Queen Elizabeth II

[Octavian]

 

[Bodicoteblue]

A monumental event in the lives of everyone on this site. Pro or con royal. We’ve all
Only ever known a queen. Now we have a king.

As for Truss. I hope that clip from 1994 haunts her entire tenure at number 10.

Well said.
This country needs more Elizabeth 2 and less Elizabeth Truss.

 

[bluethrunthru]

does look like Huw struggling to keep it together here

 

[lee one pen]

i can't see that. That's not what happened when King George died. I expect there will be no matches during the funeral though or perhaps on the day of the funeral. But she has been on the throne so long I suppose there is no clear precedent.

Hope your right mate. It would cause chaos. But it’s been talked about already.

 

[eversince 76]

Sad day for Great Britain.

I know I’m foreign, yet our country (Netherlands) has a royal family as well. It’s strange that one side of me says royal family is nothing but money spoiling tradition and another side sympathise with them.

I went to the century FA cup final in 81 (both) and felt proud to have watched the Queens mum.
In the Netherlands there’s a lot of attention for the British royal family. Even before Netflix produced The Crown. And it results in me having a sad feeling about her death.

May she RIP. She’s done a great job for her (your) country.

 

[Paul1970]

I might be wrong, but her part in the peace process seams under rated. The IRA blew her cousin up, but the fact she was prepared to put that aside for the greater good was a monumental gesture.
No idea what the view was of her in ireland in general but i think her input and visit to dublin a few years back appeared , to me, huge

Think she would have been respected because I don’t think they ever tried to take her out . I know they did Mountbatten but can’t think of anything with the queen .

 

[lee_wsm]

To think she was still working at the age of 96 that’s some dedication

 

[lee one pen]

British sport faces mass postponements after Queen Elizabeth's death

British sport is poised to completely shut down following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Football, cricket and rugby fixtures, and race meets, are likely to be postponed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Manx Blue]

Well said mate

Much obliged Paul.

I'm sure like many HUMAN beings we say what we feel. We criticise, but we also empathise.

We all have our faults....but we try and run the race to the best of our ability.

She did a fucking good job.

 

[journolud]

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!

Not entirely surprising, it’s the world we live in.

Not a royalist myself but can echo what many have said, she was decent