RIP Queen Elizabeth II

[LissaC]

So sorry to hear about your Queen. Please accept my condolences to all of those who are grieving her.

Now, I'm curious to see what's next. Prince Charles became King, but my hunch has always been that he'd give up the throne to Prince William.

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

So sorry to hear about your Queen. Please accept my condolences to all of those who are grieving her.

Now, I'm curious to see what's next. Prince Charles became King, but my hunch has always been that he'd give up the throne to Prince William.

King Charles will reign for his full term, he understands his duty. The question remains how much reform of the Royal household we will see.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Prince Charles became King, but my hunch has always been that he'd give up the throne to Prince William

That´s what a lot of people are thinking. Here´s a bloke who´s been sitting on the substitute´s bench for the past 50 years and has never been called up, so maybe he´s just past it. No, it doesn´t work like that. Becoming King is his duty to the people of Britain; it´s not a job that he applied for to take or leave as he wishes, it´s an obligation to his subjects and to his religion (in this case, the Church of England). He´s been meticulously prepared for this moment all his life and for him to abdicate, unless there were serious health or moral issues, would be a dereliction of duty.

 

[Mountain Cat]

An interesting video some here may enjoy:

Queen Elizabeth....

 

[Yorky]

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

How long before Yorky realises he's posted in the wrong thread

 

[Frizz1974]

Correct. His Great Uncle abdicated to marry and divorced woman.

His own private life was great affected by this same convention.

There is no skipping over him and installing his son.

 

[Yorky]

How long before Yorky realises he's posted in the wrong thread

Blame Youtube and their bloody adverts!

Is this it?

 

[Windigo]

King Charles impressed me very much in a positive way with his first national adress. He seems very humble and genuine. I expect him to be a good monarch from this impression.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Yes. Definitely a good start.
When you´ve been on the substitute´s bench for 50 years, it´s important to make a good start, right?

 

[Windigo]

A nice article I thought.

The Queen – a life in official portrait photos

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

Just watched the proclamation, we do do dressing up and arcane ceremonies very well. Seeing the guard remove head dress whilst armed is a new move on me, very impressive.

 

[Morning Glory]

I'm well fed up. BBC (both channels), ITV, Ch 4 and Sky news are now not showing programmes or reporting news at all unless Queen related. There is apparently no news in any of the rest of the world or in this country. Its the latter I find particularly upsetting. Not sure how long this will continue but I heard something about 10 days of 'national' mourning.

I was trying to find a weather report yesterday - but even that now seems to be banned!

 

[karadekoolaid]

I was trying to find a weather report yesterday - but even that now seems to be banned

Time to go for another walk, then.
Or watch the 3rd test match on live streaming, as I´m doing!

 

[The OMWC]

I was amazed to find out from my daughter that my beloved wife was apparently a huge royals enthusiast and knew every detail of their lives and all of the family intrigues. I had no idea, but I do have an idea of why she kept that hidden from me.