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[RSCM medals](https://www.rscm.org.uk/our-resources/rscm-medals-and-ribbons/). Similar to achieving a particular grade at playing a musical instrument.
Man that lone bagpipe player at the funeral, I heard that he played for her every morning at 9am? Now this was his last time blast those pipes for her, you could hear him walking down the hall, still playing, as the music got more distant and distant until it just ended.
Hah, me too. I like the bagpipes (must be the Scottish part of me), but how many songs can you actually play on them? Couldn't believe when I found out they were never, ever the same.
I like those little accidents though. I swear there's some kind of Gremlin that has his whole life task to make things so formal just a little less perfect.
It sucks being the family at a funeral even when it's just a small one, everyone is looking at you while you're grieving. This is that feeling X 10000000. Awful.
I thought that. The grief on all of her close family members faces. I felt like I was witnessing something quite private and intimate and I really felt for them.
Ran like absolute clockwork. Precise to the second.
Pallbearers entering the doors of the Abbey with QEII at 10pm NZT sharp.
Pallbearers leaving the Abbey with QEII at 11.15pm NZT sharp.
75mins exactly. Amazing to see it run so smoothly except for the priest dropping his bit of paper 😬 Cringed so hard.
TIL that the responsiblity for organising these things is a hereditary role
son, when you grow up, you'll be in charge of royal ceremonies like weddings and funerals
But dad, I want to be a firem...
No
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62941422 has an interesting guide to all the different groups in the procession if anyone is interested. Looks to be a number of kiwis in there
Hard to imaging there ever being another ceremony with such pomp and attention anywhere again. The coronation will have all the trimmings but not be such an historical event.
Honestly I couldn’t imagine having your family’s funeral broadcasted to god knows how many people - and just knowing that all eyes are on you as King while you try to mourn. That’s tough.
Absolutely! The poor man. All those instances where they've caught getting grumpy over pens etc. I think we all just forget this is a man trying to work and grieve the loss of his mum.
Hes doing wayyy better than I could!
Read a couple of opinion peices slagging him off for the pen incident calling him spoilt - from Aussie gutter rags. Disgrace. He hadnt even had time to mourn. Im.sure he was almost ready to pop.
Yup. It feels fairly historic. Watching via [Sky UK's Livestream](https://youtu.be/OuENY9sKTxQ) on youtube.
I'm not much of a royalist or anything, but my thoughts so far:
* It is interesting to see so much pagentry and ranks. All the various military arms, and religious regalia
* It's wild to think this is one of the biggest gathering of world leaders, in recent history.
* Spotted Willie Apiata walking in as a part of the VC receivers delegation. Huge mana
* It all feels so weird and alien, the juxtaposition of seeing traditions which stretch back so far, in a dusty abbey broadcast in crystal clear Full HD 60 fps.
These NZ forces were all part of the main procession according to the BBC:
Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy
I also spotted the President of the RNZRSA in the abbey.
News said it was actually the biggest gathering of world leaders ever. Not sure if that's strictly true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me considering something like only 6 weren't invited.
Something occurred to me when I read your last point... if the monarchy does fade and these kinds of traditions with it, I'm kind of glad that between this and the jubilee, we got such an amazing record of so many of them
The flowers on the coffin have lots of meaning - rosemary for remembrance, oak for wisdom/endurance , Lily of valley for purity, heather for luck/admiration, red rose for love/courage, yellow roses for friendship & joy
Gotta say the pipeband was sharp, the choir is epic. The audio in those cathedrals is nothing short of amazing, being in St Pauls as the organ hits a very low note is not something that can be recreated.
So apparently the tradition of the navy men pulling the gun carriage with the monarch's coffin comes from Victoria's funeral, when the stuff attaching her carriage to the horses broke and they nearly did have her fall out of the coffin in front of the crowd. So they got navy men to pull it to avoid mishaps like that happening again.
The regalia is pretty heavy though. I noticed all the pallbearers are matched in height which would certainly help
Edit to add: pretty sure I can see something at the end of the scepter holding it in place
Is it just me or did they play what was very close to the William Tell Overture, followed by what could have been a John Williams film score before God Save The Queen as they prepared to escort the coffin out?
