Moment crowds outside St Paul's force coach carrying VIPs to move
That’s what you call PEOPLE POWER! Moment crowds outside St Paul’s Cathedral force coach carrying VIP guests to move so it doesn’t block their view of arrivals at Queen’s thanksgiving service
- Coach carrying VIP guests had dropped off passengers and parked in the way
- Crowds booed and jeered as some members of the public had waited for hours
- But the driver reacted straight away and moved coach to further behind church
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This was the hilarious moment when people power forced a driver to move his bus so they could see the VIP arrivals for the National Thanksgiving Service celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at St Paul’s Cathedral earlier today.
The coach, carrying VIP guests for the service this morning, had dropped off passengers at the front steps at around 11am and then went to park on the east side of the cathedral.
It immediately blocked the view of thousands of spectators, some who had arrived before breakfast, and led to their discontent.
Boos and jeers broke out along with a cacophony of wolf whistles as anger spread among the crowd.
But the driver reacted straight away, got back behind the steering wheel and moved the coach to further behind the church.
He then received a round of applause.
Sam Hunter, 33, from San Antonio, Texas, said: ‘That was an awkward moment but luckily it ended in laughter and cheers for the driver. It was quite comical.
‘He wasn’t aware that he was blocking the entire view for thousands of people but when he became aware, he just drove it further down behind the cathedral and everybody applauded him.’
Wendy Albertson, 64, from Guildford, said: ‘If he had left it there, he might’ve found his tires have been let down when he returned to it.
‘Even the police faces looked unhappy about where he left it.
‘But it all ended okay and I managed to see Prince Charles and Camilla, and all the other members of the royal family. It was a tremendous morning.’
The second of a four-day bank holiday weekend for Great Britain today began with the service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in central London. At 10.50am, Great Paul, the largest church bell in the country weighing 16.5tons, pealed to herald service of thanksgiving for the Queen’s long reign.
It immediately blocked the view of thousands of spectators, some who had arrived before breakfast, and led to their discontent. Boos and jeers broke out along with a cacophony of wolf whistles as anger spread among the crowd, but the driver reacted straight away, got back behind the steering wheel and moved the coach to further behind the church
The bell was only restored in 2021 after falling silent since the 1970s due to a broken mechanism. It has only been rung on eight occasions since and none of which were for a royal service.
Her Majesty had been hoping to be able to attend the service but has since had to pull out after experiencing ‘discomfort’ on the first day of celebrations.
Buckingham Palace released a statement last night which read: ‘Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate in tomorrow’s National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, Her Majesty, with great, reluctance, has concluded that she will not attend.’
The Queen also decided against going to the Epsom Derby on Saturday, but as a keen racehorse owner and breeder, she is expected to watch the event on television at home at Windsor Castle.
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