Period of mourning is ridiculous

It's the hypocrisy of it more than anything else with some sports events getting cancelled while others aren't. Where it affects me is in my regiment they're only serving 'simple' meals like an unseasoned piece of beef or chicken, watery potatoes or plain pasta and some boiled veg for example. Then we have to eat it in silence. I'm all for paying respect but are any of the royal family going to be following the same? Will they even care with what we eat? Lots of people think our meals are free in the army so we can just go somewhere else for food but we get a food allowance dedicated from our wages so this is most people's only source of fuel. Perhaps for one day it'd be an appropriate tribute but to keep this going until September 19 is ridiculous