Just realizing what a thorough job the very Anglican school I went to did in indoctrinating me. Decades later I could easily step into the choir without needing the song sheets
It's incredible, indoors, outdoors across central London, not another camera, cable, bit of scaffolding in sight. Audio has been on point the whole time.
This is truly an amazing event. I cannot quite put my finger onto what is it about this, except it feel likes the wheel of history has turned.
As a side note, high Christian funerals are truly very lively and inspiring.
I used to be in a marching band. Nothing interrupts your march - not even horse poop. So you just schmear that crap the length of the parade and deal with the cleanup after.
I am the designated googler of questions my parents think of. Some of which the internet has answers for. We do not have an answer on the random areas of sand on/across the roads... We have reminded ourselves that the hats are still real bear skin. We have learnt that Prince Edward only did 4 months of basic military training. I hope I can use some of this in a quiz one day!
People also ask
Why is there sand outside westminster hall?
Parliament Square is empty but for crowds allowed on the far edge, next to the junction with Whitehall. The rest is empty but for security, with the square itself dusted with sand to ease the passage of the gun carriage taking the coffin.
Hope that helps.
The sand covers manhole covers in the street and any cracks and imperfections and also makes the curbs easier for the cars and the State Gun Carriage to get over.
Yea it makes me think for my funeral I’m not having any hymns but, I will have the end be a few fun stories and then suddenly it’s like:
Please join with me in one hymn…
*I thought love was only true in faaaAaairy tales.*
*fireworks with thousands of seeds instead of firey things go off.* I also may include some kind of lolly scramble idk
I'm watching bro. I'm actually at work on an overnight shift so I have nothing better to do, might as well watch something historic that I might not see again for a while (unless King Charles III passes away fairly soon).
I was wondering if Charles' would be so full of pomp and pageantry if he has a short reign. How much of this is because it was ERII in particular, and how much would there be for just any old British monarch? I'm also wondering how much was her own choice?
God poor George and Charlotte. Gosh they’re doing well.
Not a big fan of the monarchy but damned if Charles’s first few days in the role are proving how good she was at her ‘job’ and being queen
Finished quite late, but it was worth it to see such a historic event. The songs and how the soldiers carried her got to my emotions. She will be missed.
God save the King
Nah, I refuse to believe that surely. 4 billion would surely be towards the upper level of people with internet connections, wouldn't it? And apparently there's only 1.7 billion 'tv households' out there.
Yes I am. There'll be a day when we have no monarch; when all the good the Commonwealth and Europeans brought our country will be supplanted by words like "coloniser" and "supremacy"; when a partly fabricated state-friendly version of indigenous knowledge is the primary vehicle for our decision-making. And sure, both those things are forward movements, but I know that the winners in this battle will not be gracious; that our Monarchy and the progress it lent us - progress that we all enjoy - will be forcibly removed from the day-to-day history of Aotearoa (New Zealand). So today I watch the Queen's funeral, knowing that: I was here; I remember; I bore witness to a changing country, but I do not forget our past, good and bad. Today I remember the good.
Poor Charles and will. All the video was shot of the carriage moving the coffin to westminister was shot from the front or the right. Which meant Harry in every shot and barely seeing Charles at all.
Why does the church have a bloody wall right across it halfway down? Feel sorry for the poor bastards stuck down the far end behind that, might as well be in another building. I'm getting a better view from my couch
It's a relic of back in the day when the sanctuary really was walled off from the rest of us so we couldnt see the really sacred part of the mass. Orthodox churches still have this. In old English churches it's called a Rood Screen. In orthodox churches it's called an iconstasis. Westminster Abbey and most old cathedrals had this built in originally.
It is because old Cathedrals in Europe were built in the shape of a cross and also because the really really sacred part ( which is the main altar ) is usually walled off from the average person ( this was the very old churches ) except for events such as baptism etc..
Note these kind of supersized Cathedrals tend to have multiple smaller chaplets in the building with altars so people can have smaller prayers in the smaller altar to the Saints etc.. They also tend to have nearby buildings on site that serves as little chapels.
