It's weird, I've never considered myself a "royalist" but this news has affected me quite strongly. I just burst into tears unexpectedly on hearing this news and I don't quite understand why I feel so very sad. I guess I have grown up and lived my whole life (as a Brit) seeing and hearing the Queen, singing "God save the Queen" etc, and this news made me suddenly feel very old, very nostalgic, with the sense that all things pass in time, which makes my heart ache deeply.
Queen Elizabeth II has died
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#73Sad on a human level, but she spent her years as the figurehead of an inherently fascist, racist institution — royalty. "Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”
Look at Liz Truss' cabinet and the overall upward mobility of minorities in the UK and explain how there's any credible argument of fascist/racist leadership that pervades (as opposed to harasses) UK society? No doubt your assessment standard will be perfection from which you will cherry pick counter examples, but the reality is no country in the world has integrated more successfully - overall - than the UK.
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#75“I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service”
Rest in peace.
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#76She always struck me as a person with extraordinary character and integrity. RIP
The driving the Saudi King story is my favorite https://www.businessinsider.com/queen-england-terrified-saud...
Spoiler: "Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t even have a driver’s license. As Queen, she doesn’t need one." but "as an Army driver during a war, she knew how to roll along Scotland’s winding roads."
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#77> In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." Hearing "The King" in this context will take a long time getting used to.
Yes. Interestingly, though, she was only the 3rd Queen in British history (Edit: Oops, ok, 6th actually. Edit 2: ok the point is that there have been many more kings than queens!). But since her reign was so long there are few people alive who can remember a king on the throne.
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#79Born in April, 1926, it's crazy how much the world has changed in her lifetime. May she rest in peace.
Arguably the largest change in humanity in a ~100 year span? Especially if we go back to 1922. Mass communication, mass travel, etc. were all non existent. Like the first radio stations had just started broadcasting when she was born, now we're all discussing her passing on a communications network that connects the entire globe. Possibly some of us while on flights from one side of the world to the other.
> Mass communication, mass travel, etc. were all non existent
Telegraphy had allowed current news to rapidly flow around the globe for decades.
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#80She always struck me as a person with extraordinary character and integrity. RIP
The driving the Saudi King story is my favorite https://www.businessinsider.com/queen-england-terrified-saud...
Nice read!
>>Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t even have a driver’s license. As Queen, she doesn’t need one
Didn't know that either.