What do you think about this?

No Daisyanne she was a very practical down to earth lady from all we hear (I ve never met her)

She is dead BlueBelle. You are suggesting she would not understand the traditions put in place to help the living at such a time. She was the epitome of traditions and how they hold countries and people together so I do wonder how you reach that conclusion.

Please, don't "No Daisyanne" me; it's rude. Just tell me you have a different point of view.

It would have to be wings Jane they wouldnt let me on the plane naked.

I feel sure that the Queen would not want events to be cancelled. A two minutes silence, or similar, would suffice.
So much effort goes into planning these things that it seems so unnecessary to cancel.
I'm not sure about the state of the Jurassic Coast footpath though. Will it be damaged by so many walkers?

Cancelling The Proms and other events is missing the opportunity to dedicate the performances/activities to a celebration of the late Queen's life. Should we stop posting on GN to give us time to pause and mourn?

On a more serious note, I'm sure they didn't cancel any Duke of Edinburgh expeditions did they?

would you grow your own wings Galaxy? or would you be flying there in a little aeroplane?

No Daisyanne she was a very practical down to earth lady from all we hear (I ve never met her)
I think she would have said ‘get on with life think of me but get on’ do what is planned for the weeks ahead I m busy now moving myself ‘ if you believe in an after life she’s in a better place if you don’t well she’s had a blessed life
It’s sad, it’s sudden and I think to have a day of mourning and closures for her funeral would be totally fitting but to cancelled things that people have worked their socks off to put on isn’t good at all and I don’t believe she would expect it
What does it achieve ? Everything else is still open as others have said we ll still be shopping, eating out, going to pubs
we re not all wearing black and weeping and wailing in the streets
Life should go on it’s hardly disrespectful to be doing something for a charity They could have even done it in her name and called it the Queen Elizabeth run/ walk/ climb/ dance for this year only We ve lost a wonderful Heritage weekend that involves most of the town it could have been The Queen Elizabeth Heritage weekend people have worked so hard now it’s gone for the year We lost it in CoviD !!!

It's about respect. I would no more dream of going on fannys thread and saying the death meant nothing to me than I would fly to the moon naked. I expect people to respect that for many people this has no enormous impact and that they be allowed to get on with their lives. I respect that people feel sad and are grieving I sort of hoped that that respect may be reciprocated.

Notification that schools should not close arrived first thing thing this morning. I never thought they would, so that was a shock. Evidently, further guidance will be given re the day of the funeral.

DaisyAnne anyone can ‘pause and mourn’ if they wish to (as regard the race, the event to which I referred).

It didn’t need to be cancelled.
And there’s no need to apologise for disagreeing with me.

I too am already fed up with the wall to wall coverage.
I’ve already spent a fortune on audiobooks because the radio will be out of bounds.

I started the thread about The Queen’s passing.
This doesn’t make me a hypocrite.
Being respectful and a bit sad whilst also disliking the coverage are not mutually exclusive.

Being able to do this walk would have helped 4 young people deal with their grief in losing people dear to them.

To put the whole country into mourning is archaic. Something the Queen never practised she moved with the times.
We can all have our thoughts and mourn if we want to, without having it imposed.
It is building into the mass hysteria we had with Diana's death.

I am not bereaved.

FannyCornforth

Ridiculous decision
HM would not have approved, I’m sure

You don't think this very elderly lady, who understood bereavement, would have thought the traditional signs of morning help people and are important? You don't think she would have understood that many would find a pause in life to feel, think and re-group both right and useful?

I'm sorry but I disagree. People can still give their money and think of it in thanks for a lifetime given up to service - or not.

I think it's appalling cancelling charity events, and as for things like the Proms and football, they are peoples jobs, businesses that support our (struggling) economy.
It seems crazy to cancel or even postpone those. I could understand it on the actual day of the funeral, but unnecessary between now and then, surely?

I'm going to spend it in the closed pub watching the football

I've decided to have 12 days off work

I was about to say that I bet football won't be cancelled!
Then I decided to check Google before posting, and it looks like I might have lost my bet already!

My thoughts exactly Lucca.

Or the pubs…

can you imagine if they decide to close the supermarkets for 12 days?

Galaxy

I am not in mourning.

Nor am I. It is sad for her family of course but cancelling charity events which people have spent a long time organising is not IMO what the queen would have wanted. And as for cancelling the Last night of the Proms. That’s just bonkers.

Sorry to say but I’m glad I’m going away for a week as I was already fed up of wall to wall rolling news of the queen etc by last night.

Exactly Galaxy
One of my daughters and 3 friends were doing this hike.
They were doing in in memory of a Dad, a Mum, a Brother and a young friend.
They are still going but will only be able to do a shorter walk as it wouldn’t be safe to do the whole thing without the safety of back up teams.

Important to them that should say.

You could say that about all sorts of things. I think people should in a democratic society be allowed to carry on with things that are important to him. Dh for a long time ran in memory of his mum. So no it wasnt pointless.