When the Queen dies....
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I'm sure they'll need to carry him off the premises as he won't go of his own free will!
The pause between the end of the program and the news was much greater on some channels. I remember watching the TV at the time. It was a few minutes on one of the channels, waiting for the other BBC channels to catch up.
I assume, like all those war scenarios the MOD have, there will be a forever updating system for important figures in case of death. Makes sense, or else it would be a nightmare!
Presumably a month or something of official mourning (where you can go and pass the coffin for a few days before the funeral), which wouldn't affect most people, and then a couple of days off for the funeral and the coronation. Both of which would be epic to see in real life, it's not every day you have a state funeral/coronation, even if the circumstances aren't great.
I'm sure I read somewhere that the BBC will not show ANY comedy shows for a Month after and all the Official Announcement and tribute stuff is already recorded and ready to be transmitted, some Oz Radio station accidentally transmitted it a while back IIRC
Whether you like them or loathe them nobody can deny they are a big part of the culture here in the UK and even quite rabid anti-Royalists like me will recognise it will have a huge impact on the Country when the time comes.
I assume, like all those war scenarios the MOD have, there will be a forever updating system for important figures in case of death. Makes sense, or else it would be a nightmare!
Presumably a month or something of official mourning (where you can go and pass the coffin for a few days before the funeral), which wouldn't affect most people, and then a couple of days off for the funeral and the coronation. Both of which would be epic to see in real life, it's not every day you have a state funeral/coronation, even if the circumstances aren't great.
you mean if Phillip outlives her
it is quite possible he would be if Charles doesn't want him around, allegedly Phillip got the Queen mother out of Buckingham palace by turning the heating off
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It'll be tense, the queen does serve a useful purpose as our official person of officialness who has a big fancy house or ten to impress foreign diplomats.
If we didnt have a monarchy we would still need a president or a chancellor or someone to do that job so might as well keep it going, someone's face has to be on the coins, someone's got to be responsible for passports and someone has to be the offical "person in charge" even if the practical power is weilded by others.
If we didnt have a monarchy we would still need a president or a chancellor or someone to do that job so might as well keep it going, someone's face has to be on the coins, someone's got to be responsible for passports and someone has to be the offical "person in charge" even if the practical power is weilded by others.
probably one public holiday I'd assume, I doubt the banks will stop - at least not the commercial or investment side
the worldwide TV coverage of London will likely cause a knock on effect of increasing tourism
I'd bet the funeral will be the most watched live transmission ever. Most probable over a billion people will end up watching it live (possibly over a couple of billion). I'd also assume there will be events (not just the filing past the coffin at Westminster Abbey) over several days around the funeral as we. Just look at the wedding of Kate and Will as an example of how big it will be internationally.
At a guess half of central London will be shut down for several days as well.
This kind of thing usually drags up the discussions of missing out Charles and going straight to William too
Charles is going to need a lot of help with PR etc..
ISIS will be very keen to disrupt it
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As will her successor, so why wish death on an old lady?
This.
It will be the biggest media event to date since the invention of undersea cable.
Despite the moaners who like to play the UK down, we are still very much in the big league and the rest of the world is actually very interested in what happens here!
I'd assume two, one for the funeral and one for the coronation. But I don't know what the time scales between the two would be.