On Monday September 19th 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving Monarch, was laid to rest in a spectacular State Funeral watched by more than half the Earth’s population. It has been so long since the last State Funeral in Britain (Sir Winston Churchill, January 1965) that most people had forgotten what an awe-inspiring and deeply moving spectacle they can be. The Funeral was organised by the hereditary Earl Marshal of England, His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, England’s Premier Duke.
This meant that the Funeral was properly organised. Had the Cabinet Secretary organised it, no offense intended, Her Majesty would probably have been cremated in Slough Crematorium. Simon Case of course has yet to explain his extraordinary delay in informing the Prime Minister of the Queen’s death. (I am not buying the 1510 timing in Her death certificate – that’s probably when Her death was formally pronounced.)
The sight and sound of the massed pipes and drums in the procession from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey stirred the soul and probably just about finished off the SNP. This was the first State Funeral of a Monarch at the Abbey since King George II, the last British Monarch to lead His army into battle (Dettingen, 1743).
The naval gun carriage party were most impressive, as were the Bearer Party, the Gurkhas and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Funeral itself was both moving and magnificent, with some of Her Majesty’s favorite hymns being played. (The Cabinet Secretary would probably have chosen something by Meatloaf.)
Michael Shrimpton was a barrister from his call to the Bar in London in 1983 until being disbarred in 2019 over a fraudulently obtained conviction. He is a specialist in National Security and Constitutional Law, Strategic Intelligence, and Counter-terrorism. He is a former Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at the American Military University.
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