 12:17 AM

Harry and Meghan should appear on the next season of 90 Day Fiance.

by Anonymousreply 430September 20, 2022 12:18 AM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 431September 20, 2022 12:21 AM

I'd have loved to have seen someone organize a Band-Aid type video with Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Boy George, Simon LeBon, Posh Beckham, and others singing a somewhat-uptempo EDM-like "God Save the Queen" to raise money for some worthy charity.

You KNOW it would have gone straight to #1. Instantly.

by Anonymousreply 432September 20, 2022 12:21 AM

R429 - Trudeau got that covered already

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by Anonymousreply 433September 20, 2022 12:21 AM

The Maul is back in form:

The Duchess of Sussex found herself tucked behind a candle and one of the tallest members of the Royal Family yesterday.

It meant TV viewers struggled to get a glimpse of her because she was often obscured from view.

The Duchess, 41, and her husband Prince Harry were seated behind Tim Laurence, Princess Anne’s husband, who towers over his wife.

A large church candle also stood between her and the TV cameras, while her wide-brimmed hat made it even more difficult for fans to see her.

Meghan and husband Prince Harry were seated in the second row at Westminster Abbey next to Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

She may have been happy to keep a low profile after a number of interviews in recent months in which she has been highly critical of the Royal Family.

by Anonymousreply 434September 20, 2022 12:22 AM

^ Wow. Contruction on Westminster Abbey began in 1245 under Henry III.

- R431

by Anonymousreply 435September 20, 2022 12:22 AM

Was it worth it, Harry?

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by Anonymousreply 436September 20, 2022 12:24 AM

[quote] Contruction on Westminster Abbey began in 1245 under Henry III.

And it'll be finished next week.

by Anonymousreply 437September 20, 2022 12:25 AM

Haz is just shit in midfield. Stagnating play in the middle third, doesn't create chances, no assists. Transfer and get him gone from the club.

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by Anonymousreply 438September 20, 2022 12:28 AM

Richard Kay writes a plain spoken yet somehow empathetic piece about Harry and Andrew in the Mail.

by Anonymousreply 439September 20, 2022 12:29 AM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 440September 20, 2022 12:29 AM

So when they talked about the late queen and her close friends were they intimating that these were the people she was free enough to cast off her skin and crawl up the walls like the reptilian empress the mainstream media on that shit box refused to expose?!

by Anonymousreply 441September 20, 2022 12:30 AM

R437 - But we have to talk about the budget.

by Anonymousreply 442September 20, 2022 12:30 AM

[quote]Were there any guests from the entertainment world there today?

Me!

by Anonymousreply 443September 20, 2022 12:32 AM

Watching the replay and Camilla is indeed a bit unsteady. I am sure they are all exhausted.... and we forget she's actually a bit older than Charles.

by Anonymousreply 444September 20, 2022 12:35 AM

Does anyone know where I can watch the Windsor service online? I was up so early I fell asleep about 10 minutes before it started. I would like to still watch it if I can.

by Anonymousreply 445September 20, 2022 12:36 AM

We know the queen loved balmoral and KC loves his organic farming and luxury but what about PW, I just realized I don’t recall reading much about his likes or hobbies. I wonder what palaces or places he favors.

by Anonymousreply 446September 20, 2022 12:38 AM

PBS right now, R445.

by Anonymousreply 447September 20, 2022 12:38 AM

Obama released an interview today that he did with the BBC, in which he said Queenie let Sasha and Malia ride in the golden carriage all around Buckingham Palace as a special treat. Really nice and Granny-like thing to do for those girls.

by Anonymousreply 448September 20, 2022 12:39 AM

R445: Royal Family, Youtube.

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by Anonymousreply 449September 20, 2022 12:39 AM

I'm watching the replay I taped. OMG the gun carriage and bag pipes. I'm not usually emotional, but geez, it is making me misty. I imagine everyone taking part was very emotional, i can see it in their faces. Damn...

by Anonymousreply 450September 20, 2022 12:42 AM

[quote]Does anyone know where I can watch the Windsor service online?

My pay-per-view site will be ready shortly. All major credit cards accepted.

by Anonymousreply 451September 20, 2022 12:46 AM

Isn't the entire BBC broadcast on Youtube?

by Anonymousreply 452September 20, 2022 12:54 AM

I believe it is, r452. Should be easy to find.

by Anonymousreply 453September 20, 2022 12:55 AM

r436 you know Harry regrets his choices at that very instant, but he’ll probably be fine once he’s back home in California. He truly does want all of the perks but none of the responsibility.

Still, I can’t help but feel a little sad for him that he couldn’t salute the Queen, since he was one of her favs, but at the same time, screw him.

by Anonymousreply 454September 20, 2022 12:56 AM

William looks so good in his uniform. It’s too bad he can’t wear a hat all the time.

by Anonymousreply 455September 20, 2022 12:57 AM

[quote] Does anyone know where I can watch the Windsor service online?

Kate has a card reader in her twat.

Just swipe and view!

by Anonymousreply 456September 20, 2022 12:57 AM

[quote] Charles and William cannot be trusted.

After the way they've conducted themselves no one owes the Sussexes a damned thing.

They'll lie in the bed they've made for themselves. I just pity their children.

by Anonymousreply 457September 20, 2022 1:05 AM

Interesting photo.

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by Anonymousreply 458September 20, 2022 1:11 AM

[quote] Prince Harry appeared 'traumatized' at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral while seated behind King Charles III

At the late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday, one member of the royal family in particular seemed to be overcome with emotion: Prince Harry.

"Harry just looked traumatized," Shannon Felton Spence, a royal expert, told Fox News Digital.

The late monarch's grandson sat next to wife Meghan Markle at the funeral. The couple was seated in the second row directly behind King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla.

According to Spence, the seating arrangement at the funeral was also very telling regarding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

"Harry and Meghan really surprised me because it means they’ll be in every photo," Spence continued, noting their placement directly behind the new king. "But I guess it makes sense since they clearly did the arrangement by succession."

The new king led the procession into Westminster Abbey, followed by the rest of the royal family.

