Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful

Regardless of your feelings towards the monarchy, you can't help escape the news/interest of it in this country. The pictures of her I've seen recently she looks very frail all of a sudden - it was quite a shock she seems to have aged over night.
 
Freefaller said:
Regardless of your feelings towards the monarchy, you can't help escape the news/interest of it in this country. The pictures of her I've seen recently she looks very frail all of a sudden - it was quite a shock she seems to have aged over night.
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My cat did this. No, really. She was really really lively in her old age and then one day clearly just decided she'd had enough. She looked terrible for three days and then died.
 
Uther said:
I'm 57. She was the Queen 12 years before I was even born.
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Sometimes I find it unreal thinking of all the Christmases growing up and not a teenager yet that has gone and past in the 90s thinking of her alongside the Queen mother. Those speeches at 3pm on Christmas day with your own family for Christmas day dinner watching her before the feast at the table where it was just another year compared to and thinking looking back. All those good memories people had with their families on Christmas day where you thought nothing of it but it was another great Christmas with the family and relatives of everyone getting together.





Thekwango said:
a stranger, you've likely never met or spoke to dies and it feels the same as a family member?! jesus i know folk get all loved up for the royals but that's a bit far. mustn't have a great relationship with your family i guess.
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You're forgetting one thing. It was all the memories as families had with theirs while the preparations in their warm cosy homes before the Queen came on at 3pm for the afternoon dinners. They likely wont know her but the relation of small families to large families getting together and her speeches at Christmas with families in that relation is where the memories become deep rooted in that relation when they remember times were really good.

A simple thing can create a very strong heart felt memory. Especially with loved ones.
 
My nan was totally fine, lived on her own, no mobility issues until she was 95, had one fall and then 9 months later she had deteriorated dramatically and needed fulltime care then died aged 96
 
I'm not a supporter of royals but at the same time it's nice that tourists have something to visit our country for.

But i can't help but feel quite sad in a way.
She's often perceived as immortal, a god like figure that has stood the test of time and would outlive us all. Its an odd feeling that we are now witnessing the end of that.
 
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cheesefest said:
Think all shops should be closed for the funeral. As I want to watch it. Missed William and Kate’s wedding as working and hardly a soul during the ceremony.
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Watch it on a tablet/phone, I'm sure no boss is going to mind having the queen's funeral on the TV during work hours. Surely.
 
Freefaller said:
Regardless of your feelings towards the monarchy, you can't help escape the news/interest of it in this country. The pictures of her I've seen recently she looks very frail all of a sudden - it was quite a shock she seems to have aged over night.
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The most recent photo, showing her with a walking stick and a bruised hand, really shook me. She was like a completely different person.
 
chrismscotland said:
There's an RAF jet which left Northolt at half two and is heading for Aberdeen - no idea who's on it but I can't see anything getting announced while they aren't there
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McGray said:
Stamps were being withdrawn anyway - https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/stamps/
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That’s the 1st and 2nd class little stamps. The ‘pretty’ stamps with butterflies, album covers etc still be able to use after end Jan.

Got nothing to do with the Queen and her health.
 
Sankari said:
The most recent photo, showing her with a walking stick and a bruised hand, really shook me. She was like a completely different person.
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Yes that what struck me.

I hope whatever it is she recovers. But with even Harry cancelling a charity gig it seems it may be quite serious.

Although I'm as far away from being a royalist as you can get, it will be a very sad day regardless when she does pass away. I wish her well and hope the news isn't what we think it is.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
I'm not a supporter of royals but at the same time it's nice that tourists have something to visit our country for.

But i can't help but feel quite sad in a way.
She's often perceived as immortal, a god like figure that has stood the test of time and would outlive us all. Its an odd feeling that we are now witnessing the end of that.
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She's been the Queen longer than most people on this forum have been alive. I'm not a monarchist but even I can see this the end of an era. Personally I think she's been the only thing keeping the UK together for a long time.
 
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