deathisallaround

Not sure when this was, but it popped up on my Tiktok feed... https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeMaLXCd/

With the football season recently starting up again and the lionesses doing so well, I've gone for Bobby Charlton.

Going with DVD as he keeps popping up everywhere on the Internet at the mo

I just saw this on Tiktok. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFvnXbRm/ I dont think Pele is dead yet but they are clearly making preparations.

OK so no thread for him so far, but this tiktok video makes me think it is advanced cancer. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFPuUCD8/ A good shout for 2023.

OK sorry if its been posted before (I did search!). I've just seen this Tiktok come up with Randy Jackson (him from American Idol). https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFPuUCD8/ He did have gastric bypass a few years ago and has type 2 diabetes. But he looks like there more issues than that and struggling to walk with a cane and support. Looks a cert for 2023!

Ding Dong Leslie again. How is he still going?

So the story in the Daily Fail today... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10631933/Palace-military-style-operation-prevent-Queen-looking-frail-Prince-Philip-service.html I'm not really sure what to make of that. She doesn't want to be seen in a wheelchair as it is an invasion of privacy. Sounds like vanity to me. I would rather see her knocking people over in a motorised wheelchair, but know that she is OK. The 'hiding' aspect leads to too much speculation. Everyone knows she's in her late 90's and no-one would begrudge her the use of a wheelchair for comfort, while she continues her job. Bearing in mind, other monarchs have abdicated and retired.

If we are celebrating her, then she is going to have to show her face at some point. But at something where the amount of walking will be at a minimum (from a very close by car to a chair and vice versa).

According to The Sun (and we all know what they are like!) Queenie really isn't doing well https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/17929053/queen-too-frail-walk-corgis/

Most importantly... if she goes before June, will we still get the bank holiday?

I agree. Not only do there seem to be more royal news stories, they seem to be taking precedent over any Corona, Boris or even Prince Andrew stories. Is it a preparation for the Queen's (rapid or slow) decline, or a media blast to distract talks of a certain someone's impending court date which could distract from the jubilee?

I think it's interesting that Queenie has gone out of her way to mention that she endorses Camilla to be Queen, when it might have been easier at the time of Charles' coronation to say it was a de facto thing. Or at the very least, leave all of this drama to them after she's gone. It's also interestingly timed a few hours after she said, "I'll just stick the knife in..."

Joanne Woodward

Tomorrow? 3 in 3 days?