Has the Queen died?

[Pickman's model]

Edward v, supposed to have been killed by Richard iii

 

[Pickman's model]

Lady Jane Grey executed 12 February 1524.

You're only out by 29 years and 5 months

 

[brogdale]

They appear to get yellow numbered wrist bands to mark your place in the queue.

So a bit like Alton Tours, although you probably don’t get your photo taken like on the log flume on the way out…

They missed a money-spinner trick there; photo opportunity with the regal cadaver

 

[moochedit]

William II (William Rufus). Officially a hunting accident, but more likely he was bumped off by his brother,

Can't we get all the queen's offspring to have a celebrity deathmatch to win the thrown?

 

[SpookyFrank]

William II (William Rufus). Officially a hunting accident, but more likely he was bumped off by his brother,

That was Robert Baratheon.

 

[mx wcfc]

That was Robert Baratheon.

My books have Walter Tirel as the hunter in question. William de Mountford is the earliest source of that name, so far as I am aware.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Too soon. She had a family and loved ones. Have some respect

I half agree, but the outpouring of emotion for someone who lived a long and very privileged life and who will have a stupidly indulgent send-off versus the number of ordinary citizens of this country who will be thrown to the wolves this winter by the upper class can't sit right, surely?

 

[rubbershoes]

Probably been mentioned before but I've heard Chuck referred to as King Prince Charles

I quite like that

 

[not-bono-ever]

A right Charlie

 

[Elpenor]

Edward 2 not Edward 51

Edward 51 was of course the main nightclub used by the Plantagenets

 

[A380]

My books have Walter Tirel as the hunter in question. William de Mountford is the earliest source of that name, so far as I am aware.

Next you will be telling us he didn’t kill the king with a dragon…

 

[A380]

Can't we get all the queen's offspring to have a celebrity deathmatch to win the thrown?

It would obviously be Ann. No question.

 

[mx wcfc]

Next you will be telling us he didn’t kill the king with a dragon…

Walter, in the Forest, with an arrow.....

 

[editor]

 

[editor]

It's like stepping into your own costume drama!



(Pic: Sarah Lee

 

[mx wcfc]

It's like stepping into your own costume drama!

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(Pic: Sarah Lee

I'm disappointed. Couldn't you get a press pass?

But yeah, agreed.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Brenda's certainly attracted a very diverse crowd of white people.

I noticed that too. There's also a lot of extremely elderly people. What's the demographics of London?

 

[marty21]

Aye, if I were religious I'd be praying for a meteor hitting the funeral on Monday.

A small meteor, we don't want one like the one that killed the dinosaurs.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I took a look, don't know what I was expecting .. not the most exciting live stream

It was pretty wild earlier. There was an elderly guardsman that looked like he was going to topple over.

 

[Epona]

A small meteor, we don't want one like the one that killed the dinosaurs.

Yeah just enough to take out a load of royals, prominent Tories, peers of the realm, and assorted hangers-on, not an extinction-level event (for the rest of us at least!)

 

[SysOut]

Yeah just enough to take out a load of royals, prominent Tories, peers of the realm, and assorted hangers-on, not an extinction-level event (for the rest of us at least!)

Something Guy Fawksie

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I'm a little surprised by how lax the security is. There's tons of people going through with backpacks. I'd think that would be the first thing they'd ban. I guess the queen is safe enough being kept in a lead lined box, and well... being dead already.

 

[mx wcfc]

I'm a little surprised by how lax the security is. There's tons of people going through with backpacks. I'd think that would be the first thing they'd ban. I guess the queen is safe enough being kept in a lead lined box, and well... being dead already.

Pretty sure there's airport style security before they get that far.

 

[David Clapson]

Is the queue on closed roads? Or can we cycle past it wearing nothing but bunting, blowing an air horn?

 

[Artaxerxes]

Is the queue on closed roads? Or can we cycle past it wearing nothing but bunting, blowing an air horn?

How are you blowing the horn

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I’m actually quite fascinated by the live stream. I may not be able to stop watching till Monday. Proper slow telly…

I will admit that you'all have a talent for pageantry.

 

[David Clapson]

I'm a little surprised by how lax the security is. There's tons of people going through with backpacks. I'd think that would be the first thing they'd ban. I guess the queen is safe enough being kept in a lead lined box, and well... being dead already.

Maybe the official fear of backpacks has lessened. Nobody seems to be making b*mbs any more. It's all knives. Perhaps b*mb ingredients are too difficult to buy these days.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It's like stepping into your own costume drama!

complete with silent tribute to ronnie barker

I noticed that too. There's also a lot of extremely elderly people. What's the demographics of London?

some stats here

there's a chunk of older people in london who bought their homes some time ago and can afford to stay living there, there's also another chunk of older people who lived in london, have cashed in on their homes and moved out to the 'home counties' (the counties surrounding london)

other question is which age groups are more pro-monarchy / pro-this sort of thing

and haven't got to worry about being at work either today or tomorrow, or doing child care

 

[not-bono-ever]

Thank you for your self service ma’am

 

[Epona]

I noticed that too. There's also a lot of extremely elderly people. What's the demographics of London?

I think as Puddy_Tat mentioned above, who else has time on a weekday to queue for that long? It's likely to be skewed towards people who are retired IMO.