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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    rick_chasey said:

    lol because sheikhs are known for their casual philanthropy, especially for British charities.

    🫠

    why shouldn't he take suitcases full of cash? he is the heir of an hereditary monarchy. What is the point of cutting all those ribbons unless you can accept sack loads of cash and nonce whoever you want?

    As a horse eater you don't seem to understand the point of a monarchy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    Queen "under medical supervision" after doctors became concerned for her health.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,538
    rick_chasey said:

    Queen "under medical supervision" after doctors became concerned for her health.

    Doesn't sound promising with family heading up there and a transfer of power.

    I guess having to meet two Tory leaders in one day was too much trauma.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,930
    Pross said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Queen "under medical supervision" after doctors became concerned for her health.

    Doesn't sound promising with family heading up there and a transfer of power.

    I guess having to meet two Tory leaders in one day was too much trauma.
    Absolutely.

    Being 96 probably isn't helping though.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,619
    She needs to hang on a couple of years to beat Louis XIV.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    S'gonna happen today or tomorrow isn't it? All the BBC newsreaders are already in black.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    TheBigBean said:

    She needs to hang on a couple of years to beat Louis XIV.

    needs to hang on a couple of days as I will be livid if they cancel the Test when I have tickets for the Saturday
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,314
    Everyone excited for hours of rolling coverage of the castle gates and speculation from royal experts?
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  • surrey_commuter
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    pangolin said:

    Everyone excited for hours of rolling coverage of the castle gates and speculation from royal experts?

    I am hoping the cable channels carry on but am braced for a pausing of all domestic sport
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,246
    When would any Bank Holidays be?
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,598
    Worth getting the leaders jersey in the TOB today I reckon?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    pangolin said:

    Everyone excited for hours of rolling coverage of the castle gates and speculation from royal experts?

    If she dies it's all the pre-recorded obituaries etc.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    kingstongraham said:

    When would any Bank Holidays be?

    Gutted it won't be spring/summer NGL
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    kingstongraham said:

    When would any Bank Holidays be?

    I remember Diana dieing and a lot of businesses shut out of a mark of respect. I think we got a day off for the funeral. I remember I went water skiing and it was packed.

    Coronation would not be until next year after a suitable period of mourning
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    Obviously no royalist but it's pretty exciting stuff if you've done much history.
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  • pblakeney
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    surrey_commuter said:

    kingstongraham said:

    When would any Bank Holidays be?

    I remember Diana dieing and a lot of businesses shut out of a mark of respect. I think we got a day off for the funeral. I remember I went water skiing and it was packed.

    Coronation would not be until next year after a suitable period of mourning
    Sounds about right.
    Two days minimum in total for both.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    BoJo must be fuming he doesn't get the "london bridge is down" phone call.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,538
    rick_chasey said:

    BoJo must be fuming he doesn't get the "london bridge is down" phone call.

    I reckon her meeting with him and then seeing the successor took away her will to live, she was OK on Monday.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    rick_chasey said:

    Obviously no royalist but it's pretty exciting stuff if you've done much history.

    talk me through what I am missing?

    I just see additional national embarasment
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    Either that or Truss said she would help her out with her heating bill.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,770
    Pross said:

    rick_chasey said:

    BoJo must be fuming he doesn't get the "london bridge is down" phone call.

    I reckon her meeting with him and then seeing the successor took away her will to live, she was OK on Monday.
    She's looked at what the future holds and decided it's not much. Would you like to have to hold regular meetings with whoever is in charge? I'd be looking for excuses.
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  • rick_chasey
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    edited September 2022
    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Obviously no royalist but it's pretty exciting stuff if you've done much history.

    talk me through what I am missing?

    I just see additional national embarasment
    I mean, royals dying and being coronated are things that have been really well recorded for a millennium, near enough. They're huge things and just the ceremony around it is just really interesting; not least as this one's been queen for so long it hasn't happened in the majority of people's life time.

    It's just a whole load of symbolic ceremony. Ignore the flag shaggers etc and talking heads and stick to the actual content and there's a lot to unpick and take in.

    12 days of mourning - that's interesting in an of itself.
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  • pblakeney
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    rick_chasey said:

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    12 days of mourning - that's interesting in an of itself.

    Might grant 12 seconds as she's been a good monarch.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,689
    Do hope it's a St Pauls jobbie for the funeral - can see it from my desk :)
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,314
    rick_chasey said:

    Do hope it's a St Pauls jobbie for the funeral - can see it from my desk :)

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  • rick_chasey
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    Not wrong, my friend
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  • verylonglegs
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    surrey_commuter said:

    pangolin said:

    Everyone excited for hours of rolling coverage of the castle gates and speculation from royal experts?

    I am hoping the cable channels carry on but am braced for a pausing of all domestic sport
    I remember all local league football was cancelled for the weekend of Diana's funeral, as a group of lads in their early twenties we were pretty angry at not having a game due to something we had no interest in.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,619
    Not sure the economy needs another bank holiday. Still suffering from the last one.
  • beansnikpoh
    beansnikpoh Posts: 1,533
    rick_chasey said:

    Do hope it's a St Pauls jobbie for the funeral - can see it from my desk :)

    Westminster Abbey I think.
  • pblakeney
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    beansnikpoh said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Do hope it's a St Pauls jobbie for the funeral - can see it from my desk :)

    Westminster Abbey I think.
    Usually, as far as I remember.
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