Too much mourning? Some Britons are angry over cancellations due to the queen’s funeral

It began with soccer, Britain's beloved national sport.

LONDON — It began with soccer, Britain's beloved national sport. Then, flights into London's Heathrow Airport were canceled out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II, drawing weary sighs from critics.

By 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.

But for some relying on Britain’s cherished National Health Service — already creaking with long delays — or other services like food banks, the cancelations seemed like too high a price to pay in a country grappling with a cost-of-living crisis.

“When I was called and told all appointments that day are cancelled, I got off the phone and cried,” Dan O’Brien, who is eight months pregnant, told NBC News via Twitter on Thursday.

Police officers walk across The Mall ahead of the procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London, on Wednesday.Victoria Jones / APO’Brien, 23, said she had waited three weeks to get an appointment at a specialized maternity unit because she has Type 1 diabetes and her pregnancy is considered high risk. But this week she was told her Monday appointment had been canceled because of the national holiday declared for the funeral.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-elizabeth-death-funeral-hospitals-business-foodbanks-close-uk-rcna47628


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