the same situation didn t have the usual trappings, albeit, it had the military trappings that a royal funeral would have had, and i think in many ways that would be a reassurance and a comfort to all of the people in this country and around the world who have experienced something similar who have lost people during the pandemic and concede that the royal family having to behave in a way that we all have had to. following the same rules and as you were speaking, daisy, we saw quite a striking image of a threesome that we have seen so much in the past. william, harry and kate walking side by side, you can see them right here talking to each other, not separated. i know there was much ado about the separation and the procession, but again, when we look back at images back from their mother s funeral, from princess diana s funeral, sometimes the two princes were separate there. so it s unclear if we should read into anything, into that in
so we just saw princess anne and prince philip. here they are right there. prince andrew in the middle there. they are the processional amongst family members including princes william and harry, who will walk behind this hearse. behind them we will see the queen, but she will be riding in her own car, not walking behind the hearse. you can notice, alex, there his naval cap sitting atop, his standard, which is atop his coffin. yes, and his sword. really in keeping with military tradition. now they are playing the national anthem so we ll listen
the sudden wave of anti royal sentiment over the past year caught royalists off guard. but their morale has been lifted by the king s decision to be more visible in recent months, after spending most of his reign living overseas in germany. the king has responded by abandoning his normally stiff and stern public persona and going on a series of very high profile walkabouts, like this one, allowing the thai people to get really close to him for the first time.
the sudden wave of anti royal sentiment over the past year caught royalists off guard. but their morale has been lifted by the king s decision to be more visible in recent months, after spending most of his reign living overseas in germany. the king has responded by abandoning his normally stiff and stern public persona and going on a series of very high profile walkabouts like this one, allowing the thai people to get really close to him
the last absolute monarch in thailand was crowned 95 years ago. he abdicated ten years later, his powers already limited. but some of the trappings of absolute monarchy have been carried over even into this century. kings are seen as above criticism. so the unvarnished jokes and comments about the current king