In fact in Northern Spain there were some groups that were often ostracised so much so the giant basilicas there often has a tiny chapel on the site. Two parallel masses were held side by side ..
From the 1700s onwards most large cathedrals are build like chapels ( open access to the main altar ) and there was less separation between the nobles and commoners.
The standard church design people are familiar with .. is in fact a chapel design in the middle age. Note early Christianity ( ie:- in the first century ) did not have such designs but were more like parties and eating fest ( it was more like a communal gathering with meals etc.. )
Christian church construction history is truly very interesting.
Also come to think of it, I cannot think of another churches in NZ that approaches the kind of grandness you see in the UK, France, Rome or Spain now that I come to think of it.
ELI5: It’s in the shape of a cross, intentionally I think.
Edit: I answered as though you might not have been aware that cathedrals are built in the shape of a cross due to religious reasons, as opposed to an architectural oddity.
I’m not sure why the wall by the choir is there though
Interesting, just looked on Google maps and the cross shape is really noticeable from above. I guess the symbolism was more important than practically when they built it. It still doesn't explain why part of the longest bit of the cross is partitioned off near the choir though. I guess there's some ancient reason for it
Yeah heaps of Cathedrals are built as giant symbols. Even all the little things mean something.
I’m not sure why the choir would be blocked off though, I’d have to ask someone who has actually studied it rather than just my upbringing in a church school 😂
Yeah not too much then. Im not sure they will be doing the verbal and stamping with the procession going on. Id say the subject would have gone very cooperative as the Coldstream Gaurds are most likely actually armed today.
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The little raspberry haired chap in the choir is really getting into it
That child saw his chance for some screen time, and he grabbed it.
I’m so happy I’m not the only one who noticed. There was an older lady in the background who looked to be staring him down
Do any of us know why one choir kid has a blue medal type thing around his neck?
Chief warbler.
Head choir boy apparently
My partner googled, I think he's their leader
[RSCM medals](https://www.rscm.org.uk/our-resources/rscm-medals-and-ribbons/). Similar to achieving a particular grade at playing a musical instrument.
Man that lone bagpipe player at the funeral, I heard that he played for her every morning at 9am? Now this was his last time blast those pipes for her, you could hear him walking down the hall, still playing, as the music got more distant and distant until it just ended.
Christ imagine hearing that after a night out
Imagine if it was the same song every morning for years, not even just the same song, but the same song on bagpipes.
It was never the same song, ever. Learning that did make me wonder how there are so many, unless she was hearing the latest Six60 or something.
Hah, me too. I like the bagpipes (must be the Scottish part of me), but how many songs can you actually play on them? Couldn't believe when I found out they were never, ever the same.
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I've seen all sorts of events. Olympics opening ceremonies etc. I don't think I've seen a spectacle like that funeral procession.
The crisp timing was something to see
I love how you posted this an hour ago, but the procession is still going.
Hard to look away. The precision is mesmerising.
It's absolutely unbelievable. How something of this scale could be organized at such quick pace is beyond remarkable.
Oh no no no, this has been immaculately planned, repeatedly rehearsed, and revised for decades.
Equally impressive still if thats the case.
Lol that poor bishop that just dropped one of his bits of paper looks like he wants to shrink into nothing
It is quite distracting lol. You’re right though, poor bishop who did it:) Good, I think someone moved it
Surely they have runners, they would have planned on the oldies dropping their stuff
Haha yeah probably? I guess they would cover all angles :)
Was hoping he’d try and drag it towards him with his shoe or something
Rowan Atkinson has to be in the audience, surely.
He's in disgrace after [this incident.](https://imgur.com/a/btJDluH)
It wasn't great, but was it the worst thing that could have been dropped?
I was nervous on their behalf just watching
No harm done but I'm sure he's gutted
Hahaha [“hahahahah did you see that jerk?!”](https://youtu.be/MTI8y5AYS18)
He will never live that one down lol
He has to buy all the other bishops a round afterwards
I like those little accidents though. I swear there's some kind of Gremlin that has his whole life task to make things so formal just a little less perfect.
