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God Save Our Queen - Funeral will be Mon 19th September (p26)
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Rest in peace our beautiful queen
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Suspect so, guess everything will remain legal tender. It’s think it’s going to take more getting used to than we all imagined3
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Absolutely incredible photo1
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I'm far from a Boris fan, but that's a fantastic statementForeverAddickted said:Very nice words from Boris Johnson in the statement that the BBC have read out from him35 -
RIP your Majesty. A truly amazing woman.
In all the years she served, she scarcely put a foot wrong.
And she takes to her grave thousands of secrets and with no-one really knowing her views. A true masterpiece of tact and diplomacy.4 -
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Lovely statement from Boris 🇬🇧5
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RIP QE2
Truly the end of an era.1 -
Ok that one got me... teary eyed nowBedsaddick said:4 -
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I see every premier league club has offered their condolences on their twitter feed, all except one, weirdly the one that has a kit with a built in black armband it seems.1
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Moving tribute from Sir Keir Starmer just broadcast on tv.4
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Amazing woman, RIP Elizabeth. Possibly the greatest British monarch of all time.1
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Agreed. Without turning this thread political, the official statement from our new PM was quite weak when compared to Starmer's or indeed the one from Boris above.ME14addick said:Moving tribute from Sir Keir Starmer just broadcast on tv.5 -
killerandflash said:
Agreed. Without turning this thread political, the official statement from our new PM was quite weak when compared to Starmer's or indeed the one from Boris above.ME14addick said:Moving tribute from Sir Keir Starmer just broadcast on tv.
I suspect what you are seeing is the first statement he wrote himself for a good few years since he became PM.1 -
Thought I could hear something and just stuck my head out the door - church bells are ringing somewhere.5
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Don't be like that i am sure the shirt was saved after a good wash.Addictedoldgit said:I remember as a 7 year old, being taken by my family to Trafalgar square to see her coronation in 1953.My parents chose Admiralty Arch to watch the procession pass.
Weirdly the only detail I remember is a pigeon leaving a deposit on my head & shirt.
I have a massive sense of loss. R.I.P.
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Slightly poor taste joke above.
RIP QE2. Here on the bottom of the world, as a third generation Kiwi, yet also son of an Englishman and born in England. I do feel her loss. Long Live the King. I wonder what changes KCIII will bring in...
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I was in the car driving home from work when the news broke at 6.30 - and to my surprise I burst spontaneously into tears, I had to stop the car.Then, on quick reflection, I concluded that it should not have been a surprise for me to cry. The Queen was an ever present in my life, in pretty much all of our lives, and in the life of our nation - a life like no other, dedicated to service.Thank you Queen Elizabeth II - may you rest in eternal peace.43
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I'd actually go the complete other way on this - I really feel for her, as if she wasn't walking into enough of a mess after 48 hours in the job this happens.killerandflash said:
Agreed. Without turning this thread political, the official statement from our new PM was quite weak when compared to Starmer's or indeed the one from Boris above.ME14addick said:Moving tribute from Sir Keir Starmer just broadcast on tv.
As you say, I think this should be kept apolitical though.2 -
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You're trying to compare apples with pears. QE2 was pretty much just a figure head where as past kings and queens had powers she didn't (and used them). Not sure how you can objectively compare the Queen's handling of Squidgygate with Richard the Lion Hearts crusadingCAFCTrev said:Amazing woman, RIP Elizabeth. Possibly the greatest British monarch of all time.0 -
Yep, me too. Didn't expect it to.Manic_mania said:
Ok that one got me... teary eyed nowBedsaddick said:1 -
Aha and made me remember this:Manic_mania said:
Ok that one got me... teary eyed nowBedsaddick said:
https://youtu.be/7UfiCa244XE
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Rest in peace your majesty, a true constant in my six decades on this earth.
Obviously only ever sung God save the Queen as an anthem going right back to cub's till a function I was at last week.
Really kicked in when I put the flags at half mast at my marina this evening.1 -
She's my greatest of all time.KiwiValley said:
You're trying to compare apples with pears. QE2 was pretty much just a figure head where as past kings and queens had powers she didn't (and used them). Not sure how you can objectively compare the Queen's handling of Squidgygate with Richard the Lion Hearts crusadingCAFCTrev said:Amazing woman, RIP Elizabeth. Possibly the greatest British monarch of all time.1 -
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth
What a life lived, a life I'd have prince Harry'd from a long long time ago whilst still in my 20s if I was in her shoes
96 is a great innings, the poor woman was only going to find rest in death, a public servant her entire life. I'm far from a royalist, don't care for who's up to what or who is married to who but I always knew I liked the Queen, the reasonable one, the one who seemed like she had a glint in her eye for a dirty joke and who genuinely appreciated her armed forces.
What a sport as well, for all the work I did on the Olympic site my abiding memory of that time of my life over 10 years on is the skit of her majesty saying "good evening Mr Bond" and then making as if jumping out of a helicopter.
A lot of stuff is going to take a lot of getting used to as well. The national anthem of which I am a fervent singer, stamps, money, the portraits in registry offices. And just having no Queen10 -
RIP1
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Rest in Peace your magestic.1
