UK Queen Elilabeth II has died

[rexbowan]

R.I.P. great lady.

[Sammy]

Guess everyone will have to start saying ‘god save the king’ now.

[RIP>XI<]

R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth  

[HarryWeezer]

I believe the monarchy of the United Kingdom wherein a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state is an artifact of the past, doomed to be replaced over time. That will happen because the construct of royalty is unable to evolve with the times. It never changes. And as worldwide society continues to evolve, the notion of a single family forever living in unimaginable wealth outside the common man will, as McArthur put it, slowly fade away.
Not anytime soon. Charles will love having his face on all the bills and coin of the Realm while William already has bought into the system of essentially cutting ribbons and running charities in return for living in castles fully staffed to one's every whim. But I would predict William will be the last king of England. And England will be the better for it.
Now, I'm just an outsider and surely don't have the insight of folks like Krackennutz, Totty and RobMc who are part of the monarchy. But they'll surely let me know if I'm wrong.  

  Just to add...
Surely the notion of referring to one person by accident of birth as being majestic, and bowing and performing a curtsy to that person as if he or she is better than you, and everyone else, has already been largely passed by. 

[RobMc]

46 minutes ago, HarryWeezer said:

Surely the notion of referring to one person by accident of birth as being majestic, and bowing and performing a curtsy to that person as if he or she is better than you, and everyone else, has already been largely passed by. 

You'll piss Rugger right off Harry, now apologise and get back in line

 

[Totty]

6 hours ago, HarryWeezer said:

I believe the monarchy of the United Kingdom wherein a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state is an artifact of the past, doomed to be replaced over time. That will happen because the construct of royalty is unable to evolve with the times. It never changes. And as worldwide society continues to evolve, the notion of a single family forever living in unimaginable wealth outside the common man will, as McArthur put it, slowly fade away.
Not anytime soon. Charles will love having his face on all the bills and coin of the Realm while William already has bought into the system of essentially cutting ribbons and running charities in return for living in castles fully staffed to one's every whim. But I would predict William will be the last king of England. And England will be the better for it.
Now, I'm just an outsider and surely don't have the insight of folks like Krackennutz, Totty and RobMc who are part of the monarchy. But they'll surely let me know if I'm wrong.  

  Just to add...
Surely the notion of referring to one person by accident of birth as being majestic, and bowing and performing a curtsy to that person as if he or she is better than you, and everyone else, has already been largely passed by. 

TBH the Royal family are more accepted worldwide than our choice of PM s are.

But the wider the poverty gap gets between the poor and the rich then more the Royals are despised by their subjects 

Edited September 10, 2022 by Totty

[jointz]

Not to hijack this thread but she was kept up with her vaccinations.. they have found a lot of tragic incidents happening in the world today and lots of deaths due to covid vax.. just saying..

 

Long live the vaxxed king

[Totty]

And she was 96, so did very well. She would have had many vaccinations to be able to travel to every part of the world 

[Bosun]

On 9/9/2022 at 9:44 PM, Totty said:

That's why I think William will take over in the next 10 years, before Charles get too old and senile

He has said he intends to reign until he dies ... I'm keen to see how he goes.

[Totty]

On 9/9/2022 at 2:17 PM, YACCster said:

https://babylonbee.com/news/meghan-markle-concerned-queens-death-may-yank-her-from-spotlight-for-a-few-days

She has found a way.....

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19768866/prince-harry-william-kate-windsor/

[Totty]

The BBC have set up a live stream of the queen's lying in state for those unable to attend and pay their respects in person

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62902778

[RobMc]

You seem awfully obsessed with the robbers Totty? Family worth many billions, biggest public spongers and they avoid tax (i.e. inheritance tax) which even the poorest pay. They have you fooled mate, they live a life of luxury off your back, as I said sympathy I give, but no remorse, I for one know I'm being robbed, and there's no Robin Hood. Watch this, some of this is a bit misleading but most of it is fact, they stand covered in medals, unearned, the only one not bedecked was the shamed paedophile (who got off with it) crazily he really fought in the Falklands, they are at the best misleading and shameless..

 

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by RobMc

[Totty]

They haven't got me anything. 

Like her or hate her, but come back to me when you've served your country for 70 years . Granted she was on good money, but she did do a great job.

I put the link up so that others unable to pay their respects but wanted to, could virtually. 

That why I've always liked this clan, they are a helpful bunch of individuals 

[Sammy]

So you have a single royal family that is under some semblance of control to one degree or another. Could be much worse. You could be like the United States. With a good number of filthy rich families without such controls that actually do run the country, just without the 'royal' moniker.  The royals are not 'required' to pay taxes. But from what I understand they do anyways.  However much it is. Dont know. But here in America? Where everyone is eligible to be taxed including rich families? Doesnt mean that they do, and if they dont have to, they wont volunteer any. That is simply anti-American. We all celebrate not paying taxes.

