A Few Things You May Not Have Heard About The Queen's Funeral

The Queen Visits West Sussex

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  • Prince Harry was not allowed to salute her casket. And video shows that he wasn't singing along when everybody was singing, "God Save The King."
  • The flowers on the queen's casket included some from her wedding.
  • Prince Andrew was not allowed to wear his military uniform.
  • Among the celebrities attending the funeral yesterday: Bear Grylls, Sandra Oh, Sophie Winkleman and horse trainer Monty Roberts, who traveled several times to visit the queen to talk about her horses.
  • The queen's coffin was actually made 30 years ago, out of oak and lined with lead. Normally, there are six pall bearers-this took eight.
  • 2 minutes of silence across the U.K. were observed in honor of the queen.
  • One police officer passed out and had to be carried away on a stretcher during the queen's funeral.
  • The Queen's own pancake recipe is getting a lot of notice online. She sent to President Eisenhower back in 1960.
  • We found out yesterday that Queen Elizabeth had a pen pal in North Dakota, who shared her birthday and the two had written each other for the last 70 years.
  • People in India are calling on Britain to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond, a 105-carat jewel on the Queen Mother's crown, after Queen Elizabeth's death.
  • King Charles had left a hand-written note on his mother's casket. Photographers caught a picture of it, with a spider on it, during the service.

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