Brew 5,422 Posted June 4, 2022 Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Alpha said: As for saving the monarch, save her from what? Republicans! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
West Bridgfordian 144 Posted June 4, 2022 Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Alpha said: As for saving the monarch, save her from what? Her children and grandchild Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 God bless her Amen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Thought the above post needed to be on its own. I remember waving my little flag when she passed in front of my house. I thought i was about 10 but i was only 7. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 I have been amazed at the response of Italians in respect of the loss of our sovereign. I didn’t expect such sadness and love for her but some of the tributes were heartfelt comments. A friend of my husband put a tribute to the effect that she was crowned 2 days before he was born and had “lived” with her throughout his life and now she has passed the UK and the commonwealth will also pass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 My nephew ex military posted this yesterday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 We are on a ship, with many nationalities onboard, and it was announced on the P.A system yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 We are about 2500 miles from home, the young Turkish waiter ran around the bar showing everyone on his phone about 10 minutes after the announcement, then speaking to both out daughter & son over an hour/hour & half later, they knew nothing, everything they watch as I think most people now do is on catch up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 We have been constantly watching tv. There was a great deal of concern for the Queen in the previous days so i presume everyone was expecting the worse. Have been watching also this morning. It has been very emotional. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 I was only aware she was of a good age, anything over three score & ten in my books a bonus? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 A lot here on borrowed time time then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,603 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 @radfordred I agree that 3 score + 10 is a good age and anything over that is a bonus, but you might find you’ll start moving the goalposts bit by bit as you get older. (but that’s OK!) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 I spent most of my life thinking/assuming that most people were older than me. It's taken several years to come to terms with the fact that many are now younger than me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hey Arnold 88 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Almost 30 years ago I had an apprentice and one day were discussing what we wanted to be, as kids, when we grew up. I said that I wanted to be an astronaut, to which he looked doubtful and asked why. I then explained that watching the Apollo moon shots and man landing on the moon. To this he replied "did we....when? and looked absolutely astounded. 1969 said I to which he said he wasn't born until 1975.......talk about feeling old!! I felt like I was from a different world 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 I feel old when i see my neices and nephews. It doesnt seem 5 minutes since we were all celebratings their births. Most of them are married now and have children of their own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 The DVLA website states that the Queen's hearse, WP4597, is silver in colour. Very odd. Did they give it a rapid respray for the occasion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 The Funeral Director is William Purves, hence the WP on the registration plate. When the car left Balmoral there was a ‘sticker’ on the window of the hearse showing the name and apparently mid way through the journey to Edinburgh the sticker mysteriously disappeared, old William Purves wasn’t allowed to advertise. Wonder if Lymns tendered for the job? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 The sticker may have disappeared when people started making comments about the name and Prince Andrew. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 I saw the sticker when the hearse first emerged and thought it odd that such a prominent sticker was on display,,, to hundreds of millions of people around the World. The only time they stopped was at 1.00pm ish for refuel / food / rest and anything else they all needed to do. Must have been removed then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 I was morbidly curious about the preparation of the body. You need a bit of kit to complete the embalming process. Perhaps Balmoral has its own mortuary and prep room as possibly do all the main royal residences. They live in a different world from the peasants! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 The embalming could have been done in Edinburgh being a 'medical' city. By the way, did you also notice young Eddie in uniform? Disrespectful to whichever regimental uniform he wore being that he never served in one. He left the RM's as a yound officer under training. He failed to complete even the the first part of the training course, and went into the theatre. A bit like his great uncle of the same name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Maybe this explains the uniform. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Re the Silver / Black hearses. I've just found the reg number of the second hearse ,WP 3283 and it will be no surprise that DVLA think it's also a Silver car. I'd guess that black cars were specified and the silver hearses had a black wrap hastily stuck on them. As the hearses and funeral directors were "Operating under the Lord Chamberlains authority" and were part of a Police Scotland convoy then I doubt any offence of not notifying colour change has been committed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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