The “wand” at the royal funeral has nothing to do with the Arthurian legend of Merlin, or indeed a more modern British wizard in Harry Potter, but is actually a symbol of the lord chamberlain, Lord Andrew Parker, and is known as the “wand of office”.
This thin white staff has its origins in a tool that was used by the lord chamberlain to admonish people in the monarch’s court by tapping them if they were too rowdy or disrespectful. The last act of the service at the Queen’s committal involves the wand being broken, and then placed on the coffin before it is lowered into the royal vault.
Wulfy, look here - they break her wand? A WAND?
Okay, I'll bite -- what wand?
sorry, i forgot the link
"Queen’s Committal Sees ‘Breaking Of The Wand’ Televised For First Time – Deadline" https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-queen-funeral-breaking-of-the-wand-televised-committal-1235122197/amp/
Well, this is interesting. I've never heard of this ceremony before.
Bizzare the witch had an actual wand.
IIRC wands like that go back to Celtic times.
From https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/19/what-is-the-wand-of-office-that-will-be-broken-at-the-queens-funeral
The “wand” at the royal funeral has nothing to do with the Arthurian legend of Merlin, or indeed a more modern British wizard in Harry Potter, but is actually a symbol of the lord chamberlain, Lord Andrew Parker, and is known as the “wand of office”.
This thin white staff has its origins in a tool that was used by the lord chamberlain to admonish people in the monarch’s court by tapping them if they were too rowdy or disrespectful. The last act of the service at the Queen’s committal involves the wand being broken, and then placed on the coffin before it is lowered into the royal vault.