I don't think too many people knew about stuff like kneeling in front of the Queen. It really does seem a bit daft. Like something out of Monty Python. Perhaps they have to do a funny walk on the same occasion.

Daft is OK Morris Dancing is a bit daft, and I love it. But treating stuff like as anything other than trivial isn't daft, it's stupid. The same goes for the tosh about singing the National Anthem - standing n silence while it is played shows every bit as much respect as singing, as is demonstrated at just about every funeral I've ever been to. Is someone who doesn't sing The Lord's My Shepherd really less respectful to the dead person than the ones that do? Is a footballer who fails to sing the national anthem before an international letting down the country?

And this kind of crap gets the headlines while people are going through hell.