Has the Queen died?

[Cerv]

Will the last night of the proms on saturday be cancelled?

 

[PR1Berske]

Will the last night of the proms on saturday be cancelled?

Cancelled?! It'll turn into an OnlyFans orgy of mourning before they get to the tunes you can hum.

 

[bluescreen]

I unthinkingly switched on the radio.

Queen still dead.

 

[tim]

London Bridge is down and I'm supposed to be going home on the Jubilee Line. Can anyone suggest alternative ways of getting from Central London to Beckton?

 

[Pickman's model]

London Bridge is down and I'm supposed to be going home on the Jubilee Line. Can anyone suggest alternative ways of getting from Central London to Beckton?

Waterloo or London bridge stn > Jubilee to Stratford dlr to beckton

 

[tim]

Will the last night of the proms on saturday be cancelled?

She'll be lying in State in the Centre of the Albert Hall.

 

[tim]

London bridge stn > Jubilee to Stratford dlr to beckton

London Bridge is Down!

 

[Pickman's model]

London Bridge is Down!

The tube goes under the river!

 

[Pickman's model]

She'll be lying in State in the Centre of the Albert Hall.

Continuing doing what she did when alive

 

[LeytonCatLady]

By the by, all 'queen' banknotes are officially worthless now. However I'm willing to exchange any you might have for a rather generous 10% of their value.

UK central bank says paper money with Queen’s image still legal tender

The Bank of England on Thursday clarified that paper money bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s image is still legal tender following her death. “As the first monarch to feature on Bank of England banknote…

thehill.com

 

[tommers]

Has she risen again yet?

 

[Elpenor]

If London Bridge is down, surely the proper respectful thing would be to knock the bridge down.

 

[Karl Masks]

Has she risen again yet?

No, only Peter Mandelsson

 

[Tanya1982]

Someone on Channel 4 - it's 'only now' that people are 'beginning' to realise she was right to remain with her grandchildren at Balmoral after their mother died. Is it only now? I remember having a conversation with my own grandfather that very week, where we both said that exact thing.

 

[Wilf]

UK central bank says paper money with Queen’s image still legal tender

The Bank of England on Thursday clarified that paper money bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s image is still legal tender following her death. “As the first monarch to feature on Bank of England banknote…

thehill.com

Curses!

 

[emanymton]

I can't be arsed to keep up with this thread or read all the crap online. Could someone let me know if we are getting a bank holiday. Thanks.

 

[moochedit]

I can't be arsed to keep up with this thread or read all the crap online. Could someone let me know if we are getting a bank holiday. Thanks.

Mon 19th

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I remember coins (shilling and two shilling) with King George VI on them still being in circulation as 5 and 10 pence coins in to the late 80s / early 90s

 

[Wilf]

I remember coins (shilling and two shilling) with King George VI on them still being in circulation as 5 and 10 pence coins in to the late 80s / early 90s

Gawd bless the old king.

 

[Part 2]

Hardly like they've lost their best customer.

 

[bluescreen]

I remember coins (shilling and two shilling) with King George VI on them still being in circulation as 5 and 10 pence coins in to the late 80s / early 90s

What a baby. There were still old pennies with Queen Victoria on them when I was a kid, and one penny would buy you four chews. Farthings had been abolished by then, so the sweet shop might give you a chew instead of a farthing as part change for weighed sweets.

 

[Bingoman]

Paul Burrell is on talk TV right now and he looks as if he has been crying

 

[kenny g]

Wish they would stop dragging Paddington through this. FFS.

Looking at my local FB I am waiting for someone to propose a Paddington Bear nativity scene be crocheted for outside church featuring the queen as Mary, Paddington as the baby and other royals in appropriate roles.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

What a baby. There were still old pennies with Queen Victoria on them when I was a kid, and one penny would buy you four chews. Farthings had been abolished by then, so the sweet shop might give you a chew instead of a farthing as part change for weighed sweets.

i remember 'sixpence' coins being 2 1/2p as well

my pram would have been bought in pounds, shillings and pence, but i don't remember it in use.

 

[Ax^]

Will the last night of the proms on saturday be cancelled?

depend if the proms started before she snuffed it

 

[tommers]

Paul Burrell is on talk TV right now and he looks as if he has been crying

Vinegar sprayed directly into the eyes.

 

[pbsmooth]

"Remember that some are sad not directly because the Queen’s died but because it’s such a huge reminder of death itself. Maybe it brings back memories of the death of a loved one. If someone’s sad let them be rather than excitedly bringing out your “why I hate the monarchy” list"

much as I'm enjoying taking the piss, about the only serious thing I've read and thought yeah fair point

 

[Pickman's model]

Vinegar sprayed directly into the eyes.

A choice between that and vitriol

 

[Bingoman]

depend if the proms started before she snuffed it

It started in July and is meant to finish this Saturday

 

[Pickman's model]

"Remember that some are sad not directly because the Queen’s died but because it’s such a huge reminder of death itself. Maybe it brings back memories of the death of a loved one. If someone’s sad let them be rather than excitedly bringing out your “why I hate the monarchy” list"

much as I'm enjoying taking the piss, about the only serious thing I've read and thought yeah fair point

Yeh cos there's been no great increase in mortality in recent years and no beloved celebs have died