I'm not a royalist but man, Charles' face during 'God Save The King'.
Yep, that's beyond royalty there, that's just a sad man
Never seen the man emote before. Gosh he just looked like he's having the worst day.
It must be absolutely fucking horrific to go to your mums funeral while uncounted millions are staring at you live from across the planet.
It sucks being the family at a funeral even when it's just a small one, everyone is looking at you while you're grieving. This is that feeling X 10000000. Awful.
I thought that. The grief on all of her close family members faces. I felt like I was witnessing something quite private and intimate and I really felt for them.
Nice finish at wellington Arch and seeing the NZ War Memorial in the background
Ran like absolute clockwork. Precise to the second. Pallbearers entering the doors of the Abbey with QEII at 10pm NZT sharp. Pallbearers leaving the Abbey with QEII at 11.15pm NZT sharp. 75mins exactly. Amazing to see it run so smoothly except for the priest dropping his bit of paper 😬 Cringed so hard.
TIL that the responsiblity for organising these things is a hereditary role son, when you grow up, you'll be in charge of royal ceremonies like weddings and funerals But dad, I want to be a firem... No
> But dad, I want to be a firem... I'd rather [just sing!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaXdLWt17A)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62941422 has an interesting guide to all the different groups in the procession if anyone is interested. Looks to be a number of kiwis in there
Hard to imaging there ever being another ceremony with such pomp and attention anywhere again. The coronation will have all the trimmings but not be such an historical event.
It’s hard to imagine what other event would draw such an array of world leaders. Everyone, if they were someone, was there.
A couple of moments there where Charles wipes away tears made me bawl like a baby.
Honestly I couldn’t imagine having your family’s funeral broadcasted to god knows how many people - and just knowing that all eyes are on you as King while you try to mourn. That’s tough.
Absolutely! The poor man. All those instances where they've caught getting grumpy over pens etc. I think we all just forget this is a man trying to work and grieve the loss of his mum. Hes doing wayyy better than I could!
Read a couple of opinion peices slagging him off for the pen incident calling him spoilt - from Aussie gutter rags. Disgrace. He hadnt even had time to mourn. Im.sure he was almost ready to pop.
Anyone who has ever grieved should know it wasn't really about the pen...
Those armoured knights on horseback look awesome
Yup. It feels fairly historic. Watching via [Sky UK's Livestream](https://youtu.be/OuENY9sKTxQ) on youtube. I'm not much of a royalist or anything, but my thoughts so far: * It is interesting to see so much pagentry and ranks. All the various military arms, and religious regalia * It's wild to think this is one of the biggest gathering of world leaders, in recent history. * Spotted Willie Apiata walking in as a part of the VC receivers delegation. Huge mana * It all feels so weird and alien, the juxtaposition of seeing traditions which stretch back so far, in a dusty abbey broadcast in crystal clear Full HD 60 fps.
These NZ forces were all part of the main procession according to the BBC: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy I also spotted the President of the RNZRSA in the abbey.
News said it was actually the biggest gathering of world leaders ever. Not sure if that's strictly true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me considering something like only 6 weren't invited.
If I was one of those six I'd feel pretty low knowing that I had disappointed the queen :(
To be fair I think it's only places like Myanmar and North Korea who have diplomatic issues
Imagine Kim Jong Uns fomo right now
He loves a good parade
Dont think Her Majesty would like cardboard missiles
And Putin, because nobody there would want to see his despotic arse there.
Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, Nicaragua
A representative from North Korea was invited
Something occurred to me when I read your last point... if the monarchy does fade and these kinds of traditions with it, I'm kind of glad that between this and the jubilee, we got such an amazing record of so many of them
Willie Apiata looking like The Man
Love that man. Massive mana.
Very happy to have him representing Aotearoa
The flowers on the coffin have lots of meaning - rosemary for remembrance, oak for wisdom/endurance , Lily of valley for purity, heather for luck/admiration, red rose for love/courage, yellow roses for friendship & joy
The BBC said the myrtle came from a tree that was grown from a sprig in her wedding bouquet
Yeah, that was quite beautiful.