He walked with other members of the royal family, including his sister Anne, Princess Royal, and his brothers Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

His children William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, who walked close together, also followed their grandmother's coffin along with their cousin Peter Phillips, Anne's son.

After conflicting reports on whether they would be in attendance, Harry and Meghan ultimately did not attend Sunday evening's Buckingham Palace reception.

"They wanted to be there," Spence said. "I imagine the weight of what they gave up when they resigned from their jobs as working royals is very heavy this weekend. Remember, they wanted to have both. They wanted to be able to capitalize on a celebrity brand and be ‘financially independent’ while also still serving The Crown. And the queen said no. That’s not how it works. You are in or you are out. And this is pretty indicative of their strategy over the last two years. They leak to the press to try and force the issue. And the only time I recall it working was with the question of Prince Harry’s ability to wear uniform to the vigil on Saturday night."

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by Anonymousreply 459September 20, 2022 1:14 AM

I have a semi stupid question... I'm watching a replay of the Abby funeral and they removed the crown and scepter. Didn't they also do it at Windsor? Or am I misremembering?

by Anonymousreply 460September 20, 2022 1:16 AM

Oh wait, I just put on PBS, I think this is Windsor. Hah I'm not sure.

by Anonymousreply 461September 20, 2022 1:19 AM

It was not removed at the first service.

by Anonymousreply 462September 20, 2022 1:20 AM

R462 you're right, I thought I was watching the Abby, they're at Windsor.

by Anonymousreply 463September 20, 2022 1:22 AM

You aren't totally misremembering, R460 they were unlatched at Westminster, but where unlatched and removed at Windsor.

by Anonymousreply 464September 20, 2022 1:24 AM

Queen Elizabeth II finally parted company with the Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre as the final hymn was sung at her committal ceremony, in one of the most moving moments of today's funeral.

Throughout her lying in state, the symbols of monarchy have adorned her coffin, and they remained there during her funeral at Westminster Abbey and will for the committal at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

They were removed in the final moments before the public sees its last images of the monarch’s coffin.

Before the final hymn was sung in St George’s Chapel during the ceremony that began at 4pm today, Mark Appleby, the Crown Jeweller, removed the crown, orb and sceptre from the coffin, with the help of the Bargemaster and the Serjeants-at-Arms – royal servants who guard the regalia during state occasions. They passed them one by one to the Dean of Windsor, who placed them on the high altar.

While the crown represents the sovereign’s power over her subjects, the orb, made up of a cross above a globe, represents Christ’s earthly dominion and symbolises the monarch’s status as God’s mortal representative. The sceptre, which holds the world’s largest cut diamond, the Cullinan I, represents equity and mercy. They will be presented to the King at his coronation in 2023.

At the end of the hymn, the King will placed a military flag on top of the coffin which, according to the Army, will be placed inside her coffin before she is interred.

The Grenadier Guards Queen’s Company Camp Colour – a small flag which normally adorns the Company Captain’s bunk designating his place of work – is unique to each sovereign and ceases to be used when they die. The full-sized version of the flag is currently draped at the foot of the Queen’s coffin as she lies in state.

The Grenadier Guards are the most senior of the Foot Guards regiments, and the Queen was their Colonel in Chief.

Once the King placed the colours on top of the coffin, the Lord Chamberlain, the most senior officer of the Royal household, broke his wand of office and placed it there.

As the coffin was lowered into the royal vault, as Prince Philip’s was at his funeral in 2021, the Dean of Windsor read a psalm and the commendation before the Garter King of Arms read out the styles and titles of the Queen.

The committal did not mark the end of the day’s ceremonies. At 7.30pm close family members will gather in the tiny King George VI Memorial Chapel for the interment of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, whose coffins will be moved from the royal vault to be interred alongside the Queen’s parents and her sister Princess Margaret.

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by Anonymousreply 465September 20, 2022 1:25 AM

Got it, thanks, R464.

by Anonymousreply 466September 20, 2022 1:25 AM

Meghan should just proclaim herself Queen of Monticello and be done with it. Oh yeah, that's Oprah. Forget it.

by Anonymousreply 467September 20, 2022 1:27 AM

Supposedly, William and Kate like Anmer Hall, their house at Sandringham, most.

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by Anonymousreply 468September 20, 2022 1:27 AM

Buckingham Palace staff stand outside to pay tribute to the Queen.

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by Anonymousreply 469September 20, 2022 1:30 AM

[quote] Queen of Monticello

The Klan Grannies ain’t much into book lernin’

by Anonymousreply 470September 20, 2022 1:33 AM

@R458 - Willis is a KAAANG, baby!

by Anonymousreply 471September 20, 2022 1:33 AM

I really love Great Britain, and I plan to visit in the next year or so (Covid, behave!). I've never been to Windsor Castle, is the area where the queen is entombed open to the public (I know, macabre question)? Geez she's barely buried and I'm wondering if I could tour it. On another royal note, I remember visiting St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg years ago and coming across the Romanovs' burial place--I was stupid back then and didn't even know they were there.

by Anonymousreply 472September 20, 2022 1:41 AM

[quote]Catherine, Princess of Wales knows how to play nice in the sandbox. Maintaining a friendly relationship with the new Queen Camilla and also Angela Kelly will continue to serve her well.

I think Kate and Camilla get along fine already, don’t they?

[quote]Now I'm wondering if by some epic vicissitudes, Charlotte really will somehow ascend to the throne.

It seems fated to happen.

by Anonymousreply 473September 20, 2022 1:49 AM

Were the commands to the pall bearers performative or did they really need to be told what to do? "stand still.....slow march....coming through"?

by Anonymousreply 474September 20, 2022 1:52 AM

R283, I am sorry for ther lots.

by Anonymousreply 475September 20, 2022 1:59 AM

Perhaps a variant of the plague or sweating sickness will strike down most senior members of the royal house...leading to the beginning of Queen Charlotte's reign.

by Anonymousreply 476September 20, 2022 2:07 AM

R472, it's gated, but yes.

