Margaret's mind was on 1953, when she had been taken to watch the Queen's coronation at her nan's house and later to a street party. "She's like our grandmother, she's always been there," Margaret said, visibly emotional.
Meanwhile, in Manchester's Cathedral Gardens, rain was falling. Rebecca Watson, 38, thought of those who had filed through the streets of London over the weekend to witness the Queen's lying-in-state and resolved to stay where she was. "If people have been in a queue for 14 hours I think we can cope with this," she said.
Ahead of the two minutes' silence, everyone in the Royal British Legion, in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, stood, bowed their heads, and sang along to the national anthem. On The Mall, many spectators had watched the service on their phones. As the Queen's coffin made its way towards them, spectators stood on tiptoes, with children lifted on to shoulders, as the crowd collectively craned its necks for a final glimpse.The Queen's coffin began making its way to Windsor.
I was working. Which didn't involve any standing still.
No it was only 30% of Nation
Walked my dogs - read a book - did not watch the funeral of a person whose role is undemocratic and belongs in the past
What did the queen say to Kate about Meghan
The green ray ( le rayon vert) visited Brooklyn. I said Hi back.
All I see are white people. Not even a turban!
BBC commentary on the live telwcast was awesome thanks, and spurred long-forgotten early childhood memories of my painted tin soldiers including Beefeaters and Yeomen which had belonged to my Great Uncle, an English Captain, and my little sailor suit & tiny kilt, sporran & pin ♥️
BBCScotlandNews Fixed the car… it’s what the Queen would have wanted.
I worked all day.
Nope I never stood still, and I didn’t watch it either. I have no interest in the royals whatsoever
Get back to reality, BBC. You've embarrassed yourselves quite enough.
No we didn’t.
Yesterdays news, move on...
BBCScotlandNews Nah, I made delicious falafel 🥙 🤤
Weren't we all forced to, wether we wanted to or not
The nation had no choice, they were made to stand still or get assaulted by the police!
I didnt stand still, I was working, then I went to the park with the family, the shops and then went back to work. I wasted not one minute of my time on a woman who I dont know and who called me selfish last year and is the head of a mafia family.
I didn't 😕
Didn't have much choice really.
This is absolutely NOT correct If you had a reporter out on the streets of London, you would know that they were plenty of cars / walkers / cyclists / runners out and about during the funeral itself NotMyKing NotMyMonarchy
BBCScotlandNews Which 'nation' ?
BBCScotlandNews That's not true though, is it?
Stop this propaganda now we see you for what you are
What’s the weight on casket carrying arms? What if it Fell…would the body rollout?
Nonsense.
I went to eat sushi with my friends and family and didn't even watch the funeral
Hyperbole.
I didn’t
For ONE day? It's been 2 weeks of it, non stop. More theatrical pantomime headlines from the trusty BBC.
mariannaspring I went for a lovely bike ride, did some baking, then had some friends round for board games. Plenty of the nation did anything but stand still
Why are they repeating yesterday's news?
mariannaspring
There was nowhere open👍🤔
BBCScotlandNews No it wasn’t! BBC propaganda lies again!
The nation has now moved on. Electricity bills are coming through letter boxes.
I'm glad it's all over. I've been gagged for ten days. Can we please get back to free speech and free self expression. It's all getting a bit like North Korea 🙄 I lost my Mum and worked for minor Royals and I'm unmoved by the whole thing.
the day england* stood still for queen elizabeth II's funeral
Weren't really given many other options were we?
The nation kept moving 👍
Poor soul, won't get to see GTA 6
It was certainly quieter than a normal weekday/bank holiday: We were travelling home from a holiday booked in February & the closure of so many roadside facilities meant it was hard finding public toilets which for someone with IBD was quite stressful. 1/2
She was racist, she will NEVER be mourned by me💯
I paid my respects when she died. Yesterday i had a triathlon in Brighton of which you showed pictures of and empty seafront it was packed all day from 8am. Why do you always misinform people on the BBC?
The rest of us get 20mins at the crem.
Went to the pub
Fibzzzzzzz
It sure did.. you'll be greatly missed E2G
Lies.
Not true at all ! Stop with this propaganda!
not me 🇮🇪🫶🏻
As I told you before i was finishing my driveway off.
Not me, never watched any of it. I was outside enjoying the fresh air, a nice easy paced 10 mile 🏃♂️
Right now there are 26, yes 26, posts about the funeral before you get to a post about real news about real people!!! What a disgrace!!!
A nation ! Many businesses open when I came home from work at 11am Monday, local gym, local Nisa, team football practice on the common, people walking dogs, kids and parents out playing, not week day traffic but prob Sunday morning traffic ! Think someone telling porkies
No we absolutely didn’t. I was sat at my desk for 10 hours and my partner was caring for dying patients. Stop with the utter BS rhetoric. It’s becoming as insufferable as the royalist tripe. She’s in the ground, now move on and focus on keeping the plebs alive this winter.
BBCScotlandNews 🤣🤣🤣🤣really desperate there were others options available and not all stood still!!!
Bbc have stood still for over a week. DefundTheBBC
Indeed. Now it’s time to forward and address whether we wish to remain a monarchy, or become a democracy. The proposed coronation should be deferred until that national debate has concluded, and to avoid further, ruinous cost at a time of national hardship. AbolishTheMonarchy
[citation needed]
Now the funeral's over, when is the election for next head of state?
I was one of hundreds climbing a local mountain. The traffic on the roads also attested to the fact that the whole nation did not stand still. A very misleading headline.
Bbc it's time to let this go your an embarrassment to the UK
All credit to the BBC and in particular Huw Edwards delivery throughout the past ten days thehuwedwards
As my children used to say when we were driving to our holiday destination .... 'Are we nearly there yet?' I went for a long walk in the hills.
Its over so stop going on about it, you've bored so many and rambled on about it for 11 days continuously. Try looking at other important issues
Nah I went for a run mate
So sad for so many.
She like died a 100 years ago. We still talking about this?
Hyperbolic drivel.
😳😮🇬🇧🤮😂
I went to beach, as did hundreds in South Shields
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