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Queen Elizabeth II has died
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#252Rip. May she rest in peace. And the timing was impeccably terrible... Charles doesn't have the skills, charisma, connections or political capital to help his nation in the upcoming hard times.
Maybe he'll be less corrupt than her, though. Unlikely, sure.
Never forget that Beth used all of those skills to further enrich herself and her family, and protecting her pedofile son.
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#253Time 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?
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#254Time 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?
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#255Time 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?
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she's dead, it's not going to offend her anymore
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Well, I would guess that at the very least she would be able to spell throne.
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes everything worse.
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#257Not that this is quite the right time, but is there any list of the Queen's achievements that isn't simply "she lived for very long" and "she witnessed some important events"? I fail to see why this is impressive.
It's impressive because the rest of us have to read about these things in history books or in the news. She was there for it all, not only witnessing, but discussing, events of profound significance with the people at the center of them.
And, I think, show-me-the-achievements represents a misunderstanding of the role of the monarch in the British government and British culture. It's not comparable to the Prime Minister or the US President, for example.
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Mate I dislike the monarchy and the Queen, but you managed to pick the most senseless thing to complain about. Wow.
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You will find any news story of this magnitude on HN. Things like a new president. You're probably just not used to it because they are pretty rare.
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#260I 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 histor…
It’s almost as though there could be a better system, one where ability could be judged and debated and voted on.