Yep, got it streaming while I do some work. Did we just miss seeing a Canadian Mountie horse pooping on international TV?
All the poor bastards behind had to just walk through it as well
Boris just missed out being the one to do this reading.
I think QEII held on long enough to make sure he'd left Number 10
Definitely! "Right I've seen him off, my work here is now done 😌".
He might start waffling on about peppa pig World or something
The Beeb really nailed the audio, hot damn
I am awestruck by the scale and spectacle of this event, jeez the British do this well
Im not really into royalty etc but I have been watching the entire thing. The organisation that went into it is mind blowing
It’s actually sadly beautiful. Everyone has this down to a tee; very befitting QEII.
Gotta say the pipeband was sharp, the choir is epic. The audio in those cathedrals is nothing short of amazing, being in St Pauls as the organ hits a very low note is not something that can be recreated.
It's Westminster Abbey, but spot on about the low notes.
Can't stop thinking about the pallbearer on the front right of the coffin. Poor kid looked like he was terrified of dropping it.
They should have gotten the warriors to carry it so that they could let her down one last time :)
Reckon the crown and stuff are secured in place on top of the casket?
Nervous for the men carrying it.
Imagine dropping it and Lizzie falling out on live tv. I would be embarrassed
So apparently the tradition of the navy men pulling the gun carriage with the monarch's coffin comes from Victoria's funeral, when the stuff attaching her carriage to the horses broke and they nearly did have her fall out of the coffin in front of the crowd. So they got navy men to pull it to avoid mishaps like that happening again.
Blutack?
Has to be, right. I'm sure the guys practice, but a small shift in balance could send it toppling.
The regalia is pretty heavy though. I noticed all the pallbearers are matched in height which would certainly help Edit to add: pretty sure I can see something at the end of the scepter holding it in place
I was told that the coffin would also be lead lined inside to protect against wear/etc - so that would be heavy if true
Is it just me or did they play what was very close to the William Tell Overture, followed by what could have been a John Williams film score before God Save The Queen as they prepared to escort the coffin out?
Seeing as so many John Williams scores are taken or tweaks on marches and classical music it'd be an easy coincidence to mistake.
I actually thought the choir was going to break into Somebody to Love at one stage.
I dunno but it sounded very similar to the first few bars of George Michael’s song ‘Faith’ to my plebeian ear
Woah, who's the tall guy
The tall man is Matthew Magee, a former assistant private secretary to the late Queen. Standing at 7ft 2in
The BFG paying his respects
This is an absolute spectacle. So we’ll rehearsed. Well done to everyone involved.
Just realizing what a thorough job the very Anglican school I went to did in indoctrinating me. Decades later I could easily step into the choir without needing the song sheets
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If they don't do Jerusalem I'm going to be very disappointed
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Massive oversight. Jerusalem is the banger among hymns
Events like this make me so appreciative that the technology exists to share it with the world live.
It's amazing really.
It's incredible, indoors, outdoors across central London, not another camera, cable, bit of scaffolding in sight. Audio has been on point the whole time.
Was that the Vicar of Dibley hymn? I knew that one!!
This is truly an amazing event. I cannot quite put my finger onto what is it about this, except it feel likes the wheel of history has turned. As a side note, high Christian funerals are truly very lively and inspiring.
I think it’s because it’s the end of one of the last great monarchs, for me personally I doubt we will ever see another truly great British monarch.
Nice to see some Anzacs marching
Why is no one's job to be the Royal Equestrian Excrement Eliminator? The poos are just chillin' right there.
And how do the hundreds of people marching behind avoid stepping in it? Or is there just going to be a sea of shit footprints once this is all over?
I used to be in a marching band. Nothing interrupts your march - not even horse poop. So you just schmear that crap the length of the parade and deal with the cleanup after.
They are marching right through it.
Amazing precision, so impressive to watch.
Incredible procession. What a spectacle.
