RIP Queen Elizabeth II

[PabloLerntKochen]

We need a black king someday, just for fun and the message of course

 

[The OMWC]

are people put off by having a 'foreigner' in the family?

Isn't the "family" actually German?

 

[karadekoolaid]

Isn't the "family" actually German?

The family name was Saxe-Coburg until 1917, when anti-German sentiment from the 1st World War made an impact. George V changed the name to Windsor.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

RIP Elizebeth, God save the King

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

With the Queen now lying in State there is talk that we could break the World Record for the longest queue.

Makes ya proud to be British

 

[karadekoolaid]

I looked at the proposed queue today. It will stretch from Lambeth Bridge, which is close to Westminster, right the way along the Thames as far as Southwark bridge. That´s 4 1/2 MILES!!
I think I´ll pay my respects on TV....

 

[Morning Glory]

I looked at the proposed queue today. It will stretch from Lambeth Bridge, which is close to Westminster, right the way along the Thames as far as Southwark bridge. That´s 4 1/2 MILES!!
I think I´ll pay my respects on TV....

And a 30 hour wait! I actually think anyone prepared to queue that long (when they don't have to) is crazy.

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

And a 30 hour wait! I actually think anyone prepared to queue that long (when they don't have to) is crazy.

Consensus at work is that it should have been possible to set up a registration centre in say Hyde Park where you turned up and were given a wristband with a time on it to turn up at Westminster. No need to queue for hours.

 

[Morning Glory]

Consensus at work is that it should have been possible to set up a registration centre in say Hyde Park where you turned up and were given a wristband with a time on it to turn up at Westminster. No need to queue for hours.

Yeah - that would have made a lot more sense.

 

[Morning Glory]

Yeah - that would have made a lot more sense.

Having said this there would probably be 30 hour queues for the registration centre so it wouldn't solve anything.

 

[TastyReuben]

And a 30 hour wait! I actually think anyone prepared to queue that long (when they don't have to) is crazy.

We’re hoping by the time we arrive Sunday afternoon, it’s down to a much more reasonable 12-15 hour wait.

 

[Morning Glory]

We’re hoping by the time we arrive Sunday afternoon, it’s down to a much more reasonable 12-15 hour wait.

I am assuming you are not serious.

 

[The OMWC]

How do people in a 30 hour line, umm, you know?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

How do people in a 30 hour line, umm, you know?

Sleep? With difficulty...

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

How do people in a 30 hour line, umm, you know?

There are toilet blocks set up along the route. Everyone in the queue has a wristband so they can leave to do what they have to, or buy food, then retake their place.

Seriously, if you think the Queen's procession was choreographed, the British obssesion with queue etiquette is on a whole other level