CliveWalkerWingWizard
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A great woman, very choked, and as many on here not a royalist. She served this country with profound dignity. RIP
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[News] Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away - 08/09/2022
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She personified Britain.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No, although I saw her from a distance ditto Prince Philip.
I was at a Buck House garden party when Prince Edward came over to my daughter and I to talk to us, and I have been presented to Princess Ann at an Association of Wrens meeting.
Ask Mohammed I’m Hard for his encounter with Her Majesty when he was a Royal Marine.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
There will be a meeting of the Privy Council tomorrow.
That’s when Charles will declare his chosen name as king.
That’s when Charles will declare his chosen name as king.
Before decimalisation, the coins in your pocket could have five royal heads among them (I'm not sure if there were any Edward VIII coins minted, but at most they were very rare). Now, for the first time for most of the population, coins will have two different heads on them. Most people will never have used stamps with a different monarch's head on either - and the few of us who can remember when the King died, we were probably too young to be singing 'God Save the King' - that will feel very strange.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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A terribly terribly sad day. Just numbed by this news. Completely numbed.
R.I.P ma’am, Elizabeth The Great.
God Save The King!
R.I.P ma’am, Elizabeth The Great.
God Save The King!
Truss and the BBC are calling him Charles III. Not likely to change, is it?
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I thought Kensington Palace already confirmed he shall be known as Chas Trois.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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jakarta
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Met her at Buck House 20 odd years ago, was wheeling in my late Father-in-Law (Chair of Horsham District Council but was suffering terminal cancer) to a BH Garden Party.
She was charming but distant, I wonder how many tens of thousands she had to meet over her career?
She was charming but distant, I wonder how many tens of thousands she had to meet over her career?
First of all RIP. A family of human beings has just lost its matriarch. That's very sad.
And there are people in this country who are very attached to the Royals who are hurting and I think it's thoroughly disrespectful to hurt those people's feelings, especially as many will be people who served their country. So to all of you who fit into this category, my sincere condolences.
I have always regarded the Monarchy as the least worst option. I've been consistent on that on here and in life. But this is a woman who worked every day of her life for 70 plus years. Yes, she had the finest palaces and rooms to relax in afterwards, but she wasn't off duty for even a day. I reckon I've had more fun in my 50 years than she had in her 96.
I thoroughly respect that service and and I thoroughly understand the country's loss. But hopefully there will come a day soon where reform is possible without hysteria and the likes of Andrew have to make their own way.
And there are people in this country who are very attached to the Royals who are hurting and I think it's thoroughly disrespectful to hurt those people's feelings, especially as many will be people who served their country. So to all of you who fit into this category, my sincere condolences.
I have always regarded the Monarchy as the least worst option. I've been consistent on that on here and in life. But this is a woman who worked every day of her life for 70 plus years. Yes, she had the finest palaces and rooms to relax in afterwards, but she wasn't off duty for even a day. I reckon I've had more fun in my 50 years than she had in her 96.
I thoroughly respect that service and and I thoroughly understand the country's loss. But hopefully there will come a day soon where reform is possible without hysteria and the likes of Andrew have to make their own way.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
What a shite day this has turned out to be. RIP ma’am
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Rest in deserved peace Your Majesty - and thank you.
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She had a wicked sense of humour
She had a wicked sense of humour
- Oct 17, 2008
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That’s done it. Shed a tear.
Me too. Same with the Bond Olympic thing. Literally sat open-mouthed when it was obviously her………remember saying to Mrs D ‘haha, brilliant, but imagine if they actually got Her Maj to be in this’…….then she turned round……..
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Sad day but she has left a legacy of service to the entire nation. RIP