Images and thoughts of today

I can't get.used to.peoplr clapping a funeral and as for throwing flowers? What's that about.

what a wonderful, unobtrusive support tim lawrence has been

The John Donne prayer which was also sung at Windsor,moved me but the sudden sight of the pony and then the corgis brought the big tears .
A very fitting day for a life so well lived.

Urmstongran - my late husband was R.N. - Fleet Air Arm. He was involved in the Queen's Coronation and was also part of the gun carriage crew when it formed part of the Albert Hall November Remembrance show.
Coronation year was also when we got married.

Taxation. The Queen pays tax. In 1992, The Queen volunteered to pay income tax and capital gains tax, and since 1993 her personal income has been taxable as for any other taxpayer

Wrong - she was forced to pay tax as she came under media/public pressure. Nobody gets away with not paying taxes most of their life or is asked to 'volunteer' to pay taxes. The tax deficit should never have been allowed - and should have been backdated.
Now we have sealed wills - wonder why.

Whitewavemark2

I thought we might like to record and share some of the images and thoughts that have a special meaning to us.

I’ll start with this. My most favourite place in the U.K., my home county.

That is lovely, Whitewavemark, thank you.

Not wrong. She paid tax. End of.
Also end of this topic on such a day.

We don't need comments about taxation today.

Save that for another time.

pascal30

what a wonderful, unobtrusive support tim lawrence has been

He is, isn't he.
What a lovely man.

Great admiration for the coffin bearers. Like a lot of others, I was holding my breath!

I really liked the constant beat of the drum. It was quite a distance to march, keeping to the beat.

A very quiet morning when I walked to my daughter’s house to watch the funeral of HM the Queen. A smartly dressed older gentleman was walking briskly towards me complete with beret and a row of many medals. I guess he was an ex serviceman on his way to some commemorative event. We exchanged a polite good morning. It set the tone for me for the rest of the day. Quietly watching the state funeral on TV, eating consoling goodies and trying to ignore the antics of various grandchildren and puppies!

A brilliant day and a wonderful send off for the Queen. But now we must think about all the other elderly people in this country who cannot afford to feed or keep themselves warm this winter and the families who have to depend on food banks and whose children go to school without a breakfast. All those people who will not be able to lead a long and healthy life because of underfunding and staffing in the NHS. With such disparity between those who have and those who don’t we mustn’t get blinded by today’s show of wealth and populace,

Would you like to start another thread, pieinthesky? It might attract a lot of interest. Your post could get lost on here.

This is Images and thoughts of Today

Everything was done to perfection and they should all be so proud of making it such a momentous occasion for us all to remember the rest of our days. She will be missed.

Images that stick in the mind today:
The naval ratings waiting to pull the gun carriage bearing the Queen's coffin
The lone piper playing a lament
The wreath on the Queen's coffin

Images that struck me today. I can't post any pics, sorry.

My mum died 8 years ago today so I went to the memorial site at 8am where her ashes are scattered ! It was so quiet everywhere just like lockdown again ! As I arrived my brother rang me from Australia! I got home in time for the funeral ! A very poignant day for our family

The lone piper did it for me ? Did I hear correct that he was the piper who woke her up every morning?

I thought the flowers were lovely, so much nicer than the rather funereal white ones. The Lord Chamberlain breaking his staff and putting it on the coffin was a very final moment wasn't it? I was watching the procession and my phone pinged My immediate reaction was "DD's seen the pony" and she had!

DD took GS2 to Windsor to look at the flowers yesterday and said the atmosphere was wonderful.

Her scarf was on Emma’s saddle…. (that’s set me off again!)

MayBee70 here is the lovely picture if it.

Alioop

MayBee70 here is the lovely picture if it.

So many details and all of them perfect. I can’t quite take it all in. It was perfect.

PollyDolly

rafichagran

PollyDolly

Very quiet here too........although I am more than a little disappointed that my neighbour has a line of washing pegged out! and no! he does have young children either so that can't be his excuse.

Why, the weather is good for drying. I don't think you should be disappointed. It's up to him.

Actually, it has. been damp and overcast here today so really not ideal for drying.
For as long as I can remember no one in our family has ever pegged out the washing when we knew there was going to be a funeral - we have always thought it to be disrespectful to do so. But each to their own, just a question of standards.

What an earth do you mean, just a question of standards??? A good drying day here today so I pegged out a line of washing..

Shinamae

PollyDolly

rafichagran

PollyDolly

Very quiet here too........although I am more than a little disappointed that my neighbour has a line of washing pegged out! and no! he does have young children either so that can't be his excuse.

Why, the weather is good for drying. I don't think you should be disappointed. It's up to him.

Actually, it has. been damp and overcast here today so really not ideal for drying.
For as long as I can remember no one in our family has ever pegged out the washing when we knew there was going to be a funeral - we have always thought it to be disrespectful to do so. But each to their own, just a question of standards.

What an earth do you mean, just a question of standards??? A good drying day here today so I pegged out a line of washing..

Quite. I don't think QE would have minded.

Apparently it was rosemary and myrtle with roses and flowers taken from Highgrove and Buckingham Palace.