Does anyone know what travel will be effected on Monday particularly air travel from Heathrow. Supposed to be flying to Ireland but not sure how that will go with it being called a BH. Staff leave etc.
Flights always go ahead on Bank Holidays, but check with your airline. However, UK citizens travelling to the EU are likely to face long and frustrating delays, queues and bureaucracy, but that's not related to the UK Bank Holiday.
Indeed, airports across Europe are suffering a severe labour shortage. Fortunately for you @Chippycafc, London and Dublin (if that's where you are flying too) are in a much stronger position than some of the European airports I've travelled into recently (Schipol, for example, is a mess...)
Dublin has just been crippled by Aer Lingus IT crashing. It was pretty bad already with staff shortages affecting luggage. My advice is check with your airline, if you can just stick to cabin baggage & have a plan b if you’ve got forward travel arrangements.
Going for a week so wont get a weeks worth of clothes in a cabin bag ..
You’ll be ok in Shannon. But leave plenty of time for Dublin. All the best 👍🏼
60*60*24 = 86,400 seconds per day, so give that there will be about 4 1/2 days for people to visit (Wednesday evening to Monday morning), 750,000 would overwhelm Westminster Hall
Will King Charles have to crown Prince William in Wales now that he has made him Prince of Wales?.
No, although that doesn't mean he won't. There's no need for a ceremony and most princes of Wales through history didn't have one; they just got the title when the King/Queen announced that they were being given it. If they do decide to do a ceremony, it would surely have to wait until after the Coronation, by which time William will have been doing the job for almost a year. So I suspect if there's a ceremony it will be very quiet, and it has to be likely that they won't bother. But no-one really knows, as it's entirely up to the King what he chooses to do.
Ok that's good information,It would be nice if they did have a ceremony even if it was small maybe at Caernarfon Castle where Charles was invested,would be good for the people of Wales.
I will take the 2 and 5 year old Niece and Nephew up there.
That's brave
Yeah he'll lose them in the Thames before they get to the Millennium Bridge because some poor sod will have lost the plot hearing them going: "Are we there yet" for the umpteenth time
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
What was the protester on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh shouting about?
One way would be to set a figure. Say 10 to 12 hours and estimate where the end of that queue will be. Then not allow queuing beyond that point. To be honest, even that seems too long and it is saying the young and fit can pay their respects but others can't. They could have a ticketing system where people can apply and luck dictates whether you get a ticket of not and you are given a time which means you don't have to queue that long. Logistically it could be a real nightmare as maybe some will apply and not use their ticket or get multiple tickets.
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
What was the protester on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh shouting about?
I don't think it is realistic for people to queue for 30 hours. There has to be health and safety implications for some.
Is it a continual moving queue for 24 hours a day or will people be able to camp down at night. If it’s continuous then it’s quite ridiculous. Rules out the old and children or infirmed.
I don't think it is realistic for people to queue for 30 hours. There has to be health and safety implications for some.
Is it a continual moving queue for 24 hours a day or will people be able to camp down at night. If it’s continuous then it’s quite ridiculous. Rules out the old and children or infirmed.
It is continuous to allow the maximum number of people possible.
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Looking at social media it appears there have been a handful of people who have tried to do exactly that in their own way - and made a few news headlines.
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
It was crowded - no point denying it - but not that bad. (Only real pinch point was trying to get out of St James Park to cross the road to get to the front of Buckingham palace). Even so I doubt we queued much more than 45 minutes. And it's a really well organised queuing system that eventually leads to the where the flowers are being displayed in Green park.
If you get the chance to go, just go and see the sights. You won't regret it. As much as anything I was amazed at the organisation and set-ups that were going on everywhere. it's a brilliant piece of work bringing all this together.
Only thing I would say is go before the crowds get even bigger as the week goes on. And don't drink a strong coffee before you go! Absolutely no toilets anyway open today although it looked like they were putting some in place for later in the week. Having praised the organisation, this is a huge oversight.
Someone said to me today they were getting a bit fed up with the 24 hour a day coverage. Whilst I can understand what they mean, some people just don't understand the magnitude of what we are witnessing
I know it obviously wasn't meant that way but the Queen passing in Scotland was an absolute master stroke. The Scots have really put on some show. Bravo
Someone said to me today they were getting a bit fed up with the 24 hour a day coverage. Whilst I can understand what they mean, some people just don't understand the magnitude of what we are witnessing
You should of told them they dont have to watch it 24/7
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Looking at social media it appears there have been a handful of people who have tried to do exactly that in their own way - and made a few news headlines.
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
This may be a bit contentious, but a very small amount of public dissent would be a good thing. Rather than the preposterous sight of someone being threatened with arrest for holding up a piece of paper, on which he might write "not my King" (as it reported to have happened today) it would be good to see a few people upholding the hard-won rights to free speech.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.
Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Looking at social media it appears there have been a handful of people who have tried to do exactly that in their own way - and made a few news headlines.
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
This may be a bit contentious, but a very small amount of public dissent would be a good thing. Rather than the preposterous sight of someone being threatened with arrest for holding up a piece of paper, on which he might write "not my King" (as it reported to have happened today) it would be good to see a few people upholding the hard-won rights to free speech.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
I see where you are coming from, but think we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one.
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.
Someone said to me today they were getting a bit fed up with the 24 hour a day coverage. Whilst I can understand what they mean, some people just don't understand the magnitude of what we are witnessing
They’ll get the magnitude like it or not apparently
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But leave plenty of time for Dublin.
All the best 👍🏼
If it's a moving queue you will hardly get the chance to sit down.
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
It was crowded - no point denying it - but not that bad. (Only real pinch point was trying to get out of St James Park to cross the road to get to the front of Buckingham palace). Even so I doubt we queued much more than 45 minutes. And it's a really well organised queuing system that eventually leads to the where the flowers are being displayed in Green park.
If you get the chance to go, just go and see the sights. You won't regret it. As much as anything I was amazed at the organisation and set-ups that were going on everywhere. it's a brilliant piece of work bringing all this together.
Only thing I would say is go before the crowds get even bigger as the week goes on. And don't drink a strong coffee before you go! Absolutely no toilets anyway open today although it looked like they were putting some in place for later in the week. Having praised the organisation, this is a huge oversight.
The Scots have really put on some show. Bravo
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
10 mins from the front - I need a wee!
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.