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Has the Queen died?

SpackleFrog said:
Prince Andrew has had more than 18 kids.
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Ouch :D

Charlie won't be passed over. It'd be difficult constitutionally and he seems close to his son, who wouldn't exactly be up for stealing his Dad's job. It's not like they actually matter, anyway, so there wouldn't be a lot of point trying to force it on them.
 
stavros said:
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?
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I think if she were to consider her position it would quickly dawn on her that she is a hereditary monarch who can, and by convention typically does, rule for life, and so would carry on as before.
 
Combustible said:
I think if she were to consider her position it would quickly dawn on her that she is a hereditary monarch who can, and by convention typically does, rule for life, and so would carry on as before.
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She has been described as "progressive"* by some, so you never know.

*So has Mohammad bin Salman, to be fair.
 
MickiQ said:
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.
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from 'the irishman', 29 april 1871:
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no great change, then, in 140 years, still hoping that the passing of the current monarch will reveal a time ripe for republicanism. perhaps it's time a more active campaign was undertaken, to ensure there will never be an elizabeth iii.
 
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HRH looks to be near her correct age on the NZ $20. Not so much on the brand new UK £20. I'm sure crazy dictators used to insist on such age defying nonsense.

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I really think they should hang off printing these for a few months. Then again that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

Hang about what's that weird gold tower? That's going to get the cranks going.
 
Apparently (Guinness world records), the following entities have issued coinage with her: Canada, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, East Caribbean States, Jamaica, Turks Caicos, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, Rhodesia, East Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Seychelles, Hong Kong, Malaya British Borneo, Australia, New Zealand, Tokelau, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, and the UK.

Clearly those are not all current though. Do all commonwealth nations have them? Do I actually give a shit? Maybe I should find something better to do.

No, here she is ageing in banknotes (turn noise down):

 
Poi E said:
HRH looks to be near her correct age on the NZ $20. Not so much on the brand new UK £20. I'm sure crazy dictators used to insist on such age defying nonsense.
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Interestingly, the more recent time we did have a certifiably crazy monarch, he seemingly had no issue being represented as unwell on the coins of the realm. The common name for these coins is the 'bullhead issue'.

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Every time this thread comes to the top of the thread list my heart skips a beat and I start palpitating with excitement.
 
Pickman's model said:
from 'the irishman', 29 april 1871:
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no great change, then, in 140 years, still hoping that the passing of the current monarch will reveal a time ripe for republicanism. perhaps it's time a more active campaign was undertaken, to ensure there will never be an elizabeth iii.
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Republicanism is a complete no-hoper in this country and no monarch is going to be shifted by means of a revolution ever. The only times it can happen is at the end of one monarchs reign either by death or them stepping down. So not soon since Brenda isn't going to last all that much longer (unless she really is an alien shapeshifting lizard) and at the moment there is still more support for the monarchy than opposition, though I think the majority opinion tends towards ever increasing indifference more than anything else. There isn't the deference there was, when my mum was a teenager, Brenda and her new husband came to Salford and my Nan dragged my mum and my auntie to watch them go past and wave flags. It was a big thing then but isn't now. Certainly my mum never took my sisters to watch the Queen and sure as hell Mrs Q would laugh her head off if someone suggested she take our daughters to wave flags at some old dear going by in a car.
So we get Charles III but Chucky just doesn't inspire what monarchism is left the way his Ma does, William V we will probably get since Billy the Bald is more popular than his Dad, has a pretty wife and some cute kids (not to mention a great PR team) but he is going to be a lot older and his kids will probably be making arses of themselves being chucked out of nightclubs by the time he has been on the throne for a few years.
I expect the Royal Family to just fade away via public disinterest more than anything else, When my Nan died, my brother and I found loads of royal souvenir tat in her house. I would have skipped it but the house clearance guy reckoned he could sell it especially to foreign tourists.
There is no such tat in my Mum's house never mind mine, the only person in the Q family who pays much attention to news about the Premier Division Royals of Chucky and his lads is my Mother-in-Law (who in her defence is not UK born) and even she ain't bothered about the next Royal Wedding.
 
MickiQ said:
Republicanism is a complete no-hoper in this country and no monarch is going to be shifted by means of a revolution ever. The only times it can happen is at the end of one monarchs reign either by death or them stepping down. So not soon since Brenda isn't going to last all that much longer (unless she really is an alien shapeshifting lizard) and at the moment there is still more support for the monarchy than opposition, though I think the majority opinion tends towards ever increasing indifference more than anything else. There isn't the deference there was, when my mum was a teenager, Brenda and her new husband came to Salford and my Nan dragged my mum and my auntie to watch them go past and wave flags. It was a big thing then but isn't now. Certainly my mum never took my sisters to watch the Queen and sure as hell Mrs Q would laugh her head off if someone suggested she take our daughters to wave flags at some old dear going by in a car.
So we get Charles III but Chucky just doesn't inspire what monarchism is left the way his Ma does, William V we will probably get since Billy the Bald is more popular than his Dad, has a pretty wife and some cute kids (not to mention a great PR team) but he is going to be a lot older and his kids will probably be making arses of themselves being chucked out of nightclubs by the time he has been on the throne for a few years.
I expect the Royal Family to just fade away via public disinterest more than anything else, When my Nan died, my brother and I found loads of royal souvenir tat in her house. I would have skipped it but the house clearance guy reckoned he could sell it especially to foreign tourists.
There is no such tat in my Mum's house never mind mine, the only person in the Q family who pays much attention to news about the Premier Division Royals of Chucky and his lads is my Mother-in-Law (who in her defence is not UK born) and even she ain't bothered about the next Royal Wedding.
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No monarch is ever going to be shifted by a revolution, words I am sure Charles I, Louis XVI and Nicholas II would have heard. Before they were shifted by revolutions.
 
Someone told me the other day that they're not going to both changing the coins when she snuffs it, and they'll keep her on it, even for new pressings.
 
Can't be arsed to google it, someone enlighten me. Why do these cunts change their name when they become king/queen? Just use your fucking name. Charles the however many. William the 87th. Whichever horrific offspring comes next the nth.
 
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