[Skybird]

I admit I had a lumb in my throat on Monday.

That lonely pipebag player in the cathedral walking slowly away and fading, went to the heart.

Britian has buried not just a queen, but also its past. Elizabeth probably knew that, with the funeral details being planned by her personally and altered late in her life, originally the event was planned to be much smaller. She knew that it was not just the end of her life and rule, but a farewell of the people to the British memory of a glorious past. She created the opportuntity to do that and to realise that - her last service for the nation and its people. It should not be underestimated, or ridiculed as "expensive". Monday saw the funeral of more than just a queen.

In interview on the streets, many British made references to personal losses of theirs due to Covid, i think this made the royal funeral also an opportunity to collectively mourn over the past two years and it losses in so many families. The Queen as a placeholder, so to speak.

The kingdom now is under immense pressure, and a united future is anything but certain. The forseeable future for the British nation and its economy is gloomy, like for so many other European nations as well.

As a symbol and projection screen, Elizabeth II. was not just one queen amongst others. She was the queen. And that everbyody, no matter his mindset and attitude, could effortlessly project on her whatever he expected Royalty to be about, shows what a magnificent, outstanding job she did, melting featurelessly with her role, allowing room for every interpretation while not giving away any detail of herself. This was the fundament for her magical effect: to create and emanate integrating power, and uniting people in one shared sense of identity, to a degree that she was respected even by people who politically oppose the political London.

Good luck, King Charles III. You'll need it. The size of the tasks ahead, must be intimidating.