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    Prince Phillips Funeral

    Just watching it now. Whether you are a royalist or not, it pretty impressive. The English do Pomp and Circumstance far better than anyone else.

    Its a 'private ' funeral, ie there's only 30 people in the Church, and ignoring the 300 or so soldiers, sailors and airmen stood outside and lining the route...


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    We are watching now. Some of the symbolism is not understood. For example, the choir sings "the jubilate". Why does the woman wear black, while the men are all in red with a white robe cover?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dinosaur View Post
    We are watching now. Some of the symbolism is not understood. For example, the choir sings "the jubilate". Why does the woman wear black, while the men are all in red with a white robe cover?

    I dont know. Some of the symbolism is very deep and personal to Philip. But the four Choristers will be in the next Honours List, I guarantee, MBE's or OBE's . All four are top of the range.



    also note no wokery from the BBC presenters. They wouldn't dare fuck this up, the backlash would be galactic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dinosaur View Post
    We are watching now. Some of the symbolism is not understood. For example, the choir sings "the jubilate". Why does the woman wear black, while the men are all in red with a white robe cover?
    @dinosaur Got it.

    The three men were Lay Clerks of St George’s Chapel Choir (which are Ecclesiastic positions , so they wore Church robes) and the woman was an ordinary jobbing Soprano they brought in to make the voice balance better, so she wore civilian black funeral garb.



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    Quote Originally Posted by UKSmartypants View Post
    @dinosaur Got it.

    The three men were Lay Clerks of St George’s Chapel Choir (which are Ecclesiastic positions , so they wore Church robes) and the woman was an ordinary jobbing Soprano they brought in to make the voice balance better, so she wore civilian black funeral garb.
    Thanks! There is so much detail and symbolism and hidden meaning to it. Some of it is obviously symbolic, even if I don't understand the why, and some is just life as it is coincidence. Fascinating.

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    Coffin carried on a custom-built Land Rover, designed by Philip and hand built at the Land Rover Jaguar factory.



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    Quote Originally Posted by UKSmartypants View Post
    Coffin carried on a custom-built Land Rover, designed by Philip and hand built at the Land Rover Jaguar factory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ruthless terrier View Post

    Not as impressive as Winston Churchill's funeral, where they sailed him up the Thames on a boat.


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