Watching the funeral procession

I might just learn to tolerate clapping, but cheering - never!

I thought the Duke of Gloucester did extremely well today. He’s 78 and looked very tired when they were approaching the end of the London walk. Good on him.

He’s a Household Cavalry officer.

He is a Ghanaian Lieutenant Colonel who was one of the equerries to Her Majesty. All those accompanying the coffin are her equerries I believe. His name is Lieutenant-Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, MVO.

Thank you Mollygo

does anyone know who or what is his role/title, the black officer wearing cocked hat with red plume.
he is walking beside the coffin on the left hand side.
also accompanied it from buckingham palace to westm hall.

I’m just catching up now. Amazing service and pageantry. Thanks for this
Prentice. I couldn’t put it better.
It was so wonderfully done, I thought the Queen would be very happy indeed and proud that the services had done so well. What a State occasion it was!

Each to their own regarding the clapping,it`s not for me tbh.
I feel very proud to be British and i love our traditions as do most of the world.
A wonderful send off for a wondeful lady.
I have to say though,when i saw Prince George and Princess Charlotte it realy did get to me.

I think it is the younger ones who do tend to cheer and clap.

NotAGran I watched all the ceremony that took place in London, which was the important part, pageant wise.

I think the overspilling of emotion sometimes leads to spontaneous applause. Disrespectful? Most certainly not. Would anyone line the roads for hours just to be disrespectful? Not in my opinion. I have the utmost respect for them.

I thought it was all impeccable and I felt very proud to be British. Well, it’s still impeccable as it’s now the next stage of the proceedings, en route to Windsor. I’m not so sure about the clapping and cheering either - I remember that happening at Princess Diana’s funeral. Clapping and cheering doesn’t seem an appropriate response to my mind - maybe I’m too much of a traditionalist though.

Prentice

It was so wonderfully done, I thought the Queen would be very happy indeed and proud that the services had done so well.What a State occasion it was! I watched it all.

It is still going on. You haven’t watched it all yet. She isn’t home yet.

It was so wonderfully done, I thought the Queen would be very happy indeed and proud that the services had done so well.What a State occasion it was! I watched it all.

So relieved to be back on Gransnet. Just been over on Mumsnet and can’t believe the rubbish I have been reading. It seems there are posters there who are only concerned about making the funeral a sexist issue. Also apparently it is too military !!!!Another who thought the Queen should be put in the ground without the processions passing certain places of significance. Another saw Princess Anne’s position with her siblings as a sexist stance. I suppose they are younger than us but they left me gobsmacked with their ignorance.

It was, indeed, flawless. Beautifully choreographed. Even the weather behaved itself. Hats off to the police and the military of all nations, but particularly to the Royal Navy today. I know there will be howls of disapproval, but I can’t bear the bagpipes. But today, nothing else but the music from the massed pipes would have fitted the bill. It consolidated my grief for my old soldier, and for my monarch.

I agree M0nica, different times, different responses.

The organisation, the precise, seamless flow to the procession and funeral was something we should be proud of. Fitting for a queen who carried out her duty as she saw fit with dedication and dignity.

The clapping is a tradition which has come over from the continent.

M0nica

No, not bad taste, people wanted to do, to say, to somehow express their emotions as they are accustomed to these days. hence the clapping and shouting.

Other times, other customs.

Agreed. I feel the same as you.

It was all magnificent - flawless - couldn't have been better. I cried on and off the whole way through, and yes, I felt proud to be British.

Well done to the armed forces and all who took part... also to the police and security services for keeping everyone safe which must have been a big headache.

And well done to those beautiful Royal children, George and Charlotte. Such a credit to their parents.

No, not bad taste, people wanted to do, to say, to somehow express their emotions as they are accustomed to these days. hence the clapping and shouting.

Other times, other customs.

The reception is at Buckingham Palace,so we have been told.

I was surprised to find on Sunday 11th - 3 days after the death of the Queen was announced - that I'd forgotten to take my cardiac meds altogether! Surprised again when my husband switched on the telly to watch most of the coverage... Then astonished to find tears pouring down my face as I heard the skirl of the bagpipes and saw the gun carriage carrying the Queen's coffin pulled immaculately by all those young sailors. My grandad and both parents were ex RN and I worked for the RN as a civilian social worker too.... I am also half Scottish so, I guess, I was proud of those connections but also so worried that there may be a major terrorist incident to disrupt the proceedings.... I marveled at the courage of ALL those present to attend in whatever way they could as well as the astonishing feat of organisation behind it all. Suddenly, I was proud to be British for the first time in a long time...

Grandma70s - I completely agree. I said to my husband, it's like the crowd is treating it like any ordinary Royal visit, rather than a solemn funeral.

I had a lump in my throat since the first group formed up at Wellington Barracks. I thought the whole thing was flawless, and a very fitting occasion.

We did wonder though, what happens to all the foreign dignitaries and Heads of State, after the cortege left Westminster Abbey.

Is there a (for want of a better word) a "do" put on? Some kind of reception? Or do they just disperse among the crowds, or go off to their respective embassies?