Redrumours 861 Posted March 11, 2022 On 07/03/2022 at 00:39, Redrumours said: She will die in Balmorel. Fucking hell she might not make it now!!! 43 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I actually think this latest development is being driven by the Queen being very reluctant/ not wanting to be seen in public in a wheelchair rather than because of illness or serious health problems. Mobility not illness is what I reckon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 11, 2022 Sensible. If I had a nuclear bunker I'd no be keen to leave the house either...just in case. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YouOnlyDieOnce 89 Posted March 12, 2022 If Biden gets his way, Liz won't be the only one not seeing Xmas. 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deathisallaround 21 Posted March 12, 2022 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/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted March 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, deathisallaround said: 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/ Despite the hyperbolic language in the heading, that article doesn't suggest there's anything wrong with her other than ongoing back issues. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Despite the hyperbolic language in the heading, that article doesn't suggest there's anything wrong with her other than ongoing back issues. Exactly what I was thinking. I know someone who is in a similar situation, now finding it too painful to walk very far, whereas before she used to walk her dogs for miles. She's had back problems for some time, which is almost certainly a legacy of years of riding horses. She's about 20 years younger than the Queen though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frleon 138 Posted March 12, 2022 Later (a year from now? three years? some months?) we're going to agree that it was signs like that marking the beginning of the end. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, frleon said: Later (a year from now? three years? some months?) we're going to agree that it was signs like that marking the beginning of the end. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted March 13, 2022 If she is finding it hard to be able to travel from Windsor to London to attend any events will she appear at anything at the jubilee? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deathisallaround 21 Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, The Old Crem said: If she is finding it hard to be able to travel from Windsor to London to attend any events will she appear at anything at the jubilee? 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). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,589 Posted March 13, 2022 It would be interesting to note tge length of time between The Queen Mother's last appearance in public and her final demise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,149 Posted March 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: It would be interesting to note tge length of time between The Queen Mother's last appearance in public and her final demise. Her final demise? With the exception of cats and their nine lives a demise will always be final….. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted March 13, 2022 42 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: It would be interesting to note tge length of time between The Queen Mother's last appearance in public and her final demise. Last public appearance November 22nd 2001. Died 30th March 2002. The Queen was seen with Justin Trudeau this week so even if this kind of theory has merit you have around four months to wait - IF that was her last public appearance. A more apt comparison would be comparing the reduced frequency the Queen Mothers public appearances over her latter years and her daughters reduced frequency. That comparison I think would point to us seeing the Queen less because of mobility issues and age but her not being at deaths door. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said: It would be interesting to note tge length of time between The Queen Mother's last appearance in public and her final demise. 1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said: It would be interesting to note tge length of time between The Queen Mother's last appearance in public and her final demise. The Queen Mother nearly mowed me down at Ascot Racecourse in her Popemobile on June 20th 2001. I wonder what happened to that? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 807 Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, deathisallaround said: 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). FDR was crippled by polio and was able to cover up many of his physical impairments for a while, usually by always being photographed sitting down or being held onto by someone else when standing up/walking. If his health problems were not so well disguised he'd have struggled to win 4 elections. Therefore I think it's possible the Queen can move around in a way without a wheelchair or any other notable prop. What would be unfortunate is if she ended up being hospitalised during or shortly before the celebrations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 13, 2022 She only needs to sit in a carriage, smile and wave. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted March 13, 2022 I think she will be dead by this next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: I think she will be dead by this next year. We might all be dead by next year. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted March 13, 2022 51 minutes ago, Toast said: We might all be dead by next year. If nuclear war happens the Queen has a better chance of being sent to the safest bunker in rural Scotland to hide till the end Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,404 Posted March 13, 2022 38 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: If nuclear war happens the Queen has a better chance of being sent to the safest bunker in rural Scotland to hide till the end You don’t half talk some rancid bollocks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katyusha 120 Posted March 13, 2022 20 hours ago, Toast said: This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. End of the beginning? Reckon she'll be the first double centenarian then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted March 14, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10608905/Queens-diary-review-amid-fresh-health-fears.html Palace sources say the Queen is not ill but is now accepting the frailties of long life and will still attend public events but will attend far fewer as her diary events come under review. Pretty much in line with what I thought, old and less mobile but not ill and we are been softened up to expect to see less of her publicly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 14, 2022 So according to the article there are actually no "fresh health fears", yet they use that as a headline. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted March 14, 2022 19 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10608905/Queens-diary-review-amid-fresh-health-fears.html Palace sources say the Queen is not ill but is now accepting the frailties of long life and will still attend public events but will attend far fewer as her diary events come under review. Pretty much in line with what I thought, old and less mobile but not ill and we are been softened up to expect to see less of her publicly. On the 6 o'clock news, Nick Witchell suggested in his report it was the long walk up the aisle at Westminster Abbey that meant she missed the Commonwealth service today. So one might suggest that events which involve excessive standing or walking will be limited, but anything she can do largely sitting down with small amounts of standing or a short walk should still be doable where necessary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted March 14, 2022 11 hours ago, Toast said: So according to the article there are actually no "fresh health fears", yet they use that as a headline. Tabloids are becoming increasingly sloppy about their headlines bearing no relation to the content of the article or even being at variance and in contradiction of it. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites