Twitter users were less reverent than those at the Queen’s funeral, and had plenty of jokes and questions as the ceremony unfolded
Not all of the nation was gripped to the television in reverential silence during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as the conversations about the event on social media inevitably turned to observations about some of the quirkier elements.
Even before the event began some suggested it might be time for the royal family to give a little back to the world of football, after all the tributes paid at sporting events in the previous 10 days.
