How Do They Know What To Do?

[pastafreak]

State occasions such as today's procession, or the forthcoming funeral....how do the Royals 'perform ' so flawlessly? It's not as if this is a regular occurrence. Even the Horseguards and others involved have been rehearsing over the past 4-5 days.

[albaqwerty]

They may see it as a sign of duty to not let emotions show in public. ( I hope they can have a damn good greet in privacy) As for the soldiers, years of training.

[albaqwerty]

Some of the practices happen in the middle of the night :)

[andy-hughes]

They will have rehearsed and prepared for this over the years, knowing that the day will come when the Queen passes, and Charles becomes king.

Other than that, a lifetime of training and experience kicks in.

[andres]

Operation London Bridge is the name of a plan containing details of the Queens funeral and everything that will happen . It has been in existence since the 1960s and revised several times. . Everything down to the last detail. Everything on Wiki.

[pastafreak]

I understand the rehearsing for the secondary players...but the Royal family? They know exactly where to position themselves. I know of Operation London Bridge...are their roles planned out also?
Maybe I should have Googled this ;)

[pastafreak]

Lol...we crossed posts andres

[Peter Pedant]

yeah I noticed they turned a corner ( inside smaller steps and outside larger)
and kept in line...

perhaps they get it instead of dancing classes

Diana's ( completely unexpected) was a pre-used QM

[andres]

Pasta -- great minds. I knew about the plan .I saw a TV programme not long ago telling us all about it. Even the Queen was consulted on some of the more important details. Fascinating reading all about it .

[-SharonA-]

I read that the Queen even designed the hearse that was used.

[jourdain2]

Yes, she did. She wanted people to be able to see inside. During the war she trained as a mechanic and driver.
OH, having done Nat. Service and his share of 'Square Bashing' has explained a lot of the processional movements etc. to me. They are horribly complicated and very physically demanding, especially the 'slow march'.
From my own knowledge the performance of the horses and riders is awe-inspiring.

[pastafreak]

I noticed the corner-turning pp...such precision
Andres, I'd like to have seen that program...was it recent?
Sharon and jourdain...theres a lot of fascinating information to absorb during the commentary of these televised events.

[andres]

Pasta--^^^ sorry but can't remember the date. If I find out I will let you know .

[Canary42]

It's all in the breeding.

[Cloverjo]

There seemed such a big stretch of time where nothing happened in Westminster hall that I honestly thought someone had forgotten the plans. A few people seemed to be looking around awkwardly.

[FatticusInch]

They’ve all been to Sandhurst etc so will already be familiar with foot drill etc.
They’ll have been well rehearsed and once they know their starting position, markers etc it’ll fall into place.

[andres]

pasta^^^sorry again. Can't find it. It was purely by chance that I let on it . Now there seem to be hundreds of programmes about the Queen.

[naomi24]

They follow the leader. There are people walking ahead of them who know the precise procedure - and if anyone noticed yesterday just before the royals left the hall someone went up to the king and said something quietly - telling him, I thought, the ceremony was over and to lead the way out. Then everyone followed the King.