On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:59:29 +0000
Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner) wrote:
>Tweed wrote:
>
>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Foreign heads of state and their spouses heading to London for the state
>>> funeral for Queen Elizabeth II have been asked to arrive in the U.K. on
>>> commercial flights and banned from using helicopters to get around.
>>>
>>> World leaders have also been told they cannot use their own state cars to
>>> attend the funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19 — and will instead
>
>>> be bussed in en masse from a site in west London.
>>>
>>> …
>>>
>>> Westminster Abbey will be so packed for the event that it will be
>>> impossible for more than a single, senior representative per country and
>>> their other half to attend, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
>>> Office (FCDO) lamented in the official protocol message regarding the
>>> event.
>>>
>>> In the document, sent to overseas embassies late Saturday night, the
>>> department said it “regrets that, because of limited space at the state
>>> funeral service and associated events, no other members of the principal
>>> guest’s family, staff or entourage may be admitted.”
>>>
>>> Heads of state unable to attend may choose someone else as their official
>>> representative, such as a head of government or senior minister.
>>>
>>>
><https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-joe-biden-king-charles-westmin
>ster-abbeyonly-heads-of-state-plus-one-to-attend-queen-elizabeths-funeral/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>> Heads of State in a bus/coach?
>
>Not exactly heads of State but European leaders in Esbjerg:
>https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/usy09r/heads_of_government_but_in_a_
>bus/

A lot of them got bussed around at the Queens Funeral last year too. Naturally
Biden refused and took his armoured car and a platoon of secret service instead
and IIRC Macron was a "Non!" too.

Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:59:29 +0000
> Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner) wrote:
>>Tweed wrote:
>>
>>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Foreign heads of state and their spouses heading to London for the state
>>>> funeral for Queen Elizabeth II have been asked to arrive in the U.K. on
>>>> commercial flights and banned from using helicopters to get around.
>>>>
>>>> World leaders have also been told they cannot use their own state cars to
>>>> attend the funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19 — and will instead
>>
>>>> be bussed in en masse from a site in west London.
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Westminster Abbey will be so packed for the event that it will be
>>>> impossible for more than a single, senior representative per country and
>>>> their other half to attend, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
>>>> Office (FCDO) lamented in the official protocol message regarding the
>>>> event.
>>>>
>>>> In the document, sent to overseas embassies late Saturday night, the
>>>> department said it “regrets that, because of limited space at the state
>>>> funeral service and associated events, no other members of the principal
>>>> guest’s family, staff or entourage may be admitted.”
>>>>
>>>> Heads of state unable to attend may choose someone else as their official
>>>> representative, such as a head of government or senior minister.
>>>>
>>>>
>><https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-joe-biden-king-charles-westmin
>>ster-abbeyonly-heads-of-state-plus-one-to-attend-queen-elizabeths-funeral/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>> Heads of State in a bus/coach?
>>
>>Not exactly heads of State but European leaders in Esbjerg:
>>https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/usy09r/heads_of_government_but_in_a_
>>bus/

> A lot of them got bussed around at the Queens Funeral last year too.

Sure. I read the subject...

> Naturally
> Biden refused and took his armoured car and a platoon of secret service instead
> and IIRC Macron was a "Non!" too.

.. and all posts made on/under the subject in the other group.

Regards, ULF

<Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:59:29 +0000
> Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner) wrote:
>> Tweed wrote:
>>
>>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Foreign heads of state and their spouses heading to London for the state
>>>> funeral for Queen Elizabeth II have been asked to arrive in the U.K. on
>>>> commercial flights and banned from using helicopters to get around.
>>>>
>>>> World leaders have also been told they cannot use their own state cars to
>>>> attend the funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19 — and will instead
>>
>>>> be bussed in en masse from a site in west London.
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Westminster Abbey will be so packed for the event that it will be
>>>> impossible for more than a single, senior representative per country and
>>>> their other half to attend, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
>>>> Office (FCDO) lamented in the official protocol message regarding the
>>>> event.
>>>>
>>>> In the document, sent to overseas embassies late Saturday night, the
>>>> department said it “regrets that, because of limited space at the state
>>>> funeral service and associated events, no other members of the principal
>>>> guest’s family, staff or entourage may be admitted.”
>>>>
>>>> Heads of state unable to attend may choose someone else as their official
>>>> representative, such as a head of government or senior minister.
>>>>
>>>>
>> <https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-joe-biden-king-charles-westmin
>> ster-abbeyonly-heads-of-state-plus-one-to-attend-queen-elizabeths-funeral/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>> Heads of State in a bus/coach?
>>
>> Not exactly heads of State but European leaders in Esbjerg:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/usy09r/heads_of_government_but_in_a_
>> bus/
>
> A lot of them got bussed around at the Queens Funeral last year too. Naturally
> Biden refused and took his armoured car and a platoon of secret service instead
> and IIRC Macron was a "Non!" too.

That's what this old thread was about — look at the title!

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:23:22 GMT
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
><Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:59:29 +0000
>> Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner) wrote:
>>> Tweed wrote:
>>> Not exactly heads of State but European leaders in Esbjerg:
>>>
>https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/usy09r/heads_of_government_but_in_a_
>
>>> bus/
>>
>> A lot of them got bussed around at the Queens Funeral last year too.
>Naturally
>> Biden refused and took his armoured car and a platoon of secret service
>instead
>> and IIRC Macron was a "Non!" too.
>
>That's what this old thread was about — look at the title!

Oh well, its one field out of many in the header. Easy to miss.

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:22:05 +0000
Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner) wrote:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>> A lot of them got bussed around at the Queens Funeral last year too.
>
>Sure. I read the subject...
>
>> Naturally
>> Biden refused and took his armoured car and a platoon of secret service
>instead
>> and IIRC Macron was a "Non!" too.
>
>
>.. and all posts made on/under the subject in the other group.

Funny.