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Interned in the royal vault
Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful
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In the same way a Queen consort is a Queen ?
After reading this I’ve just fallen down a wiki rabbit hole reading into it and the apparent value placed upon it, absolutely mind boggling.
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She'll be Queen Consort not Queen Regnant. In the same way Prince Philip was never King even though he married the Queen (historically it caused a bit of a consitutional crisis when married a queen regnant was expected to defer to her husband who would become king in all but name and likely the reason Elizabeth I never married she only had to look at her cousin the queen of Scots to see how badly that could work out, but thats whole other story)
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Buried - coffin lowered into the ground into soil.
Interred - laid inside a crypt.
In several European countries, people are interred in crypts in cemeteries. Many of them are below ground. Fit 6-8 coffins in them. The cover is removed to access the crypt with steps on both sides to put coffin on shelf. I saw one almost completed in construction.
Then you have wall mausoleum walls. Where coffin gets slotted into a niche capped with headstone. Plus smaller ones for interning ashes.
Then have above ground mausoleums. Which look like mini temples.
Interred - laid inside a crypt.
In several European countries, people are interred in crypts in cemeteries. Many of them are below ground. Fit 6-8 coffins in them. The cover is removed to access the crypt with steps on both sides to put coffin on shelf. I saw one almost completed in construction.
Then you have wall mausoleum walls. Where coffin gets slotted into a niche capped with headstone. Plus smaller ones for interning ashes.
Then have above ground mausoleums. Which look like mini temples.
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Fascinating
I don't think she in the Royal crypt any more. I believe she was brought back up on that elavator and then put in the George VI side wing along with Philip, her mother and her sister's ashes. I believe that's what the private ceremony this evening was for.
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Rest in Peace Ma'am
At least it wasn't just me that's gone down a Wikihole of reading random crap about the monarchy this evening!
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When you was a little kid, did you think the Queen wore her crown every day and only took it off for bed? I did lol.
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I did too, pretty much spent 5 hours reading wiki while I watched the funeral.
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See, I said Biden, or at least his wranglers, was being a tad arrogant with all the convoy shenanigans. It did backfire after all.
I can't quite call it a backfire because he still got treated with exception and i'm also not sure it can be described as arrogance when appeasing Washington is not a matter of choice.
He didn't sit there because he was late, that was his seat behind commonwealth leaders and world royalty.
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Just been reported on SkyNews that it was estimated to have been watched by almost 4b people
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Joe Biden forced to wait for seat after apparent late arrival at Queen’s funeral
US president and first lady had to wait as procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them
www.theguardian.com
That doesn't say he was seated 14 rows back because he was lateJoe Biden forced to wait for seat after apparent late arrival at Queen’s funeral
US president and first lady had to wait as procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them
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Yeah and it doesn't matter, the seating plan was already planned before they arrived. They had to wait while the awardees of the Victoria and George cross took their seats before they were shown to theirs that is all. The seating plan was pre planned which is why reports pre funeral even reported such.
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