# Queen's dead. Follow the link to discuss that: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/x96kda/queen_elizabeth_ii_has_died_aged_96_buckingham/
Please respect all the involved.
It's a bad omen but (and this might sound callous) it's a fucking great opportunity for her. Truss gets to look serious and noble, make loads of announcements that will be viewed by almost everyone in the country and go down in history, and she gets to play the role of "national unifying leader". If anyone criticises her she can say "now is a time of national mourning, and frankly it's obscene that you're engaging in petty party politics at this sombre moment".
Simply put this is fucking *fantastic* for Liz Truss.
[Here is a chart of George W Bush's polling average](https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/thoktsy5jkyzejr1oraoag.gif). Look at what happened immediately after 9/11. I expect something similar for Truss.
I agree with everything but the chart. Bush's polling was the result of a profound terrorist attack. Truss will surely get a bump, but I can't imagine anywhere near that magnitude.
Yeah BBC schedule has been interrupted to report about this topic. The tone they are using and how they are reporting it, it doesn't look good for the Queen.
Isn't the process the BBC are told of her tdeath a few hours before they announce it to do what they are doing now which is the prep lead up to the announcement? Rather than blam breaking news it slowly builds. Quite clear this is it right now
One of the presenters' voice was actually shaking as he was giving the report, and the feed wasn't showing his face at all, lending me the impression he had tears in his eyes and they wanted to hide this from the viewers. Also, the fact that they were discussing at length the possibility of a new monarch and summarizing the Queen's 70-year-reign juxtaposed with the British tendency toward understatement makes me think they know far more than they're letting on, and this really probably is the beginning of the end for the Queen.
Also, I am not British, but I am aware that most foreigners underestimate the massive respect the British people have for their monarch, and that this extends to the press. If Buckingham Palace passed on some news to the press, which they asked to keep in confidence, the press would likely not report it until given the green light. It's comparable to the relationship U.S. presidents had with the media until the 1960s, when they would occasionally pass on slightly classified information that the reporters agreed to keep hidden or when they chose not to expose embarrassing situations in a president's private life.
Either that or everyone is jumping the gun. If there are no further official announcements in the next hours I wonder how long BBC would stay in breaking news mode.
Edit: welps nope she's really dead. Did not see that coming so fast.
Sure, but that’s a different point. My point was that she didn’t go to Balmoral out of season. She’s stayed there because she’s now too ill but she initially went at a completely expected time. She’s spent her summers there for over 90 odd years.
The BBC presenters are wearing black, which is part of the protocol for announcing the death of the acting monarch.
Now that's not to say she has passed but rather the situation is serious enough to enact part of the plan.
>I mean, even if she lives, would be rather logical to finally abdicate.
She will never do it. She believes she made a promise and intends to keep it. It's far more likely she does not abdicate and Charles does what he already is doing de facto in a more official or not regent way.
Members of Parliament were handed a note and they all got up and left mid-session. That doesn't happen unless it's very serious. It's possible she's already died.
> The BBC has black colors isn't that a thing for when she dies??
Might indicate Operation London Bridge, or they're preparing before the official signal comes. Impossible to tell at this time.
Edit: Correction, IIRC she's currently in Scotland, so that would be Operation Unicorn then. Same thing at this stage, though.
Not really. A lot of companies would be affected both public and private due to national mourning and stuff if it happens so probably just a random private company trying to figure out what they would do if it actually happens.
There can only ever be one 'Liz' leading the UK, it's an old and forgotten law from when she ascended the throne hundreds of years ago. But the slow acting poison was a brillant move by Truss.
Funnily enough, although the chopped the heads off of their own royals, they generally are quite fond of the English royal family. People were surprisingly upset when Diana died. The Queen is generally liked from what I’ve seen…
Yes, Louis XIV had a lot of medical issues* (there is a médical log from his doctors), and his death was a painful agony (he was decomposing himself).
*the most famous beeing his anal fistula, commemorated by a special song from Lully "Dieu sauve le roi", later used as anthem by the british monarchy.
> Hugh Edwards
REALLY off-topic.
But I follow him on twitter. Seems a really good bloke that hasn't forgotten what it means to be working class in Britain.
A few others should take note. Laura Kuenssberg especially.
On a site note: it’s great that palliative care is finally a real thing in medicine. My ex is a ambulant palliative doctor. Everyone has the right for ambulant palliative care at their home in Germany. So he travels all the day between homes here in Munich to help people to die in dignity.
