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Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by ColinWright »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #77
paxys wrote: post #41

> 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.

Surely not.

* Matilda (Rarely listed)

* Jane (1553 for 9 days)

* Mary I (1553-1558)

* Elisabeth I (1558-1603)

* Mary II (1689-1694, joint with William III)

* Anne (1702-1714)

* Victoria (1837-1901)

* Elisabeth II (1952-2022)

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by petre »

jmfldn wrote: post #107

I am a republican i.e. very anti-monarchist but it is a historic moment and I feel sad for some reason. The end of an era. A constant throughout the postwar period in this country. Someone my gran loved too and looked up to, so I feel pretty sad as a Brit.

It's a pity she died. I'm a republican as well. Not British but I'll probably have a hard time getting used to Charles being king after he took Bin Laden's cash.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by mhh__ »

Hamuko wrote: post #109
simonswords82 wrote: post #48

Winston Churchill (1951–55) Anthony Eden (1955–57) Harold Macmillan (1957–63) Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64) Harold Wilson (1964–70) Edward Heath (1970–74) Harold Wilson (1974–76) James Callaghan (1976–79) Margaret Thatcher (1979–90) John Major (1990–97) Tony Blair (1997–07) Gordon Brown (2007–10) David Cameron (2010–16) Theresa May (2016–19) Boris Johnson (2019–22) Liz Truss (2022 (two days ago) - current) Quite the re…

I feel slightly bad for Liz Truss, since I imagine that one of the things she will be remembered is that the Queen died less than 48 hours into her government.

She's got much bigger things to worry about.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by Someone »

mattlondon wrote: post #131

Time to end on a high? Shall we just abandon this whole monarchy thing and time to flip over to a republic and leave the much revered queen as the last ever monarch of the UK? Seems like Scotland is going to go independent, and if Scotland do Wales will only be a matter of time so may as well just can it now?

Having the United Kingdom is orthogonal to them being monarchies. Australia and Canada are independent, but also monarchies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada), so, presumably, Scotland and Wales could choose to do the same.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by g42gregory »

I really feel that Charles should at least consider passing on the Crown to his son William. William and Kate are immensely popular. It would be a good thing for Great Britain, British people as well as for the Royal Family. Charles and Camilla are the opposite in terms of respect and popularity to William and Kate, as far as I understand. If Charles does that, he would write himself into the annals of British history. I am not from GB, so I may be misreading the situation.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by philistine »

cameronh90 wrote: post #148
mattlondon wrote: post #131

Time to end on a high? Shall we just abandon this whole monarchy thing and time to flip over to a republic and leave the much revered queen as the last ever monarch of the UK? Seems like Scotland is going to go independent, and if Scotland do Wales will only be a matter of time so may as well just can it now?

I believe that Charles is now officially already king.

The phrase the King is dead long live the King exists to make sense of the whole concept.

A throne is never empty. The second Elizabeth died, Charles became king.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by Terretta »

simonswords82 wrote: post #48

Winston Churchill (1951–55) Anthony Eden (1955–57) Harold Macmillan (1957–63) Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64) Harold Wilson (1964–70) Edward Heath (1970–74) Harold Wilson (1974–76) James Callaghan (1976–79) Margaret Thatcher (1979–90) John Major (1990–97) Tony Blair (1997–07) Gordon Brown (2007–10) David Cameron (2010–16) Theresa May (2016–19) Boris Johnson (2019–22) Liz Truss (2022 (two days ago) - current) Quite the re…

Put another way, her Prime Ministers saw the world from 1874 - 2022, nearly 150 years.
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