Perhaps a very cynical view. I guess you have to live in a country entirely dictated by the almighty dollar. I dont think I've heard the expression 'dictated by the almighty pound'. Maybe there is such a phrase, dunno.

[RobMc]

11 hours ago, Sammy said:

So you have a single royal family that is under some semblance of control to one degree or another. Could be much worse. You could be like the United States. With a good number of filthy rich families without such controls that actually do run the country, just without the 'royal' moniker.  The royals are not 'required' to pay taxes. But from what I understand they do anyways.  However much it is. Dont know. But here in America? Where everyone is eligible to be taxed including rich families? Doesnt mean that they do, and if they dont have to, they wont volunteer any. That is simply anti-American. We all celebrate not paying taxes.

Perhaps a very cynical view. I guess you have to live in a country entirely dictated by the almighty dollar. I dont think I've heard the expression 'dictated by the almighty pound'. Maybe there is such a phrase, dunno.

I would recommend reading 'Animal farm' by George Orwell if you haven't already Sammy, it portrays that no matter which regime you live under there are always an elite, divorced from reality ( e.g. Let them eat cake, Maria Antoinette ). The one fact in the land of freedom I find strange is that it does not seem possible to be President unless you are a millionaire/billionaire, we haven't reached that yet because we limit spending on campaigns (supposedly).

To me the USA always reminds me of the old 70's poster 

Life is like a shit sandwich, the more bread you have the less shit you gotta eat

 

Appears that way

[Totty]

The funeral will be shown live by the BBC on youtube tomorrow,

here is the link if interested

https://youtu.be/j8xwqi_9GDs

Rob I know you aren't interested already,

This is for everyone else

[RobMc]

1 hour ago, Totty said:

Rob I know you aren't interested already,

Correct - I'm going fishing, but she must have cursed me the worms look dead

[Totty]

2 minutes ago, RobMc said:

Correct - I'm going fishing, but she must have cursed me the worms look dead

Not working?

 

[RobMc]

4 minutes ago, Totty said:

Not working?

 

I've had a bellyful of that thank you.

[Totty]

18 minutes ago, RobMc said:

I've had a bellyful of that thank you.

We aren't,  but a lot of sites are

[El Presidente]

On 9/8/2022 at 7:48 PM, RobMc said:

She and her Husband were great, but the rest of her family need the same treatment the Russians gave theirs, her successor is an absolute idiot.

R.I.P. Elizabeth you had our utmost respect

now now give him a go at it.

[El Presidente]

On 9/10/2022 at 1:20 PM, HarryWeezer said:

I believe the monarchy of the United Kingdom wherein a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state is an artifact of the past, doomed to be replaced over time. That will happen because the construct of royalty is unable to evolve with the times. It never changes. And as worldwide society continues to evolve, the notion of a single family forever living in unimaginable wealth outside the common man will, as McArthur put it, slowly fade away.
Not anytime soon. Charles will love having his face on all the bills and coin of the Realm while William already has bought into the system of essentially cutting ribbons and running charities in return for living in castles fully staffed to one's every whim. But I would predict William will be the last king of England. And England will be the better for it.
Now, I'm just an outsider and surely don't have the insight of folks like Krackennutz, Totty and RobMc who are part of the monarchy. But they'll surely let me know if I'm wrong.  

  Just to add...
Surely the notion of referring to one person by accident of birth as being majestic, and bowing and performing a curtsy to that person as if he or she is better than you, and everyone else, has already been largely passed by. 

we are british

[LilAcorn]

people need to leave the family alone, let them have their life, privacy and all that.

[RobMc]

5 minutes ago, LilAcorn said:

people need to leave the family alone, let them have their life, privacy and all that.

No problem, but first pay taxes and stop all public funding, suit us great

[Labob]

On 9/10/2022 at 8:20 AM, HarryWeezer said:

I believe the monarchy of the United Kingdom wherein a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state is an artifact of the past, doomed to be replaced over time. That will happen because the construct of royalty is unable to evolve with the times. It never changes. And as worldwide society continues to evolve, the notion of a single family forever living in unimaginable wealth outside the common man will, as McArthur put it, slowly fade away.
Not anytime soon. Charles will love having his face on all the bills and coin of the Realm while William already has bought into the system of essentially cutting ribbons and running charities in return for living in castles fully staffed to one's every whim. But I would predict William will be the last king of England. And England will be the better for it.
Now, I'm just an outsider and surely don't have the insight of folks like Krackennutz, Totty and RobMc who are part of the monarchy. But they'll surely let me know if I'm wrong.  

  Just to add...
Surely the notion of referring to one person by accident of birth as being majestic, and bowing and performing a curtsy to that person as if he or she is better than you, and everyone else, has already been largely passed by. 

And then there is OFF with HIS HEAD :)-