Queen Elizabeth II - 1926-2022

[BritBill]

7 minutes ago, coloradobillsfan said:

I have been to Westminster Abbey - it is amazing on a normal day.  It is going to be a spectacular event to see the coronation of the first King of England in 70 years 

And we get a day off work for it. That could be quite a while though. Maybe even next year. 

[Draconator]

8 minutes ago, BritBill said:

And we get a day off work for it. That could be quite a while though. Maybe even next year. 

My employer Yahoo just announced a paid day off for the funeral for employees in the UK and any Commonwealth country. 

[BritBill]

13 minutes ago, Draconator said:

My employer Yahoo just announced a paid day off for the funeral for employees in the UK and any Commonwealth country. 

There you go, every cloud 👍 

 

The funeral and coronation of Charles will both be Bank Holidays for us. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

R.I.P.

 

She seemed like a good lady.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Love the Hudson Bay "point blanket" over back of chair!  Nice touch! 

Edited September 8, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Mark Vader said:

Yep. Stupidity is frightening.

 

 

……and rampant. 

 

 

 

RIP to the Queen. That was quite a run! 

[ExiledInIllinois]

58 minutes ago, coloradobillsfan said:

I have been to Westminster Abbey - it is amazing on a normal day.  It is going to be a spectacular event to see the coronation of the first King of England in 70 years 

From the intrinsic value of keeping the plebs amused, I have to admit, it will be amazing! Fascinating to see.

 

Anyway... That's the time to get ***** done, slip things passed the media and news cycle. 

 

 

[Chef Jim]

2 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

Ugh.  now we have to be force-fed and overwhelmed with funeral coverage.

 

 

 

Just an FYI.  All media have an off switch. 

[Patrick Duffy]

Well she lived a long life with plenty of wealth etc. 

[Buddo]

8 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

Just an FYI.  All media have an off switch. 

 

In the UK atm, 'All Media' has it everywhere.

 

Example, as you would expect, it's the lead story on the BBC News site. However, it's also the lead story on the Sport section of the site.

 

Further, as you go to the sub-sections of the different sports, it's still the lead story on all of those, e.g. Football, Rugby, Formula 1, Cricket, etc.

 

 

[Chef Jim]

3 minutes ago, Buddo said:

 

In the UK atm, 'All Media' has it everywhere.

 

Example, as you would expect, it's the lead story on the BBC News site. However, it's also the lead story on the Sport section of the site.

 

Further, as you go to the sub-sections of the different sports, it's still the lead story on all of those, e.g. Football, Rugby, Formula 1, Cricket, etc.

 

 

 

Wow.  My condolences to you and your family. 

 

Sorry if you don't understand why it's such a big deal.  

[Just Jack]

20 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

Just an FYI.  All media have an off switch. 

[K-9]

5 hours ago, BritBill said:

Technically the monarch has a final

say on some things but it’s all pretty ceremonial. A bit like the point after TD before it was moved back.

 

I suspect she’s already died and they’re just getting everything in order before an announcement this evening. 

I’d be interested in knowing what “things” the monarchy has final say on in Great Britain. 

[BritBill]

5 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I’d be interested in knowing what “things” the monarchy has final say on in Great Britain. 

An example is when there’s been a general election and a winning political party has been declared winner, the leader of the party has to go to the monarch to request permission to form a government. Technically permission can be denied but as this is “ceremonial” it won’t be. 
 

I’m sure there will be a few more but the internet can probably feed your interest more than I can 👍 

[Just Jack]

Newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss met with the Queen two days ago, and now the Queen is dead.  Hmmmm.....

 

British PM Liz Truss called monarchy 'disgraceful' as student (nypost.com)

[Einstein]

The Royal Family has no actual power, right?

 

Kind of an odd tradition they keep going.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

NFL to hold moment of silence ahead opener to honor Queen Elizabeth II
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-11195217/NFL-hold-moment-silence-ahead-Bills-Rams-opener-tonight-honor-Queen-Elizabeth-II.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

[LeGOATski]

Is this some kind of omen for today's game? The season?

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, Einstein said:

The Royal Family has no actual power, right?

 

Kind of an odd tradition they keep going.

Having almost unlimited wealth in real estate , land And money they still wield plenty of power

[Einstein]

10 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Having almost unlimited wealth in real estate , land And money they still wield plenty of power

 

Pegula has a net worth of something like 8.5x the Royal Family.