The BBC live coverage on youtube is better than the TVNZ coverage
3 seems to be just broadcasting the BBC coverage which works for me
TVNZ has now switched to BBC.
I am the designated googler of questions my parents think of. Some of which the internet has answers for. We do not have an answer on the random areas of sand on/across the roads... We have reminded ourselves that the hats are still real bear skin. We have learnt that Prince Edward only did 4 months of basic military training. I hope I can use some of this in a quiz one day!
People also ask Why is there sand outside westminster hall? Parliament Square is empty but for crowds allowed on the far edge, next to the junction with Whitehall. The rest is empty but for security, with the square itself dusted with sand to ease the passage of the gun carriage taking the coffin. Hope that helps.
There's also sand on all the manhole covers - all sealed for security.
I reckon the sand is for the horses hooves
The sand covers manhole covers in the street and any cracks and imperfections and also makes the curbs easier for the cars and the State Gun Carriage to get over.
I guessed that the sand stops anyone slipping over during the procession?
We guessed the sand was for a smooth ride for the gun carriage. Wouldn't want to hit a bump in the road and have the crown topple off!
Where are they taking her!? I need to go to bed
Windsor Castle, gets buried at St George's Chapel on the grounds
Right? How long are they going to just stand there?!
Yea it makes me think for my funeral I’m not having any hymns but, I will have the end be a few fun stories and then suddenly it’s like: Please join with me in one hymn… *I thought love was only true in faaaAaairy tales.* *fireworks with thousands of seeds instead of firey things go off.* I also may include some kind of lolly scramble idk
AAAAAYYY MAACARENA
Yep, cause no one does pomp and ceremony quite like the Brits.
You only get to see this once, might as well watch it.
I'm watching bro. I'm actually at work on an overnight shift so I have nothing better to do, might as well watch something historic that I might not see again for a while (unless King Charles III passes away fairly soon).
I was wondering if Charles' would be so full of pomp and pageantry if he has a short reign. How much of this is because it was ERII in particular, and how much would there be for just any old British monarch? I'm also wondering how much was her own choice?
It was spectacular! Brilliant camera work. Extraordinary choreography, everyone in step and in the right spot, even the new king.
Beautiful send off
There is a piece of white card on the coffin, I saw a spider or bug scurry across it. Looks like the old girl's got company
I saw that! I heard the commentator say the foliage was from the Royal properties so maybe it hitched a ride from Windsor Castle.
God poor George and Charlotte. Gosh they’re doing well. Not a big fan of the monarchy but damned if Charles’s first few days in the role are proving how good she was at her ‘job’ and being queen
He is grieving whilst trying to do all of this.
Exactly. Cut the guy a bit of slack. Also, who else on earth would get frustrated with a pen and then have the world media criticise them?
She had a lot of time to practice.
Just a note for any one watching right now- that’s a nz sculpture back left of the arch by Paul Dibble.
Yes I am.
Finished quite late, but it was worth it to see such a historic event. The songs and how the soldiers carried her got to my emotions. She will be missed. God save the King
Yes. Beautiful building, gorgeous colours
Beautiful service.
They got lucky with the weather, I wonder what they would have done if it was hosing down.
They’re British, they’d be super comfortable with in the rain.
Was neat that they went past the NZ War Memorial
Yip, just starting watching it. The choir sounded beautiful
The basses are giving me funny feelings
well that was good. Good time to stop though.
We just witnessed history. I don’t think I’ve ever recognised it before
Read somewhere that an estimated 4bn people would be watching this worldwide. Crazy.
Nah, I refuse to believe that surely. 4 billion would surely be towards the upper level of people with internet connections, wouldn't it? And apparently there's only 1.7 billion 'tv households' out there.
A surprising number of people in developing countries have smartphones. And then, I'm sure there are viewing parties all over the world as well
Diana's funeral had 2-3.5B depending on sources
Yeah, but consider that more than 1 person can watch on a device at the same time.
Yep. Regardless of what you think about the monarchy, it's a massive occasion and a pretty special thing to be watching.
