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Has the Queen died?

tim said:
Nice that after 65 years something is being done in dreary old Windsor to keep Philip amused. Up until now kicking corgis is the only way he's had to let of steam when HMQ is locked in her study doing her red-boxes.
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I am not convinced that the Queen "does red boxes" She is a monarch not a minister. I notice that the royal blue coat she is wearing in the rain in the picture above has rather an excessive number of metal buttons on it. Perhaps it is a security measure and doubles as a bullet-proof vest.
 
Hocus Eye. said:
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I am not convinced that the Queen "does red boxes" She is a monarch not a minister. I notice that the royal blue coat she is wearing in the rain in the picture above has rather an excessive number of metal buttons on it. Perhaps it is a security measure and doubles as a bullet-proof vest.
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if there are pills going round - red boxes or any other sort - the queen's always up for them.
 
Hocus Eye. said:
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I am not convinced that the Queen "does red boxes" She is a monarch not a minister. I notice that the royal blue coat she is wearing in the rain in the picture above has rather an excessive number of metal buttons on it. Perhaps it is a security measure and doubles as a bullet-proof vest.
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Apparently she has lots of governmental paperwork to do every day in a red box. I've tried googling what it consists of but haven't found anything. Presumably she signs Acts and stuff, but they can't be too frequent.
 
bi0boy said:
Apparently she has lots of governmental paperwork to do every day in a red box. I've tried googling what it consists of but haven't found anything. Presumably she signs Acts and stuff, but they can't be too frequent.
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There is probably quite a lot of Privy Council stuff as well, which would include things from the wider Commonwealth. As an example, there is an anecdote that Chris Mullin gives in one of his diaries where she signed the document rejecting an appeal against a death sentence by the man convicted of the murder of Richard Sharples (and others), apparently commenting that he had a cheek to ask given that he had shot the Governor's dog as well as the Governor (and his ADC).
 
agricola said:
There is probably quite a lot of Privy Council stuff as well, which would include things from the wider Commonwealth. As an example, there is an anecdote that Chris Mullin gives in one of his diaries where she signed the document rejecting an appeal against a death sentence by the man convicted of the murder of Richard Sharples (and others), apparently commenting that he had a cheek to ask given that he had shot the Governor's dog as well as the Governor (and his ADC).
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It was the killing of the dog that evidentally did it. We all know the Queen has a high regard for dogs. The ADC doesn't even get a name check in this summary. Don't mess with the political hierarchy is the message to be handed down.
 
Hocus Eye. said:
It was the killing of the dog that evidentally did it. We all know the Queen has a high regard for dogs. The ADC doesn't even get a name check in this summary. Don't mess with the political hierarchy is the message to be handed down.
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To be fair, in the anecdote as it appears in Mullin's diary the Governor doesn't get named either.
 
Hocus Eye. said:
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I am not convinced that the Queen "does red boxes" She is a monarch not a minister. I notice that the royal blue coat she is wearing in the rain in the picture above has rather an excessive number of metal buttons on it. Perhaps it is a security measure and doubles as a bullet-proof vest.
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God save her!

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Raheem said:
Bollocks. I bet Philip Hammond has three false starts before he makes it to the front door. Every time.
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We all know there's fuck all in that case when Philip Hammond's carrying it, except maybe a note saying 'See me. Theresa.'
 
gosub said:
Mr Hammond doesn't just have people, he has people who have people. First rung on the greasy pole is bag carrier.
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Yeah, but I reckon the whole red box problem gets passed up the chain of command until they finally get the Queen to talk them through it over the phone.
 
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