[News] Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away - 08/09/2022

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Hushed, reverential voices on BBC breaking news report. Urgghh, this is going to go on for days. And days, and days. Apologies to Queen fans, no disrespec' intended.

With long pauses between each word to give every word gravitas.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Ominous, she could well be gone within a day or two

Buggar just as we could go top B'muff would be off.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Ominous, she could well be gone within a day or two

Hate to say it, but that's my take on it too.

 

[Seaber]

625 days from taking the longest reigning monarch crown. As soon as the atmosphere in the Commons went weird it could only be one thing

 

[Deadly Danson]

Buggar just as we could go top B'muff would be off.

I was about to say the same. Unbelievably selfish of me but if, after Potter going and next week's postponement, the trip to B'muff is off I may have a bit of a breakdown.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Nah, go straight to William, he is down with the kids.

I know a bloke called Graham with lofty ambitions, would be surprised if he isn’t up for giving it a go

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Hushed, reverential voices on BBC breaking news report. Urgghh, this is going to go on for days. And days, and days. Apologies to Queen fans, no disrespec' intended.

How about just not say anything then if you don’t want to be disrespectful!

 

[atomised]

and abruptly the rain knocks our satellite signal out

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Best wishes to our Queen. She is an Incredible Lady

 

[Giraffe]

Might not last the day. What a wonderful woman.

Good luck King Charles III

 

[Soton Seagull]

Need her to hang on until Saturday. National day of mourning and funeral is 9 days after her passing. If she goes today or tomorrow that'll be a weekend and we won't get a day off (return on investment as such)

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Might not last the day. What a wonderful woman.

Good luck King Charles III

King George VII

 

[dazzer6666]

Archbishop of Canterbury tweeting thoughts and prayers, Charlie and Camilla travelling to Balmoral…….doesn’t look good.

 

[mikeyjh]

Might not last the day. What a wonderful woman.

Indeed, let's hope this thread can stay dignified. I'm no great royalist but this is a very very special woman we're talking about.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

All the newsreaders on the BBC already wearing black just the ties to go.

 

[BBassic]

Indeed, let's hope this thread can stay dignified. I'm no great royalist but this is a very very special woman we're talking about.

Quite. I'm much the same.

If nothing else, regardless of station or opinion, she is a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother and this will be affecting her family in terrible ways.

 

[hart's shirt]

If the worst happens, I hope the usual suspects don't crawl out from under their NSC stones to share their lack of respect or whatever snarky anti Royal thoughts they may have.

People are of course free to comment as they see fit within moderator reason, although outré comments in circumstances like these often say far more about the individual than their opinions.

One would hope that regardless of what one's views on the monarchy are, a degree of decorum might be retained.

We are, after all, talking about a human life that is in all likelihood nearing its end.

And the same would be true for all that have lived well, regardless of status.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Need her to hang on until Saturday. National day of mourning and funeral is 9 days after her passing. If she goes today or tomorrow that'll be a weekend and we won't get a day off (return on investment as such)

FFS!!

EDIT: just to be clear … my ‘FFS’ was aimed at the pathetic comment from Soton Seagull … not the fact the funeral might be on a weekend!

 

[dadams2k11]

Need her to hang on until Saturday. National day of mourning and funeral is 9 days after her passing. If she goes today or tomorrow that'll be a weekend and we won't get a day off (return on investment as such)

Time and place.

 

[Hamilton]

Need her to hang on until Saturday. National day of mourning and funeral is 9 days after her passing. If she goes today or tomorrow that'll be a weekend and we won't get a day off (return on investment as such)

Just said the same thing in the office.

Had a few jaws open wide.

But, I still respect her, even if I don't agree with the monarchy.