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by Anonymousreply 477September 20, 2022 2:16 AM

[quote] I think she was just tired & decided to quietly hand the crown over to Charles

Well, mission accomplished, then! I don't think anyone noticed, do you?

by Anonymousreply 478September 20, 2022 2:18 AM

[quote]A soon as some midwesternfrau types “klan granny” it’s an immediate block from me. Makes these threads so much more pleasant!

Back at ya, racist cunt!

by Anonymousreply 479September 20, 2022 2:25 AM

[quote]Charlotte may be the best-dressed there.

It is easier to look fabulous when one doesn't have to be told one is fat at each fitting. I transcended even that time, but I agree, Madeleine in Mourning is my best look yet.

by Anonymousreply 480September 20, 2022 3:00 AM

I am the opposite of a Meghan fan, but IMO she did not put a foot wrong over the many hours of the funeral/s. You may cavil at her choice of dress or be suspicious of her tears, but as far as she could, being basically a novice at the whole thing, she did what she was supposed to do and didn't get in anyone's way.

I didn't notice that Harry didn't sing God Save the King at the Abbey, but after you guys mentioned it I watched him at Windsor and he didn't sing it there either. Just stood there with his mouth shut. So I don't foresee any jollies in Charles's future from him. His attitude seemed to be that he'd come to bury his grandmother, not to reconcile with his host. Meghan, by contrast, did sing, or at least mouth words she might not know well.

When Harry went to talk to Charlotte during the Windsor service, she startled and moved towards her mother as though they'd told her HE was the pedo. So she's clearly not hearing good things from mum and dad about him.

Harry being told the Queen had died five minutes before the public heard was not a slight: it was doubtless from genuine fear he would leak it.

Friends I watched it with suggested the reverse of "Harry and Meghan can now see what they've lost". They thought Harry would double down on his resolve to make a different life, because of the weight of history and duty on display and the tiny size of every individual in it by comparison with the whole. I think they might have a point.

by Anonymousreply 481September 20, 2022 3:10 AM

So much for the pageantry. Now we just have to wait for next year, and the coronation of the boy king.

by Anonymousreply 482September 20, 2022 3:16 AM

R481, I saw him sing at Windsor. They both did (in the church).

by Anonymousreply 483September 20, 2022 3:18 AM

This is going to seem dumb but I don't care. In the UK today, EVERYTHING was closed. I'm talking stores including grocery stores and restaurants and all kinds of merchants. Now, there were literally millions out today. Nearly 3 million people in Londond and Windsor combined, and no where to get coffee or a sandwich or a pint.

by Anonymousreply 484September 20, 2022 3:26 AM

R484, did they give people advance warning that shops would be closed? I live in the US and try to stock up before holidays just b/c I hate dealing with crowds.

by Anonymousreply 485September 20, 2022 3:29 AM

Oh no, R484! How did you survive without stuffing yourself with cheese and onion pasties and spotted dick for a day?

by Anonymousreply 486September 20, 2022 3:31 AM

" Klan Grannies" sounds so much like a New York expression. After all, the cleverest people are from there.

by Anonymousreply 487September 20, 2022 3:36 AM

OMG how will he ever make it through the seven days? Hold on sir, just hold on.

by Anonymousreply 488September 20, 2022 3:37 AM

R481, I wondered the opposite. I think Meghan was finally realizing what Harry lost. That he was a part of something larger, and now his father is King of the UK and he is a Prince of the Blood. Yeah, she's American and she didn't care about all that "foolishness." But she had to be massively impressed by the outpouring of love and grief she saw everywhere. And this was a woman she had a chance to meet and get to know. On a very personal level the Queen made a real effort to make her feel comfortable and welcomed her, and she couldn't get her head out of her ass long enough to realize what an amazing g ift that was. And she was also close enough to witness the raw emotions and the grieving of members of the family from Charles on down. And Harry was, like his cousins, devastated. Whatever else he may be, foolish for sure, he is a member of the Royal family. His identity, his culture, everything all his life was focused on all that she saw set before her these past 10 days. Fine. they decided to walk away. But WTF did they have to shit on people and show such a lack of judgement and maturity? Harry pouting and crapping on Charles and William, and Meghan dumping on Charles as if he wasn't the man who escorted her down the aisle on her wedding day. The tabloids are racist. Probably some of the staff in the palace are racists. But the way it was handled was not cool. And there is no let up. For those two it's all about grievance.

by Anonymousreply 489September 20, 2022 3:46 AM

May flights of corgis speed ye to thy rest.

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by Anonymousreply 490September 20, 2022 3:51 AM

William and Harry's step siblings. i keep forgetting they have them. Camilla's ex is in this photo, too. The seem to still be quite chummy.

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by Anonymousreply 491September 20, 2022 4:02 AM

Interesting info about her coffin.

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by Anonymousreply 492September 20, 2022 4:05 AM

In 1910 a group of elite Caucasians in silly hats honored one of their own King Edward VII. Four years later they put on their silly hats again and slaughtered 12 million human beings. Our planet is running out of resources. Climate change will kill millions. Virus are pandemic.Income inequality is rampant. Yet here we are.

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by Anonymousreply 493September 20, 2022 4:13 AM

Haggard Harry and Manic Meghan

by Anonymousreply 494September 20, 2022 4:16 AM

R492 Bollocks. Her Majesty's coffin was made from the bones of that Spencer creature as will mine be.

by Anonymousreply 495September 20, 2022 4:19 AM

[quote] William and Harry's step siblings. i keep forgetting they have them. Camilla's ex is in this photo, too. The seem to still be quite chummy.

R491, I think you are right that they are chummy, but Andrew Parker-Bowles is not in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 496September 20, 2022 4:28 AM

I recorded today’s events and I am now watching the Queen’s coffin down the long walk to Windsor Castle.

Couldn’t have ABC’s crew given the Queen the grace of approaching her final resting place. They babbled and babbled about nothing remotely important at this moment. It was so disrespectful. Why couldn’t they shut the f**k up!

by Anonymousreply 497September 20, 2022 4:50 AM

[quote]Meghan should just proclaim herself Queen of Monticello and be done with it. Oh yeah, that's Oprah. Forget it.

I will cut a bitch!

by Anonymousreply 498September 20, 2022 4:53 AM

At some point the Princess of Wales must have been thinking next time she goes through this she will be queen.

Equally but probably not on young Prince George's mind is pretty much same thing.

One of the more horrible aspects of being an heir is that someone you care about must die before can inherit.

You could see both at ceremony and throughout this past week or so HM is gutted. Having waited decades to become king, that moment arrives but only because his mother is dead.

by Anonymousreply 499September 20, 2022 5:08 AM

R497 that’s why I watched BBC. Huw was very respectful.

by Anonymousreply 500September 20, 2022 5:10 AM

When is the coronation? Around what time next year?

by Anonymousreply 501September 20, 2022 5:11 AM

Yesterday, we were witnesses to history; the funeral of Britain's longest serving monarch. We cried, we reminisced, we shared experiences, irreverences and anecdotes. Today, the sun rose in the East, the world continues to spin on its axis, and everyone gets on with their lives, consigning the late Queen Elizabeth II to the historical heap.

Life is meant to be pursued, gentlemen. For as long as it lasts.

by Anonymousreply 502September 20, 2022 5:13 AM

I refused to watch any ignorant American coverage. British voices only. I don’t want to hear about BuckingHAM Palace.

by Anonymousreply 503September 20, 2022 5:14 AM

BBC did indeed have the best coverage. They promised respectful, and that is what they delivered.

by Anonymousreply 504September 20, 2022 5:17 AM

How soon do Harry and Meghan leave, tomorrow? Harry may be a little bitch, but Charles is bringing up the rear.

I hope Harry adds additional chapters to his book, and includes airing every bit of dirty laundry including Charles skid-marked boxer shorts.

Excepting anything about Queen Elizabeth, of course. Make a fortune, because he's on his own now.

by Anonymousreply 505September 20, 2022 5:19 AM

I was watching an I Love Lucy episode recently, and Lucy was flipping through a magazine with the new Queen on the cover. Mindblowing to think that’s how far it goes back, and at the same time how oddly recent it feels.

by Anonymousreply 506September 20, 2022 5:24 AM

Asians still wear masks because it slightly cushions the blow when a Black man punches them for no reason.

by Anonymousreply 507September 20, 2022 5:27 AM

God damn it, this forum is really jumpy. Wrong thread.

by Anonymousreply 508September 20, 2022 5:28 AM

[quote] In the UK today, EVERYTHING was closed.

The only time that ever happens in the US, is on Christmas Day. And even that is changing.

[quote] William and Harry's step siblings. i keep forgetting they have them. Camilla's ex is in this photo, too. The seem to still be quite chummy.

The only one not smiling in that photo, is Harry.

It's pretty clear that Harry's grievances with his family started WAY before Meghan arrived on the scene.

Many people would like to blame her for this and for that, but I truly believe that she was just a means to an end for him.

I never realized how angry Harry was with Charles, until recently.

by Anonymousreply 509September 20, 2022 5:30 AM

R489 so true

by Anonymousreply 510September 20, 2022 5:33 AM

R509, I agree that Meghan is a symptom, not a source of Harry’s resentment. I think both Harry and William grew up with a great deal of resentment to Charles and (especially for Harry) a painful longing to rescue their mother.

William’s luck was in finding a wife who helped him to overcome his anger, whereas Harry found an equally damaged wife who helped fuel his.

by Anonymousreply 511September 20, 2022 5:35 AM

From The Daily Mail, 20 Sept 2022:

"Meghan Markle sobs in the pews of Westminster Abbey along side Sophie, Duchess of Wessex".

You would think that a British medium that reports daily on the royals would know that Sophie is a COUNTESS.

Megs "crying in the pews" over a woman who heads an institution that she spent years viciously villainizing, accusing and blaming. But Megs is an actress and had a role to play. One can only wonder what she was thinking about to generate the tears.

by Anonymousreply 512September 20, 2022 5:36 AM

R477 I wonder why they couldn't make the floor of this chapel (the size of a broom closet) level with the floor of the church? Ancient building I know but still it seems so impractical. It looks in the photo like you have to crawl down and watch not to bump your head. And just to understand the logistics, did they have to bring back up the two caskets previously lowered in the crypt in order to insert them under the existing black slab/marker? Asking this respectfully.

by Anonymousreply 513September 20, 2022 5:39 AM

[quote]It's pretty clear that Harry's grievances with his family started WAY before Meghan arrived on the scene.

There are two interviews after he was forced out of the military where he is clearly angry about the situation, and of course all those articles about him going to Africa to work on that charity right after he got out of the military were full of comments about how he was thinking of relocating out of Britain.

The Meghan-hater loons on here have purposely "forgotten" that, but Meghan came after Harry's disaffection with the family was made public.

by Anonymousreply 514September 20, 2022 5:39 AM

Harry's chief problems are:

1) He lost his mother far too soon. It really affected him.

2) Harry isn't super bright. And, people without intellect can really flounder if they aren't given the tools to flourish.

3) He has a bad case of Bitter Spare Syndrome which is partly caused by 1 and 2. If Diana had lived to nuture and guide him, he might have done alright. Or, if someone had stepped in to be a strong mother surrogate for him.

4) Meghan was the exactly WRONG kind of wife for him. She just feeds his insecurities and bitterness. She has similar problems to Harry. She HAD parents but her mother was a bit hippy dippy and vague and her father spoiled her out of guilt. She's also not super bright and she feels super entitled to get things she doesn't necessarily deserve or failed to earn. Harry needed a strong nurturer type like Kate as a partner but he instead snagged his female equivalent.

by Anonymousreply 515September 20, 2022 5:43 AM

What is Harry thinking here?

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by Anonymousreply 516September 20, 2022 5:43 AM

I love this photo.

Especially because William and Kate aren't in it!

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by Anonymousreply 517September 20, 2022 5:47 AM

[quote]I saw him sing at Windsor. They both did (in the church).

