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Post by gordo on Sept 10, 2022 16:22:05 GMT
Monday, September 19th, is Funeral of the late Monarch, at Westminster Abbey.
They have declared that day to be a Public (Bank) Holiday!
Wonder if the likes of Marks & Spencer will close for the day?
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Post by gordo on Sept 12, 2022 17:12:56 GMT
As I wondered, stores will actually close for the Queen's Funeral, on Monday! All these stores will be closed: Aldi, Sainsburys, WHSMITH, John Lewis, Waitrose, Homebase, B & Q, Primark, Argos. Bit surprised M & S hasn't made a similar announcement, considering their top Establishment connections they love to boast of! I'm guessing Marks, will join the list soon enough. The Mail service will also be suspended for the day. But that would be the case, it being a Bank Holiday. from BBC News............... www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62879563 |
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Post by philbadfactor on Sept 14, 2022 4:22:19 GMT
News has come over that The Queen has recorded a final message to be broadcast on the day of her funeral bequeathing Buckingham Palace to the people.
Her suggestion is that it be used as Halls of Residence for Nurses who can live there rent free.
But I should mention that I have only just woken up.
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Post by philbadfactor on Sept 18, 2022 11:27:40 GMT
By David Carr
UPDATED 11:56AM, SEP 17 2022
The Queen was making plans for her horses right up to the end of her life, her racing manager John Warren has revealed.
Her Majesty revelled in the victory of Love Affairs at Goodwood just two days before she died, which turned out to be the final winner of her long association with racing which began even before her 70-year reign.
Warren was with the Queen in Scotland the previous weekend and he told the PA news agency: "We sat there for hours strategising and making plans going forward. I think the nicest thing for me is to know that she was surrounded by her family members.
"She was in such a healthy state of mind and in tremendous form. She really loved having them right there with her and being able to talk about her horses and her love for her horses right to the very end."
The Queen met outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson at Balmoral on the Tuesday and officially anointed Liz Truss as his successor the same day.
Warren said: "I left her on Monday afternoon, the prime ministers were coming in on the Tuesday and she had a winner on the Tuesday.
"On the Tuesday evening she was in really good form, delighted she'd had a winner, and talked about the prime ministers coming in and out. I can hardly believe it possible that within less than 48 hours the Queen had died.
"Shocking as that was, it's wonderful to know that she led a long and full life, and dutiful to the very end. Perhaps the racing community contributed to giving her some pleasure along the way."
Warren nominated the Queen's victory with Estimate in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in 2013 as the highlight of her time in racing.
He said: "I think it was everything that she'd put into breeding horses and racing horses, achieving an ambition which is no different to any parent wanting their child to win at the Olympics. This felt the same elation as that.
"The Queen has definitely been excited and emotionally charged about having some other winners – particularly at Ascot where the eyes are on – but I think this one was one that was so satisfying because it's such an iconic race."
However, Warren added: "What I found totally remarkable about the Queen was her ability to get so much pleasure out of any horse, no matter what level that horse was able to achieve.
"If we had done our best, if we were able to get the equivalent of a D student a C grade with best endeavour, that itself was tremendous."
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Post by gordo on Sept 18, 2022 22:33:37 GMT
House of Commons Speaker (Sir) Lindsay Hoyle, a Labour MP take note, has been panned for his insane over the top comment about the Queen of England's State Funeral, at Westminster Abbey,. Claiming it was the greatest event the World will ever see!!! Errrrmmmm, some of us would say the greatest event of all time, that the World ever saw, was the Resurrection, over 2000 years ago! In more recent times a big, very, very BIG bomb got dropped on a Japanese city, and then another one, and as far as more recent events go, many folks would call that a greater, and much more important happening, than the State Funeral of any Monarch! And the shooting of President Kennedy was of a near similar scale, in that it definitely changed American, and World politics. Then the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, etc, etc, etc. 9.11, and so on. It would seem (Sir) Hoyle hasn't been taught too much history, that's if he's ever been taught anything! from Huffington Post (HuffPost. UK).......................... www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lindsay-hoyle-says-china-row-should-not-overshadow-queens-funeral-as-the-most-important-event-the-world-will-ever-see_uk_6326e2a2e4b027aa4066f52f |
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Post by philbadfactor on Sept 19, 2022 18:44:14 GMT
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