Queen's Funeral

[GlenB]

Am I mistaken or did Huw Edwards refer to Sir William Wordsworth?

[ichkeria]

Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher?

[KUSTARD]

I heard him say Sir William Wordsworth poet laureate - wondered about that - then did a bit of one of his poems (which I didn’t recognise)

[ichkeria]

He wasn't "Sir" as far as I know but plainly he was referring to the poet in that case.

Maybe just my imagination but I thought HE looked a bit put out at not getting the gig in the Abbey.
They wheeled Dimbers out for later, which I thought was nice.

[Hopkirk]

He had a lot of time to fill.

[bhg481]

Yes, we thought we heard him say that. He's had a hard 10 days, so entitled to the odd slip.

[emmie]

like the BBC news presenter John Kay, who kept on referring to
the Queens Consort, when it should be Queen Consort. It grated after a while..

[Peter Pedant]

someone said that the ritual went back to the Magna Carta which was signed in the 1300s
( at least he didnt say - as everyone knows...)

I do email the beeb about their most egregious mistakes
( = mistakes that even an ABer wd notice and ridicule)

I am nost sure if I have kept any

"0945 "There is a long corridor (in the Palace, the locus mortis so to speak like Boris) draped in black" - said the beeb fluffy ( to effusive thanks by another fluffy, both famous for 15 m and hoping to famous for MUCH longer)

"and there is an altar at the end.... " "

Christ, setting up an altar ( moveable of course: they do exist) to the Dead Queen in one of the Palaces?
I REALLY dont think so. 1540, reformation, no funerary masses.....

shrine then? aaaaargh

communion table - nope no communion in a corridor

table then

The head of Religion at the Beeb is Ali Maqbool ( yup you guessed it) - not Christian, atheist and marxist so admirable suited for the post....

and in another excoriating ( slashing even) email I reminded the Beeb the hacks in the burnt shell of Notre Dame ( Paree that is!) didnt know the difference between a cross or a crucifix ( " clue: one has a man nailed onto it" I cruelly sniggered)

[Zacs-Master]

Sky News auto caption generator changed ‘Great Abbey’ to ‘grey tabby’.

[jno]

the pony formerly known as Emma is according to Sky "MR", the better to sound like a DJ.