dead Queen Elizabeth II

[markb4 902]

4 hours ago, Davey Jones' Locker said:

Here is a full report you can access on a Welsh news site:

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/what-happen-queen-dies-14868813

 

Is it wrong that I am starting to find the anticipation for this exciting?! It is going to be such a monumental world event that hasn't happened in the lifetime of most of the population. I also like the fact that we don't know when it will happen: it could be tomorrow, or it could be ten years from now.

 

I am in the same boat. I don't wish death upon her, but when she dies, that will be a HUGE historical day unlike any we've seen in our lifetime, so it does get the heart pumping a bit.

[deathisallaround 21]

11 hours ago, Davey Jones' Locker said:

Is it wrong that I am starting to find the anticipation for this exciting?! It is going to be such a monumental world event that hasn't happened in the lifetime of most of the population. I also like the fact that we don't know when it will happen: it could be tomorrow, or it could be ten years from now.

I totally agree! I love the Royal Family and I think the Queen is great, but her insistence to keep her vow of 'working til death' is worrying. She has given a lifetime of work to our country and deserves a good rest in retirement.

Despite the guilded life, she does work every day, on state paperwork and yet is never allowed to show emotion or opinion.

I think the way that lots of things about the R F are never confirmed or denied, leaves people in a constant state of speculation.  For all we know, one of them could have a terminal illness. 

Also, I'm one of those people who loves to know news first... which means when she does go I will be at work, nowhere near my phone and I'll find out hours later.

[deathisallaround 21]

Fancy a giggle?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-staff-act-swiftly-overnight-12919527 

A stupid article about a dog bowl but look at the photos of Queenie and Trump. She does not smile once! Even in the official photo with the two jokers either side of her. 

However, look at the difference when meeting the Belgium royals... Queenie is grinning from ear to ear! 

[Toast 16,140]

1 hour ago, deathisallaround said:

Fancy a giggle?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-staff-act-swiftly-overnight-12919527 

A stupid article about a dog bowl but look at the photos of Queenie and Trump. She does not smile once! Even in the official photo with the two jokers either side of her. 

However, look at the difference when meeting the Belgium royals... Queenie is grinning from ear to ear! 

 

She was beaming broadly when she first met them though.  That was disappointing.

[Redrumours 861]

Waxworks!

3 hours ago, deathisallaround said:

Fancy a giggle?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-staff-act-swiftly-overnight-12919527 

A stupid article about a dog bowl but look at the photos of Queenie and Trump. She does not smile once! Even in the official photo with the two jokers either side of her. 

However, look at the difference when meeting the Belgium royals... Queenie is grinning from ear to ear! 

 

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Hoping that she and the Duke can hang on until Trump is gone from the White House.

 

The idea that he wont be bumbling his way to being the centre of the attention at the funeral seems impossible.

[markb4 902]

First, George HW Bush's doctor gets killed while cycling.

 

Now, the Queen's doctor dies in a cycling accident:

 

https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-doctor-dies-tragic-cycling-accident-london/

[En Passant 3,741]

I see a pattern here, stay safe people, don't become a doctor.

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

Or at least give up your bike if you do.

[Dead Wait 1,129]

6 hours ago, En Passant said:

I see a pattern here, stay safe people, don't become a doctor.

Unless you’re Michael Jackson’s doctor in which case it’s the patient that’s not safe!

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

She's on her way to Maryland, USA, barnacles and all.  

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

On ‎18‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 08:38, markb4 said:

First, George HW Bush's doctor gets killed while cycling.

 

Now, the Queen's doctor dies in a cycling accident:

 

https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-doctor-dies-tragic-cycling-accident-london/

Bet he didn't expect the old girl to outlive him.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Some random trivia for you. I was curious to see what percentage of people had known only one monarch in their lives. Here are some very rough figures that give an approximation.

 

As of today, the Queen's been reigning 66 years and 209 days. 

 

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, on June 30 2016 (when the Queen had reigned 64 years and 4 months),  15.3% of Aussies were aged 65 and over, so 84.7% have only known one monarch.

 

 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/3101.0Feature Article1Jun 2016

 

Also as of 2016, 18% of Brits were aged 65 and over so roughly 82% have only known one monarch.

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/overviewoftheukpopulation/july2017

 

 

Of course, this doesn't account for all the people who have died in the last two years, etc, but it gives a bit of an idea.

 

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

According to New Idea, the secret to the Queen's longevity is that she used to sneak inside a hollow oak tree when she was out hunting and have a nip of whiskey:

 

https://www.newidea.com.au/the-queens-long-life-is-because-of-an-oak-tree

 

I so want that to be true.

[Deathray 2,940]

She's 92.

 

She's a rich westerner with access to the best medical assistance in the world. We'll start talking about her long life when she outlives her mum thank you very much.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

The Queen Mum probably had two nips of whiskey in the tree to make her live even longer.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

8 hours ago, Davey Jones' Locker said:

According to New Idea, the secret to the Queen's longevity is that she used to sneak inside a hollow oak tree when she was out hunting and have a nip of whiskey:

 

https://www.newidea.com.au/the-queens-long-life-is-because-of-an-oak-tree

 

I so want that to be true.

The Times has picked up on the story:

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/queens-fondness-for-a-dram-in-the-royal-oak-isrevealed-pttt9ks8g

 

[Ulitzer95 12,596]

Am I right in thinking she will become the longest reigning queen in world history in January?

This would suggest that Eleanor of Aquitaine is the only woman who has reigned longer.

[Fun-e-ral 61]

11 hours ago, Deathray said:

She's 92.

 

She's a rich westerner with access to the best medical assistance in the world. We'll start talking about her long life when she outlives her mum thank you very much.

She will make 100 easily, just to piss Charles off if nothing else.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

11 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Am I right in thinking she will become the longest reigning queen in world history in January?

This would suggest that Eleanor of Aquitaine is the only woman who has reigned longer.

Yes.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

I don't want to think about either Her Maj's or the Queen Mother's nips.

 

Probably like coatpegs in the winter. On a decaying plaster wall.

[Toast 16,140]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Am I right in thinking she will become the longest reigning queen in world history in January?

This would suggest that Eleanor of Aquitaine is the only woman who has reigned longer.

 

Maybe splitting hairs here, but Aquitaine was a Duchy not a kingdom.  So technically Eleanor was never a queen regnant.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

Maybe splitting hairs here, but Aquitaine was a Duchy not a kingdom.  So technically Eleanor was never a queen regnant.

Could you please explain that to me so that I will understand it better Toastie?

[runebomme 377]

she is certainly showing lady Jane Gray how its done

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33 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Could you please explain that to me so that I will understand it better Toastie?

 

She was not a

 

 

She was a