Queen’s Funeral – a dazzling extravaganza to mark her passing

Watched by a goodly chunk of the world’s population on television the Queen’s funeral was a breath taking and  sumptuous display of military pomp, which, as ever, ran with flawless precision. The pallbearers of the Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, recalled at short notice from active service in Iraq, had the nerve-wracking task of manoeuvring the coffin off and on catafalques, up and down steps and in and out of the hearse four times without stumbling. The