Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful

[turbot1984]

Thanks to the OCUK team for the respect shown last week .... a shame more forums didn't take the same initiative.

 

[Lysander]

So has the coffin been a decoy the whole time? Where's the real body - hidden in an Ocado delivery truck heading to Buckingham Palace?

At what point does the real coffin get swapped for this fake coffin? Or does it not get swapped, and the vault in Westminster Abbey is a decoy too?

Sorry, but this coffin-truther thing just sounds like a pointless conspiracy theory.

The primary evidence seems to be a belief that sealing the body inside the coffin with lead is somehow impossible, and therefore the body would smell terrible by now if it were really in there. I just don't accept that.

From some research it seems that lead-lining the coffin keeps air out and can substantially increase how long the body stays there. Along with embalming, I don't see why it would be false.

 

[Hagar]

Lead lining with a solder seal will not stop decomposition but makes the job airtight.

 

[CapitalOne]

Lead lining with a solder seal will not stop decomposition but makes the job airtight.

Sounds like a man who knows

 

[Hagar]

Sounds like a man who knows

Stands to reason really any plumber should know.

The coffin is not going into the ground but into a vault. It has to be sealed.

 

[CapitalOne]

Stands to reason really any plumber should know.

The coffin is not going into the ground but into a vault. It has to be sealed.

More a comment on your knowledge of the decomposition of bodies in sealed boxes

 

[Hagar]

More a comment on your knowledge of the decomposition of bodies in sealed boxes

Oops. Checks back in loft.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Lead lining with a solder seal will not stop decomposition but makes the job airtight.

I wasn’t aware of the soldering part. Thanks that filled in the gap in my knowledge like well soldered joint.

 

[LabR@t]

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Wow

 

[Hagar]

Nvm

 

[skyripper]

I find the discussion about the validity or not of the coffin being real distasteful. This is our Queen. Not a pork chop that might or might not have been left out on the kitchen worktop.

Isn't there some cesspit on Reddit for that kind of rubbish chat?

 

[Greebo]

I bet the fast food deliver companies are doing a good trade.

 

[Hagar]

Nvm

 

[Chris Wilson]

Someone told me earlier that there was an article in an online newspaper this morning saying the police or military had found a man with a video camera lurking in the Thames by the base of some scaffolding, and upon arresting him and viewing his saved footage concluded he was doing a recce for some environmentalist protest group, with the probable intention of causing disruption to the finale of the funeral on Monday.

I can't quite decide if I hope it is quashed before it can even begin, or if I'd like to see it go ahead in the hope of some of them getting shot.

 

[skyripper]

"So your grand plan is to disrupt the mourning of a nation and one of the most respected women on the planet?"

"Yeah, cool init, we're making our cause famous"

"No, you're making yourselves look like a bunch of ****s"

Edit: and that goes for any other loons thinking this is their platform time

 

[SideWinder]

I am at the Palace - thought i would eat lunch here.

Thousands of people swarming to the front like something is about to happen...turns out its just as its been re opened.

EDIT: Helicopter above...is something happening?

Yeah its landed at the Palace.

Saw religious leaders arrive.

 

[Chris Wilson]

I am at the Palace - thought i would eat lunch here.

<SNIP>

Gotta say I am pretty darned impressed, sure beats anything currently on my where to dine out bucket list... Where next, Royal Palace of Madrid?

 

[glenimp617]

22 hour wait time now

 

[V F]

I cannot even remember and the fact it was different times back then in 1997 with Diana's funeral as I'd imagine most here weren't online yet then. I also don't remember it like this in 1997 with all the 24 hour media coverage with Sky News then?

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Under order of King Charles Andrew is allowed to wear his dress uniform for tonights vigil and Harry is for tomorrow's night.

Yes, I heard that later! I guess as he is the King, he can request these things. I see that Princess Anne is in her full regalia as well and looking incredibly smart.