Yes, he absolutely sang at Windsor, and may have sung at Westminster, his mouth was moving a little bit at any rate. Meghan was singing both times.

by Anonymousreply 518September 20, 2022 5:49 AM

That's Camilla's father in the wedding photo in front of her children.

by Anonymousreply 519September 20, 2022 5:52 AM

[quote] People Question Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Second Row Seats at Queen's Funeral

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joined other members of the royal family—as well as political leaders and foreign royals—for the Queen's state funeral on Monday, and people are questioning the seating arrangements.

The Duke and Duchess were seated in the second row, next to Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. They sat behind King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla, who were in the front row along with Princess Anne, Princess Anne's husband Sir Timothy Laurence, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and Prince Edward's wife Sophie.

Meanwhile, Prince William and Kate Middleton were seated in the first row (across the aisle) with their children—and some people questioned the decision to have them up front, while Meghan and Harry were given second row seats. Sure, one could argue that Prince William is the direct heir to the throne and therefore would obviously have a front-row seat—but plenty of people on Twitter have pointed out that Harry's cousin Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall were also in the front row.

Check out comments on Twitter below, which include "they really just couldn’t HELP but put Harry and Megan in second row, when there was 2 perfectly fine spaces on Will and Kates row," "why put Harry on the second row when he could have sat next to his brother. Honestly he deserves a break from all the sly digs," and "Why is Prince Harry in the second row? Another bad decision by the royal family and truly disrespectful to her majesty the queen who adored her grandson. Where is the unity?"

So Harry & Meagan were relegated to the second row of his mother's funeral while Anne's children & Mike Tindall were in the front row. Message sent.

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by Anonymousreply 520September 20, 2022 5:54 AM

Meghan seemed quite somber today. No duping delight. She obviously practiced somber in her mirror, mirror. Too bad she can't put on such a good performance and pretend to care for her father.

by Anonymousreply 521September 20, 2022 5:54 AM

Jesus...the Harkle Nuts are idiots.

So, the Queen didn't love her oldest grandchildren, Peter and Zara? They were her FIRST grandchildren.

by Anonymousreply 522September 20, 2022 5:58 AM

Mark Shand (Camilla's younger brother) with Caroline Kennedy

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by Anonymousreply 523September 20, 2022 5:58 AM

R514

No one has "forgotten" Harry's ne'er-do-well life or his life of failures

No one has "forgotten" that Harry quickly married Megs when he recognized another damaged, furious at the world kindred spirit to assist in his vendetta against his grandmother, father and brother.

No one has "forgotten" that Megs is a narcissist and grifter, who saw Harry as a rung up the ladder to fame and fortune; her fame, his fortune.

No one has "forgotten" the years that Megs very publicly spewed lies and bile in her relentless pursuit of the above-mentioned fame/fortune.

And most of all, no one has "forgotten" that Megs manipulates Harry far more than Harry manipulates Megs.

by Anonymousreply 524September 20, 2022 6:00 AM

Priorities!

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by Anonymousreply 525September 20, 2022 6:05 AM

R239 You’ve got that mixed up. The earrings were a wedding gift to Elizabeth from the ruler of Bahrain. The necklace was made of pearls gifted from Japan.

by Anonymousreply 526September 20, 2022 6:07 AM

r493, blaming Britain for "12 million deaths" in WWI is the same kind of twisted logic as blaming the US and Britain for the deaths of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps simply because both countries "fought in WWII", and the victims of Nazi concentration camps were among WWII's many casualties. Most of those who died in WWI wouldn't have died if the Central Powers hadn't been assholes and declared war on everyone else first.

The Earth is FAR from "running out of resources". We've barely even LOOKED for resources in Africa yet, haven't even BOTHERED to look for resources in Antarctica, and undersea resources besides petroleum have barely been touched, either.

Climate change is real, but you seriously need to quit watching dystopian British disaster movies. The human race survived a goddamn ICE AGE and exploded into still-glaciated Europe, Asia, and North America at a point when fire and stone tools were "high tech". The human race will survive climate change just fine.

by Anonymousreply 527September 20, 2022 6:08 AM

R152 Such overblown drama and not true. The York girls got up because they, and the rest of the second tier royals were asked to meet the coffin outside. If you watch the video, the Kents, Gloucesters and York girls are all missing from their seats before the bearer party takes the coffin and starts the recessional.

by Anonymousreply 528September 20, 2022 6:12 AM

Could someone explain to R527 how overpopulation destroys the quality of water, arable land, air and the ability to sustain humanity??

by Anonymousreply 529September 20, 2022 6:13 AM

This photo looks like Charlotte just made a "deal" with Meghan... lol.

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by Anonymousreply 530September 20, 2022 6:17 AM

Could someone explain to r529 that within a generation of becoming affluent, birthrates crash to below-replacement levels? There is literally NOBODY who thinks Earth's population will EVER exceed 16-20 billion, and most people think it'll ultimately peak somewhere around 12 billion before eventually falling and stabilizing somewhere around 9-10 billion.

Hell, even in rural India, it's increasingly rare for families to have more than 3 or 4 kids. Among urban Indians, the birthrate is barely higher than the US birthrate between 1945 and 1965... and rapidly trending downward. The moment a country moves on from subsistence farming and urbanizes, kids stop being profitable & become major long-term financial liabilities.

by Anonymousreply 531September 20, 2022 6:30 AM

Was Harry not allowed to wear his military uniform? Why?

by Anonymousreply 532September 20, 2022 6:43 AM

R532. That is a good question. I don’t believe that topic has been addressed here at all

by Anonymousreply 533September 20, 2022 6:46 AM

You need glasses r113. That hag has always been fug. Raise your standards!

by Anonymousreply 534September 20, 2022 6:49 AM

[quote] Could someone explain to [R529] that within a generation of becoming affluent, birthrates crash to below-replacement levels?

Could someone explain to R531 about tribalism, the socio-cultural imperative of many children, how ruling despots from the Atlantic to the Arafura Sea use cultural imperatives and absence of education to maintain power/control. And could someone google Asia/African invasion of Europe from 2015, a direct result of overpopulation and tribalism, for R531's enlightenment.

by Anonymousreply 535September 20, 2022 6:52 AM

Meghan's dress looked like a black version of the wives dresses in The Handmaid's Tale.

