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3 minutes ago, Harryseaess said:
Someone seemed to be unbolting them during this hymn. Presume to allow Charles to remove easily when the time comes.
They’re to be moved to the three cushions on the altar you can see.
Yep - makes sense as I would imagine that they would want the moving of the Crown Jewels to be a public act
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1 minute ago, Harryseaess said:
Be interesting to see how they take the crown etc. off the coffin because they must be bolted on.
I believe only the Monarch, Archbishop of Canterbury (during the actual Coronation) and the Crown Jeweller can ever handle them. So in theory we could see Charles trying to take them off
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However I believe (from Philip’s funeral) the platform the casket is resting will descend downwards to a private area. So I’m guessing the Jewels will be removed then?
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12 minutes ago, Ackter said:
This is one of my favourite sentences I've ever read.
I knew what I meant….
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5 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:
I dont see the coronation being during the football season as like today you'll need a **** load of police so would be unable to police the games so either some careful planning will be needed or they'll do it post season. Weather is perhaps a little more relaible in June than April/early May too
The final day of the EPL is Sunday the 28th May (with 4 London teams at home) so in theory you could have the Coronation on Saturday 27th or even Friday 26th ?
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3 minutes ago, titchuk said:
This is all you get. Unless they do something around the coronation but don't think they will.
2 minutes ago, HopOnBaby said:It's likely to be next spring or summer, so I'd be surprised if there wasn't a bank holiday, tbh.
I had a think about this.
Definitely next year.
Definitely when the weather gets better so April onwards but probably won’t to leave it as late June/July. Probably also won’t do anything during public examinations (so that rules out 15th May to June 24th but allows the halfterm with the second May Bank Holiday which could be moved.)
In addition there is Easter weekend is 16/17th April - fixed and May 1st is the early Bank Holiday which could be moved.
So my bet is either 1) last Saturday of April with a Friday Bank Holiday and keep the Monday Holiday or no holiday Friday. Or 2) Similar to the Jubilee this year have it during May half-term moving the Monday Bank Holiday as needed - 4 day weekend?
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1 minute ago, The_jagster said:
According to the Daily Mail "industry experts" said up to 4.1b which seems fanciful.
This is both impressive and quite dull
The use of the words “Daily Mail” and “experts” in the same sentence should be a capital offence
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1 minute ago, Weezer said:
I would be very, very sceptical of that number. 'Only' half the population of the UK watched her funeral, and they're saying more than an extra 2 billion people from around the world did? Nah
Do they realise how big a number a billion is?!
In addition US figures for Diana’s funeral were just over 30M (about 11/12% of the population) There’s no way the funeral was watched live by 2B people. 3-400M would be a more reasonable number. (Even then I suspect I might be on the high side of reality.)
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2 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:
Big question is what will the viewing figures end up at.
1 is World Cup 66 (32.4 mill) and 2 is Diana's funeral (32.1 mill) on the all time list. Diana's worldwide figure was estimated at 2-2.5 billion.
Worldwide one I can see being beaten and being even with the early start for the US. National one too but prob not by a lot.
Also why did Mike TIndall have medals on? I assume he got some from being married into the Family now?
Tindal has an MBE, Platinum and Diamond Jubilee medals.
I’d be wary of paying much attention to estimated worldwide TV figures - eg 2B - for anything. All they tend to do is add together the potential viewers in each market.
I’d be a bit surprised if the UK figure beats the 32.1M for Diana’s funeral because we’re a bit more fractured as a society and more pertinently there are other things to watch and do.
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3 minutes ago, SouthCoastRed said:
Torturing the great grandkids to take part in this is a bit harsh imo
Good practice for Charles and William’s finales
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5 minutes ago, SouthCoastRed said:
All these partial royals….where the hell is Fergie ffs
She’s there!
I don’t wish to be unfair to her but.. she looked so out of place at the back of the queue of grandchildren. If I didn’t know who she was I’d thinking be who’s that?
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7 minutes ago, Weezer said:
I live less than half a mile from my town’s church and the damn bell has been ringing for 2 or 3 minutes non-stop. Wtf is going on?!
Apparently a 96 year old great grand mum passed away?
update - more seriously Hum said that bells will toil every minute for the 96 years of her life.
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2 minutes ago, Confused Clarity said:
Am I really having to be the one who honours the end of her reign with the last word on this thread?
Surely @SouthCoastRed would be a better person, considering he was there for the entire duration?
Fair point
But I’m worried he might not survive the day’s excitement 
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Just now, Rob1981 said:
That can’t be real
I watched it live and it was. (My wife did point out that they’d been up for hours and Tbf to them they were probably mentally a “bit gone” )
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I’m a bit disappointed by the lack watch parties on the various streaming services
It’s surely what she would have wanted.( Incidentally @Confused Clarity when this thread is closed - and hopefully joins the hall of fame - that you finish it with a suitable “what she would wanted” comment
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Apparantly Andrew is - somehow - still an honorary Vice Admiral. So can wear that uniform (but only with Charles' permission? I'm a bit fuzzy there.)
Whereas when Harry withdrew from Royal life all his honory ranks were taken away so in that respect he - like any ex-services - can't wear a uniform anymore.
Protocol schmotocol
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I’ll be honest this royal vigil ain’t great tv..
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1 minute ago, Anthrax Dave said:
Do we get another Bank Holiday on the day Charles is crowned?
Almost certainly
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1 minute ago, themadsheep2001 said:
I did the Exeter Vs Leicester rugby game today, which was very nearly called off. In the end there was a prayer read and an immaculate minutes silence, followed by 14000 people signing God Save the King, and I thought that did far more justice than no one being there. Imagine having full football grounds everywhere today doing that. I could get it on a lack of police reasons. But I don't understand the disrespectful argument. By all accounts,the Queen was supposedly someone who liked to get on with things and carry on. Carrying on seems like the best tribute, imo.
This.
She lived a full, happy life.
I find it odd that the way to show respect is to insist people stop living their life for a week.
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3 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said:
Thing is, no one is actually asking them to. It's entirely performative
Out of respect for 2 people who regard(ed) supporting charities as one of their most important duties you’re going to stop charitable work
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Imagine anybody who has a wedding on the day of the funeral
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There’s - as you might expect - a detailed wiki page on all the arrangements and protocols which answers lots of questions
(My year 10 science class were quite indignant last July when I told them that there wouldn’t be a day off in the event of her death. I choose to be believe it was ‘cos they’re royalists )
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Just now, Garethjohn79 said:
Will we get a holiday for the funeral? There'll be sod all on the TV and football will be off, I just hope it's not peeing it down.
According to the wiki page on the planned funeral no bank holiday and the funeral should be 10 days after her passing which I believe is Sunday week.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passes away. 21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022.
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Who puts their TV in an easel?