Queen Elizabeth II

Johnny Mars Bar said:
As part of my job I deal and work with a lot of people who you’d describe as being very left wing. I’d describe my own politics as being liberal and modern, too. I had an EU flag flying from my living room window in 2016!

But over the last few days I’ve seen some awful, cruel things being said on social media and around my workplace. Really inappropriate nasty stuff. And those on the left are supposed to be the nice, tolerant ones?

It’s all quite upsetting and overwhelming to be honest. The last time I saw such horrible things on social media was during brexit.

I’m not even a flag waving royalist. I just think people should have a bit of respect and understanding.

It’s like unless you’re a Corbyn supporting “hang them all!” socialist your opinions and feelings aren’t valid, and you’re somehow fair game to be subjected to piss taking and bullying.

I’m trying not to engage but it’s very hard. These people live in a radical left wing bubble and lots of them don’t understand that there’s a whole world and spectrum of valid opinions beyond their own.

I don’t even want to go into work today it’s that poisonous.
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Don’t let it affect you it’s mainly people with nothing else to do only try to drag others down with them. They mainly agitate for something the rest of us are quite happy to take or leave. One word answers are usually the way to deal with them then move on.
Twitter and YouTube are the worst for trolls who delight in pulling you into there warped sense of right or wrong. It’s toxic out there
 
bobmcfc said:
It isn't a none event its history in the making. Just as Alfred the Great, Henry they eighth, Victoria, Elizabeth etc, these people's lives and deaths will be studied by future generations.

You might think it's stupid but these kings and queens shaped our very existence going back hundreds and hundreds of years, What we do today, how we live , our traditions ? They pay tribute to everyone who has made sacrifices for king, queen and country in battle or personally lost loved ones in wars because they believed in this country and what it stood for. For the king's, who fought or died in battle, for their decisions that moulded our society and kept us safe. We are quite lucky today that those sacrifices paid for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Of course they weren't all the best of monarchs and some were shitty but we are who we are because of the parts they played. We have great history, a dark history and many stories to tell but if you can't even cope with 1 postponed football match to celebrate 93 years of someone's magnificent life packed into 10 measly days then there really is nothing I can say to you.
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Cool. None of that has anything to do with my main point was that the country isn't in mourning.
 
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Doesn't matter if you're a King or a plumber from a council estate on Stalybridge.

Seeing who gave you life and the first person you ever loved, dead, in a box, is one of the most soul destroying things I think you can ever experience. Brings back awful memories, feel for him.
 
Nellies left peg said:
If they were there to show respect they wouldn’t all have their phones out filming to stick on twitter or Facebook to say I was there.it’s all bollocks
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This is another central problem. The people screaming disrespect have a different bar height of what disrespect is.

For some, not wearing all black in the period of mourning will be disrespectful, whereas other think that any mention of the monarchy that isn’t positive is disrespectful to them.
 
kaz7 said:
Andrew not allowed to wear his uniform , where the fuck did edward get his from ? He hasnt served i dont think

This is a tough walk for the king ,up a steep hill, stand by william!
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Honorary posts - I assume Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, in this case.
Anne has never been in the services, as far as I know.
Andrew isn't a working royal and thus isn't allowed to wear honorary uniform.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Honorary posts - I assume Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, in this case.
Anne has never been in the services, as far as I know.
Andrew isn't a working royal and thus isn't allowed to wear honorary uniform.
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One thing i disagree with about the royals is that unless they served they shouldnt wear a uniform and medals they havent earned, pet hate of mine
 
kaz7 said:
One thing i disagree with about the royals is that unless they served they shouldnt wear a uniform and medals they havent earned, pet hate of mine
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The medals are a bit strange, as they are often things like Jubilee medals for services to the Crown. Definitely is confusing sometimes.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
That simply can’t be true.

Someone might have had an excess weight in the bagging area. They will have spoken to an assistant to sort it out, making your point incorrect.
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When the assistant came over to at Waitrose me she burst into tears, saying that HRH’s passing was the saddest day of her life, sadder than when both her parents and all her siblings died in a car accident, and that there will always be a cloud handing ever her now, so it shows what you know, which is basically fuck all.

She didn’t ‘challenge 25‘ me though, which always disappoints.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
When the assistant came over to at Waitrose me she burst into tears, saying that HRH’s passing was the saddest day of her life, sadder than when both her parents and all her siblings died in a car accident, and that there will always be a cloud handing ever her now, so it shows what you know, which is basically fuck all.

She didn’t ‘challenge 25‘ me though, which always disappoints.
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“That’s all well and good, ma’am, but could you sort the fucking issue with your wonky scales out, I’ve got a Queen to mourn.”
 
Blue and true said:
You're right mate, I won't see a republic in my lifetime. But it'll happen, eventually. And maybe it'll be my great-great grandchild voting for, in modern democratic process, a president; and not being forced to bow down to a morally bankrupt, freeloading, unelected leader.
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Liz Truss?
 
twosips said:
My point always was that the country just isn't in mourning. It isn't. It's a false narrative. A small percentage maybe are, but I absolutely categorically do not believe that anything more than a tiny percentage of this country has had their mood or day to day life affected or shifted for more than ten minutes. I've got no doubt some of you are still glued to the coverage, welling up over montages, but I genuinely believe they're few and far between. The fact that the vast majority were pissed that football was cancelled is a pretty good indicator to me, plus once again, absolutely loads of (admittedly anecdotal) social interactions where the queen could have come up in conversation loads, but didn't. I can't prove it, like you can't the other way, but I believe it.

Ultimately, a very old lady died. No one is shocked by this, so what more is there to say for most people after the initial 'that's sad' stuff on Thursday/Friday? Nothing. Hence why the topic of conversation is no longer an interesting one and why maybe it isn't being brought up...as there is just not really much else to say other than these type of 'the monarchy is good/bad' convos.
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The country isn’t mourning your opinion. I don’t think what your saying is reflected at all.

You don’t have to be crying. You can morn or be sad with quiet reflection. Of course people emotions change after so many days following the news. I don’t understand what your expecting? People will carry on as normal, same as any other huge event.

It’s clear that you don’t like/ aren’t bothered about the queen / what’s happens and are trying to make out barely anyone else is. You care that little you seem to be constantly posting on here about it. If you don’t care why feel the need to tell everyone?
 
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