Blessed be the fruit.

by Anonymousreply 536September 20, 2022 6:52 AM

R535. Could someone explain to you that whatever tribalism may dictate, birthrates are dropping almost everywhere.? What you’re saying makes no more sense than claiming birth rates will never drop because the Catholic Church opposes birth control. Whatever the Catholic Church may say, birth rates are in significant decline.

Unlike some of the posters above, I am concerned about global warming and depletion of resources, but birth rates are one of the few statistics that are going in the right direction (from an environmental if not economic perspective).

by Anonymousreply 537September 20, 2022 7:23 AM

r535, guess what? 25-40 years from now, the grandchildren of those immigrants will be having abortions & spending their 20s at all-night raves (or their future equivalent), just like the grandkids of TODAY's Europeans.

I mean, fuck, just LOOK at what happened to Persian immigrants who went to America. It didn't even TAKE a whole generation for them to turn into loopy Californians whose parents go to swinger conventions at Lake Tahoe.

by Anonymousreply 538September 20, 2022 7:33 AM

R535. The “invasion” of Europe has as much to do with extremely low European birth rates as it does with high birth rates elsewhere. Low birth rates are going to trigger more migration, not less.

by Anonymousreply 539September 20, 2022 7:47 AM

[quote] Could someone explain to you that whatever tribalism may dictate, birthrates are dropping almost everywhere.?

Could someway explain to R537 that the highest birthrates in the world are in Africa, one principle reason for the invasion of Europe. And due to continued high birthrates, Africa's population will double by 2050. Depletion of resources is a direct result of overpopulation. Ignoring that, pretending otherwise, is absurd.

[quote] Low birth rates are going to trigger more migration, not less.

Just when you thought DL posters had reached the height of ludicrous stupidity, R539 posts to illustrate that you ain't seen nothing yet.

by Anonymousreply 540September 20, 2022 7:51 AM

^^^ someone, not someway

by Anonymousreply 541September 20, 2022 7:52 AM

R520 E xactly what do think was the content of the "message sent"?

I think it was "Will and Kate don't want to sit next to you, and what they want, they get". They're now invaluable to a new sovereign who is too old for this kind of stress, and who will need to rely on the next generation more with every year. Harry could gave made himself valuable too, but he chose not to, and as anyone could see, this is how things work now. That is what Harry chose, and if he doesn't like it, he's got Noone to blame but himself. Well, and Meg, but primarily himself.

by Anonymousreply 542September 20, 2022 7:57 AM

Has anyone else had that damn funeral msrch earworming it's way through their head all fucking day?

They only played it 10,000 times!

by Anonymousreply 543September 20, 2022 8:04 AM

R540 How vastly stupid do you have to be not to realise that the contraction of the European labour force is a significant factor in non-European immigration to Europe? Not only has this immigration been encouraged and tolerated by European governments it has been explicitly invited in many instances beginning in the 1950s. Do you read anything ? Do you know anything? Even if you don’t read or know anything , have you heard fer sat down and asked yourself how will jobs be don’e she pensions funded as a population ages and declines? I, like you, welcome declining birth rates, but you really are clueless if you don’t realise immigration to Europe is going to increase more and more n

And no, for the thousandth time, global birthrates are declining not rising.

by Anonymousreply 544September 20, 2022 8:10 AM

One of the Brit commentators said that Charles is going to need help. There are too many patronages and events to be covered. Despite the "slimmed" monarchy.

They've lost TQ, Harry and Meghan and Andrew. Who will fill in? Bea and Huge have the Andrew/Fergie problem. The others seem to have full schedules.

by Anonymousreply 545September 20, 2022 8:13 AM

Will the world end if a member of the British Royal Family can't attend the opening of the a new senior center in Leicester or sit on the board for the "British National Council on Deviated Septums"?

I mean, France and Germany and Italy and Australia and Argentina and the US all seem to do relatively ok without a Royal family to do such things.

And, if it's so bloody important to have a member of the BRF do these things thing put the York girls and Anne's kids to work. Peter Phillips doesn't seem to have much of a real job. Zara's horse riding career is winding down. Mike Tindall seems underemployed.

If they're really strapped, go find a younger Kent or a Gloucester who needs a job...Do x amount of events every year and receive a certain amount of salary.

by Anonymousreply 546September 20, 2022 8:30 AM

R546. The US has a First Lady and 50 governors and their spouses.

by Anonymousreply 547September 20, 2022 8:41 AM

Guess it's time to recreate the Duke of Edinburgh.

I actually think Harry could have had what he wanted if he'd understood that, no, you can't exploit your royal titles for commercial purposes and you can't air Firm dirty laundry in public. If he'd done that, all sorts of things would have been open to negotiation.

But he and his wife can't seem to get it through their heads that you can't bully the monarchy. It has its rules. It evolves, but on its own time.

Harry's too dumb and resentful to get that being a dutiful prince gave him a sense of purpose that he now lacks. If he were smarter or more creative, he might be happier outside, but Harry seems happiest with rules as he was in the army.

Meghan is just too American. She doesn't get why the British care about the monarchy so she doesn't get that *they* feel attacked as a nation when she criticizes her in-,laws and takes their prince away.

by Anonymousreply 548September 20, 2022 8:41 AM

[quote] not to realise that the contraction of the European labour force is a significant factor in non-European immigration to Europe?

R544 The "contraction of the European labour force" has nothing to do with millions of Africans and Asians invading Europe. It has to do with tribalism and overpopulation, due to unchecked birthrates.

[quote] And no, for the thousandth time, global birthrates are declining not rising.

The population of the world is INCREASING, such as the doubling of the population of Africa by 2050, due to cultural imperatives.

Unless international organizations stop using the excuse of "cultural insensitivity" and start promoting birth control in Africa and Asia, all the deflection and excuses in the world won't save the Earth and humanity from destruction.

by Anonymousreply 549September 20, 2022 8:41 AM

R547 It's not the same thing at all. Governors of individual states are the chief executives of their respective states....they have full time jobs.

