As the queen’s coffin made its way from royal holiday home Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital Edinburgh, throngs of people lined the route to pay their respects along the six-hour journey ceremonial journey.
As these scenes play out on social media and TV — where the BBC’s presenters are wearing black — life is going on as normal in many parts of the country.
In that vein, Fortnum & Mason stopped its clock. The Premier League is canceled. A planned labor strike was called off. In a letter to the government last month, the British Beer and Pub Association had already said that mass job losses were inevitable in the absence of help for an industry that employs 940,000 people. “With the pandemic, it’s already been a tough time,” said Dev Maritz, 39, behind the bar at the red-and-white tiled Thornhill Arms. “I don’t think the owner has thought about closing.
“In many cases, it isn’t the monarchy or its government that’s canceled these things. The BBC, Premier League, and other businesses and organisations have taken the decision,” the News Statesman reported.
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