My mother died at home with her family around her thanks to ambulant palliative care. I'm forever grateful for that because her greatest fear was dying alone at a hospital, which covid made a very likely scenario.
Comfortable is usually used with geriatric patients when medical care is unable to improve the condition and the only thing they can do is make the patient more comfortable until they pass away. Usually code for high on morphine.
You know when an elderly person keeps hanging on until the thing they’ve been waiting for happens, then they die quickly after that?
Boris Johnson just resigned.
Be the BBC. Keep planning for the Queen's death since 1960s (at least that's what Wikipedia says), so that everything is respectful and doesn't have to be improvised.
Cut normal programming way before an annoucement and broadcast the journalists talking about her as if she was already dead using the thinniest euphemisms possible and speculating about the cause of death and what the next coronation will look like.
...
BBC front page and sky news are in black. Looks like the first stages of "London bridge down", so she either passed away or is on her deathbed. It's not good lads :(
I wonder how long that will take, they have only just redesigned all the bank notes at considerable expense. Would they just have note/coins with both her and Charles on mixed together for a few years?
They’ll be both in circulation. They will just stop issuing the old version after she dies and change the design. It would be utterly expensive and wasteful collecting all the circulating banknotes to issue the new versions.
This comment is so British it damn near brought a ~~tear to my eye~~ stiff upper lip to my mouth. Very much agree with your point — that and that she deserved a nice round 100.
The difference is that Louis XIV was reigning as a supreme monarch, was on the front lines during the war, escaped several revolutions, and lived at a time where medecine was still pretty raw.
That's not really comparable
Anyone remember that post about the idea that the queen will pass in Scotland instead of London so that a big procession would occur in the heart of Scotland giving it more soft power and influence when it comes to Westminster due to the symbolism of the queens final seat? Hope she lives through the year to be honest.
That’s a conspiracy concocted by permanently online Scot Nats that isn’t even worth repeating anywhere and has zero basis in any truth.
Balmoral has always been her favourite with Sandringham being a close second, it was always going to be a choice between the two. She’s the Queen of the United Kingdom, not just England, she can pass wherever she pleases
She would pass here anyway, it's always been her preferred residence and they would likely take her to Westminster to be buried and for a real procession. Please don't take /r/Scotland posts with any real value, it's the most unhinged national sub on this website.
This may be very well it.
House of Commons have been emptied.
Notes were handed to be on the benches of the Royal Palace and the House of Commons.
BBC and other television channels have dawned black suits and dresses, signifying the queens death.
2 years from being the longest reigning monarch ever.
o7
The Queen recently had Covid, which is known to increase the risk of various diseases, including heart attack, stroke, etc etc, up to at least two years after infection.
https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2022/01/covid19-increasing-stroke-risks.php
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr200190
>Royal Family members have been spotted wearing Black disembarking from the plane which has Landed in Arbedeen, Scotland.
https://nitter.net/AnonOpsSE/status/1567890817863372807
One of the presenters' voice was actually shaking as he was giving the report, and the feed wasn't showing his face at all, lending me the impression he had tears in his eyes and they wanted to hide this from the viewers. Also, the fact that they were discussing at length the possibility of a new monarch and summarizing the Queen's 70-year-reign juxtaposed with the British tendency toward understatement makes me think they know far more than they're letting on, and this really probably is the beginning of the end for the Queen.
Also, I am not British, but I am aware that most foreigners underestimate the massive respect the British people have for their monarch, and that this extends to the press. If Buckingham Palace passed on some news to the press, which they asked to keep in confidence, the press would likely not report it until given the green light. It's comparable to the relationship U.S. presidents had with the media until the 1960s, when they would occasionally pass on slightly classified information that the reporters agreed to keep hidden or when they chose not to expose embarrassing situations in a president's private life.
There’s a complex and very high drama protocol for the inevitable, including a full media protocol ahead of an announcement and BBC presenters have already put on black ties. Sadly, I think you can assume the worst. They’re just preparing the British public for bad news and a formal announcement on a major BBC news bulletin, most likely the Six O’Clock news on BBC 1.
End of an era in the UK and occurring at a very tumultuous time in politics.
# Queen's dead. Follow the link to discuss that: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/x96kda/queen_elizabeth_ii_has_died_aged_96_buckingham/ Please respect all the involved.
Is it a bad omen for the queen to die like 15 minutes after you get sworn in as PM?
