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Has the Queen died?

Around the time of the Coronation there was excitable talk in the British press about the start of a 'new Elizabethan age'. I bet soon after the Queen has gone the period covered by her reign will be widely referred to as something like that, just as people talk about Victorian and Edwardian times, the Regency etc. What kind of picture will be painted?
 
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She can no longer wield a sword effectively without assistance from her daughter-in-law, which is a sure sign she is in her twilight years. On this evidence I reckon we can expect a double bank holiday in 2038:

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She does seem much more chirpy now that Philip's dead. We face at least a decade of jolly Royal eccentricity with her channeling the late Liz Smith.

When I am old, I shall cut large cakes with a ceremonial sword
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She definitely seems to have taken on the sarky comments mantle from Phil the Greek.

Makes me wonder if we will see an ITV-style 1990s “An audience with…” show
 
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Doodler said:
Around the time of the Coronation there was excitable talk in the British press about the start of a 'new Elizabethan age'. I bet soon after the Queen has gone the period covered by her reign will be widely referred to as something like that, just as people talk about Victorian and Edwardian times, the Regency etc. What kind of picture will be painted?
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One of obscene greed, mismanagement of resources, and wasted opportunities, hopefully.
 
Doodler said:
Around the time of the Coronation there was excitable talk in the British press about the start of a 'new Elizabethan age'. I bet soon after the Queen has gone the period covered by her reign will be widely referred to as something like that, just as people talk about Victorian and Edwardian times, the Regency etc. What kind of picture will be painted?
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An overhyped brand, that refuses to thrown in the sponge, with a link to stunted vicious Welsh dogs
 
Doodler said:
Around the time of the Coronation there was excitable talk in the British press about the start of a 'new Elizabethan age'. I bet soon after the Queen has gone the period covered by her reign will be widely referred to as something like that, just as people talk about Victorian and Edwardian times, the Regency etc. What kind of picture will be painted?
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Anni horribiles
 
Finally got a chance to sit down and engage with some Wittgenstein this morning. Hot cross bun and a nice cup of tea for breakfast.
 
Decided to go for something totally new for lunch and got a beetroot and whipped feta sandwich. And apple and pear juice. Still not safe to put the 'news' channel on (it's Orwellian telescreen propaganda from the Former Regime) but watched a bit of the film Stalag 17 at Film Four and then a bit of an old Casualty and the Bill. Might have an afternoon nap in a minute as it's hot. Dreamy days in the new Republic.

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Boy did Francis Fukuyama take his eye off the ball when he wrote that history had ended in 1989. The history of the Republic of Britain has only just begun. At last.
 
I miss Japan, 1999-2000. Studied Japanese there, in Fukuoka. Golden days. Temporary exile for being a political dissident. Before I returned to my Heimat.

 
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Argonia said:
Boy did Francis Fukuyama take his eye off the ball when he wrote that history had ended in 1989. The history of the Republic of Britain has only just begun. At last.
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It began with the trial and execution of Charles Stuart. The current situation is just a temporary hiccough.
 
The notes and coins and the passports are very silly documents that belong in museums. They are from the Jurassic era. This is the 21st century. What should our notes and coins look like? What should our passports look like?
 
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Might watch Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" this afternoon.

Or might just chill out with an ice cream and have a bit of a laugh instead. And watch some good old footy.
 
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One of her horsey wonks amused me with a comment on R4 this morning:

"She'd want to look at the stallion prospects of the future."
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And to think Phil's blood has barely gone up to soil temperature yet.
 
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