Has the Queen died?

[Pickman's model]

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Particularly, as the other big hitters: Putin, Xi and MBS have already bailed out. Who would want to go to Glasgow, where there isn't even a handy Palace to retreat to, and hobnob with washed-up nonentities like: Biden, Macron and Turdeau.

You've never heard of Balmoral then

 

[1927]

just a thought

if the current whatever is just temporary and she does live to be 100

do we all have to send her a telegram on her birthday?

No, but you know some saddos will, and send her gifts!

 

[mx wcfc]

Maybe Andrew will be so grief-stricken at her passing that he'll accidentally shoot himself whilst out grouse shooting...

I have no idea why, but the story of King William (Rufus) II's death just sprang to mind.
("accidentally" shot with an arrow by one of his mates when out hunting in the New Forest).

 

[Puddy_Tat]

and send her gifts!

i suppose i could get her one of those princess diana figurine things...

 

[not-bono-ever]

Another day, another 8AM start sitting in front of the telly in me funeral suit waiting for the breaking news . My shit life

 

[ska invita]

#CopOut ™

 

[Edie]

Was thinking what a titanic character Queen Elizabeth is with respect to the UK and world 20thC history. Her passing will be the end of an era, and moving from that perspective alone.

 

[rekil]

Sunk by a big clammy pedoberg.

 

[1927]

i suppose i could get her one of those princess diana figurine things...

Do it!

 

[ska invita]

Was thinking what a titanic character Queen Elizabeth is with respect to the UK and world 20thC history. Her passing will be the end of an era, and moving from that perspective alone.

absolutely - her death will be symbolic of the fag end of the British Empire over which she presided. Barbados has just given her the boot as head of state, other commonwealth countries will not be replacing her. I dont see the upcoming era of Kings lasting long

 

[Edie]

absolutely - her death will be symbolic of the fag end of the British Empire over which she presided. Barbados has given her the boot as head of state, other commonwealth countries will not be replacing her. I dont see the upcoming era of Kings lasting long

It’s hard to see it continuing eh without being subsumed by an Oprah re-branding and increasing irrelevance.

 

[brogdale]

In yesterday's palace propaganda picture I note that 'she' was not holding up a newspaper front page published that day.




Also the golden piano has gone.

 

[Pickman's model]

In yesterday's palace propaganda picture I note that 'she' was not holding up a newspaper front page published that day.


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Also the golden piano has gone.

The more eagle-eyed among us will notice the slack jaw of the dead and the way the corpse has been positioned to allow rigor mortis to offer the suggestion of life

 

[Pickman's model]

In yesterday's palace propaganda picture I note that 'she' was not holding up a newspaper front page published that day.


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Also the golden piano has gone.

The dark yellow damp imprint of a pig's snout on her top suggests there was nearly a farmyard fate for her

 

[ska invita]

The more eagle-eyed among us will notice the slack jaw of the dead and the way the corpse has been positioned to allow rigor mortis to offer the suggestion of life

people have been talking about the bruise on her arm but i find that bad taste

 

[platinumsage]

Panic over, she's simply been watching too much telly:

Queen's late-night TV habit has left her 'knackered' royal aides say

Since returning from Balmoral this month, Her Majesty, 95, has undertaken 19 public engagements, including marking the Royal British Legion's centenary at Westminster Abbey.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

people have been talking about the bruise on her arm but i find that bad taste

Never mind, eh

 

[brogdale]

people have been talking about the bruise on her arm but i find that bad taste

People over 80 tend to be pretty randomly bruised the whole time IME.

 

[Pickman's model]

People over 80 tend to be pretty randomly bruised the whole time IME.

She might have been nibbling rat poison

 

[JimW]

Panic over, she's simply been watching too much telly:

Queen's late-night TV habit has left her 'knackered' royal aides say

Since returning from Balmoral this month, Her Majesty, 95, has undertaken 19 public engagements, including marking the Royal British Legion's centenary at Westminster Abbey.

www.dailymail.co.uk

She can't tear herself away from the car crash that is GB News either.

 

[klang]

People over 80 tend to be pretty randomly bruised the whole time IME.

and people with toddlers.

 

[Pickman's model]

and people with toddlers.

It's a common design flaw in suits designed to make lizards appear human too

 

[ska invita]

I think she's fucked it by staying in her role so long... By not handing over to Charles and letting him settle in whilst maintaining a presence over his shoulder theres no smooth transition... Its made the whole thing all about her, she's becomes synonymous with the crown. So when she dies it makes the institution seem to die with her.

The old matriarch plays into all that tea-tinted ideas of Aunty BBC and GB Bake Off. I don't think having twat kings has the same sentimentality

 

[Pickman's model]

I think she's fucked it by staying in her role so long... By not handing over to Charles and letting him settle in whilst maintaining a presence over his shoulder theres no smooth transition... Its made the whole thing all about her, she's becomes synonymous with the crown. So when she dies it makes the institution seem to die with her.

The old matriarch plays into all that tea-tinted ideas of Aunty BBC and GB Bake Off. I don't think having twat kings has the same sentimentality

All this has happened before with Victoria, and let's not forget Edward VII had a far worse rep than Charles

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Alleged pedo son.

I think we can officially drop the alleged bit now, on accounts of his actions and that.

I did not say 'blow his brains out', I said 'accidentally shoot himself' - and that could be in the foot, not in the head.

And he already did, both feet, on Newsnight.

 

[brogdale]

All this has happened before with Victoria, and let's not forget Edward VII had a far worse rep than Charles

More patriotic, imperial supporting, compliant and deferential populous at the turn of the 20thC, though?

Anyway...some considerable convergence needed for any prospect of cross-over...but sausage fingers might help accelerate that process?

 

[MickiQ]

Give credit where it's due Mum Q is a dozen years younger than Brenda and she thinks computers are the work of devil.
I wonder if Apple gave her that for free, having a picture of the Queen of England using your stuff has got to be the kind of PR they dream of.

 

[Pickman's model]

Give credit where it's due Mum Q is a dozen years younger than Brenda and she thinks computers are the work of devil.
I wonder if Apple gave her that for free, having a picture of the Queen of England using your stuff has got to be the kind of PR they dream of.

Yeh if you think that people have a positive view of some auld woman with a dysfunctional family who has a team of servitors to turn the computer on for her

 

[equationgirl]

You've never heard of Balmoral then

Balmoral isn't handy for anywhere, least of all Glasgow. The nearest royal residence is the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, roughly 50 miles east.

 

[equationgirl]

Hell, I have random bruises and I'm in my 40s.

People over 80 tend to be pretty randomly bruised the whole time IME.