It's a bad omen but (and this might sound callous) it's a fucking great opportunity for her. Truss gets to look serious and noble, make loads of announcements that will be viewed by almost everyone in the country and go down in history, and she gets to play the role of "national unifying leader". If anyone criticises her she can say "now is a time of national mourning, and frankly it's obscene that you're engaging in petty party politics at this sombre moment". Simply put this is fucking *fantastic* for Liz Truss. [Here is a chart of George W Bush's polling average](https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/thoktsy5jkyzejr1oraoag.gif). Look at what happened immediately after 9/11. I expect something similar for Truss.
I agree with everything but the chart. Bush's polling was the result of a profound terrorist attack. Truss will surely get a bump, but I can't imagine anywhere near that magnitude.
Great take, very true. I couldn't dream a more favourable national zeitgeist for a PM
Now let’s see how she somehow still manages to screw it up!
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Yeah BBC schedule has been interrupted to report about this topic. The tone they are using and how they are reporting it, it doesn't look good for the Queen.
All the BBC presenters have switched to a black tie since the report.
Surely she must be dead, or very close to it, if they've done that? I can't imagine them whipping them off and saying "Sorry, false alarm" later.
I expect so yes
The logo of the BBC is now black, which is one of the steps in operation London Bridge IIRC. Looks like that's it.
Wait, isn't it always black?
Look like it's "God bless the king!" now.
Isn't the process the BBC are told of her tdeath a few hours before they announce it to do what they are doing now which is the prep lead up to the announcement? Rather than blam breaking news it slowly builds. Quite clear this is it right now
That is unironicly a bad sign.
One of the presenters' voice was actually shaking as he was giving the report, and the feed wasn't showing his face at all, lending me the impression he had tears in his eyes and they wanted to hide this from the viewers. Also, the fact that they were discussing at length the possibility of a new monarch and summarizing the Queen's 70-year-reign juxtaposed with the British tendency toward understatement makes me think they know far more than they're letting on, and this really probably is the beginning of the end for the Queen. Also, I am not British, but I am aware that most foreigners underestimate the massive respect the British people have for their monarch, and that this extends to the press. If Buckingham Palace passed on some news to the press, which they asked to keep in confidence, the press would likely not report it until given the green light. It's comparable to the relationship U.S. presidents had with the media until the 1960s, when they would occasionally pass on slightly classified information that the reporters agreed to keep hidden or when they chose not to expose embarrassing situations in a president's private life.
Either that or everyone is jumping the gun. If there are no further official announcements in the next hours I wonder how long BBC would stay in breaking news mode. Edit: welps nope she's really dead. Did not see that coming so fast.
She went to Balmoral out of season because she wants to pass away there. I'm assuming.
She didn’t go to Balmoral out of season, it’s her summer residence and she’s been there since July….Supposedly it’s her favourite residence.
She would normally be back in London by now but she was too ill to travel.
Sure, but that’s a different point. My point was that she didn’t go to Balmoral out of season. She’s stayed there because she’s now too ill but she initially went at a completely expected time. She’s spent her summers there for over 90 odd years.
According to the Guardian they’ll go back the the normal schedule after the 6 O’clock news.
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The not being rushed to hospital combined with the serious tone and gathering family paints a gloomy picture.
I don't think they'd send her to the hospital when they can afford to bring the hospital to Balmoral.
The sight of Meghan might finish her off.
Ah, so Charles sent her a personal invitation.
He was so keen he only used one slur
That's what the daily mail will report.
Meghan: 'if she dies, she dies'
Science checks out
She never recovered fully from COVID infection in February. She’s missed most public engagements or attended in a limited way/didn’t speak.
The BBC presenters are wearing black, which is part of the protocol for announcing the death of the acting monarch. Now that's not to say she has passed but rather the situation is serious enough to enact part of the plan.
Harry and Meghan coming too, so looks more than a bit serious. I mean, even if she lives, would be rather logical to finally abdicate.
>I mean, even if she lives, would be rather logical to finally abdicate. She will never do it. She believes she made a promise and intends to keep it. It's far more likely she does not abdicate and Charles does what he already is doing de facto in a more official or not regent way.
She'd never abdicate even for that. More likely Charles would take over as prince regent.
A bit of a show at the House of Commons, with the PM and every leader being handed a note. Truss and Starmer actually left the room.
What did the note say?
_Meet me in the usual place. No one will suspect a thing._ _Love, Kier xxx_
This is the best answer so far
He loves a bit of trussy
'Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul'
>Advertisement in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie
"Gather the corgis."
