Has the Queen died?

[pogofish]

I reckon the government would quite like a major royal incident round about now. .

Was that not supposed to be the princess engagement last week?

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't think there will be many if any monarchies left come the 22nd century, The european ones I think will go peacefully being abolished whenever the regnant monarch dies or steps down whereas I suspect the Middle Eastern ones will end in violence and a lot of it.
I can't see Chucky being passed over for the throne unless he either carks first or develops dementia, but I still reckon there is an above even chance that King Billy the Bald will be the last British Monarch, without being arsed to google it, I believe he's in his late thirties so his sprog won't get to the throne till the other side of 2050. When you consider the attitude of people towards the monarchy now compared to when Brenda came to the throne, I think there will be a good chance people won't want to continue with it, especially if the other main Commonwealth countries of Canada, NZ and Australia are republics by then.
I'll be in my 90's (or dead) come the 2050's so I won't see it I'm afraid.

And Japan, Thailand?

 

[MickiQ]

And Japan, Thailand?

the first peacefully like ours, the second one I reckon is a toss up either way, not soon of course but sometimes between now and the end of the century.
Who knows what form those countries will take in a few decades, pretty much all political changes out there are going to be driven by how other countries
react to China.

 

[Teaboy]

There will be at least one bank holiday maybe more. Its a win win really.

They won't give us a fucking thing.

Having now researched this further it seems almost certain that we will get 2 extra bank holidays. One for the funeral and one for the coronation of the next lizard. Given the dearth of bank holidays between now and Christmas Day I would suggest now is as good as time as any, if you're reading Liz?

I also found a couple of mentions to people being sent home from work on the day her death is announced though that sounds unlikely to me.

 

[Raheem]

I also found a couple of mentions to people being sent home from work on the day her death is announced though that sounds unlikely to me.

That's probably what will happen to her chambermaids and so on. Hope they get enough time to empty their lockers.

 

[Wilf]

I also found a couple of mentions to people being sent home from work on the day her death is announced though that sounds unlikely to me.

Have a feeling I may become too distressed to work. Well, there'll be tears in my eyes...

 

[maomao]

I'm more Scottish than English, but I dispute the reasoning behind the idea that all Europeans are descended from Charlemagne or any other one individual from his era

Back of an envelope calculation suggests that at the time of Charlemagne you had more than 64 million ancestors. Of course a lot of these were probably the same people but it is almost certain that one (or more) of them was old Charlie himself cause he fathered a lot of kids.

 

[belboid]

I think it's pretty solid these days... the original statistical argument had (acknowledged) flaws, but since then models taking into account isolated communities have been proposed... And probably most importantly genetic evidence (the original model is from 1999) has since backed up the idea.

European genealogy FAQ is probably what you are thinking of, and you are quite right it says we are all descended from Charlemagne, and that all individuals who have any descendants among the present-day individuals are actually ancestors of all present-day individuals.

It does depend a bit on how you define 'European' though, that research only looked at people who had all four grandparents born in the same country.

 

[belboid]

Back of an envelope calculation suggests that at the time of Charlemagne you had more than 64 million ancestors.

A trillion apparently.

 

[moochedit]

What is "Charlemagne"?

 

[fishfinger]

What is "Charlemagne"?

Who. Emperor Charlemagne

 

[Raheem]

What is "Charlemagne"?

It's the Duchy Originals answer to champagne.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Any update?

 

[Pickman's model]

What is "Charlemagne"?

dead

 

[belboid]

What is "Charlemagne"?

your great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great granduncle, thrice removed

 

[Argonia]

Fucking hell so Charlemagne had eighteen kids, randier than Prince Andrew

 

[SpackleFrog]

Fucking hell so Charlemagne had eighteen kids, randier than Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew has had more than 18 kids.

 

[brogdale]

Prince Andrew has had more than 18 kids.

Ooofft

 

[killer b]

It's the Duchy Originals answer to champagne.

The other direction I'm afraid - it's a bargain off-license version of Lambrini

 

[stavros]

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Anyone seen her recently?

There's a case that she should be considering her position. For someone who's acclaimed as worldly wise by by all and sundry, she trusted the word of a serial liar. If, as has been suggested, she has to follow her PM's advice, then what's the point of her position?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Stop bumping this you bastards

Should be locked until it's actually time.

 

[elbows]

You can't prorogue this thread!

 

[elbows]

Besides, she might be planning to die right in the middle of her speech announcing the Johnson governments agenda. It could be an elaborate death sequence worthy of the early days of cinema. Perhaps she will start by lurching around, and people will mistake her behaviour for an impression of Theresa May dancing. Then she might slump, and people will wonder if she is doing an impression of Rees-Mogg. Then Johnson will get all flustered and shout 'get up you big girls blouse', breaking protocol in such a manner that leaves other servants of her royal deadness no choice but to impale him with the ceremonial mace.

 

[Proper Tidy]

The queen dying right in the middle of all this proroguing and brexit stuff would be great wouldn't it, be perfect, proper fuck things up even more

 

[elbows]

Dunno about that, some will probably see it as a propaganda opportunity that they may be well placed to exploit in ways that will, at the very least, make us groan and worry.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Dunno about that, some will probably see it as a propaganda opportunity that they may be well placed to exploit in ways that will, at the very least, make us groan and worry.

True. I was thinking more in the immediate bollocks it would make of royal assent and all that nonsense

 

[Proper Tidy]

Also we'd get the joy of the freaks of both sides claiming the dead queen would have supported this/wouldn't have supported this. Like they do with churchill.

 

[stavros]

Dunno about that, some will probably see it as a propaganda opportunity that they may be well placed to exploit in ways that will, at the very least, make us groan and worry.

"It's what she would've wanted."

There's a naming theme running through UK politics of the last three years: Brenda from Bristol; Brenda from Windsor; and Brenda from the Supreme Court. Are they somehow related?

 

[not-bono-ever]

*texts HRH*

U OK hun ?

 

[elbows]

"It's what she would've wanted."

There's a naming theme running through UK politics of the last three years: Brenda from Bristol; Brenda from Windsor; and Brenda from the Supreme Court. Are they somehow related?

I dunno but some stain could probably fill Wembley with a talk about 'The B3 conspiracy'.

Featuring a portmanteau of a portmanteau. The end of Brexit = brend. Bring your a game to brend and you get brenda. Whats my agenda, Brenda?

Alternatively, there was a bit of a mix up when Hunter S Thompson died, and he accidentally became God from that point onwards. The holy gonzo moves in mysterious ways.