'I was the Queen's umbrella holder and always hoped for rain'☔ 🔴Inside the RAF funeral rehearsal - as boots are polished, shirts ironed and drills fine-tuned
Inside the RAF’s rehearsal for the Queen’s state funeral: Boots polished, shirts ironed and drills fine-tuned
Pride, mingled with nerves, is to the fore among those taking part, but the rigour and demands of the task at hand are clear. Eight years earlier, he had met the Queen when she visited RAF Marham in 2010, a photo of which was given “pride of place” at his mother’s house. “The guys are really ready to do it. Before we left, the station commander at RAF Cosford gave us a speech all centred around how it’s a huge moment in history and how proud they will be in the future looking back on what they’ve done.
“It is going to be very quiet as we process through London and I think that will bring home the importance of what we are delivering. which is a state funeral for her late Majesty the Queen.” In the early hours of Thursday morning, the RAF joined thousands of other members of the Armed Forces for a full rehearsal of the procession from Wellington Arch to Westminster Hall.
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