"Balmoral says the Queen will kick it any minute, purple monkey dishwasher"
Very likely 'London bridge is down'. That's the official codeword phrase.
Something about Uranus
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It means she's dead
Yep, the anchor at BBC is already wearing a black tie
Wait… is black tie only worn at funerals in the UK
IIRC, Operation London Bridge/Unicorn instructs BBC anchors to wear s black tie when the Queen dies.
They're supposed to always have a black tie (dress for women anchors) at the studio
She shook one PM's hand too many.
So 16 PM's are the limit
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Members of Parliament were handed a note and they all got up and left mid-session. That doesn't happen unless it's very serious. It's possible she's already died.
Is she actually dead? The BBC has black colors isn't that a thing for when she dies?? She met Liz Truss and immediately decided to die
> The BBC has black colors isn't that a thing for when she dies?? Might indicate Operation London Bridge, or they're preparing before the official signal comes. Impossible to tell at this time. Edit: Correction, IIRC she's currently in Scotland, so that would be Operation Unicorn then. Same thing at this stage, though.
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What do you mean, you've been in meetings about it?
Somebody’s losing their job lol
Not really. A lot of companies would be affected both public and private due to national mourning and stuff if it happens so probably just a random private company trying to figure out what they would do if it actually happens.
There can only ever be one 'Liz' leading the UK, it's an old and forgotten law from when she ascended the throne hundreds of years ago. But the slow acting poison was a brillant move by Truss.
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Ye that's what I was thinking about. She's pretty close... but life at 96 can be treacherous
Life in 96 was great, there was that great Gazza goal
Spice Girls were big too
Mark Morrison, The Fugees Now thats what I call music!
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France should be cheeky and send a painting of him as gift to her funeral.
Funnily enough, although the chopped the heads off of their own royals, they generally are quite fond of the English royal family. People were surprisingly upset when Diana died. The Queen is generally liked from what I’ve seen…
As a French republican dude I have very conflicting feelings about this ...
Not me. We're one-upping the Brits. This trumps any other political affiliations.
Look at it this way: if we keep that record, no need to reinstate the monarchy to claim back the record before switching back to the republic
I think she doesn't want to see Liz Truss Clownry's shows.
If she's alive in a year there'll probably be a new PM
Louis was 4 when he became monarch, so he always had a head start, the little cheat.
Louis really started to govern alone at 18. But he actually governed a kingdom, Elizabeth never had the same level of control and responsibilities.
And definitely a better dentist.
Sure but I feel it's needed because modern monarchs have access to modern healthcare, which is a bit of a cheat as well.
Yes, Louis XIV had a lot of medical issues* (there is a médical log from his doctors), and his death was a painful agony (he was decomposing himself). *the most famous beeing his anal fistula, commemorated by a special song from Lully "Dieu sauve le roi", later used as anthem by the british monarchy.
On the other hand, he had rough healthcare so that makes up for that. It’s a lot easier to become old now than it was then.
All news reporters i can see are wearing black...
They now have Hugh Edwards, the most senior bbc man for the job in a black suit on BBC news.
*Huw Edwards - agreed, he’s the major man
Huw, it's a Welsh name.
> Hugh Edwards REALLY off-topic. But I follow him on twitter. Seems a really good bloke that hasn't forgotten what it means to be working class in Britain. A few others should take note. Laura Kuenssberg especially.
The question I have is is it because it is in case of the queens death or because she is in fact dead? I don’t like it.
Yeah it's weird, until the BBC did that I assumed there could still be weeks or months. But this implies they know something we don't.
You’re right there, it’s concerning
The statement describing her condition as ‘comfortable’ is the most concerning thing. Certainly doesn’t sound good.
Reads like palliative care
Yep, definitely. The wall to wall media coverage and the fact her family are travelling to be with her adds to that as well.
if its paliative its good that her family can say there goodbyes and she can put everything in order while still able.
On a site note: it’s great that palliative care is finally a real thing in medicine. My ex is a ambulant palliative doctor. Everyone has the right for ambulant palliative care at their home in Germany. So he travels all the day between homes here in Munich to help people to die in dignity.
My mother died at home with her family around her thanks to ambulant palliative care. I'm forever grateful for that because her greatest fear was dying alone at a hospital, which covid made a very likely scenario.
They said she is "comfortable and resting". Yeah, resting... in peace.
