[Harmless Teddy Bear]

For the same reason that when your friend loses his wife you morn with him.

Even if you did not like her for some reason.

It is what you do for a friend if you are a decent person.

[caww]

Yes. The Brits are mourning their loss and I think we sense their sorrow and thus respect their time of mourning....something most people are familiar with that grief.