The Queen has been dead for four days now, but don’t let that make you think that there’s going to be any shortage of content surrounding her passing in the run up to her funeral next Monday.
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The latest piece of news about her death concerns a sticker on the hearse that was transporting her coffin from her estate at Balmoral to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The event was obviously televised and loads of pictures appeared on the internet as people flocked to see the journey, but viewers were disappointed that the hearse company decided to advertise itself on the side of it with a sticker bearing their name: William Purves.
Here’s just a few of the outraged reactions:
The trouble with hiring one from the local firm is that you get advertising. They should have peeled that off. I’m sure William Purves are brilliant and will do marvellously but this isn’t done. pic.twitter.com/dhe9jLrjst
— Podders (@Morris_Oxford) September 11, 2022
How gross of William Purves funeral directors to advertise over the Queen’s #coffin. Who on earth okayed that? It’s utterly tasteless that they took the opportunity to advertise. The sheer size of their logo suggests that was most certainly their intention. #Queen #williampurves
— Ocean Zennor (@OceanZennor) September 11, 2022
What an appalling example of ‘accidental’ free advertising. William Purves could have been far more discreet or are they now going for “By Royal Appointment”?
Queen’s funeral director’s site crashes as name appears in front of coffin https://t.co/RUWbnoXciw
— Nigel Blackman (@Yorkselfbuild53) September 11, 2022
William Purves funeral directors website crashes, advertising on the queens coffin ? How scummy is that ????
— A R F (@happykerching) September 11, 2022
Shame on William Purves for using this as an advertising opportunity 🤯
— clairecordi (@clairecordi) September 11, 2022
People get so agitated about the slightest things don’t they, although I do probably agree that it’s a bit crass to advertise on anybody’s coffin and especially the Queen’s.
However, when the hearse arrived in Edinburgh, the sticker had mysteriously disappeared. Presumably someone in the vehicle had heard about all the complaints and pulled over to rip it off, but I’m sure there are going to be some conspiracy nuts out there who are going to claim the coffin was switched during the journey or some other such nonsense.
I suppose that might make the coverage around the Queen’s funeral a bit more interesting, but it’s just not that likely is it? William Purves is probably going to be an answer on pub quizzes for years to come, so there’s that at least.
For more of the same, check out The Rock paying tribute to the Queen in an emotional Twitter video.