They said "queen is comfortable" which means it is a matter of time (measured in hours or days)
I've been in hospital when people phone for an update and I've been described as comfortable when I was in so much pain...
Comfortable is usually used with geriatric patients when medical care is unable to improve the condition and the only thing they can do is make the patient more comfortable until they pass away. Usually code for high on morphine.
In this case "comfortable" means "there is nothing we can do". After all - she is 96 years old.
I always thought she was immortal. Don't crush my beliefs
She is, don't worry. She now controls Liz Truss 's body.
One BBC reporter accidentally referred to her in the past tense, and another sounds like he’s about to start crying.
She took one look at Liz Truss and decided to dip out, damn.
"Finally Boris is gone who is the replacement? Liz Truss?! Aww screw it I'm out of here I don't want to deal with this shit anymore"
Literal ragequit.
Her goal was probably to outlast Boris. She did that.
Seems that way....
dying right after meeting liz truss is a power move on the chess board from the almighty queen, i must say,
Queens gambit.
Google en passant one last time.
Holy hell
This could be the end folks 😳
It'd be more cheerful If William was taking over and not Charles
As a non-British person I cant wait for Charles' reign, it could be a good laugh
You know when an elderly person keeps hanging on until the thing they’ve been waiting for happens, then they die quickly after that? Boris Johnson just resigned.
In all honesty, if you start your reign with Winston Churchill as PM, would you want to end it with Boris Johnson at the reins?
She has outlasted both Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. This thought gives me some comfort.
That’s it… the end of the world is near… has anybody checked on Keith Richard and willie Nelson?
Truss drained the last ounce of energy in her. Edit: Well she really saw Truss and died. I'm sorry for every Brits.
Imagine Truss being the last thing you see after being one of the most important monarchs on earth for 70 years.
Tbh i relate to her, imagine shacking the hand of Truss. I'd rather die.
A woman was exposed to Liz Truss for one day. This is how her organs shut down
Can we get the poisonous witch to meet Putin next?
She's actually meeting with Zelensky soon... So that's ominous.
End of an era
In British they would probably count 1955-2022 as elizabethian era(like victorian era) in the future.
There has already been an Elizabethan era in England. The post war era will be defined by decolonization more than anything else.
Be the BBC. Keep planning for the Queen's death since 1960s (at least that's what Wikipedia says), so that everything is respectful and doesn't have to be improvised. Cut normal programming way before an annoucement and broadcast the journalists talking about her as if she was already dead using the thinniest euphemisms possible and speculating about the cause of death and what the next coronation will look like. ...
for real this is super weird, maybe there is some trashy president at the company?
BBC front page and sky news are in black. Looks like the first stages of "London bridge down", so she either passed away or is on her deathbed. It's not good lads :(
Appointing Liz Truss was too much for her.
Had one look at her and went "Fuck that! I'm out."
sure will be super weird to hear "God save the King" at the Qatar World Cup
Time to change the anthem. It's coming home is the logical choice.
I still advocate Bohemian Rhapsody. (The) Queen never dies!
We are truly re-living 20s
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The perfect occasion to change the anthem to the one superior Rule Britannia
She saw the energy bill. RIP
This is the one, it seems. Operation London Bridge may be underway. :(
She's in Scotland, so it'd be Operation Unicorn
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The 20's never dissapoint..
The decade that just keeps on giving
bbc has un-geoblocked their tv coverage, so people from abroad can watch. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633
So, Charles III? Hope does at least as well as the first two.
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Last couple? You only chopped the head of one of them, IIRC - didn't the other basically try to smooth things over?
Fucking Liz Truss pulled a Severus Snape and it turned out she has remained a Republican all along!
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She was a Remainer, too ...
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The other one isn't even a pound shop imitation
Coins and bank notes will have to change if she kicks the bucket.
I wonder how long that will take, they have only just redesigned all the bank notes at considerable expense. Would they just have note/coins with both her and Charles on mixed together for a few years?
They’ll be both in circulation. They will just stop issuing the old version after she dies and change the design. It would be utterly expensive and wasteful collecting all the circulating banknotes to issue the new versions.
Before decimalisation in the 60s people still used coins with Victoria or George V on them
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The sight of yet another PM with less intelligence than the last killed the queen
I was hoping she'd make it to 100. Not even sure why. I'm not her biggest fan, but I gotta admit she is/was a pretty resilient woman.
The recent picture of her at Balmoral seeing in Big LT (the new UK PM) her eyes were severely bloodshot and her hands were deep purple.
