The Queen and Paddington Bear

Fabulous concert with brilliant staging. Bit disappointed with Diana Ross dressed as Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations. Seemed to be miming and just going through the motions !
Elton should have been final act.

The Queen and Paddington 10 out of 10. ?☕️

Queen and Lambert fabulous. Hurray ?

Light show at end brilliant. ?

And I thought I would only watch about half an hour but I watched the lot with my niece who was What’s Apping me from Italy where she lives and watching it from there.

When the image of the Queen and Paddington came up on my tablet, I thought for a moment that Google was spying on me again - I had bought a Paddington book in a charity shop this afternoon. What a coincidence

I thought my heart was going to explode with sheer pride and happiness this evening. Wasn't the whole thing absolutely brilliant.
Every single minute. ???

Why did Camilla need to stand up with Charles while he made his speech? William didn’t take Kate up with him.

I imagine that Prince Charles wanted her there.

Yes, why did Camilla go on stage with Charles ? Is he still trying to say she is non-negotiable ? We know that by now ….

I think we all accept her now but he seems to insist on pushing her forward!! I thought she looked a bit uncomfortable.

For me the highlights of the evening were the Queen with Paddington and the light show. The speeches were inspiring and heartwarming too. Not so impressed with the artists, maybe it's just me. I've seen so many wonderful concerts over the years, including the Golden and Diamond Jubilee Concerts, the 1984 Live Aid Concert and Queen/Freddie in their heyday at Wembley in the 1980s. This seemed weak in comparison.

I have an idea that the sets and staging are all so spectacular and spacious that they actually detract from the artists and make them look somewhat insignificant. Just my opinion.

I bet the queen was glad she didn’t have to sit through some of the boring bits - Jax Jones, Elbow, Mini Webb? , Stefflon Don, Craig David - put the kettle on time , Rod Stewart definitely should hang up his sequins. The kids looked spectacularly bored. Who dresses a child in a shirt and tie for a pop concert? Top marks for tech visuals.

I will watch it today on catch up.

Re George’s shirt and tie.
I quite agree vegansrock, most inappropriate.

It’s my firm opinion that Louis was being a bit of a handful on the balcony, because he was livid about having to wear that sailor suit; while his big bro was dressed as a bank manager.
Charlotte got away scott free by looking like a normal little girl.

Very much not my kind of music, so I used the mute button most of the time. Glad I watched, though, or I’d have missed the Queen with Paddington (glorious), George and Charlotte ( so adorable) and the utterly wonderful lighting at the end. The speeches were good, too.

I do agree, though, that Prince George’s suit and tie were totally inappropriate for an event such as that. Poor kid.

I think Charles wanted Camilla up there, reinforcing the message that she is the next Queen Consort.

And George in a suit and tie, also emphasising, both to him and us, that although he is just a young, nearly 9 year old, that on certain occasions, he is a member of the Royal family, and that’s how they dress.

It’s not like he wears suits all the time, plenty of photos of him in casual wear. Obviously easier for Charlotte, who just has to put on a pretty dress.

vegansrock

I bet the queen was glad she didn’t have to sit through some of the boring bits - Jax Jones, Elbow, Mini Webb? , Stefflon Don, Craig David - put the kettle on time , Rod Stewart definitely should hang up his sequins. The kids looked spectacularly bored. Who dresses a child in a shirt and tie for a pop concert? Top marks for tech visuals.

Thought Prince George looked uncomfortable and agree a suit and tie was ridiculous. That’s no way to modernise the monarchy.

The queen & the rest of the RF are well used to sitting through a load of awful pop acts, but last night was totally wired.
Who’s Mimi Webb? never heard of her.
Craig David? he was okay 20 years ago.
Celeste ( unknown to 80% of people ) singing / killing ‘wonderful world’ - could they have not got someone better than her?
Lulu would have done a better job.
Rod Stewart wasn’t good.
Elton okay.
Queen okay, but Adam Lambert will never be anywhere near as good as Freddie.
Thank God for Alicia Keys who was brilliant.

Loved the diversity routine too & Jason Donovan singing ‘any dream will do’
Lighting was also amazing
But I can understand why the RF and other guests looked totally bewildered at times.

Loved the whole evening, not all of the sounds to my taste, but the crowd seemed to like it and I enjoy new musical experiences. The graphics, drones and lighting were so clever, the organisation a credit to those behind the scene.
Well done ???

vegansrock

I bet the queen was glad she didn’t have to sit through some of the boring bits - Jax Jones, Elbow, Mini Webb? , Stefflon Don, Craig David - put the kettle on time , Rod Stewart definitely should hang up his sequins. The kids looked spectacularly bored. Who dresses a child in a shirt and tie for a pop concert? Top marks for tech visuals.

Oh no. A line has been crossed. Posters can be monarchist or republican, pro or anti Boris, far right or loony left, but NOBODY gets to criticise Elbow while I'm around. ???

Did you know that Diana Rigg was Guy Garvey's mother in law?

Who is Guy Garvey?

Apart from being Rachael Stirling’s husband, I assume?

We love George Ezra. We have all his music and we didn’t discover him until a couple of years ago.

Queen okay, but Adam Lambert will never be anywhere near as good as Freddie.

I agree Kandinsky. Freddie is an impossible act to follow and I was thinking last night how much F would have loved such an OTT evening. ..... he would have been "the belle of the ball".

Tom Jones could have done a better version of "Sweet Caroline" because he's always had a strong voice and it hasn't diminished with age.

I enjoyed most of it. What happened to Mica Paris? Was she part of the three women who sang, but the camera never did a close up?

Lovely to read all these post this morning. I watched the whole thing and really enjoyed it all. The Queen with Paddington bear! Shame they cut the end. Diana Ross was helped onto the stage & into position at the beginning, I thought she was going to fall down the stairs! I don't remember Elton John being on, must have been when I dashed to put the dishwasher on and grabbed a glass of wine But the whole thing was fantastic, even though I didn't know half of them. I loved the show songs. And yes to Tom Jones.

Sparklefizz

^Queen okay, but Adam Lambert will never be anywhere near as good as Freddie.^

I agree Kandinsky. Freddie is an impossible act to follow and I was thinking last night how much F would have loved such an OTT evening. ..... he would have been "the belle of the ball".

Yes, and I was thinking how much Michael Bond would have loved to have seen the opening. ?