Rejected petition Provide David Attenborough with a full state funeral

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David Attenborough, long may he continue to both enlighten and entertain us, is more deserving of a state funeral than any other British citizen of the past 46 years given his outstanding contribution to British cultural life. Generations have been informed and enthralled by his genius natural history programming for over 50 years now,

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

State funerals are reserved for the Head of State and Consort.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 June 2012
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