Here's what I posted on the Prince Phillip has died thread.
Not happy with this. At all.
I don't want to watch the funeral, and am fairly ambivalent about the Royal Family, but this is tantamount to bloody serfdom. They must have had advice on this, and been told 3pm on a Saturday is football. Why do they have to hold it at that precise time and day? They could have held it at any time and any day, but no, they've decided to hold it at a time that will inconvenience the maximum number of people possible. And to cap it all the football authorities bow down and tug their collective forelocks and agree to postpone all games.
This virus has deprived many of us of the ability to lead our normal lives for over a year, and many friends and relatives have lost their lives, with football being one of the few landmark events glueing the weeks, and some sections of society, together. As I said, I was fairly ambivalent about him dying, but chose to avoid all of the blanket coverage on TV and in the media as best as I could, and would not dream of trying to force my opinions on other people, but find this to be a move too far and it seems like a big two fingers up to those of us who will now have the only highlight of our weekend affected. I really don't think the "authorities" give a toss about football or football fans.