Inbred Rich People: The Royalty Thread

[❤️ NickiDrea ❤️]

Sept 11, 2022 23:24:11 GMT chaz said:

Royal protocol is to not show too much public affection. They are professionals not teenagers.

Camilla and Charles are quite touchy and affectionate in public. They are always holding hands or touching.

[sputnik]

^^^
Royal protocol is that everything is ok unless Meghan does it. Whether it’s hand holding, belly cupping, you name it

[sleuth]

Oh no! Kate and William didn’t hold hands or touch each other for a moment - marriage on the rocks!! I don’t feel a need to clutch and claw at my boyfriend in public but I still love him.

[MsDark]

Neither do lots of couples who still give the appearance they actually like each other.

Like I said, at least they're not trying to fake anything.

Everyone knows they're in it for the long haul regardless.

[waterslide]

No private jets, no helicopters, and a bus to Westminster Abbey: VIP guidance for queen’s funeral revealed

Documents obtained by POLITICO reveal strict protocol rules for foreign dignitaries.
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On the day of the funeral, the heads of state and their partners will arrive at Westminster Abbey in escorted coaches | Pooled photo by Richard Pohle/AFP via Getty Images

BY CRISTINA GALLARDO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 6:41 PM

LONDON — Foreign heads of state and their spouses heading to London for the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II have been asked to arrive in the U.K. on commercial flights and banned from using helicopters to get around.

World leaders have also been told they cannot use their own state cars to attend the funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19 — and will instead be bussed in en masse from a site in west London.

“Can you imagine Joe Biden on the bus?” one foreign ambassador based in London complained via WhatsApp message early Sunday.

Official documents obtained by POLITICO also confirm that only the heads of state and their spouses or partners from each country have been invited to attend the funeral, which is shaping up to be one of the most significant international events hosted by the U.K. in recent times.

Westminster Abbey will be so packed for the event that it will be impossible for more than a single, senior representative per country and their other half to attend, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) lamented in the official protocol message regarding the event.

In the document, sent to overseas embassies late Saturday night, the department said it “regrets that, because of limited space at the state funeral service and associated events, no other members of the principal guest’s family, staff or entourage may be admitted.”

Heads of state unable to attend may choose someone else as their official representative, such as a head of government or senior minister.

According to the same document, King Charles III will host a reception for all the overseas leaders at Buckingham Palace on the evening before the funeral service.

Visiting heads of state will be able to attend the lying-in-state of the queen’s body, and sign the condolence book at Lancaster House immediately afterward. While at Lancaster House, foreign leaders will be able to deliver a tribute to the late queen lasting up to three minutes, which will be recorded for the media.

On the day of the funeral, the heads of state and their partners will arrive at Westminster Abbey in escorted coaches from a location in west London, where “because of tight security and road restrictions” they will be required to leave their own cars.

“Multiple and comprehensive layers of security will be in place across London and at all the official venues used for the state funeral and associated events,” a second FCDO document detailing the logistical arrangements for those traveling from overseas states.

In line with the rules of the government’s mourning period, and “because of the extensive ceremonial programme related to the state funeral and the logistical challenges, requests for bilaterals will not be considered on this occasion,” the FCDO warned in the note.

After the funeral service, foreign leaders will be escorted on foot to Dean’s Yard, still within the grounds of the abbey, to attend a reception hosted by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, after which they will return by coach to west London to collect their cars.

No private jets, please
“Where possible,” the FCDO advised, foreign leaders should arrive in the U.K. on commercial flights, warning that London Heathrow airport will not be available for private flight arrangements or aircraft parking. Those leaders insisting on traveling by private jet should head for “less busy airports” around London, the FCDO added.

The use of helicopter transfers between airports and venues has been banned “due to the number of flights operating at this time,” the department said.

And in a message all-too-familiar to weary passengers using U.K. airports this year, the FCDO also warned that “unforeseen events may require commercial and private flights to divert from the intended airport of arrival.”

Politico

I remember this conversation at the other board about how America's presidential detail is kind of ridiculously over the top compared to everyone else, but I was agreeing with that foreign ambassador that I was having a hard time imagining Joe in a bus or flying commercially given that America has historically been very particular about the president's modes of transport.  

According to CNN, Buckingham Palace extended an invitation only to the President and his wife, so he won't be travelling in a delegation.  If he had been allowed to assemble a delegation, he could have invited Bush, Clinton, and Carter...and even The Orange One.  I guess Buckingham Palace was taking no chances there.  

[lindsaywhit]

No damn way are the Bidens flying commercial - it's just not going to happen. This all sounds like a logistical and security nightmare. I'll watch it from home thank you very much.

[chaz]

Dammit, I'll have to put the jet on hold.

Lol the orange one! He would stand in the aisle and expect them to maneuver the casket around him.

[waterslide]

Sept 12, 2022 4:42:48 GMT lindsaywhit said:

No damn way are the Bidens flying commercial - it's just not going to happen. This all sounds like a logistical and security nightmare. I'll watch it from home thank you very much.

