Rest in Peace: Queen Elizabeth II

[Lance]

Dead at 96.

[Мастер]

So Charles III now?

Will he end up like Charles I, or Charles II?

[Heid the Ba]

She was married to a Greek for seventy years, her arse must be like a broken cat flap.
Frankie Boyle.
What, too soon?

[tubeswell]

Charlie's go at it might change NZ attitudes to 'the Crown', owing to the 'less-steely' perception of his backbone in these here parts. A lot of current NZ legislation has been put into place since 1953, and is heavily-laced with references to the 'Crown' (and the 'duties and obligations of the Crown' is often cited in grievance claims by Maori people, in a lot of 'Treaty-of-Waitangi' legislation that has been enacted since 1953) - mostly all because of Lizzie (albeit not due to her). Time for a new social order? (Time for King Flying Spaghetti Monster to ascend the Llama Throne maybe?)

[Lianachan]

King Charles III around here.

[tubeswell]

King Charles III around here.

Long live the Jacobite succession!

And until that can be revived, we can look forward to this:

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So this chap?

[Lianachan]

So this chap?

1920px-Franz_Herzog_von_Bayern.jpg

Well, the whole thing is an antiquated and offensive institution that has no place in the modern world so my choice would be nobody.

I don't think he's ever expressed any interest in his ancestral claim to the throne over here anyway.

[Мастер]

I don't think he's ever expressed any interest in his ancestral claim to the throne over here anyway.

I found some quotes in which he rather explicitly expresses his disinterest.

It seems none of them have made any effort to be recognised since 1807.

[Arneb]

I am as republican and anti-monarchist as they come, but I respected her a lot. She could have gone horse-riding and enjoying life as the richest woman in the world at 65, with a few select ship christenings, wreath-layings andribbon-cuttings in between races and cucmber sandwiches, leaving the grunt work to her son, but didn't.

She could have refused ever to set foot in Germany again, but didn't.

She could have refused to lose a word and stay stone-faced over that soppy mis-cast of a former Princess of Wales crashing herself to death in her boy toy's car, and very nearly did, but in the end didn't either.

I had a soft spot for this very unlikely icon. I hope at least her grandson will do the right thing and actively start to wind down this charade called the British monarchy.

[Lance]

Charles is Charles Philip Arthur George. He could have picked any of them.

If you could be King Arthur, WTF aren't you King Arthur?!?!?

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Charles is Charles Philip Arthur George. He could have picked any of them.

If you could be King Arthur, WTF aren't you King Arthur?!?!?

Let’s think about this.

Charles - one had his head cut off, the other did alright.

Philip - hmm, he’s not King of Spain. This one sounds way too catholic for the UK.

George - so he could be George VII. He’ll never upstage George III, and Nigel Hawthorne will never play him.

Yea, Arthur seems like the clear winner to me. And they reset all the numbers in 1066, so he’d be Arthur I, wouldn’t he?

Maybe Merlin could be prime minister.

[g-one]

Elizabeth II was very beloved in this country. For many of us she was the only head of state we have ever known and a constant presence of decency and dignity in our lives.
Those who did not care for the monarchy still had great respect for her in spite of it.
She will be dearly missed.

I was fortunate enough to get to see her up close when she visited the small town of Fort Langley where I lived in 1971. I think I was in grade 3 at the time, they took us all out from school and we lined the street along the route.
I'm not in this picture but some of my classmates may have been. I would have had a haircut similar to the one upper left.

[Heid the Ba]

https://youtu.be/P5W8x4Q7N9c

[Lianachan]

So, I have two sons in Edinburgh. I asked them both if they'd write the following from me in the book of remembrance:

"There are vast numbers of us who couldn't give the tiniest shit"

Youngest son said he wasn't prepared to spend hours in a queue with the kind of people who would write in the book of remembrance, and the oldest son simply replied "fuck off". So on this evidence alone, I know I've brought my boys up well.

[Arneb]

https://youtu.be/P5W8x4Q7N9c

Excellent piece. I've definitly seen it. I think Richard_A placed it in the Last Music Video You Watched thread somewhere.

[tubeswell]

So, I have two sons… I know I've brought my boys up well.

They sound like fine fellows. Long may they continue to be a source of satisfaction for you.

[Arneb]

So, I have two sons… I know I've brought my boys up well.

They sound like fine fellows. Long may they continue to be a source of satisfaction for you.

And dont't stop reminding them about that castle! They'll get you there eventually.

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[Heid the Ba]

The Bastards couldn’t have waited one more day for the funeral. I would have been safely over La Manche by then. I have watched precisely none of the coverage, have the BBC managed to find a republican yet?

[Lianachan]

The Bastards couldn’t have waited one more day for the funeral. I would have been safely over La Manche by then. I have watched precisely none of the coverage, have the BBC managed to find a republican yet?

I’ve not seen any of it either, but I’d be astonished if they spoke to even one republican.

My mum has been watching it. ALL of it. She keeps referring to “Queenie” and trying to tell me about it, despite the fact that every time she starts I stop her and say I really couldn’t care less.

[Мастер]

The Bastards couldn’t have waited one more day for the funeral. I would have been safely over La Manche by then. I have watched precisely none of the coverage, have the BBC managed to find a republican yet?

I’ve not seen any of it either, but I’d be astonished if they spoke to even one republican.

My mum has been watching it. ALL of it. She keeps referring to “Queenie” and trying to tell me about it, despite the fact that every time she starts I stop her and say I really couldn’t care less.

I know someone who travelled from here to the UK this week, and wanted to see Tottenham play Man City. Postponed . . .

[Arneb]

Hey, at least he can throw a bunch of flowers on the ground without getting caned, so there is something in it for him, too.

[Heid the Ba]

There’s a helicopter overhead, I’m guessing Betty in a Box must be nearby.

[Arneb]

I am on one of those endless on-call, on-site weekends (there is practically always a helicopter overhead, but that serves to actually prevent people from jumping into boxes), and I am actually peeking over to the Royal Family's Youtube Channel (yes, that exists) from time to time. When there is no exciting footage of a Mercedes funeral car charging down Scottish highways, they occasionally cut to a camera on the square in front of Buckingham Palace, where people are gathering in large numbers, even though the "action" is 400 mi to the North.

I have a question: Why, of all places on Earth, is the flag atop Buckingham Palace not set at half mast? That looks utterly strange to me.