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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 xtracto »

I remember clearly the time when Princess Diana died (1997). For me, it was THE moment when I understood the impact of the Internet. I was randomly browsing the web during the night in Mexico, and suddenly I started to see websites (I think Yahoo and MSN at that time) showing the news. I went to sleep without giving it too much attention.

Next day, all the news in my country were mentioning the death as breaking news. My mind was blown over how I knew about this very important event the night before Mexico TV broke the news.

May the Queen rest in Peace.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by that_guy_iain »

mzs wrote: post #6

Britain’s plan for when Queen Elizabeth II dies: POLITICO has obtained documents laying out Operation LONDON BRIDGE in granular detail https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-death-plan-b...

Operation Unicorn will happen because she died in Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operat...

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by divbzero »

ars wrote: post #50
mzs wrote: post #6

Britain’s plan for when Queen Elizabeth II dies: POLITICO has obtained documents laying out Operation LONDON BRIDGE in granular detail https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-death-plan-b...

There can't be very many people alive who have been to a state funeral of this magnitude, let alone actually planned one. Is there another monarch alive with this many subjects?

Is there another monarch in history with this many subjects in a single reign?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_heade...

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by 12ian34 »

It's good that she was able to go with her family by her side in a place she loved. There will be lots of mourning in the UK. I'm anti-monarchy but she's clearly left quite the legacy, and people that have met her have only great things to say about her manner and attitude.

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Post by michael1999 »

collegeburner wrote: post #61
Hongwei wrote: post #36

RIP. As a Canadian I've always liked that we technically had the Queen as our head of state. I wonder how attitudes will change now that her 70 year reign.

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Because they have no power and we get to hold the actual elected leaders in contempt, as is right and just. The alternative is electing one, and that kind of worship messes with people's heads. Look how bonkers some Americans get about their blessed president.

Re: Queen Elizabeth II has died

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Post by mytailorisrich »

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…

Heard on the BBC that Liz Truss was born 101 years after Winston Churchill.
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