The Queen is dead.

[VladTepes]

Inevitable but still sad.

All the idiot end of the republican spectrum will be hammering on again in the not too distant future.

Whatever people think of the monarchy, I've never seen a politician I'd rather see in that job


I have to think though that the institution would be in a better place if William were King rather than Charles

[GSXKING]

Long live King Charles the Turd 💩 not really 🧐🧐
The monarchy will die with Liz hopefully 🙏🙏🙏

[VladTepes]

Really?

Whatever people think of the monarchy, I've never seen a politician I'd rather see in that job.

[Tony Nitrous]

A symbolic figure head and a bit of history that a lot of folk liked to have. Certainly no bad thing.  She was loved and appreciated by many.  In a shitty world she was a constant who put in the long haul.

RIP.

[grog]

RIP

[VladTepes]

Cool story about her

From her first meeting with Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, who led the Gold Coast to independence, and committed advocate of the pan-Africanism movement.
This would have been around 1957, just five years into Elizabeth's reign. From The State of Africa by Martin Meredith:

"[Nkrumah] was particularly thrilled at the prospect of meeting Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace – 'agog with excitement', according to Erica Powell. His staff explained that normally an audience would last about half an hour. 'It's no good talking to me about time, you know it means nothing to me,' he retorted. 'If I am bored I shall want to leave after two minutes. If I'm interested I may stay an hour or two without realising it.' Horrified, his staff advised that the Queen would give some kind of indication when the audience was at an end.

"The following morning he returned from the palace, exhilarated by the experience. 'She's an amazing woman!' he declared. 'So small and so simple and modest.'

"'How long did you stay?' his staff asked eagerly.

"'My goodness! It was terrible! We were talking so much and it was all so interesting for me that when I at last looked at my watch I saw that I had been there an hour! I exclaimed: "Oh! Is that really the time?" And I got worried in case I might not have noticed the sign that she may have made for me to leave. Anyhow, I looked for my stick, but I couldn't see it. Then the Queen asked me if I had lost something, and I said: "Yes, my stick." And can you imagine what she did? She actually got down on her knees to help me find it. It had fallen at the back of my chair. I felt so ashamed of myself.'

"Queen Elizabeth was as fascinated by Nkrumah as he was by her. On a subsequent occasion, he was invited as her personal guest to the royal residence at Balmoral, a rare favour for a foreign head of government. There, after a walk on the moors to watch Prince Philip shooting grouse, he was affirmed a member of 'Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council'. The picture taken of him with the Queen at Balmoral became a favourite possession. He ordered thousands of copies to be printed."

[T 24]

RIP

[grog]

Didnt know that she trained as Driver/Mechanic. Guess that she was the worlds most famous Mechanic. 

[Tony Nitrous]

Didnt know that she trained as Driver/Mechanic. Guess that she was the worlds most famous Mechanic. 

Yes. Apart from a lot of other training and mechanics, she drove trucks and rode bikes.

[Monarchjock]

Didnt know that she trained as Driver/Mechanic. Guess that she was the worlds most famous Mechanic. 

My mother who was only a couple of months  younger than the Queen and who died just a couple of months ago trained in the ATS (Auxilliary Teritorial Service), at Camberley, at the same time as the Queen. She didn't get to meet her but she did meet her parents when they visited the future Queen on the camp. My Mum was always reminding me and my brother that Liz went home every night to Windsor but everyone else had to stay in the camp. It was mentioned at my Mum's funeral. It got a laugh. 

[Mick_J]

A very sad loss to this country, she was a great, great lady and did not deserve to be booed by the scum football fans when the teams stood for a minute silence at the start of the match.  If I had my way that lot would be hung up by the bollocks till dead, bastards.
I see the ginger fuckwit Harry didn't even stay at Balmoral till the queen was cold, he should take his slapper home to the USA and stay there.

Rest In Peace Elizabeth. 

[Notty]

What Mick said

[Kiwifruit]

Been hearing some great stories here from people that met her.
All Black Ali Williams was asked by her havnt we met before. Williams says "yes Maam this is the third time, in NZ if you meet three times its called a date." The Queen laughed and responded "oh you New Zealanders"
No matter what you think of the Monarchy the planet will be a lesser place without her.
May she Rest in Peace.

[Batkwaka]

Sorry mate, just more welfare recipients for me.

[Roo]

A very sad loss to this country, she was a great, great lady and did not deserve to be booed by the scum football fans when the teams stood for a minute silence at the start of the match.  If I had my way that lot would be hung up by the bollocks till dead, bastards.
I see the ginger fuckwit Harry didn't even stay at Balmoral till the queen was cold, he should take his slapper home to the USA and stay there.

Rest In Peace Elizabeth.

RIP, here's hoping King Charles 3 sorts the ginger's wife , and cut's the Duchess title