Vigil For The Queen

[burlyshirley1]

Her four children are now standing around her coffin keeping vigil. I find this very moving.

[pastafreak]

Now?...I thought they were doing it tomorrow
Daughter and her partner are dithering about joining the queue.

[burlyshirley1]

It's on BBC now. Think it may be the Grandchildren tomorrow.

[burlyshirley1]

You could hear a pin drop.

[burlyshirley1]

Just ended.

[rockyracoon]

It was quite poignant, wasn’t it.

[tiggerblue10]

The King looks exhausted.

[Hazlinny]

The people who had stood so long to view the Queen's coffin and were actually in the Abbey when the children of the Queen were doing a vigil must have felt very privileged.

[burlyshirley1]

It was rocky indeed. Just heard it is the Grandchildren's turn tomorrow.

[burlyshirley1]

That's what I thought Haz.

[tiggerblue10]

I don't think they could believe their eyes.

[ichkeria]

I watched a bit of this on the stream last night. just before the bloke in the red banged his stick on the floor at 8pm. Presumably the signal for them to leave at that point.

[Bobbisox1]

It was very touching I thought and it’ll be the same tonight when her grandchildren take up their vigil tonight

[burlyshirley1]

It will Bobbs.

[Ken4155]

Ich, the tapping of the cane is used at each change-over. Beats barking orders out but isn't reserved purely for solemn occasions. One of our Sgt Majors regularly employed this method on the parade ground to bring us to attention from the 'at ease' position - 2 taps, (to 'ready' us) a pause, then one more tap.

[ichkeria]

Thanks Ken
That is what I imagined must be the case.
All very interesting for us outsiders to the world of the military :-)

[naomi24]

Charles and Anne aren’t young. They must be exhausted. They haven’t stopped this week. Bad enough losing a loved one and facing a funeral but to have to carry on putting in a show (and I mean that in the kindest way) every day between must be so hard both physically and mentally.

[Bobbisox1]

Whilst I understand the protocol of the brothers and Ann standing vigil beside their dear mothers coffin, I feel maybe the procession could have been halted for those ten minutes those four people had to stand there and be scrutinised by strangers, I really felt for them

[MissTerious]

I agree Bobbi.