The BRF basically do "busy work" to make it look like they're desperately needed to run all these various things. When in reality, they're not really needed at all.

by Anonymousreply 550September 20, 2022 8:50 AM

True, R548, Harry's just bright enough to realize what he doesn't want, but not acute enough to know what he *does* want. Or to know that what he seems to want, which is sitting around in princely luxury while being supported by others, is not available and wouldn't make him happy anyway.

He actually had it right the first time, if he'd gone to Africa to run a game preserve or an organic farm, his life might be on the right track. But he didnt have the nerve to give up his lifestyle and go it alone, so here he is Living out his wife's California dreams.

by Anonymousreply 551September 20, 2022 8:52 AM

R549. If you can’t understand the distinction between birth rates and population growth, you really should stop posting about demographics.

by Anonymousreply 552September 20, 2022 9:08 AM

Haha...r536. May the Lord Open

by Anonymousreply 553September 20, 2022 9:13 AM

[quote] the pastors read from scripts

R37. It's a way to ensure the text has been checked and it isn't just verbal diarrhoea like that Baltimore windbag who bored us during Meghan's wedding.

by Anonymousreply 554September 20, 2022 9:27 AM

Very well put R296!

by Anonymousreply 555September 20, 2022 9:30 AM

R550. That is the point. The people who are elected to government don’t have to mess with the ceremonial duties. A royal family of 12 or so for a nation the size of the UK really isn’t disproportionate to 51 spouses performing exclusively ceremonial duties and 51 executives performing ceremonial duties part time.

by Anonymousreply 556September 20, 2022 9:34 AM

R550. I mean the people elected to government in the UK and their spouses don’t have to mess with the ceremonial functions as they do in the US.

by Anonymousreply 557September 20, 2022 10:04 AM

r386 Bear Grylls used to be a sexy piss-drinking daddy. What happened?

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by Anonymousreply 558September 20, 2022 10:07 AM

The Imperial State Crown explained by HMTQ

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by Anonymousreply 559September 20, 2022 10:12 AM

Joe Biden should have taken the bus!

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by Anonymousreply 560September 20, 2022 10:12 AM

[quote]dystopian British disaster movies

Name a few? I'm not being sarcastic, I genuinely did not know this was a genre. What movies are you talking about?

by Anonymousreply 561September 20, 2022 10:35 AM

Here, R561

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by Anonymousreply 562September 20, 2022 10:43 AM

[quote]Harry's just bright enough to realize what he doesn't want, but not acute enough to know what he *does* want.

He has made it clear time and again that what he wanted was to be career military. He was good at it and he liked it, and it was a worthwhile pursuit. Much of his anger almost certainly stems from not being able to stay in the military.

At the time, the gossip was that he was being forced out because they didn't want him to be in danger anymore, since he was still high in the line of succession, and also because some tabloids followed him around and there was a risk of military secrets accidentally getting out, especially if he rose in the ranks.

Now for some reason the story has changed to a variety of things that all boil down to "Harry is awful and stupid and hateful" and none of that seems to be true. Stupid sometimes, but it's not like he's the only member of the family who does stupid things sometimes.

I think a lot about the wild partying and the idiotic comments he made when he was younger, and how it seemed like there was no one who gave a shit about him unless he got in the tabs. Then whenever he straightened up, did what the family demanded, he was used as tabloid distraction from the stuff William, Charles and Andrew had done.

Anyone would feel like they'd been set up for a fall after something like that.

by Anonymousreply 563September 20, 2022 10:47 AM

R546 Australia does have a royal family. The problem is that they live 17,000 km away.

by Anonymousreply 564September 20, 2022 10:50 AM

Who was who at the Queen's funeral

Courtesy of Daily Fail, so you know....

by Anonymousreply 565September 20, 2022 10:53 AM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 566September 20, 2022 10:54 AM

R523 Didn't Mark Shand have a few too many one night, then tripped and hit his head while exiting the restaurant? He died from a brain bleed I recall.

by Anonymousreply 567September 20, 2022 11:35 AM

Yes, Mark Shand had a sad accidental death after one of his elephant charity galas. Before that, he got around even more than Camilla’s first husband.

by Anonymousreply 568September 20, 2022 11:39 AM

Australian TV broadcasters didn't recognize Liz Truss and asked if she were "minor royalty"....

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by Anonymousreply 569September 20, 2022 11:51 AM

The seating arrangements perfectly indicate why seating arrangements at a wedding are the worst thing you will endure during one of them. Everyone complains and no one is happy. The seating was approved by Charles. Who is this instance, is the bride’s mother and mother in law.

by Anonymousreply 570September 20, 2022 12:01 PM
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by Anonymousreply 571September 20, 2022 12:18 PM

R563, Harry loved being in the military because like so many others, it gave him structure and purpose and an identity. It got him away from his messy family and he didn't have to make decisions, everything--food, clothing, housing, daily schedule, was still provided for him (irony that) . When he couldn't pass the tests for moving up in rank, he was retired. Up or out. Or I've heard that he could've been given a desk job but he wanted an active role.

Being the gang of three with William and Kate was good PR but it couldn't last forever. Harry couldn't find a girlfriend who was willing to join him on the spare heir bus and he wasn't capable of carving out a new identity that was as satisfying as his former military one (where everything was handed to him). I mean, how dumb do you have to be if Andrew managed to stay in the Navy for twenty years?

by Anonymousreply 572September 20, 2022 12:24 PM

r426 You mean this Prince Freddie?

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by Anonymousreply 573September 20, 2022 1:06 PM

Harrry doesn't need a green card. He has a 'special visa'.

