Hospital appointments and flights are getting canceled as Britain mourns Queen Elizabeth. “We’ve been pushed into this collective national grief without any consideration as to whether it’s appropriate for everyone.”
LONDON — It began with soccer, Britain's beloved national sport. Then, flights into London's Heathrow Airport were canceled out of respect forBy the time of the late monarch’s funeral Monday, the U.K. will have come to a near-standstill, with most businesses shuttered and thousands of events canceled across the country.
“I only have six to seven weeks until I have my baby, so I feel like I’m running out of time to get the help I need before it becomes too much,” said the publishing executive from Chelmsford, a small town around 40 miles northeast of London. A spokesperson for NHS England told NBC News that on the day of the funeral staff will work to ensure that “urgent and emergency services," including urgent dental and doctor appointments, were available.Many on social media also criticized the disruption to essential services due to the 10-day national mourning period and the upcoming funeral, with the eyes of much of the country and the world on London for an event of rare royal grandeur.
But a number have already said they will be shutting down and for some it has already proven to be a public relations nightmare. The Musicians’ Union, the labor union representing British musicians, criticized a decision by bosses of London’s transport network to suspend all street entertainment. In anto Transport for London, it said musicians' income would be put at risk"particularly during a cost-of-living crisis."
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