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For all the Royal links to Land Rovers, I was appalled while watching the procession from Balmoral to Edinburgh that the Queen's hearse was a Mercedes.  Surely a Rolls Royce or a Jaguar Land Rover could have been used.  I'm not sure about later hearses but I thought that I recognised a Toyota badge on one hearse.  Perhaps someone in UK can clarify.  Surely a faux pas by someone.

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5 hours ago, Troll Hunter said:

For all the Royal links to Land Rovers, I was appalled while watching the procession from Balmoral to Edinburgh that the Queen's hearse was a Mercedes.  Surely a Rolls Royce or a Jaguar Land Rover could have been used.  I'm not sure about later hearses but I thought that I recognised a Toyota badge on one hearse.  Perhaps someone in UK can clarify.  Surely a faux pas by someone.

Mike

The Jaguar state hearse was used later on. But does it actually matter? There was a line of Range Rovers behind it anyway.

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4 hours ago, landroversforever said:

The Jaguar state hearse was used later on. But does it actually matter? There was a line of Range Rovers behind it anyway.

Actually, I feel it does matter. HRH liked her LRs, they could have used the one Prince Philip designed. At least could have made a British made vehicle, even though the company were foreign owned.

Something else annoyed me too. When they had the overnight stop in Scotland, there were TV crews outside filming. I dont know if the three security people on the gate were actually Police, or security company staff, but one was leaning on the railings looking as his/her phone, another was kicking gravel around with his hands in his pockets like a bored teenager, and the other was leaning on the wall, with a vape or cigarette going. I dont think they realised they were being filmed, but later on in another shot, they were standing, and paying proper attention to what was going on. 

 

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