I think you miss the point. Funerals make people think of their own lives and indeed of their own deaths. Those under 60 think of themselves as indestructible with death being a long way away. Older people sometimes think of how they will go, what their funeral may be like, and how their families will cope when the inevitable happens. People watching today were not in awe of some deity, they just saw the Queen say goodbye to her husband and the military say goodbye to one of their own. Of course it was on a grand scale, it was the Queens husband of 73 years. He was born one year after my own father, who also served in the Royal Navy in WW2 as a young man. It just makes you think and remember. As I mentioned the other week, I’ve lost two of my mates over the last couple of months and whose funerals I could not attend because of this Covid crap. It makes you think. Trust me in fifteen years time you will understand.....
