Queen Elizabeth II

King Charles will do a great job of serving the nation
and William will support the roll as Charles is in his 70s. I’m not worried about the future with monarchy they have more value to me, as during the last years we didn’t seem to have the quality In parliament
 
i kne albert davy said:
Sometimes it's better to keep your own council especially today, no many know her personally she was head of state though it's called respect something sadly lacking today by some.
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I dont know man, I guess definitions of respect and who deserves a larger portion than others differs from person to person.

Personally, I've never been one for thoughts, prayers and RIPs even for those who I have the utmost respect and fondness for. That's not really my idea of what respect is.

The bottom line is that I do begrudge this one particular death forcibly having more of an impact on my day to day life than is necessary. It's frustrating to see the postponement of things that bring me joy for no logical reason.

Football has brought me an emotional release at times when people close to me have died. If I felt the same way about her dying as others evidently do then I'd still be of the same opinion that it's a silly gesture.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Respectfully, I completely disagree. Just feels like the definition of a hollow gesture and I don't see a need to impact on anyone's lives outside of what is necessary.
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I do wonder if it is a logistics issue. London will be rammed, five PL games there this weekend. Policing that and the streets might be too much.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
I dont know man, I guess definitions of respect and who deserves a larger portion than others differs from person to person.

Personally, I've never been one for thoughts, prayers and RIPs even for those who I have the utmost respect and fondness for. That's not really my idea of what respect is.

The bottom line is that I do begrudge this one particular death forcibly having more of an impact on my day to day life than is necessary. It's frustrating to see the postponement of things that bring me joy for no logical reason.

Football has brought me an emotional release at times when people close to me have died. If I felt the same way about her dying as others evidently do then I'd still be of the same opinion that it's a silly gesture.
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That's the beauty of football it will again provide you and me with enjoyment but i doubt it will be this weekend though.
 
bluethrunthru said:
If he is King Charles - Charles is not a lucky name for UK monarchs - I recall reading some years ago that he would use Phillip as his monicker - however so long has passed its hard to see how that would work given how we have all known him as Charles all our ( and his ) lives
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I’ve read numerous times from royal ‘experts’ that he would most likely go with George. But seems he’s sticking with Charles.

Would have been a bit weird for him anyway. Imagine getting to 70 odd and then just changing your first name? You’d probably just ignore every fucker who called your name, thinking they were talking to someone else.
 
Stephen230 said:
I’ve read numerous times from royal ‘experts’ that he would most likely go with George. But seems he’s sticking with Charles.

Would have been a bit weird for him anyway. Imagine getting to 70 odd and then just changing your first name? You’d probably just ignore every fucker who called your name, thinking they were talking to someone else.
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Probably better than going with Sandra though lol
 
bluethrunthru said:
If he is King Charles - Charles is not a lucky name for UK monarchs - I recall reading some years ago that he would use Phillip as his monicker - however so long has passed its hard to see how that would work given how we have all known him as Charles all our ( and his ) lives
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As monarchs go from eras gone, Charles II wasn’t a bad one. He restored a lot of tradition after that **** Cromwell was done in.

Obviously he’s hoping his reign is nothing like Charles I (small “ha”).

But the name Charles doesn’t come with the baggage “John” does, who nobody would ever be named after again, in a Royal sense.
 
Blue and true said:
We'd have a mandate to vote Presidents Thatcher, Blair and Johnson into office. And if they were hopeless, we'd be able to vote them out. And they wouldn't deposit their families indefinitely in palaces the width and breadth of the land without so much as an introspective glance as to why that's bad optics.

Therein lies the rub of a monarchy. A complete anachronism that had no place in the 19th century, nevermind the 21st.
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And yet in our current political system, all of those could achieve that mandate on less than a majority vote or getting anywhere near the approval rating of the monarch we’ve had for the last seventy years…

I agree with you in principle. It doesn’t work without a change in our political system though, nor does it reflect the difference between a constitutional monarch and a president.
 
Octavian said:
As monarchs go from eras gone, Charles II wasn’t a bad one. He restored a lot of tradition after that **** Cromwell was done in.

Obviously he’s hoping his reign is nothing like Charles I (small “ha”).

But the name Charles doesn’t come with the baggage “John” does, who nobody would ever be named after again, in a Royal sense.
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Fuck you
 
There’s a match day thread in discussion regarding if the game goes ahead or not.

Today the Queen has passed.
 
Bald fraud said:
Dickheads all over Facebook laughing and taking the piss out of a little old woman they’ve never met and never done them any harm! Stay classy you absolute arse wipes!
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F*ckin hate social media with a passion these last few years, the vitriol and hatred towards celebrity’s, footballers, politicians and others. It’s spawned a nation of angry bitter folk
 
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