The Mock Turtle

I just went onto Westminster Abbey’s website and see that this is totally true - they have pictures of some of them! Here’s Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York. (Must visit Westminster Abbey….)

That’s fascinating, and slightly terrifying

Edith Bacon wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:10 am I’m amazed it has got so long without crossing a road so far, then.

That’s why they chose that route, I think. It goes under some railway arches and bridges, but I think you can do it without technically crossing the road (?). On the south bank, anyway.

I've enjoyed this live action thread by someone currently in The Queue, but it does reference a spot in Bermondsey where you do have to cross the road (they make you go in groups).

https://twitter.com/NowThenSunshine/sta ... 0073412610

If she was smart, she'd sprinkle them through her trouser leg, The Great Escape style, in the same room the Queen is in. But then again if she was smart then she wouldn't be involved in this level of absolute madness to begin with.

Mountain Goat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:01 pm I've enjoyed this live action thread by someone currently in The Queue, but it does reference a spot in Bermondsey where you do have to cross the road (they make you go in groups).

https://twitter.com/NowThenSunshine/sta ... 0073412610

Thanks, Goat. I’ve zoomed in but can’t tell where that is. It’s a good thread.

My pals in Bermondsey went to the pub yesterday and gave me live action videos of the queue growing before their very eyes. I'm off round their gaff on Sunday so I might spy The Queue for myself.

I'm thinking about going to Windsor on Monday which is madness, but my ma is vaguely keen.

Report back! I guess it has to stop in plenty of time before the funeral?

That's a really good thread, and I liked the photos of The Queue and London at night as they progressed.

Ella77 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:50 pm Report back! I guess it has to stop in plenty of time before the funeral?

I believe I've read somewhere that people have to be in the queue at 12.30am on Sunday morning to be guaranteed to be able to file past.

Wow. I’ve just read that David Beckham’s in the queue, queuing like everybody else and not expecting special treatment (I mean good, he shouldn’t get it, but all the same.)

I’ve just seen on Twitter! He’s causing a small bottle neck as people photograph him.

Yes, I'm pleased about that. Egalitarian queuing!

And apparently buying doughnuts to share with his fellow queuers.

It does feel that this is getting so parodically British that we must be about to breach some law of physics or thermodynamics or something.

Well, the £ has sunk to its lowest level for 37 years (Thank A Leave Voter part 337), so bread and circuses it is! Until it isn’t.

I cannot believe the stamina of the people in The Queue

That thread was lovely, and the bits earlier on do indeed go right past my old flat, so it was weirdly nostalgic too I bet southwark park hasn’t seen that much action in years.

I thought it quite sweet that David Beckham queued up with everyone else and allowed people to take selfies with him: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vid ... tate-video

My sister was going up to Green Park to look at the flowers. I may have said this before, but this is one of the very rare times I'm a bit sad that I'm not in London.

My friend has gone to Westminster. Not to join The Queue but just to look at The Queue. She just texted that there is a queue to look at The Queue.

Peak Britishness, right there