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Merged UK Queen dead? Dying?/Liz Mountbatten's death

lobosrul5 said:
Her Majesty is a pretty nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty is a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a belly full of wine
Her Majesty is a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm gonna make her mine, oh yeah
Someday I'm gonna make her mine
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That has to be John Cooper Clark?

Ron Obvious said:
I've noticed the same thing. Can someone tell me if "passed away" has become offensive yet? I can't seem to keep up with these things.

I still say "died", the dinosaur that I am.
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Same. Euphemisms for death annoy the hell out of me.

lionking said:
I do. Australia would never had conducted a republic referendum while Betty was alive. You can put your house on a referendum quite soon.
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If we can keep the band of idiot christian conservatives out of government here next year, I think we might even manage that.
 
And, in the least surprising development, Biden says he almost certainly will be attedning the funeral.
As will most heads of state, I suspect.
Which will, of course, create a security headache for whoever in in charge of security in London.
 
dudalb said:
And, in the least surprising development, Biden says he almost certainly will be attedning the funeral.
As will most heads of state, I suspect.
Which will, of course, create a security headache for whoever in in charge of security in London.
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You'd think this would be a walk in the park for whoever is in charge of security in London. They must have known for decades that it was coming. It must be pretty similar to other security events they've handled in that storied city. They must have a binder spelling out most of the details. They must have executed or rehearsed most of the protocols many times already.

If this is going to be a special headache for them, how did they even get the job?
 
Vixen said:
Grrrrrrr.

Don't you just hate they are calling it 'the passing of the Queen'.

Just say, 'death', dang you.

Did she pass you in the street? No. Did she pass an exam? No. Did she pass a driving test. Er, yes.

But as the Liverpudlian famously said, on seeing a lifeless dog in the street, "The fooker's de-eed'.
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Here in Canada, the CBC was a bit more direct:

Queen Elizabeth, Canada's head of state, dead at 96

Much the same for CTV:

Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne

Personally I'd prefer the wording to be "has died," but "dead" is spot-on accurate.
 
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Just a curious note: Elizabeth II started and ended her monarchy outside of the country of England.

She was in Kenya when her father, George VI, died and she became queen.

She was in Scotland when she died, and Charles became king.
 
theprestige said:
You'd think this would be a walk in the park for whoever is in charge of security in London. They must have known for decades that it was coming. It must be pretty similar to other security events they've handled in that storied city. They must have a binder spelling out most of the details. They must have executed or rehearsed most of the protocols many times already.

If this is going to be a special headache for them, how did they even get the job?
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It's called Operation London Bridge. Operation Unicorn is the process by which the body will be transported from Scotland back to London.
 
arthwollipot said:
It's called Operation London Bridge. Operation Unicorn is the process by which the body will be transported from Scotland back to London.
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It's all very much planned for, and there have been regulr meetings over the years. Mrs Worm is tangetially involved in Operation Unicorn, in an incredibly minor way, and apparently one of the issues is that virtually no budget has been assigned to Operation Uniorn due to cost cutting, to the point where local authorities along the planned mourning route may not even have enough barriers for crowd management.
 
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Liz Mountbatten's death

Elizabeth Mountbatten died quietly at home surrounded by her family. Her passing is mourned by her family and friends as well as millions of fans around the world.

She was known for her impish sense of humour and for being the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of various Commonwealth countries, a role in which she is generally agreed to have excelled.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Just a curious note: Elizabeth II started and ended her monarchy outside of the country of England.

She was in Kenya when her father, George VI, died and she became queen.

She was in Scotland when she died, and Charles became king.
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She spent a good deal of her life in Scotland so it is no surprise she would spend her last days there.

To put it another way, she died in her home country, the UK.
 
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Any early odds on whether the next monarch will be crowned as KCIII or KGVII?
 
I may be wrong, but I don't think she's considered a Mountbatten even though she married one. I think she was always a Windsor.
 
The news is the only news to be shown on Australia's national channel, the ABC, today, unless they had headlines while I was out for an hour. In fact, its coverage is the only program on all day.
 
I liked this take.
 

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Orphia Nay said:
The news is the only news to be shown on Australia's national channel, the ABC, today, unless they had headlines while I was out for an hour. In fact, its coverage is the only program on all day.
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There is other news on the ABC website. There's an article about the first uterus transplant, and one about dangerous travel cots. Something something political transparency and some Covid numbers.
 
Puppycow said:
Don't know if anyone cares, but now Louis XIV's record remains safe for the foreseeable future. Charles III certainly won't beat it.
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I have heard him say that he will take the regnal name 'George' which would take the Georges to the halfway point at least.
 
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Robin said:
I have heard him say that he will take the regnal name 'George' which would take the Georges to the halfway point at least.
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Why would he change the name he has lived with for 70+ years? What has been the practice with past monarchs?
 
Question: The Queen greeted the new PM Tuesday afternoon in the traditional manner. She wasn't bedridden, she wasn't in a wheelchair, no one has claimed that she appeared impaired. By Thursday she was dead. That's an awfully speedy departure. No one has suggested that she had a heart attack or a stroke or was hit by a bus. No one has claimed that she had a severe long-term illness like cancer that could turn south abruptly. Is there any serious speculation that she might have been assisted?
 
When was in School, from grade one to 13 (in Canada) we either sang or at least stood at attention and listened to "God save the Queen" ..

Even the "tough guys" in highschool never batted an eye, and stood quietly while the song played over the schools PA system.

I remember in early grade school (two room school house) our music readers had the "King" lined out and "Queen" carefully penned above it :)

Im Highschool our Homeroom teacher was The Coach, and when he had to go to away games, he left me in charge of the class,

The students would get noisey, near the end of "The Announcements" but every one stood quiet, for the Lord's Prayer, and God save the Queen :)
 
Orphia Nay said:
The news is the only news to be shown on Australia's national channel, the ABC, today, unless they had headlines while I was out for an hour. In fact, its coverage is the only program on all day.
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It's pretty much the only news on Japanese TV too. Perhaps with a brief pause for the weather.
 
Robin said:
I have heard him say that he will take the regnal name 'George' which would take the Georges to the halfway point at least.
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I was talking about length of reign. Not sure what you mean. There were 16 King Louis of France, but Louis XIV had the longest reign (over 72 years, as he was only a small child when he inherited the throne). Elizabeth II fell short of his record by over a year. She inherited the throne from her father at the age of 26. In the future, assuming longer life expectancies for reigning monarchs, it will be very unlikely for anyone to again seriously challenge that record. Prince William is already 40, 14 years older than Elizabeth II was when she ascended. It would take a couple of untimely deaths for it to fall to someone younger than 30 again.
 
Bit rough on the late Her Maj to be shunted in to politics, IIRC her only foray in that direction was telling Scottish voters to be careful in 2014
 
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