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God Save Our Queen - Funeral will be Mon 19th September (p26)
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Sad day. She’s been Queen all my life. Hard to think of anything she could have done better. She will be sadly missed. RIP.2
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Just feels strange and numbing having known no different all my - and indeed most of our lives. What she did will never be replicated, such a life of devotion despite numerous adversities. Unabiding memories will be the Olympics and the Jubilee, showed she was human with a sense of humour. Whatever your views, one special, unique and devoted lady has passed today, now hopefully at rest with her husband. RIP12
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RIP our Queen.1
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As a few others have said, in my eyes the end of my Nan and Grandads era. Hate to sound negative on what should be a day of celebrating an incredible lady’s life but I can’t help but think now the Queen has passed, the world will be a very different place! She was almost the eyes and ears over our great country!Again, certainly no royalist, but I feel completely numb this evening!RIP Ma’am!4
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We watched that clip with tears in our eyes. Thank you for reminding us EugenesAxeEugenesAxe said:
Aha and made me remember this:Manic_mania said:
Ok that one got me... teary eyed nowBedsaddick said:
https://youtu.be/7UfiCa244XE1 -
Our daughters partner is a Queens Counsel. Presumably he will now be a KC.Carter said: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 Queen0 -
Not a fan of the Monarchy at all, but I have respect for the Queen. May she RIP1
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not sure she got every call right but nobody can argue that she didn't do everything for the good of the country - probably the most revered figure in the world has passed away today - may she RIP1
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Thank you Ma'am and may you rest in peace.1
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As the day has gone on I've been more effected by this than I imagined I would. I'm not a royalist, but ever since a friend of mine messaged me mid afternoon to say 'operation London Bridge' had been enacted I feared the worst.
I'm 50 years old so have known no different (to think she'd been queen 20 years by the time I was born). Singing god save our queen at school, the 77 Jubilee (funnily enough I now live in the same road as my grandparents did at the time and I went to the street party here) and 8 years ago I was fortunate enough to meet her, all be it very briefly. Someone said about Grandparents generation, I feel that.
A remarkable lady, the like of which I don't think we'll ever ever see again. RIP just doesn't seem enough.
Can't help but think things will never quite be the same again, a part of Great Britain died today.8 -
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Very sad to hear of her passing. A life of service and putting the country first. Dignified, a national treasure and to read some of the messages on here tonight, I never knew how much she meant to so many. May she Rest In Peace and thoughts and prayers with her family
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Rest in eternal peace Queen Elizabeth. An amazing woman who devoted her life to serving the people of the United Kingdom & Commonwealth2
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RIP The Queen, the likes of whom will never be seen again. A lifetime of service to her country, she was a truely remarkable woman. Reunited again with her beloved husband may she rest in peace. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.2
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RIP Queen Elizabeth II. You'll be sadly missed.1
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A truly amazing woman who was a constant beacon for peace and good in human nature. May she RIP1
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I saw this on twitter this afternoon before the news officially broke, and it resonated quite hard:
I don't think I feel personally sad, and I'm pleased she lived long enough to see the opening of the Elizabeth Line and the 70th Jubilee celebrations. I do feel sympathy for the royal family, in the same way as I would for anyone who'd just lost their mum or nan, and is not only having to deal with their grief but is having to do it under that kind of spotlight. But it is definitely unsettling to lose someone who has been such a core part of national life for so long, and there are all sorts of changes that are going to be a consequence of that, which will take a bit of getting used to.I went out for a curry this evening with my parents and my aunt who is over from the US, and the official notification came in just as we sat down at the table, and towards the end of the meal Mum's phone buzzed again, with a BBC News update that started "His Majesty the King...". The three of us who are local all went "that just feels a bit wrong", even though we know that's the form, because the head of state has been "Her Majesty the Queen" for my entire life, and the vast majority of my parents', although they can remember the Coronation. And then when we came out, the electronic ad boards on the bus stop outside the Elizabeth Line station already had pictures of the Queen with her dates on it. It all just felt a bit surreal.6 -
The nation has lost one of its greatest ever servants. The world has lost an exemplar in leadership. And a family (whatever one might think of them) has lost its matriarch.
RIP Your Majesty.
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A special lady. Tears have been shed today on numerous occasions. It’s the memories that get you.Coincidentally, I’m flying into the UK on Tuesday for 6 weeks and I’m so glad I’ll be over to share in the mourning with everyone. And more tears will be shed by a lot of people. It just wouldn’t be the same in America. 😢
Rest In Peace Your Majesty. You have been a servant to the British people and far beyond.1 -
Rest in Peace your Majesty. You've earned it. Thank you.1
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Incredible woman. Rest in peace1
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Gawd bless you ma'am. One of the few royals I had any time for. One classy lady. Up there with Phillip. A true legend. RIP.1
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A particularly sad day for me personally, made even sadder by the greatest ever Monarch.
A wonderful honourable hard working woman spanning almost a century.
My thoughts with her family and our commonwealth of 2.4 Billion people, she touched so many lives. Its fair to say she has been a rock of stability throughout her reign
Rest in Peace x6 -
They did post.......but disabled comments to it.buckshee said: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.
I think we can all guess which Scottish club didn't bother to post anything.2 -
Amen to that.! 👌Gravesend_Addick said:
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 him0 -
To put the reign of Queen Elizabeth II into perspective remember that she was coronated in 1953.
Her first Prime Minister was a certain Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was born in 1874 and fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War.What an incredible part of our history we have lost.3 -
Thank you your majesty for over 70 years of service representing the UK and Commonwealth. She so loved her people and likewise the people loved her. The world will be a sad place without your presence in our lives.
"I declare before you that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service, and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong,"
Rest In Peace our most wonderful Queen
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Just reading some of the things from her life which put into context just how long she reigned for.
Churchill was PM when she became Queen.
We had 15 PM's in her time.
She met 13 US Presidents, including JFK.
12 French Presidents.
Only reigning monarch to visit Australia.
She got a wedding present from Gandhi.
She met Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin.
The Beatles performed for her.8 -
There have been calls all day to NZ radio, personal memories of time spent with the Queen. One of my favourites would be from a lady living out in the sticks somewhere in NZ on a horse thoroughbred stud farm. The Queen Mother bought a horse which went back to UK winning 17 hurdles races. The lady (girl at the time) tried her luck and wrote over asking if she could have a job at the Queen’s thoroughbred stud at Sandringham.
She was invited over and enjoyed time helping look after the Queen’s horses. Her Majesty would drive herself unaccompanied in a black Ford Cortina, stopping the car by the stables, undo the door and “a bunch of corgis would jump out”. It was the Queen’s “time out” and she loved to visit the mares with their foals.12 -
It got disabled as a woman from the States made an inappropriate comment. I don't know what was said however.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
They did post.......but disabled comments to it.buckshee said: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.
I think we can all guess which Scottish club didn't bother to post anything.0
