God Save The King

[Sheilbh]

Ah man. You gotta go and tell us how weird it is. When are you going to have the next chance to see something like this?

I'm very worried that if you accidentally join you won't be let out until, ten miles later, you've seen the coffin

[Sheilbh]

Ah. Is that weird? It just seems normal in the 2020s 

Every thing gets freaking livestreamed.

Yeah I really enjoyed the day on the British internet when 500k people were watching a livestream of a big puddle.

[Valmy]

Ah man. You gotta go and tell us how weird it is. When are you going to have the next chance to see something like this?

I'm very worried that if you accidentally join you won't be let out until, ten miles later, you've seen the coffin

There will be beefeaters with halberds blocking every exit 

[Barrister]

I don't need to see Her Majesty's body in order to show respects, but I would be tempted to get in line to do so just for the sheer experience of it.

[Valmy]

I don't need to see Her Majesty's body in order to show respects, but I would be tempted to get in line to do so just for the sheer experience of it.

Oh yeah if I was in London I would absolutely be there.

[Maladict]

Re livestreams, there is one of the graphic of how long the queue is
https://youtu.be/9NpZuGxSgZY

Edit: Also -
Too much 49%
About right 41%
Too little 2%

I am in awe of the 2%.

It's going to stretch into the next hemisphere soon.

[crazy canuck]

I don't need to see Her Majesty's body in order to show respects, but I would be tempted to get in line to do so just for the sheer experience of it.

Oh yeah if I was in London I would absolutely be there.

I would too.  Not because I care too much about the woman they are mourning - but I love being involved in community events.  City wide arts festivals are better for that though. 

[Valmy]

I don't need to see Her Majesty's body in order to show respects, but I would be tempted to get in line to do so just for the sheer experience of it.

Oh yeah if I was in London I would absolutely be there.

I would too.  Not because I care too much about the woman they are mourning - but I love being involved in community events.  City wide arts festivals are better for that though. 

I mean you care a little. We are at least all familiar with her and what she stood for. The world's most famous corgi fan.

City wide art festivals happen every year though. I really only need to go once. Same with this. If Charles died next year I probably wouldn't go.

[Sheilbh]

It does go against my natural instinct to join any crowd I see (led to me going on some accidental demonstrations ).

But waiting in a queue for up to 30 hours is a bit beyond me

Given the route of the queue I think it should at least go through Borough Market and Tate Modern so you can see some sights on the way.

[grumbler]

That's why you pay taxes, and everything you own has already been taxed. No need to tax it a second time (or in case of Belgium: a second, third, fourth and fifth time)

But you are dead, so you have no objection to having goods taxed a second or third time.

[The Brain]

In Sweden the full old-style royal ceremonies fell out of use in the 20th century. For instance, the latest Swedish king to have a coronation was Oscar II in 1873. And the latest Swedish king to be buried in the traditional Riddarholm Church was Gustaf V in 1950.

[Barrister]

In Sweden the full old-style royal ceremonies fell out of use in the 20th century. For instance, the latest Swedish king to have a coronation was Oscar II in 1873. And the latest Swedish king to be buried in the traditional Riddarholm Church was Gustaf V in 1950.

What's the point of having a monarch if you aren't going to have old-style royal ceremonies?

[crazy canuck]

I don't need to see Her Majesty's body in order to show respects, but I would be tempted to get in line to do so just for the sheer experience of it.

Oh yeah if I was in London I would absolutely be there.

I would too.  Not because I care too much about the woman they are mourning - but I love being involved in community events.  City wide arts festivals are better for that though. 

I mean you care a little. We are at least all familiar with her and what she stood for. The world's most famous corgi fan.

City wide art festivals happen every year though. I really only need to go once. Same with this. If Charles died next year I probably wouldn't go.

There are a bunch of good reasons why Charles (or any other monarch) would not be mourned in the same way

[The Brain]

In Sweden the full old-style royal ceremonies fell out of use in the 20th century. For instance, the latest Swedish king to have a coronation was Oscar II in 1873. And the latest Swedish king to be buried in the traditional Riddarholm Church was Gustaf V in 1950.

What's the point of having a monarch if you aren't going to have old-style royal ceremonies?

[Josephus]

Here's an honest question. IF the Queen died at the height of COVID, during the lockdowns...would there still be a state funeral, and all this pomp and ceremony?