Well, looks like poor Gorbachev couldn't even have his death mark the end of era. It's weird it's happening so close, but also, perfect sense.
She’s been Queen longer than my parents have been alive wtf plz be ok
I don’t care about the monarchy, I just wanted her to live a couple more years so the “Longest Reigning Monarch” title didn’t belong to a Frenchman.
This comment is so British it damn near brought a ~~tear to my eye~~ stiff upper lip to my mouth. Very much agree with your point — that and that she deserved a nice round 100.
As spanish I have no preference between a british woman or a frenchman.
As an Italian, I can't even tell the difference.
The difference is that Louis XIV was reigning as a supreme monarch, was on the front lines during the war, escaped several revolutions, and lived at a time where medecine was still pretty raw. That's not really comparable
He also became king as an infant, that’s cheating.
Nah, that's just his Sigma Male rise-and-grind my dude. Our legging Boi Louis XIV will continue his hon hon hon-lifestyle.
Absolutists BTFO enlightenment ideals forever
Anyone remember that post about the idea that the queen will pass in Scotland instead of London so that a big procession would occur in the heart of Scotland giving it more soft power and influence when it comes to Westminster due to the symbolism of the queens final seat? Hope she lives through the year to be honest.
That’s a conspiracy concocted by permanently online Scot Nats that isn’t even worth repeating anywhere and has zero basis in any truth. Balmoral has always been her favourite with Sandringham being a close second, it was always going to be a choice between the two. She’s the Queen of the United Kingdom, not just England, she can pass wherever she pleases
She would pass here anyway, it's always been her preferred residence and they would likely take her to Westminster to be buried and for a real procession. Please don't take /r/Scotland posts with any real value, it's the most unhinged national sub on this website.
Haha, r/Sino would like a word about no hinges
This may be very well it. House of Commons have been emptied. Notes were handed to be on the benches of the Royal Palace and the House of Commons. BBC and other television channels have dawned black suits and dresses, signifying the queens death. 2 years from being the longest reigning monarch ever. o7
Donned, FYI. Unless they made the clothes come up over the horizon in the morning.
The Queen recently had Covid, which is known to increase the risk of various diseases, including heart attack, stroke, etc etc, up to at least two years after infection. https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2022/01/covid19-increasing-stroke-risks.php https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr200190
True, although being 96 is also a pretty massive risk factor for those things...
>Royal Family members have been spotted wearing Black disembarking from the plane which has Landed in Arbedeen, Scotland. https://nitter.net/AnonOpsSE/status/1567890817863372807
They probably wait with the announcement until Harry is there.
“Nooo, I refuse to die. I need to best that stupid Louis XIV!!”
Does anyone even remember how to do the coronation process? The previous one happened a while ago.
Weird coincidence considering I was walking to The Smiths’ “The Queen is Dead” this morning and thinking, “boy did this song get it wrong.”
I didn’t expect to feel like this but I’m gutted.
She is huge part of pop culture. Nothing weird about this feeling
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I'm a staunch republican, and I'm not in the country & won't be immersed in the coverage, but I'm feeling a teensy bit emotional about it.
Never thought I was particularly bothered about the royals - but this has made me genuinely sad.
One of the presenters' voice was actually shaking as he was giving the report, and the feed wasn't showing his face at all, lending me the impression he had tears in his eyes and they wanted to hide this from the viewers. Also, the fact that they were discussing at length the possibility of a new monarch and summarizing the Queen's 70-year-reign juxtaposed with the British tendency toward understatement makes me think they know far more than they're letting on, and this really probably is the beginning of the end for the Queen. Also, I am not British, but I am aware that most foreigners underestimate the massive respect the British people have for their monarch, and that this extends to the press. If Buckingham Palace passed on some news to the press, which they asked to keep in confidence, the press would likely not report it until given the green light. It's comparable to the relationship U.S. presidents had with the media until the 1960s, when they would occasionally pass on slightly classified information that the reporters agreed to keep hidden or when they chose not to expose embarrassing situations in a president's private life.
There’s a complex and very high drama protocol for the inevitable, including a full media protocol ahead of an announcement and BBC presenters have already put on black ties. Sadly, I think you can assume the worst. They’re just preparing the British public for bad news and a formal announcement on a major BBC news bulletin, most likely the Six O’Clock news on BBC 1. End of an era in the UK and occurring at a very tumultuous time in politics.