News Coverage re: Queen funeral

I see that Zara Tindall, Beatrice, Eugenie, Lady Louise and Viscount Severn (the Wessex children) plus William, Harry and Peter Phillips are all going to take part in a Vigil for their grandmother.

Nice to see all the older GC involved, not just the males.

nanna8

You seriously wouldn’t want to have heard of Daniel Andrews.. Dreadful man.You can have him.

No thank you ?

Far to much coverage and every channel showing the same events over and over....Thank god I have netflix...

You seriously wouldn’t want to have heard of Daniel Andrews.. Dreadful man.You can have him.

MaizieD. Don't think the tradition is gone. Anyone with a bit of good upbringing and education would know this. My GCs certainly would.

I haven’t

nanna8

I wish that woman had used the KJV for the reading, much better. It didn’t sound like the NIV,either but I could be wrong. Is she the boss lady? I had never seen or heard of her before.

She's the First Minister of Scotland, nanna8

Don't worry, I doubt many in the UK have heard of Daniel Andrews ?

I too found the whooping and cheering disrespectful, and unnerving. Yesterday for our village it was the funeral of a young woman who was killed 3 weeks ago in a motor accident. As the hearse went passed our house I'm p!eased to say that my D.H whipped off his cap and we both stood in respectful silence As she went by.

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No, but I have now.

nanna8

I wish that woman had used the KJV for the reading, much better. It didn’t sound like the NIV,either but I could be wrong. Is she the boss lady? I had never seen or heard of her before.

"That woman" is Nicola Sturgeon. I'm sure you have heard of her.

She's the boss lady ?

I wish that woman had used the KJV for the reading, much better. It didn’t sound like the NIV,either but I could be wrong. Is she the boss lady? I had never seen or heard of her before.

I think the whooping and cheering is meant to be respectful. People don't actually know how to react to a funeral cortege these days, but feel that they must acknowledge it in some way. Silence is not a usual part of our lives these days and, ironically, I suspect that they might see silence as being disrespectful.

When we were young people in the street would stop as a mark of respect when a funeral went past; men would take off their hats... This tradition no longer exists and we don't have an adequate substitute for it.

The media coverage has been excellent and is different channel to channel. I watch some, especially the ceremonies and also at mealtimes but I use the switch-off button at other times.Then I get busy working in the garden or out on a cycle ride or going to the local shops. Freedom of choice and availability for workers to see events that they might miss

The flowers are wonderful, such an obvious expression of love and being composted is good, earth to earth

Ive always liked princess Anne. Anyone who tells the media to "naff off" when they become too intrusive is ok in my book.

She strikes me as a very practical woman who just gets on with things rather than sinking into a morass of grief. In that respect she is much like her father.

I’ve definitely seen a different side to Princess Anne. I think while she’s ‘hard working for a Royal’ she’s quite hard, formal, no nonsense and looks quite unfriendly. At the moment all I see is a daughter, bereft at the loss of her mother.

Isn't Princess Anne good at doing the right thing! She is the image of her grandfather King George.

I was somewhat surprised with the whooping and cheering. I also heard a loud bang as the car approached the palace, but it was obviously nothing.

If you want to relax in front of the TV, BB I recommend Sky Arts which seems to be funeral free.

DS couldn't be less interested in the monarchy but even he was surprised by all the clapping and yelling when the hearse arrived at the Palace. He was also feeling very sorry for Anne, which again is unlike him.

Oh varian you know nothing about me I have plenty to do I ve been at work till mid afternoon and why shouldn’t I relax with tv or radio
They could have devoted one or two channels 24 hours just not every channel

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The late Queen arrives at Buckingham Palace, police outriders pause with heads bowed in respect.

Outside are crowds clapping, cheering, whooping, whistling as if at a football match, phones flashing.

Is it because I'm getting old that I find it disrespectful?

Whistling, shouting - just so so wrong!

Just hate all the filming with phones. I find it truly disrespectful.