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1-4-the Lounge I expect. Unless Phil kept a bachelor pad in SE22 - I doubt it. Lots of chat on the lounge already, particularly with the 'excessive' BBC coverage. A bit more sensible for the funeral - I never watch any of these things and would be happier without a constitutional monarchy. But I do catch up on the news and it seemed to be a nice, relatively modest ceremony. I've been to a couple of funerals during lockdown, and similarly they were well held, respectful and modest ceremonies.


A friend was speaking to me recently and told me her father died of old age. What a lovely term.


I didn't shed a tear and more likely to do this watching some long lost families programme on the box, or tears of relief when Dominique Renelleau escaped the serial killer Charles Sobhraj (aka the Serpent)

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/the-serpent-dominique-escape/


The one exception was Thatch's state funeral where I had a total new's blackout. I had a quiet tear when John Smith died.

'Celebrity' funerals/ deaths may seem an odd thing, where people show raw emotion for complete strangers. But what underlies that is empathy for a shared experience of grief, that we all will experience at some point in our lives. I would worry more if we had a public that showed no empathy with the Queen and her family.


Prince Philip had his controversies and may have been as disliked as much he was liked because of them, but who among us has a parent who is perfect, never says anything stupid or controversial, or holds views we completely agree with? Death is supposed to be the great leveler, the one thing none of us can avoid and therefore the one thing that makes us all equal. There should be a dignity and grace that comes from that, not just in how we deal with grief ourselves, but how we treat others experiencing that same kind of grief.


Personally, I found the funeral very moving, because it felt like a dignified family funeral. There aren't a lot of good things to say about the pandemic but maybe this is one of them. The Royal Family for once were able to do something in a more personal and therefore normal way. No pomp, or ostentatious celebrity guest service. Just a quiet, almost private gathering, for someone very important to them all. It seemed very appropriate.

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> I?m not sure why people want to watch in on the

> funeral of a person they?ve never met and didn?t

> know.


Probably for the same reason people watch (and cry and laugh) films about people that arent even real....and perhaps made even more poignant for some, because they know that it is real...and there is a real family feeling that pain I guess

Seabag Wrote:

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> rahrahrah Wrote:

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> -----

> > I?m not sure why people want to watch in on the

> > funeral of a person they?ve never met and

> didn?t

> > know.

>

> Seriously?

>

> You don?t get it?


I agree

It was a historical moment that will forever be etched on my mind.


Especially well done during this pandemic where a full state style funeral isn't possible.

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