Thames "spectacular" - Royal Pagent

Yorkie1

I thoroughly enjoyed it but wish they'd focused more on the boats and less on stupid bits at the side of the river. I don't think we got to see any of the Small Dunkirk Boats section, for example, whereas there were lots of repetitive shots of the Commonwealth boats and rowers at the top of the processions.

Pity about the flypasts being cancelled, but the cloud cover was very low - the shard building was in cloud!

Boots888

There's some horse show on ITV now celebrating the Queens Jubilee, they are from Azerbajan!! Not even from the commonwealth!!

Very impressive though

I give up, I'm off to make myself a coronation chicken sandwich ( derived from the Raj in India) and will tune in to Will-I-Am tomorrow along with Kylie, Madness etc at the gig outside Buck Palace'

& I'm gonna have a Mc Donalds

no1catman

I just wonder what people were expecting?

The event as I understand it is celebration of life on the Thames in the last 60 years, with all the different boats that that would include, taking its inspiration from a similar event captured on canvas - Canneletto (?)

It did get a bit repetitive boat after boat after boat, would've preferred interviews of people who had come to watch - where from, arrived when and why, etc.

Nevertheless, made me proud to be British

Boots888

Grand show on now from Windsor Castle, African singers etc.

Spectaculiar!!

I spoke too soon. Have got goosepumps. Whatoh!!

The_pc_tech

Recorded but haven't watched it yet but wondering whether to bother after reading this thread.

Boots888

The_pc_tech wrote: »

Recorded but haven't watched it yet but wondering whether to bother after reading this thread.

You could always zap through the ships on the Thames,fast forward it - it's boring and as another poster said, underwhelming.

But do watch what I am now,the show from Windsor - it's fantastic - really enjoyable!!.:)

marisco_2

I found the pagaent a bit tedious to watch, gave up about 30 mins in and went off and did something less boring instead. Currently half heartedly watching Gary Barlow putting together a song for the queen, enjoying himself travelling round the commonwealth. He is currently in some royal obsessed crazy ausies living room.

Boots888

marisco wrote: »

I found the pagaent a bit tedious to watch, gave up about 30 mins in and went off and did something less boring instead. Currently half heartedly watching Gary Barlow putting together a song for the queen, enjoying himself travelling round the commonwealth. He is currently in some royal obsessed crazy ausies living room.

Ha!! Well he better get his bony !!! back here PDQ cause he's due to sing to er majesty tomorrow night at the Palace!!:T

emsywoo123

I stuck with BBC as they kept promising Horrible Histories-but we just kept getting that Sophie and Matt "filling!"

Boots888

I was delighted to see Sean Lloyd though (sp?) - I've missed her

Sean and Bill on the sofa in the mornings - what a craic!!

I see that Louisa Baldini is now Royal Correspondet??

I thought she was Foreign Correspondent, but Hey Ho!! Life is too short!!