(LONDON, UK) — Everyone…wanted to pay their respects.
Hawk-eyed spectators of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral service were left bewildered after noticing the attendance of a creepy-crawly arachnid on the top of a letter written by King Charles III on Her Majesty’s coffin.
Imagine you're a spider in the garden and you fall asleep in a pink rose.
When you wake up, you stretch all your little legs and realise that you're suddenly naked in Westminster Abbey, on top of the Queen's coffin in front of world leaders and billions of people🕷️#queensfuneral pic.twitter.com/ARNc9s4y8O— Fiona Adorno🌻 (@FionaAdorno) September 19, 2022
Viewers immediately took to Twitter, expressing outrage on the miniature mutiny:
“My granddaughter spotted the spider and said I hope the soldiers carrying the Queen aren’t afraid of spiders,” one user said.
“The spider realizing its’ accidentally become a part of the Queen’s funeral.”
“Spider on Queen Elizabeth’s coffin now more famous than fly on Mike Pence’s head,” another said, referencing the infamous fly that bugged former VP Pence during a debate in 2020.
the spider on the queen’s coffin: pic.twitter.com/2QbEsnX3SI
— Vinny Thomas (@vinn_ayy) September 19, 2022
Placed on top of the Queen’s coffin was a specially selected bouquet ordered by King Charles III, which featured symbolic florals featured in her wedding to the late Prince Philip.
The lavish wreath contained rosemary, English Oak and Myrtle, which stemmed to the Queen’s wedding bouquet.
At The King's request, the wreath contains foliage of Rosemary, English Oak and Myrtle (cut from a plant grown from Myrtle in The Queen's wedding bouquet) and flowers, in shades of gold, pink and deep burgundy, with touches of white, cut from the gardens of Royal Residences. pic.twitter.com/5RteIWahuW
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 19, 2022