Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful
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Soldato
Drama as guard FAINTS off the podium beside Queen's coffin
Hundreds of thousands of mourners have been queuing to pay their final respects to the monarch following her death at Balmoral on Thursday.
Drama as guard FAINTS off the podium beside Queen's coffin
Hundreds of thousands of mourners have been queuing to pay their final respects to the monarch following her death at Balmoral on Thursday.www.dailymail.co.uk
Surprisingly normal for this to happen.
Obviously it looks terrible but there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Consigliere
Queue is now 2.9 miles. It was 2.4 for ages.
So looking to be more like 7-8 hours in total. Edging closer but looks like the above picture still.
So looking to be more like 7-8 hours in total. Edging closer but looks like the above picture still.
The marathons, etc. early in the pandemic didn't seem to contribute hugely to COVID spikes - though in this case there is a significant amount of public transport use, etc. linked to it which likely will have some impact and a higher level of prevalence of the disease within society compared to back then.
Consigliere
Still going...they didn't let anyone in for 40mins to clean.
Very close now. Maybe an hour...ish...
Very close now. Maybe an hour...ish...
So. Bizarre. The DM is now saying it may be extended to 10 miles before closing on Saturday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11213125/Queue-Queen-CLOSE-Saturday-night.htmlStill going...they didn't let anyone in for 40mins to clean.
Very close now. Maybe an hour...ish...
A significant portion of the country has lost the plot.
Another case of locked knees perhaps?Drama as guard FAINTS off the podium beside Queen's coffin
Hundreds of thousands of mourners have been queuing to pay their final respects to the monarch following her death at Balmoral on Thursday.
What is the plot if making time for something you feel a connection to is not part of it.
I say most of the businesses and organisations shutting down on monday are making the right call. It's not the time to be on the wrong side of such a large portion of the country.
No businesses or public and health services that are shutting down and causing disruption to other people's pre-existing plans are making the right call.
Soldato
A friend on FB said that the Queen thought thank goodness that buffoon, national embarrassment, lacking a comb and bumbling idiot Boris is no longer PM. Queen started to slip away.
Can you imagine what Boris would have done if he’s still PM when the Queen died?
Soldato
No they haven’t. Well done to retailers that decided to close all day or til 5pm. But can still see a couple of idiots trying to go into McDonald’s or Aldi where I live. Does the empty car park give the clue away?
People have lost a figure who they loved and grew up with.
Soldato
Though can see some people going crazy with supermarket shopping the next few days. Even though they don’t shop on Mondays. They can’t cope with shops closed! Grow up!
Just buy what you normally buy when you shop.
Glad I’m not working this weekend and not looking forward to doing a food shop on Saturday…as returning tomorrow
You just don't get it
Soldato
Yes, he'd have probably done the exact same things that Truss is doing. Why do you think he'd have done anything different to what protocol dictates?
Soldato
You must be out the other side now?Still going...they didn't let anyone in for 40mins to clean.
Very close now. Maybe an hour...ish...
He's such a narcissist, I bet he's fuming he's missed all this as PM.
Soldato
Watching some of the lying in state on TV and its interesting how many people are stopping to watch and bow at the coffin - I thought the idea was just to keep walking slowly past. Will slow the queue down a bit if this carries on...
Seems to be a copied behaviour particularly in the right hand file where people are stopping in exactly the same spot, bowing one by one to the coffin and then the next person taking their place to do exactly the same thing...
Seems to be a copied behaviour particularly in the right hand file where people are stopping in exactly the same spot, bowing one by one to the coffin and then the next person taking their place to do exactly the same thing...