The Queen dies

lastexitlondon
lastexitlondon Posts: 14,898
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A moment in history.


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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,625
    Oh damn RIP Queen Elizabeth 
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,898
    edited September 2022
    Watching the bbc news.   Its bizarre  how moments  like this make you realise you are living in history


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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Long live the king. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    The Juggler said:
    Long live the king. 
    Off with his head!
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,098
    wow. i knew the day would come, just didn't know it would be this quick. rip.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,969
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  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    A truly dignified woman with an incredible sense of duty. May she rest in peace. Certainly a milestone day in history!
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  • cblock4life
    cblock4life Posts: 1,855
    Sad.  IMO her best quote “grief is the price we pay for love”. 
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,088
    If only the concept of royalty died
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,898
    Im not a royalist at all but i think when you are  english its just  normal .  The Queen  has been  ever present  in 3 generations of my family maybe 4.
     Odd


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  • guypjfreak
    guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    I loved my Queen.... Sad day yesterday sad day today tbh.. Making plans to go to London for the funeral.... 
    Long live the king. 
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited September 2022
    Very sad. 

    Only saw her once when she made an appearance at the diamond jubilee concert in front of Buckingham palace when I lived there. 

    I’m not british but I totally get her appeal. I saw her once from a distance and will never forget it 

  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    w/ow. i knew the day would come, just didn't know it would be this quick. rip.
    Quick? I don't think anything is considered a quick death when you're 96.
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    lastexitlondon said:
    Im not a royalist at all but i think when you are  english its just  normal .  The Queen  has been  ever present  in 3 generations of my family maybe 4.
     Odd
    She certainly had been a permanent fixture for so many of us. Apparently 9 out of 10 people on the planet were born after her coronation.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,431
    edited September 2022
    static111 said:
    If only the concept of royalty died

    curious how the concept affects you to come to that position.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,625
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    If only the concept of royalty died

    curious how the concept affects you to come to that position.
    Maybe he doesn’t like to have to bow down to her when in her presence 😂😂
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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited September 2022
    static111 said:
    If only the concept of royalty died
    There is value in a ceremonial head of state in the context of a constitutional monarchy

    look at all the ceremonial stuff other world leaders get stuck doing or just don’t do.  they are supposed to be governing 

    Even if you only see it as division of labor.  The monarch  shows up at way more stuff than a president does. 

    I kind of wish we had some unifying figure that wasn’t political.  You have red voters and blue voters and really nothing in common.  There is literally nothing 80 percent of Americans can agree on 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Cropduster-80 said:
    static111 said:
    If only the concept of royalty died
    There is value in a ceremonial head of state in the context of a constitutional monarchy

    look at all the ceremonial stuff other world leaders get stuck doing or just don’t do.  they are supposed to be governing 

    Even if you only see it as division of labor.  The monarch  shows up at way more stuff than a president does. 

    I kind of wish we had some unifying figure that wasn’t political.  You have red voters and blue voters and really nothing that anyone can agree on.  There is literally nothing 80 percent of Americans agree on 
    Never thought about it like this.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,898
    edited September 2022
    Its  a fascinating debate. I see both sides. Historically fascinating  but on a day to day level trying to survive, its a big waste of money 


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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited September 2022
    lastexitlondon said:
    Its  a fascinating debate. I see both sides. Historically fascinating  but on a day to day level trying to survive, its a big waste of money 
    I disagree on the money.

    first if you dissolve the monarchy they still own what they own. They did turn over the crown estate to the government and take a salary from that. In that sense the government comes out way ahead as do the taxpayers.  Otherwise it’s no monarchy and they are just rich landowners (or someone else is if you seize it and privatise it). That’s been the status quo for a really long time 

    I believe they (the crown estate)basically own all of regent street for example. That revenue is the governments among other things.  It appears the treasury has a flow of money they wouldn’t otherwise have 

    im paraphrasing as I don’t know all the details but it’s not the economic drain it appears to be.or at least that’s my understanding 

    then you have tourism and economic benefits to keeping close ties to the commonwealth.  Without the monarchy there is literally nothing to keep them connected to the UK.  Not even talking about the imperialist past, advanced democracies like Australia and Canada.  That is beneficial to the UK no doubt.  Maybe not as beneficial if you are Canadian or Australian but I have to think it’s good for the UK 

    I tend to think ticket revenue at Windsor castle as one example would be a lot less if it was an empty building. Certainly 2 million people a year wouldn’t buy tickets. Having been to Windsor I can’t imagine another reason anyone would go there as there is plenty to do in London.  It’s a tourist hotspot. My American family, that’s where they wanted to go anytime someone visited. I probably had to go 10 times.  Tower of London was way more convenient but that was way down the list as no one lives there 





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