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The motorcade behind the Queen
Even included a spare hearse
Just in case
diamond geezer | Homepage | 13.09.22 - 9:55 p.m. | #
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Lovely words. Thank you.
Cottonsocks | 13.09.22 - 9:56 p.m. | #
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I went for the A40 too, in my case only belatedly realising the appropriateness of being at Park Royal. I'm afraid I disagree with your comment about a second hearse. There was certainly a more traditional royal limousine further back in the convoy than the early vehicles, but I cannot see a second hearse on my video recording.
DavidC | 13.09.22 - 11:09 p.m. | #
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We watched the convoy via television, but the pictures were very blurry,for some reason.š„
There are always āspare vehiclesā and it was the same this time, #DavidC. We spotted the empty hearse as the convoy turned by the Wellington Arch. The second hearse and some other cars turned to the right to drive down the road at the back of the Palace.
Jo W | 14.09.22 - 7:28 a.m. | #
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I watched Flight Radar and as the large aircraft taxied before take off at Edinburgh could see it moving on TV at the same time.
When I tried later the Flight Tracking site had crashed a notice saying they were trying to fix it and later came back with a message and a seperate link "to watch the Queues last flight to Northolt"
I was surprised to see people on both sides of the A40 a normally very busy 3 lane road
John | 14.09.22 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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Interesting. At Park Royal the order was police outrider, three special outriders, hearse, modern limo (with Princess Anne, I think), modern car, old-style limo (not a hearse), modern car, modern car and finally a police car.
DavidC | 14.09.22 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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Certainly a spare hearse in the convoy from Balmoral to Edinburgh (after the armoured Range Rovers, before the flotilla of marked police vehicles), so likely it was still somewhere around for the Northolt leg. Alternative rather grim to contemplate.
Labourer | 14.09.22 - 9:43 a.m. | #
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Good poem good photo.
Noel | 14.09.22 - 12:31 p.m. | #
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Unless the spare hearse travelled in the aircraft, it can't have been the same one at both Edinburgh and Northolt. The flight took less than two hours to cover 400 miles
Timbo | 14.09.22 - 1:27 p.m. | #
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DavidC - I can only guess that you didnāt wait the few minutes after the main convoy. The second convoy consists of āspareā vehicles and an awful lot of security.
The open horse drawn carriages for Trooping the Colour, Ascot races,etc are always followed by empty cars for ājust in caseā.
Jo W | 14.09.22 - 3:09 p.m. | #
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I was hoping to see it fly down the centre of my road as planes about a minute short of landing at Northolt do, but it came in from the west instead. Sigh.
I could also have walked to join the A40 at Northala Fields but even though I knew that was the route she was going to take, my brain failed to connect the dots!
Moment missed. Sigh.
Cornish Cockney | 14.09.22 - 7:15 p.m. | #
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Ah, thank you Jo W - by then I would have been down the slope waiting for the pedestrian subway to the station to reopen. Thanks again, and my apologies.
DavidC | 14.09.22 - 7:52 p.m. | #
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