Has the Queen died?

[Elpenor]

Interesting - it seems that on Thursday, she was whisked up to Balmoral for a "short break" ahead of the Jubilee celebrations.

Queen at Balmoral ahead of Platinum Jubilee celebrations

The break at Her Majesty's Aberdeenshire retreat is ahead of Platinum Jubilee events next week.

www.bbc.co.uk

You have to wonder if she will actually be coming back south?

Hopefully she goes west

 

[not-bono-ever]

i hope she goes south quickly*


* dont give a shit tbh, she an auld wifie. just a bit more privileged than the other auld wifies

 

[not-bono-ever]

please dont die in Scotland HRH, we dont want the place to become a Spandau like pilgrimage site for the faithful

 

[pogofish]

Hopefully she goes west

Craigowan Lodge - Which is where they seem to have made all the preparations for her is actually to the west of Balmoral. After that, there is only Corndavon Lodge, which is bleak - I'd imagine someone else might be sent there?

 

[not-bono-ever]

theres a vacant property in Glencoe she would probably feel at home in . One of her auld mates used to live there

 

[pogofish]

please dont die in Scotland HRH, we dont want the place to become a Spandau like pilgrimage site for the faithful

I understand that might actually be the plan. There has been talk of Balmoral being repurposed as a museum dedicated to HRH after she goes and opened to the public year round, with it being used/closed for only a small number of ceremonial events across the year, mainly balls, whilst the focus moves to the smaller Birkhall as the main Royal residence - It is already Charles's home up here.

 

[PR1Berske]

"She's been Balmoral'd" is quite the euphemism for dying.

 

[Pickman's model]

"She's been Balmoral'd" is quite the euphemism for dying.

A single to Osbourne

 

[AmateurAgitator]

 

[brogdale]

Sick bag

 

[brogdale]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I understand that might actually be the plan. There has been talk of Balmoral being repurposed as a museum dedicated to HRH after she goes and opened to the public year round, with it being used/closed for only a small number of ceremonial events across the year, mainly balls, whilst the focus moves to the smaller Birkhall as the main Royal residence - It is already Charles's home up here.

Brenda’s mum’s from Scotland, Glamis Castle, bet she was conceived there and the current move is her being salmon-like, heading home to die. Wednesday would be funny as fuck, bollock up all the ‘celebrations’.

 

[Yossarian]

Brenda’s mum’s from Scotland, Glamis Castle, bet she was conceived there and the current move is her being salmon-like, heading home to die.

"Having used up the last of her energy in the grueling journey home and the spawning process, the exhausted queen might survive another 10 days or so to guard the fertilized eggs she has deposited in a nest in the gravel."

 

[NoXion]

as does Maidenhead and surrounding patch.

Every now and then there's a local campaign to change the postcodes because they don't want to be associated with Slough

Classist bellends.

 

[rutabowa]

I think it will be in the next 24 hours

 

[not-bono-ever]

I’m getting my funeral suit out for a brushing tonight just in case

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I think it will be in the next 24 hours

Any particular reason? or just wishful thinking?

 

[Pickman's model]

Any particular reason? or just wishful thinking?

rutabowa has pillow, will travel

 

[Pickman's model]

I’m getting my funeral suit out for a brushing tonight just in case

no dull suits for that funeral

 

[not-bono-ever]

In fact I’m going to camp out outside buck house from now on. Just to get a good spot. I will be the one holding the union flag and weeping if you want to say hello

 

[rutabowa]

Any particular reason? or just wishful thinking?

I think everyone is allowed one guess on this thread that might potentially make it look like they have secret contacts at the palace, I just played mine

 

[Elpenor]

Dying before the jubilee celebrations would be an epic troll

 

[rutabowa]

I actually did have a friend who worked in the Buckingham palace kitchen a while ago.... he only lasted about 4 weeks before he got sacked, the sacking letter (on palace headed paper) was the funniest thing ever.

 

[danny la rouge]

I actually did have a friend who worked in the Buckingham palace kitchen a while ago.... he only lasted about 4 weeks before he got sacked, the sacking letter (on palace headed paper) was the funniest thing ever.

You’d get it framed, wouldn’t you? I would.

 

[rutabowa]

You’d het it framed, wouldn’t you? I would.

I hope so... it was quite long and detailed about his extremely poor attitude, "gazing into space" when he was being instructed on etiquette etc

 

[rutabowa]

Dont have a clue why they gave him the job in the first place, he is a good chef but you only have to meet him for about 5 seconds to work out he is not going to fit in anywhere you need to show "deference".

I think he tried to hide his nature because it is good pay and hours compared to most chef jobs, but he couldn't hide it for very long.

 

[William of Walworth]

I understand that might actually be the plan. There has been talk of Balmoral being repurposed as a museum dedicated to HRH after she goes and opened to the public year round, with it being used/closed for only a small number of ceremonial events across the year, mainly balls, whilst the focus moves to the smaller Birkhall as the main Royal residence - It is already Charles's home up here.

It's all very well to have this talk in Scotland about the Queen 'retiring'** to Balmoral ....

But not so long ago at all, there was plenty of talk about her plans to be 'Working From Home' at Windsor!

And not wanting to spend much if any time at Buckingham Palace, because she supposedly associated Windsor with Phillip so much ..

Also, where does Sandringham and Osborne fit into this league table of Royal parasitism?

**'Retiring' has more than one possible definition, obviously ...

You could as well look on this visit to Balmoral as her seeing now as her one last chance to survey 'her' Scottish estates .....

(Not that I give a fuck in reality about any of all this! < at self! >

 

[izz]

Dont have a clue why they gave him the job in the first place, he is a good chef but you only have to meet him for about 5 seconds to work out he is not going to fit in anywhere you need to show "deference".

Wattaguy

 

[William of Walworth]

I still stick to my prediction that Queen will last until October at the very earliest. Possibly even October 2024 or 2025!

 

[William of Walworth]

She had better hot pop it over the holiday weekend and ruin it for everyone

No, after August so we get some time off in Autumn for a change

Exactly this!