Or possibly a policeman who doesn't understand the law. It happens. Or perhaps even made up. That happens too.
There is not nine days of the Queen's holiday or funeral. Everything is going on pretty much as usual.
Or possibly a policeman who doesn't understand the law. It happens. Or perhaps even made up. That happens too.
I didn't think longbows were a major feature of warfare 200 years ago.Sunsilver wrote:The Queen's children stand vigil over her coffin at St. Giles.
I did a Google search to find out who the men with the longbows are. It turns out they are a voluntary unit, called The Royal Company of Archers and they serve as the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland. The unit is 200 years old: https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-a ... and-247274
Both King Charles and the late Queen took part in archery competitions when at Balmoral. A guy on the leatherworker's page is a longbow archer, and told me this: "The late Queen took part several times in an old traditional archery competition where you have to shoot at a small bird on top of a Church's spire weather vane. She always hit her mark."The origins of The Royal Company go back to the formation, by order of the Privy Council, of The King’s Company of Archers in 1676, to encourage the ‘noble and useful recreation of archery’. This formalised the ‘shooting’ being carried out around Edinburgh by ‘noblemen and gentlemen’ who had been competing for the Musselburgh Arrow, said to be the world’s oldest sporting trophy, since at least 1603, when the first winner’s medallion was struck.
To shoot a longbow, you have to take your archery seriously...Sunsilver wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:28 am Frelga, the unit is made up of volunteers and is more ceremonial than anything else, though the royals do have a close relationship with them. Even back in Scott's day, I'm sure their shooting was limited to game and target butts, though the group takes their archery very seriously.
Darn, that was a silly slip! I've been to London, so I certainly know the difference!Aravar wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:33 pm If you go to Court in England and Wales nowadays security will make you take a sip of any bottle you're carrying.
BTW the hall is at Westminster not Windsor. They're a fair distance apart! Its part of the Palace of Westminster/Houses of Parliament and the only bit that survived the fire in the 1830 which gave us the current building.
A report that the royal beekeeper had informed Queen Elizabeth II’s bees of her death received some mockery, but it has been a tradition for centuries.