Yeah, I kind of thought that wasn't going to go over too well with his constituents.  I mean, we are very attached to Mr Biden and we need him back, and if something were to happen to him, we would have Kamala, but in these uncertain times, Biden needs to be here to get rid of all the Christian Nationalists.  And I wounldn't want him to be the reason World War III starts.  I guess we'll see how this pans out...I'm curious.  I mean, couldn't he land at an air base farther out and drive to the funeral?   Of course, that sounds even more chaotic...

[no1novice]

Those leaders insisting on traveling by private jet should head for “less busy airports” around London, the FCDO added.

He can fly into a USF base in Norfolk if he is that fucking special or the base where that American woman killed the teenager when she was driving on the wrong side of the road.





Princess Anne is driven through Aberdeen, on a six-hour journey following the hearse carrying her mother's coffin. Credit: PA


Queen Elizabeth and The Princess Royal during the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering at the Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park. Credit: PA




The Countess of Wessex was pictured comforting Princess Anne yesterday as members of the royal family watched Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrive in Edinburgh to lie in rest at the Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight


In a touching gesture, deference to the monarch was still observed, with the royal women curtseying and the men bowing their heads


Sophie, 57, the wife of the Queen's youngest son Prince Edward, 58, was seen placing her hand on the Princess Royal's back in a supportive gesture after the coffin made the journey from Balmoral to the Scottish city









Even my family, who are not royalist in any part of the imagination are disturbed by QEII's death; as "expected" as it is for a woman of 96.

[MsDark]

Talk about a nightmare for security.

[sputnik]

biden couldn't fly commercial even if he wanted to. the rules for presidents' security in the US are such that even the president couldn't override them or make an exception.
besides, the guidelines say to avoid private jets 'where possible', not that they're 100% verboten. people writing protocol know that it's not always possible and the brits certainly know how american presidential security works.

[Sarzy]

The security during the funeral will be crazy, all those royals and world leaders in one place.




London could become 'full' over the coming days as up to one million people flock to see the Queen's lying in state with queues expected to last up to 30 hours and rail operators warning trains will be 'very busy'.

Whitehall chiefs in charge of logistics for the historic five-night vigil have estimated mourner numbers could be close to the one million who turned up to view Pope John Paul II when he lay in state in Rome in 2005.

Westminster Hall in London will be open 24 hours a day from 5pm on Wednesday until 6.30am next Monday – the day of the funeral – for people to view the Queen's coffin, but they may have to wait in a three-mile-long queue.

And rail bosses have warned those wanting to travel to the capital over the coming days should expect packed trains and stations, with one industry source admitting there is 'real concern the capital will reach bursting point'. Network Rail today warned of 'unprecedented travel demand in the capital' from Wednesday.

Hotel chains have also seen a major uptake in reservations ahead of the lying in state and funeral, with Travelodge revealing there had been a 'surge in London bookings from all corners of the UK' to its 78 hotels in the capital.

Scotland Yard is already closing roads around Westminster and Transport for London has said services will be 'very busy' with passengers urged 'to allow plenty of extra time for their journeys and to avoid driving where possible'. 

The strain the mass queueing will put on policing is likely to see a number of events including football matches cancelled, with Arsenal v PSV Eindhoven in the Europa League on Thursday already off due to insufficient police. 

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan told Conservative MPs this morning that queues at Westminster Hall for the lying in state could be as long as 30 hours. According to The Times, she wrote in a WhatsApp message today: 'Queues could be up to 30 hours as we are obviously expecting and planning for unprecedented demand.' 

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11203579/London-people-flock-Queens-lying-state.html

[faithanne]

We're getting a public holiday on the Thursday after the funeral for some reason.

[firebrat1229]

I'm in the airline/travel industry and we just got an alert that the airspace around Edinburgh will be closed tomorrow "to allow for the departure of Her Majesty the Queen."

"Officials at the airport said the airspace will temporarily shut down on Tuesday afternoon for a short period of time to allow the coffin to leave safely"

Not really news or surprising, I guess. I just felt like joining the convo. lol

And also, "short period of time" my ass. I bet it will be hours and hours.

[mrsfawlty]

Sept 12, 2022 14:46:39 GMT firebrat1229 said:

I'm in the airline/travel industry and we just got an alert that the airspace around Edinburgh will be closed tomorrow "to allow for the departure of Her Majesty the Queen."

"Officials at the airport said the airspace will temporarily shut down on Tuesday afternoon for a short period of time to allow the coffin to leave safely"

Not really news or surprising, I guess. I just felt like joining the convo. lol

And also, "short period of time" my ass. I bet it will be hours and hours.

One of my patients, aged 82, told me that she always thought she'd die with a cuppa in her hand whilst enjoying Tipping Point. She then said, 'I never thought that this wall-to-wall coverage of the Queen would be the thing that finishes me off!'