Post by multiverser on Feb 12, 2013 0:30:27 GMT -5
Yeah, O.K. perhaps I was a bit too harsh on iamaphoney. The Rotten Apple Series did provide many hours of mystery and intrigue. Thanks for checking to see if there is anything on the fire and rehallow. It's grasping at straws, I know, but that date just seems so not coincidental.
I realize some people would say that the only reason John tossed in the lyric Bishopsgate is that it rhymes with "Don't be late." However, if my little theory is true, that the reconsecration of St. Botolph's was a cover for a private funeral for Paul, then Bishopsgate would have been the main clue, but "Don't be late" could be John saying you know the word was whispered a few days in advance among Beatle confidants of the date, time, and place for the secret funeral service and along with the details given to the exclusive inner circle was an admonishment like a warning: the Queen, Queen Mother, Lord Mayor, and high bishops will be there so for God's sake you must not be late. The service will start on the dot and if you're late you will not be admitted.
I wonder how far in advance the Queen decided on the date for the rehallow? How far in advance would have been customary or necessary in order to make all the arrangements? Then there is the question: was the date for the rehallow already planned and fixed and then Paul's murder was arranged on a specific date in order to have his funeral coincide with the rehallow? Or, did Paul die by accident or murder and then the rehallow was hastily ordered by the Queen in order to have a venue and cover story for Paul's funeral?
Or, (as may be most likely) I could be completely wrong about the whole thing.
By the way, St. Botolph is the patron saint of travellers. Paul certainly did a lot of travelling as a member of The Beatles going round the world on tour, going on location for HELP!, the first American tour and TV appearances and so forth. He was quite the traveller at a young age.
I know most PID researchers think 9 November 1966 was the accident or murder date, but I can easily see it as the first day of the new Beatles after Paul had been given his secret funeral service and burial the day before on 8 November 1966. What a neat trick it would have been to arrange a funeral for Paul that would include royals and dignitaries without the public knowing or suspecting anything. What a stroke of genius if that's what really happened.
It's even possible that the funeral service was held somewhere other than St. Botolph's but the rehallow was still used as a cover story. Imagine that the royals and dignitaries met at a different location before or after the rehallow event but on the same day. Reporters would have been distracted by the St. Botolph's event and not questioned where the elite were just prior to or just after the church rehallow, especially if they gathered for Paul's funeral inside Buckingham Palace, although it would have been difficult for the inner circle to have gone in and out of the Palace unnoticed. Unless they pulled one of The Beatles' usual ploys of hiding themselves in a vehicle no one would suspect, like a delivery van.
If the royals and dignitaries retired to the Palace for tea after the rehallow at St. Botolph's, then perhaps it wasn't just tea, but Paul's funeral service. The top church bishop and Lord Mayor would have been there for a right proper service for Paul.
Strange I know, but everthing about PID is strange and just gets more strange as it evolves.
I realize some people would say that the only reason John tossed in the lyric Bishopsgate is that it rhymes with "Don't be late." However, if my little theory is true, that the reconsecration of St. Botolph's was a cover for a private funeral for Paul, then Bishopsgate would have been the main clue, but "Don't be late" could be John saying you know the word was whispered a few days in advance among Beatle confidants of the date, time, and place for the secret funeral service and along with the details given to the exclusive inner circle was an admonishment like a warning: the Queen, Queen Mother, Lord Mayor, and high bishops will be there so for God's sake you must not be late. The service will start on the dot and if you're late you will not be admitted.
I wonder how far in advance the Queen decided on the date for the rehallow? How far in advance would have been customary or necessary in order to make all the arrangements? Then there is the question: was the date for the rehallow already planned and fixed and then Paul's murder was arranged on a specific date in order to have his funeral coincide with the rehallow? Or, did Paul die by accident or murder and then the rehallow was hastily ordered by the Queen in order to have a venue and cover story for Paul's funeral?
Or, (as may be most likely) I could be completely wrong about the whole thing.
By the way, St. Botolph is the patron saint of travellers. Paul certainly did a lot of travelling as a member of The Beatles going round the world on tour, going on location for HELP!, the first American tour and TV appearances and so forth. He was quite the traveller at a young age.
I know most PID researchers think 9 November 1966 was the accident or murder date, but I can easily see it as the first day of the new Beatles after Paul had been given his secret funeral service and burial the day before on 8 November 1966. What a neat trick it would have been to arrange a funeral for Paul that would include royals and dignitaries without the public knowing or suspecting anything. What a stroke of genius if that's what really happened.
It's even possible that the funeral service was held somewhere other than St. Botolph's but the rehallow was still used as a cover story. Imagine that the royals and dignitaries met at a different location before or after the rehallow event but on the same day. Reporters would have been distracted by the St. Botolph's event and not questioned where the elite were just prior to or just after the church rehallow, especially if they gathered for Paul's funeral inside Buckingham Palace, although it would have been difficult for the inner circle to have gone in and out of the Palace unnoticed. Unless they pulled one of The Beatles' usual ploys of hiding themselves in a vehicle no one would suspect, like a delivery van.
If the royals and dignitaries retired to the Palace for tea after the rehallow at St. Botolph's, then perhaps it wasn't just tea, but Paul's funeral service. The top church bishop and Lord Mayor would have been there for a right proper service for Paul.
Strange I know, but everthing about PID is strange and just gets more strange as it evolves.
