I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed an event quite like the Queen of England’s funeral. The spectacle. The décor. The dignity. The diamonds! The BBC reported that around 200,000 spectators attended in person and 5.1 billion—yes, that’s billion, with a B!—tuned in to watch. For perspective, that is roughly 63% of the total population on earth, and that makes this the largest single event watched or streamed in history.

So, what can the legal community learn from the single most tuned-into event in the history of our planet? Though we’ll never be royals, surely The Crown offers us much to consider when putting on our own personal and professional events. Whether it be a celebration of your law firm’s 50th anniversary, your company’s latest acquisition, a developer sales center grand opening or a major legal victory, here are five things Queen Elizabeth II asks us to consider.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]