‘Insanely tall’ mourner in Queen’s funeral procession spark social media frenzy

Individuals on social media have reacted with disbelief on the sight of an ‘insanely tall’ mourner strolling within the Queen’s procession.

He towered above troopers and sailors on the stroll alongside the Queen’s coffin prompting many to attraction info on his id.

One Twitter consumer wrote: “Who is that this insanely tall man? Is that this the royal Slenderman?”

One other, Wealthy, mentioned: “Anybody know who the exceedingly tall man is?” One other Twitter consumer, Emma added: “I don’t know who he’s, however he’s a really tall man.” One other tweet joked: “Who’s he? He could be useful for altering lightbulbs.”One other added: “I can’t cease taking note of the extremely tall man strolling in entrance of the car carrying the queens coffin. Did they carry within the tallest man on this planet for the event?”

The tall man was reported to be Matthew Magee, a former assistant personal secretary to the late Queen. Standing at 7ft 2in, he towered over Her Majesty who was solely 5ft 3in.

He was appointed to the function in 2018 and was typically mistaken for a royal safety officer. Mr Magee was additionally the Duke of Kent Prince Edward’s personal secretary earlier than this.

Mr Magee is likely one of the tallest folks within the Crown make use of.

He’s even taller than ‘Tall Paul’, one other worker of the Royal Household who featured alongside the Queen and Daniel Craig within the traditional James Bond sketch for the London Olympics.

One royal viewer was eager to set the report straight, wrote: “If anybody else is as curious as I’m, the very tall man in entrance of the hearse within the Queen’s procession is Matthew Magee, her 7’2” personal safety.”