queen

[DIDO.1 20,876]

24 minutes ago, TOMO said:

is anybody going to see her majesty lying in state?

Yeah I've got a pass to skip the queue so I'm sorted

[WILF 44,325]

If we are going on the “must have known” by association principal you can add every catholic who filed into every church in the world every Sunday to that list….which pretty much makes the whole of the Republic of Ireland guilty of protecting sexual predators !

A ludicrous statement ?……yes, of course it is.

The reason these people get away with such stuff is purely because people don’t know or the situation means people wouldn’t dream of it.

 

[mackem 23,802]

1 hour ago, TOMO said:

is anybody going to see her majesty lying in state?

Me. 

[mackem 23,802]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

Me. 

 

[mackem 23,802]

16 minutes ago, JBs Left Peg said:

You in the Que now Mackem.

Apparently they could be stopping the queing sometime on Saturday as it’s expected to grow that big ?

I will be there in the early hours of tomorrow morning mate, I was at Buckingham Palace last weekend and the queues were massive so I had an inkling this weekend will be packed, beating the weekend crowds, plus she is passing very close to here en route to Windsor next week so will see her on the road R. I. P your majesty. 

[Jonjon79 13,340]

2 hours ago, pesky1972 said:

Fast passes for MP’s and their families. There’s them, and then there’s us.

 

 

It's like that with a lot of things mate - there was that bit in the papers a few months ago about how they have a different number for the tax office.

 ........ us plebs have to wait ages on the phone, they get straight through to someone. 

 

It's always them and us.

[mackem 23,802]

The queue is currently 2.6 miles long, last night it was 2.4,estimates for the weekend are 8.6 miles, I guess that will be the 30 hour wait. 

[mackem 23,802]

10 minutes ago, JBs Left Peg said:

30 hours’ must be mad lol

6-10 hours fair do’s.

Moving along ok at the minute. 

 

[mackem 23,802]

18 minutes ago, JBs Left Peg said:

Hopefully the weather stays dry .

Waiting time is just over 5 hours at the moment which is nowt, people came from Texas and California just to visit Westminster. 

[chartpolski 20,416]

Just out of interest, can any of the military lads explain why the honour guards carried their weapons pointing backwards ?

I remember Kennedy's funeral, and his horse was in the funeral procession, with Kennedy's boots in the stirrups, pointing backwards.

Cheers.

[mackem 23,802]

6 minutes ago, JBs Left Peg said:

If it was the school hols I def  pay a visit myself .

 

With them just going back I don’t want to loose any school time for my daughter .

Although it would prob be more educational all round ?

Weekend queue times might be a bit much for a child I would think,standing none stop for 10+ hours. 

[iworkwhippets 12,247]

13 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Just out of interest, can any of the military lads explain why the honour guards carried their weapons pointing backwards ?

I remember Kennedy's funeral, and his horse was in the funeral procession, with Kennedy's boots in the stirrups, pointing backwards.

Cheers.

Noticed and wondered that myself 

[WILF 44,325]

20 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Just out of interest, can any of the military lads explain why the honour guards carried their weapons pointing backwards ?

I remember Kennedy's funeral, and his horse was in the funeral procession, with Kennedy's boots in the stirrups, pointing backwards.

Cheers.

It’s a mark of respect thing mate, like flag half mast….that type of thing.

[chartpolski 20,416]

Just now, WILF said:

It’s a mark of respect thing mate, like flag half mast….that type of thing.

I understand that, but I was looking for a deeper significance, historical precedence sort of thing

Cheers.

[WILF 44,325]

4 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

I understand that, but I was looking for a deeper significance, historical precedence sort of thing

Cheers.

Wouldn’t know mate, I would find that interesting to know as well