Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Looks like they have swim the last bit.
The Queen
- Thread starter Barleymow
- Start date
Looks like they have swim the last bit.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
So would i started with Scottish parliament .
Leaving their name boards in the hearse was a good way of making sure they will never be called upon by the Royal family again, plus turning up with a Merc converted in Germany Plenty of Jag hearses available complete with UK coach building.
- Location
- Hereford
..but they needed reliability ...it was a long way .
These days I have to wonder about the BBC, whilst it suits their viewing figures to appear pro royalty on the TV I can't help noticing that if you listen to BBC radio anti royalty views are getting an awful lot of air time, surely that should be for the future not at a time when a large part of the UK are showing thanks for our queen.
There is more going on in the background of the BBC than we realise & maybe it's out lived it's purpose!
There is more going on in the background of the BBC than we realise & maybe it's out lived it's purpose!
Not paid the tv license now for about 10 years as its all complete rubbish. In fact I hardly watch normal tv and prefer a netflix or prime series etc.
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
The BBC believes that it's duty to provide 'balance' means giving the 2% of vegans equal airtime as the opposing view and anti-Royalist treated the same way.
Should they not have proportional air time, I thought proportional representation was the golden panacia for small parties!!
Yes, this is what Emily Maitlis alluded to in a recent speech in Edinburgh.
She was once chairing a debate on the economic prospects for the country post brexit and the producers could only come up with one economist who was prepared to debate for brexit, against all the others who predicted a negative outcome after brexit.
Due to the impartiality requirements of the BBC charter, it has to be seen to be giving equal weight to both arguments regardless of the expert opinion imbalance.
This is one of the weaknesses of the BBC, and, maybe one of its strengths too.
I'll comment after this has finished , that's me being respectful .
I have a friend who is both a dealer in funeral vehicles and runs a large hire fleet, he will no longer touch Merc hearses due to reliability issues and repair costs
- Location
- Northumberland
Last night's coverage of the return to Buckingham palace. At the tail of the convoy was a spare hearse, just in case --
Castle Farm
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The media have turned it into a circus.
The hearse used in London was made by Jaguar with design input from the Queen herself:
Jaguar Land Rover hearse approved by the late Queen Elizabeth II | ITV News
Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 on Thursday, consulted with the Coventry-based car manufacturer to allow the public a clear view of her coffin. | ITV News Central
www.itv.com
So @Bongodog you can be proud to know that a British company did make the hearse.
Even if that company is owned by the Indian industrialist Ratan Tata, who also happens to own several British brands including Tetley Tea and Corus Steel (subsequently Tata Steel).
Just don’t mention his name to anyone in Middlesbrough or Redcar…
Ok snowflake.
Mydexta
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- Location
- Dundee/angus
When the convoy came thru Dundee on Sunday, there was a spare hearse, an ambulance, a road sweeper and 2 mobile crash cushions at the back of the line
- Location
- Hereford
I have a son who runs a Jag .....wishes he'd never seen it . 70 plate £48 k ....heap of rubbish
Meticulous planning for years infact up to about 70yrs probably.
Like the sand outside Westminster Hall it's laid so when the Gun carriage Horses are pulled up the carriage stops totally.
Wish i could go up but don't think i will be able to.
Like the sand outside Westminster Hall it's laid so when the Gun carriage Horses are pulled up the carriage stops totally.
Wish i could go up but don't think i will be able to.