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by Anonymousreply 574September 20, 2022 1:08 PM

R572, yeah, Harry liked playing soldier. It was probably good for him.

by Anonymousreply 575September 20, 2022 1:17 PM

I know the mourning period is over, but it's still a bit strange to turn on BBC News and find that, for the first time in nearly two weeks, the Queen is no longer the top story. It still doesn't really feel as though Charles is King. There may be a shift in December, when England sing "God Save the King" at their World Cup games, and Charles gives the Christmas speech. Shortly after that, the new stamps and coins will come into circulation.

by Anonymousreply 576September 20, 2022 1:25 PM

R497, you should've been watching the BBC stream, which was (and still is) on YouTube. It was beautifully choreographed and shot, with very little speaking.

I'm another one who had that funeral march in my head last night as I tried to get to sleep.

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by Anonymousreply 577September 20, 2022 1:27 PM

R575 back in the 2000s, the NBC drama ‘Kings’ alluded to Harry’s then-contemporaneous shock and dismay over his demotion/forced retirement from military service, via the obvious export character young Crown Prince Jack Benjamin (played by Sebastian Stan).

Interestingly, this character Jack was closeted gay, and tortured by it. His male lover and later his scheming beard wife are prematurely killed, by his mother the Queen Consort (rather than his mother being killed).

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by Anonymousreply 578September 20, 2022 1:32 PM

R576 as if half the England football team ever bothers or properly learns to sing the anthem anyway...

Should just seize the opportunity now and change it, to ‘Wonderwall’ or ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ or Robbie Williams ‘Angels’ or something. A song all British people know and relate to.

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by Anonymousreply 579September 20, 2022 1:43 PM

[quote]Australian TV broadcasters didn't recognize Liz Truss and asked if she were "minor royalty"....

That was Channel 9. And don't think the comedy shows on the other Australian channels haven't been having a field day with it. ("Are you sure that's a cat, Mel? Tracy Grimshaw thinks it's a raccoon", etc)

by Anonymousreply 580September 20, 2022 1:50 PM

They should change it to "Land of Hope and Glory", R579! Much more stirring than the dreary "God Save the King". There'll never be a better opportunity to change it.

by Anonymousreply 581September 20, 2022 1:51 PM

I couldn't help thinking what a shock George and Charlotte are going to get when Kate's grandma dies and they find themselves offered party pies after half an hour's service at the local crematorium.

by Anonymousreply 582September 20, 2022 1:52 PM

R582, I thought the same thing but more about Ma and Pa Middleton.

Mummy, where are the Grenadier Guards?

by Anonymousreply 583September 20, 2022 1:54 PM

[quote]I couldn't help thinking what a shock George and Charlotte are going to get when Kate's grandma dies and they find themselves offered party pies after half an hour's service at the local crematorium.

As long as I'm there it will still be FAAAAAABulous!

by Anonymousreply 584September 20, 2022 1:55 PM

And speaking of Oz and national anthems, I remember when G-d Save the Queen was replaced with Advance Australia Fair. No one could remember the words to the new anthem because they kept changing them.

by Anonymousreply 585September 20, 2022 1:56 PM

American " celebrities" could take a lesson abut singing the SSB and not making it an exercise in vocal masturbation. Just sing it the way it was intended.

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by Anonymousreply 586September 20, 2022 2:06 PM

How many Canadians still sing," True patriot love in all thy sons command," instead of " True patriot love in all of us command"?

by Anonymousreply 587September 20, 2022 2:10 PM

Kate is now getting about a billion dollars a year from the Duchy of Corwall. When her older family members go, she'll be able to hire a hundred off-duty sailors to pull the coffin wherever she wants it pulled.

by Anonymousreply 588September 20, 2022 2:13 PM

[quote]getting a green card involves usually turning over a ton of private messages and other online proof that your relationship developed naturally.

Do they accept Datalounge posts?

by Anonymousreply 589September 20, 2022 2:14 PM

Right after Oz changed over to Advance Australia Fair, it was months before people bothered to use the new anthem. I remember going to community functions at the end of which they played G-d Save the Queen. And no one noticed.

by Anonymousreply 590September 20, 2022 2:16 PM

[quote]Don't mess with this future Queen.

Which one?

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by Anonymousreply 591September 20, 2022 2:23 PM

R588, the duchy is worth around 700 million pounds and produces about 21 million pounds of income per annum.

by Anonymousreply 592September 20, 2022 2:26 PM

I wonder how Autumn Kelly Phillips felt watching the late Queen’s obsequies.

by Anonymousreply 593September 20, 2022 2:40 PM

How much does the Duchy of Sussex get?

by Anonymousreply 594September 20, 2022 2:40 PM

Nothing - it’s just an empty title.

by Anonymousreply 595September 20, 2022 2:49 PM

Diana's brother was one of the mourners at St Georges. PBS showed him singing God Save the King.

by Anonymousreply 596September 20, 2022 2:56 PM

Bitch nailed it.

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by Anonymousreply 597September 20, 2022 2:58 PM

"Kate is now getting about a billion dollars a year from the Duchy of Corwall."

The Princess of Wales receives nothing directly from Duchy of Cornwall, it's all Prince William, the Prince of Wales. He inherited title, properties, trusts, etc...

Though as with all great families and estates the Princess of Wales likely has some sort of housekeeping and other monies budgeted for expenses (an allowance if you will). Plus IIRC as a working member of BRF HRH also receives funds from the monarch or whatever.

Remember then Prince Charles couldn't pay alimony awarded to Diana out of his own pocket, HM, the Queen had to pony up some of the funds. Thus it's hardly likely Duchy of Cornwall is raking in *billions* per year.

by Anonymousreply 598September 20, 2022 3:14 PM

It is worth about a billion, in assets. It's annual revenue is nothing near it. There's a surplus of about 20 million pounds a year, which is taxed as income, and governing legislation that limits how the assets are managed. But a billion a year makes the republicans a happy lie to wind people up with.

by Anonymousreply 599September 20, 2022 3:16 PM

Lady Anne Glenconner, is still with us at 90, god bless her soul.

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by Anonymousreply 600September 20, 2022 3:24 PM

I thought that all of its profits go to the government, and then some are retuned to the family through the Sovereign Grant... ?

by Anonymousreply 601September 20, 2022 3:25 PM

Close it already!

by Anonymousreply 602September 20, 2022 3:25 PM
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