Queen Elizabeth II Should Be Honored With Flowers, Not Marmalade Sandwiches, Says Parks Department

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Queen Elizabeth II, mourners have been leaving cards, flowers, balloons and other tributes at sites around the UK, including in front of Buckingham Palace.

And a number of them have also left stuffed toy versions of Paddington Bear and real, edible versions of his beloved marmalade sandwiches, which the Royal Parks department has asked them to stop doing."We are asking people not to leave marmalade sandwiches because of the negative impact on the park's wildlife," Royal Parks said in a statement, per .

As one BBC reporter oh so tactfully put it, “maybe stop bringing Paddingtons.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Specifically, the department is asking for just flowers and cards.

The flowers will be turned into compost after the , and cards will be eventually moved to “storage.” They would “prefer” you not to leave anything else, according to the , which stress the sensitivity and discretion their staff will use when periodically rearranging and removing tributes as needed.The reason Brits associate Her Majesty with Paddington (a fictional Peruvian immigrant) is that she appeared alongside the (CGI) bear in a comedy skit presented at her Platinum Jubilee celebration, marking her 70th year on the throne.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In the skit, Queen Elizabeth confesses that she carries a marmalade sandwich inside her ever-present handbags.