New outfits for the military salute.
Can’t modern engineers design a “suspension” system of springs or something, hidden inside the coach, underneath the seats or benches which support the royal buttocks?
The last time the Coronation Coach was used, Lesney Ltd produced a model of it - the start of the famous Matchbox range. My sister had one.
Reminded me of this ridiculous Kickstarter “Earthquake-proof Bicycle Seat”.
I mean, if they can do that, they can surely put springs under the bench?
Planes are taking off, so balcony time should be soon.
What are the wing-like things on both sides of the tall black furry hats of the palace guard? Never noticed them before. Some are red, some are yellow, and some hats seem to have none at all. Some sort of rank insignia, I assume.
Couldn’t they just walk over to the palace with a bunch of guys banging coconuts together?
Not walk, skip.
There are various units. Irish, welsh, Scottish, etc
She would likely be a candidate for the Tory leadership again, when Sunak gets the push (assuming she doesn’t lose her own seat in the Commons)
Imagining that gives me the giggles.
Ah, ok, thanks for the link! Now I know the hats are called bearskins, in addition to my question answered. Though, I’m pretty sure I saw yellow ‘hackles’ on the bearskins, but yellow is not on the list. Maybe they were actually a different color and it was a trick of the light.
Good grief, they are on the balcony and the rain is really coming down!
The flyover had been slimmed down due to weather.
Anne alas has a height deficit issue, you can barely see her plume behind WillKate’s heads.
Charles and Camilla are doing full, from the elbow waves. I thought the proper royal wave, popularized by his mum, was “arm stationary and rotate upraised hand back and forth at about a 30 degree interval”.
That wave is much older than the queen. To do a full wave during one of those miles long processions would take its toll.
Time to take the tiara off.
Aka “unscrewing a lightbulb”
Dang it, I forgot to set my recorder.
Is there any replay of the whole thing anywhere?
Having the Prime Minister doing anything at all during the service is an innovation. If he didn’t want to do it, he could have declined and no one would known that the idea had even been considered.
That was seriously considered the last time it was restored, but they came to the conclusion that such improvements wouldn’t be possible.