UK Officials Beg Mourners To Stop Leaving THESE Gifts In Queen Elizabeth's Memory
14.09.2022 - 17:35
/ perezhilton.com
Mourners around are honoring Queen Elizabeth II — but some of the memorials are going too far.
It’s not that they are disrespectful. Far from it, in fact. It’s just that, well, parks across the UK are filling up with two things related to the Queen, and the palace has more of it than they can handle.
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According to reports, royal officials have asked people to stop leaving two things at memorials for the Queen: Paddington Bear toys and marmalade sandwiches. Really?!
BBC News presenter Sally Nugent delivered the ask this week, according to BuzzFeed News, by telling viewers:
OMG!
Of course, the Queen and Paddington Bear have a history together: she starred alongside the famous children’s character in a memorable video celebrating her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year. Paddington’s official Twitter account very publicly mourned the Queen in the hours following her death late last week, too:
And it was a long-loved joke about how the Queen would often carry marmalade sandwiches with her wherever she went. So it’s clear those two things hold a great deal of symbolic significance for the Queen, and the mourners.
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It’s just that now they are clogging up parks around the country. The UK’s Royal Parks outfit confirmed the request. Officials are happy to have floral tributes — but nothing else. The org stated as much on their website:
And added:
Wow.
Obviously, it’s clear people are really broken up about her death.
That’s very understandable. Sending love and light!
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