Has the Queen died?

[krtek a houby]

I wonder will the mourning be as hearfelt as Diana's was?

 

[chilango]

I wonder will the mourning be as hearfelt as Diana's was?

In my case it will, exactly as heartfelt.

 

[krtek a houby]

In my case it will, exactly as heartfelt.

I imagine the country will be closed for a few days. Not in the Thai style way but the monarchy is still much beloved. Not by me, I hasten to add.

 

[brogdale]

In my case it will, exactly as heartfelt.

Having completely avoided the coverage of the entire Diana death fest, my abiding memory of the footage of the cortege derives from the clips shown on Clive James' BBC review of the (1997) year programme in which images of Charles Windsor's "mourning" were shown whilst the Verve's "Lucky man" played in the soundtrack.
Genius.

 

[stavros]

Members of my extended family were talking about the succession immediately prior to Brenda's talking head piece on Sunday, and who they thought ought to get the nod. I bit my lip on their misunderstanding of how hereditary monarchies work.

 

[brogdale]

As well as suggesting for the soundtrack of the thread...I actually quite like this.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I find the suggestion that there are no actual loons whatsoever posting on urban a bit difficult to believe. If there are any actual outthere basket case loons on urban this is just the type of thread that will attract their attention.

I was talking about this thread, not the entire membership.

 

[stavros]

I hope Private Eye recreate their "Woman has baby" front page with "Old woman dies" when it happens.

 

[Pickman's model]

And that article is a reprint of one they carried last March (with figures amended accordingly)

The death of Queen Elizabeth will be the most disruptive event in Britain in the last 70 years

yeh i thought that was the case so i was surprised to see they said someone told the business insider something when they so plainly didn't.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

The reaper's played this canny. If she does become his biggest catch of 2016 he's already culled a Royal Variety performance this year in anticipation of her arrival.

 

[J Ed]

Bad news everyone

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, but why is this Emily Andrews an authority on Queen viability?

 

[J Ed]

Yeah, but why is this Emily Andrews an authority on Queen viability?

she is an expert on the lifespans of lizards

 

[belboid]

That's the same pic she tweeted on Christmas Day.

Definitely dead then.

 

[Orang Utan]

Or regrowing her tail

 

[magneze]

Bad news everyone

That is not proof of life. She needs to be holding today's newspaper ffs.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

That is not proof of life. She needs to be holding today's newspaper ffs.

The Today Newspaper folded ceased in 1995. Around the same time the Queen entered her third millenium as lizard overlord.

 

[Pickman's model]

Bad news everyone

you'll see her on sun at church. in a coffin.

 

[tim]

Bad news everyone

A New Year's day funeral, then.

 

[Plumdaff]

A New Year's day funeral, then.

I would be fucking raging. One of the few benefits of living on this damp shitty class and deference ridden island is an extra bank holiday when the monarch dies.

I demand my fucking birthright!

 

[brogdale]

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you'll see her on sun at church. in a coffin.

"up and about" with inverted commas?
Already in the atmosphere?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

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you'll see her on sun at church. in a coffin.

What's Dracula's favourite coffin medicine?

 

[Dogsauce]

I would be fucking raging. One of the few benefits of living on this damp shitty class and deference ridden island is an extra bank holiday when the monarch dies.

I demand my fucking birthright!

I'll be fucking livid as I packed my job in last month, a complete waste of time her dying if I don't get a day off work.

 

[bluescreen]

Bad news everyone

I've just noticed the Droste effect in that photo. But look who's been shopped out.

 

[xenon]

When she passes, and national week of morning with the commensurate days off work. Would be right and proper. Early April would be convenient for me.

 

[moochedit]

I couldn't find a isthequeendead.com or anything similar. They've been gotten to!

Found one! (It's wrong though )

Queen Elizabeth II

 

[William of Walworth]

I would be fucking raging. One of the few benefits of living on this damp shitty class and deference ridden island is an extra bank holiday when the monarch dies.

I demand my fucking birthright!

Damned fucking right. We'd need a minimum of two entirely extra Bank Holidays.

In the utterly hypothetical situation of the Queen's funeral coming up within the next three years, that is

 

[William of Walworth]

The Monday and Tuesday immediately following Glastonbury** would suit me fine

**2019, say

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Damned fucking right. We'd need a minimum of two entirely extra Bank Holidays.

In the utterly hypothetical situation of the Queen's funeral coming up within the next three years, that is

I think it should be a full month of bank holidays to allow for mourning. We'll all be so upset that a month will be needed at a minimum to regain our composure.

 

[William of Walworth]

I did say minimum, but OK let's go for it

Riots if fewer Bank Holidays than for 3 weeks. Man!