Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Anyone awake for this...........
1 posted on 09/19/2022 12:00:27 AM PDT by RandFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last
To: RandFan

Summary (BBC):

Life will come to a standstill for millions as the UK says goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II

Her state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in London at 11:00 BST, with 2,000 people in attendance

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the streets of the capital

Ahead of the funeral, King Charles said he had been “deeply touched” by public support for him and his family

Foreign royals and world leaders will join the Queen’s family for a service that will be watched by hundreds of millions globally

Schools are closed, as are many shops and other businesses, on the national bank holiday

After the service, the Queen’s coffin will be taken from the abbey to Wellington Arch, at London’s Hyde Park Corner

A hearse will then travel to Windsor for a final family ceremony at a chapel in Windsor Castle


2 posted on 09/19/2022 12:06:10 AM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan
GB News, a British conservative news organization, is covering it as well. Online even as I type.
3 posted on 09/19/2022 12:07:33 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! I'd rather lick all the peg games in Cracker Barrel than cheer for Bama.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

who got better seats at the funeral?

biden
trudeau
emperor of Japan
kings of Spain or Netherlands or Sweden or Saudi


6 posted on 09/19/2022 12:14:11 AM PDT by RockyTx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I honestly doubt that they were paying respects to her actual body.


7 posted on 09/19/2022 12:16:06 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to watch the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan
It's going to take some time and effort to get used to King Charles.
8 posted on 09/19/2022 12:23:02 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I set my DVR so I can watch at a more decent hour.


10 posted on 09/19/2022 12:31:13 AM PDT by KittyKares
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I am certainly watching it.


12 posted on 09/19/2022 12:44:59 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

Brandon won’t be. He’ll be sleeping in a puddle of diarrhea and snoring.


14 posted on 09/19/2022 1:49:43 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I wonder how Brits without a TV license are watching...


20 posted on 09/19/2022 2:42:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I happen to be surprised, or maybe not so surprised, that PBS is simulcasting the BBC.

I am currently watching. The queen’s casket has now been placed on the gun carriage, which will be transported by a whole mess of British navy ratings.

The casket is now being transported to Westminster Abbey.


21 posted on 09/19/2022 2:47:17 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I’ve had it on since 0530...pretty awesome experience. May she rest in peace.


25 posted on 09/19/2022 3:05:33 AM PDT by exPBRrat (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

I do hope an empty seat is left in the front row for Lydon LaRouche, the Queen’s favorite American politician.


26 posted on 09/19/2022 3:10:01 AM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

Watching the ITV stream on YouTube. RIP to the Queen.


29 posted on 09/19/2022 3:14:41 AM PDT by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

the crown seems to have collapsed on the coffin. i would have thought there would be something under it


46 posted on 09/19/2022 3:57:18 AM PDT by RummyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan
Have been following the service since before FJB arrived this morning.

QE2 was such a tiny pint, it has perplexed me that the pallbearers appear so physically strained carrying her coffin. Turns out the casket is lined with lead. Now it makes sense that the eight young men are struggling under the lead weight.

64 posted on 09/19/2022 4:18:23 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Ron DeSantis is Top Gov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

Unwatchable with three babbling idiots that never shut up


112 posted on 09/19/2022 5:16:38 AM PDT by ballplayer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

Nobody does “Pomp and Circumstance” like The British. Well Done.


152 posted on 09/19/2022 5:57:12 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

The men now have to follow the coffin for a third time in one day. What a long day for the family.


206 posted on 09/19/2022 8:01:40 AM PDT by vaskypilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

Good to see people sitting together in St. George’s Chapel, not distanced like Prince Philip’s funeral.


230 posted on 09/19/2022 8:21:01 AM PDT by vaskypilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: RandFan

ENOUGH ALREADY!


231 posted on 09/19/2022 8:21:36 AM PDT by kenmcg (t)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson