Not looking good for Queenie

mrkb

Sassafras said:

I'd feel very poorly if I'd had to meet Boris Johnson AND Liz Truss all on the same day!

Are you suggesting that Boris rugby tackled her when he visited and injured her ?

https://youtu.be/T5NN5S9sPFM

guitars4you

So Charles getting ready to start his first day at work - Longest apprenticeship in history

Are the script writers of The Crown working overtime tonight 

Reverend

Twitter and fb awash with rumours. I'll not bother repeating any

Offset

Dominic said:

 I actually suspect that HM has already passed away earlier this afternoon...

How weird.  I was just talking to an ex-services friend who expressed precisely the same opinion.

*EDIT - another friend just WA'd me to say a journalist friend of his told him HM was dead.  No idea if it's true or not.

VimFuego

Schrodinger's monarch.

boogieman

I’ve heard from a friend who’s son is in the police. He claims to have “inside knowledge” that Queenie has gone too. It’s probably all bollocks.

edit. Well what do I know. RIP.  

JerkMoans

Sky News just called it, stating Buckingham Palace have reported

RIP

Offset

She died earlier this afternoon.  So they were right.  RIP.

FarleyUK

Well, shit. 

Sporky

Grumpyrocker said:

Edit: I'm quite happy for all that pomp to remain - for those that like that kind of thing and tourists. But only If the royals pay for it themselves and they no longer have a position in our political system. 

This. It is absolutely abhorrent that an unelected billionaire gets to manipulate the law to her own further advantage. Let's not forget that she chucked millions at her sex offender son rather than let him face justice.

EricTheWeary

octatonic said:

Has anyone here met her?

I did in 1981 or so, she came to the Rokeby Police Academy in Tasmania where my dad worked and we lived on base.
She spoke to me- complimented me on my green school jumper.

I did a bit of google-fu and found something remarkable.
There is a photograph here of her meeting one of my father's junior officers on the same day.
I haven't seen that face for a long time- I forget his first name, might be Tony or Ray, but his surname was Curran.
They lived on base, three doors up- his son was a little shit who lied about having a Pacman machine in his house that I wasn't allowed into.

In between those two houses were a couple of Japanese police (and their families) who had been brought in one an exchange.
Their names were Taka and Toshi.
Toshi was a huge man who taught me judo.
I haven't thought about any of this for 40 years- I'm surprised I remember it at all.




https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/the-queen-in-tasmania/image-gallery/31871150d8716818958125735cace91f

and probably the beginning of the end for the royal family and Australia…

…passed away peacefully this afternoon. RIP. 

octatonic

London bridge is down.

mrkb

octatonic said:

London bridge is down.

Have the ravens left the Tower of London as well

Kittyfrisk

Dominic said:

The more I think about it ...the more obvious it is that she has actually already passed away
I suspect the note passed to Truss in parliament circa 2pm was exactly that news.
The public Announcement will probably come at a TV /Family friendly 6.30 pm


PS ......I'm going to look really stupid if I'm wildly wrong

And remind me never to gamble against you.
RIP

stonevibe

The partner of Michael Fagan stole my parent's car, he had a row with her, lost the plot and broke into Lizzie's bedroom that night.

She had run off with his kids and nicked my mum's car from Wood Green's multi-storey car park.

DrCornelius

Sporky said:

Grumpyrocker said:

Edit: I'm quite happy for all that pomp to remain - for those that like that kind of thing and tourists. But only If the royals pay for it themselves and they no longer have a position in our political system. 

This. It is absolutely abhorrent that an unelected billionaire gets to manipulate the law to her own further advantage. Let's not forget that chucked millions at her sex offender son rather than let him face justice.

Vile institution; vile, evil woman. 

You could have worded that a lot better , especially the final part of last sentence which is frankly bollocks

Blaendulais

Sporky said:

Grumpyrocker said:

Edit: I'm quite happy for all that pomp to remain - for those that like that kind of thing and tourists. But only If the royals pay for it themselves and they no longer have a position in our political system. 

This. It is absolutely abhorrent that an unelected billionaire gets to manipulate the law to her own further advantage. Let's not forget that chucked millions at her sex offender son rather than let him face justice.

Vile institution; vile, evil woman. 

What a poxy comment. Write nothing rather than shit like that. 

Sporky

DrCornelius said:

Sporky said:

Grumpyrocker said:

Edit: I'm quite happy for all that pomp to remain - for those that like that kind of thing and tourists. But only If the royals pay for it themselves and they no longer have a position in our political system. 

This. It is absolutely abhorrent that an unelected billionaire gets to manipulate the law to her own further advantage. Let's not forget that chucked millions at her sex offender son rather than let him face justice.

Vile institution; vile, evil woman. 

You could have worded that a lot better , especially the final part of last sentence which is frankly bollocks

She systematically manipulated the country's laws to her advantage, and saved a sex offender from justice. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

ewal

Time to sign out of all social media and turn off the TV.

McToot

Sporky said:

Vile institution; vile, evil woman. 

Jesus Christ.