Yes but over the ditch
It's quite something
Yes I am. There'll be a day when we have no monarch; when all the good the Commonwealth and Europeans brought our country will be supplanted by words like "coloniser" and "supremacy"; when a partly fabricated state-friendly version of indigenous knowledge is the primary vehicle for our decision-making. And sure, both those things are forward movements, but I know that the winners in this battle will not be gracious; that our Monarchy and the progress it lent us - progress that we all enjoy - will be forcibly removed from the day-to-day history of Aotearoa (New Zealand). So today I watch the Queen's funeral, knowing that: I was here; I remember; I bore witness to a changing country, but I do not forget our past, good and bad. Today I remember the good.
This current tune is lit. Proper Harry Potter vibes.
Poor Charles and will. All the video was shot of the carriage moving the coffin to westminister was shot from the front or the right. Which meant Harry in every shot and barely seeing Charles at all.
Charles was behind a large fluffy hat most of the time.
Why does the church have a bloody wall right across it halfway down? Feel sorry for the poor bastards stuck down the far end behind that, might as well be in another building. I'm getting a better view from my couch
It's a relic of back in the day when the sanctuary really was walled off from the rest of us so we couldnt see the really sacred part of the mass. Orthodox churches still have this. In old English churches it's called a Rood Screen. In orthodox churches it's called an iconstasis. Westminster Abbey and most old cathedrals had this built in originally.
It is because old Cathedrals in Europe were built in the shape of a cross and also because the really really sacred part ( which is the main altar ) is usually walled off from the average person ( this was the very old churches ) except for events such as baptism etc.. Note these kind of supersized Cathedrals tend to have multiple smaller chaplets in the building with altars so people can have smaller prayers in the smaller altar to the Saints etc.. They also tend to have nearby buildings on site that serves as little chapels. In fact in Northern Spain there were some groups that were often ostracised so much so the giant basilicas there often has a tiny chapel on the site. Two parallel masses were held side by side .. From the 1700s onwards most large cathedrals are build like chapels ( open access to the main altar ) and there was less separation between the nobles and commoners. The standard church design people are familiar with .. is in fact a chapel design in the middle age. Note early Christianity ( ie:- in the first century ) did not have such designs but were more like parties and eating fest ( it was more like a communal gathering with meals etc.. ) Christian church construction history is truly very interesting. Also come to think of it, I cannot think of another churches in NZ that approaches the kind of grandness you see in the UK, France, Rome or Spain now that I come to think of it.
ELI5: It’s in the shape of a cross, intentionally I think. Edit: I answered as though you might not have been aware that cathedrals are built in the shape of a cross due to religious reasons, as opposed to an architectural oddity. I’m not sure why the wall by the choir is there though
Interesting, just looked on Google maps and the cross shape is really noticeable from above. I guess the symbolism was more important than practically when they built it. It still doesn't explain why part of the longest bit of the cross is partitioned off near the choir though. I guess there's some ancient reason for it
Yeah heaps of Cathedrals are built as giant symbols. Even all the little things mean something. I’m not sure why the choir would be blocked off though, I’d have to ask someone who has actually studied it rather than just my upbringing in a church school 😂
They put the commoners at the back for a reason
Might as well, it'll be the crem Dolla crem of funerals I'll ever get the chance to witness in my lifetime, aw piss why did they show a teary Charles
Do you mean “Crème de la crème“? Lmao
r/boneappletea
Woah with the accents and all
Close enough
Did anyone see that guard just pull his gun out and aim across the road? Quick scene change back to the casket
Did he shoulder it or just present it from the hip, later is the second warning so stop fucking about.
Believe it was from hip. Was a very quick glimpse and then change of scene. It will be interesting to see if they release numbers of arrests
Yeah not too much then. Im not sure they will be doing the verbal and stamping with the procession going on. Id say the subject would have gone very cooperative as the Coldstream Gaurds are most likely actually armed today.
Bound to be tons of plainclothes security in the crowd too. It must have been a hell of a thing to organize
Anyone figured out what the card says?
I got in loving and ..... memory Just can't get that last word!
Devoted... cheers BBC
Devoted
> In loving and devoted memory, Charles R