Queen Elizabeth II dies

The mere presence of people from different backgrounds is not an indicator as to whether racism exists or not. Racism didn't end with segregation.

Division and hate is also fuelled by traditionsl media. It is no way purely the fault of social media.

Is your post deliberately simplistic?

I think the only thing that the Tory leadership shows is that the ruling class uses racism when needed. Anti EU racism to fuel brexit when tax transparency threatened their London money laundering operations.

I think they may have shot themselves in the foot with the excessive and lengthy coverage, less positive comments and stories of the royals and the empire are starting sleep out as the media seek to string it on.

Well obviously. A big chunk of Britain isn't bothered about the monarchy. Perhaps a quarter of the population. That's a lot of people.

The sheer volume of people queuing for hours and hours to see her coffin suggests the Brits loved their queen.

I lived in one of the most liberal state in the US for a good few years, Massachusetts.

I also spent a good deal of time working the UK

So I'd be pretty familiar with both

There is stuff you would see in UK that you'd never see in Massachusetts.

Like mixed race couples, mix race friends, people of different ethnicity in the same bar or restaurant, people of different ethnicity living in the same street or neighborhoods.

Anecdotal I know but I've always had the impression that the UK is far more integrated than even the most liberal US states.

Well this is why the comparison with Britain and America is just incorrect in so many ways.

Brexit = Trump = Racism = Brexit = Bad. This kind of stuff. They seem to be stuck in a loop about it and can't get out of it.

I do think that will be the case.

In recent years the voices of native people's of former colonies is getting much louder in the west.

These voices were always lound in their home countries but never got much traction in the west.

But with the pulling down of statues and greater debate about the slave trade things are changing.

The royals tour of the Caribbean recently was a fine example of this.

The queen because of her age, length of reign, and overall personality have prevented much upheaval in the Commonwealth realms, but that's probably at an end now.

And no bad harm.

Begs the question of why the soldiers are there. A dressed up manniquin would suffice

I'm more amazed at the fact people aren't trying to get selfies of the coffin for their social media

Every single state TV channel in Europe is going to broadcast the funeral live (I'm assuming via the Eurovision network). I'd suggest you're underestimating the level of interest in it.