Her son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, is now King. He will address the shocked nation imminently, as the world grieves Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
All her children had rushed to Balmoral after doctors became 'concerned' for her health. Hours later she died, surrounded by her family.
Here comes the King of Climate Change to plunge Britain into darkness and despair.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, they already have a WEF Operative as the new PM. They, and we, are totally up the creek without a paddle.
DeleteI was sitting on my throne early this morning, and saw a double rainbow 🌈, later this evening, I looked at the news, and they said there was a double rainbow 🌈 over Buckingham Palace....how weird is that?
DeleteProbably already planning to bring back Lucas Electrics and then go with King George as he is entitled to that as well and bring all us uppity colonists back to the fold.
DeleteNOOOOO!!! Not Lucas Electrics!!!
DeleteThe best comment I've seen is along the lines of "Elizabeth held on as long as she could because she knew Charles will fuck it all up"
DeleteQueen Elizabeth was a no-nonsense woman.
ReplyDeleteShe'll be missed.
Even though I am not British I feel some sense of sadness at the passing of this great woman.
ReplyDeleteShe wasn't British either.
DeleteYou're right, she was German. They literally changed the family name for PR reasons.
DeleteHer *ancestry* was German, you clowns. Her family have ruled the the British Empire/Commonwealth since 1837. They're British.
DeleteShe was a class act. RIP.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Charles is such a first-class twit.
ReplyDeleteShocked?
ReplyDelete96?
ReplyDeleteAnd they're shocked?
I thought Charles abdicated his right to the throne when he got divorced? Of course I'm not interested enough to look it up. It's not like they have any real power anymore.
ReplyDeleteI have always respected the Queen. She was a very big aid to her country during WWII. Not because of her physical work, of medical aid, but because of her leadership qualities of encouraging the entire U.K. to stay strong, even at times when things looked very dark for them, like during the bombing of London.
ReplyDeleteI actually had an uncle who was in the U.S. Navy, who was in London for a month during the bombing, and saw a clipping from a local Michigan newspaper, quoting him after he came back to America and he said that it was the worst time of the entire war for him, and he was a landing craft driver on D-Day.
Other things that I respected about Queen Elizabeth was her unchanging stance on the monarchy, and how she didn't accept the families desire to turn it into a liberal bastion of the modern era. She always remained committed to keeping the royal family sort of above the leftist ideas of the day, and instead an unchanging part of Great Britain's lifeblood, sort of how America has our unmatched landscape of mountains, forests, Great Lakes, etc. to anchor us as a representation of the nation of a blessed people. No matter the BS that we go through as people, we still can look to our God given beauty and natural resources and know that we are always able to look at that part of ourselves and be happy in the knowledge that no other nation has such a diverse beauty and amazing vistas to often simply just look at, or to spend time in, with no state boundaries, unlike many other nations.
A last comment on the Queen is that the movie starring Helen Mirren, The Queen, was more of a hit piece and a tribute to Diana, instead of a real picture of Queen Elizabeth. And while Diana was truly an amazing person, who had many remarkable qualities of her own, there was no need to tear down the Queen in order to build her up. They were both strong, capable women, each in their own way, and both touched the whole world by their actions. No doubt the news will be a complete white washing of the Queen over the next few days and weeks ahead, with everyone saying just how great she was. And perhaps rightfully so. But like any other person, she had her flaws, and it is sad that the news media is not capable of more of an even hand when talking about anyone, and that is pretty much how it has been and will always be.
The world has been waiting to see just how Prince Charles, now King Charles, will be as a leader. I suspect that he will represent his nation with just the same dignity that his mother did. Because no matter how some people have hated him, because of his relationship with Diana, the fact is, he was trained since birth for this very moment, and if nothing else, he is old school, and would never do anything to demean or embarrass the monarchy. While a King is something America does not adhere to, the U.K. has had one since at least 1000 A.D. and likely will continue for much longer unless the world changes drastically.
WWII was from 1940 to 1945. Queen Elizabeth did not become he queen until 1952.
DeleteGeorge VI was king of England in WW2. His queen, Elizabeth, was popularly known as the Queen Mum after the coronation of Princess Elizabeth on her father's death in 1952, when she became Queen Elizabeth II.
DeleteWhen Princess Elizabeth turned 18 in 1944, she insisted upon joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women’s branch of the British Army. She started as a second subaltern in the ATS and was later promoted to Junior Commander, the equivalent of Captain. During the war she was a truck driver and mechanic.
I know that she was not the Queen at the time of the war. But she was an encouragement to the people of Great Britain during the time of war. She did not run and hide, to America or some other place where it was safe. She stayed and maintained a public presence in order to keep the spirits of the nation up, and to show just how they should act. I think that she was medical assistance during the war, but I of course could be mistaken.
DeleteWhile I believe that Charles will do good by the U.K., William is likely to be much better suited for the role. But then again, as I said, America doesn't believe much in a monarchy.
This is the kind of leader she was. At 14 years old, in 1940, her first radio address was to England's children giving them a measure of comfort and hope during those dark times. You can listen to it here:
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14 years old. Who among any of the naysayers would have the courage to do that.
While I don't have much truck with royalty and elitism, if the world's politicians followed her example of service to country, instead of lining their pockets and foisting their cockamamie ideas on the world, it would be a much better place.
Like I said I don't have much truck with royalty, but I respect this woman's lifelong dedication to her country and the people of England.
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Queen Charles
ReplyDeleteThe phrase, "End of an era" is way overused. But in Queen Elizabeth's passing it fits perfectly.
ReplyDeleteRest In Peace
The gainsayers will be crawling out from under their stones left right and centre but she and her late husband spent their lives working hard and exemplifying DUTY. Think how much better off we'd all be if politicians did that instead of what they do.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like the entire world lost a beloved grandmother. I think things are going to unspool rapidly after her passing. God Bless Queen Elizabeth, she will be sorely missed.
ReplyDeleteI've never really cared for the English, being of Welsh, Irish, and Scottish extraction, but I've always liked Liz and Phil, as I used to call them. They just struck me as good people. They will be missed.
ReplyDeleteHeard it here first...holy crap...your are my CNN (no disrespect).
ReplyDeleteHer passing makes me sad.
May have to go get a bottle of gin and toast the Queen
Holy Shit and here I thought the only casuality was Freddy Mercury.
ReplyDeleteAs said in another post I thought maybe the Brits would do away with the royalty thing when she passed. Apparently not. Sad to hear she died. She was old school I believe.
ReplyDeleteShe was a classy dame.
ReplyDelete"Thank you. For everything."
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/7UfiCa244XE?t=108
A woman college professor said on Twitter how she hoped the Queen had an excruciatingly death. Then she doubled down on the Queen. I found her at on the Carnegie University website and sent her a nice email. If anybody would like to send this moron their greetings, her email address is uanya@andrew.cmu.edu. I would really like to see a lot of people reach out to this twit.
ReplyDeleteWhat some folks will do to get away from dealing with Biden! Anyways God Bless her as we will not see somebody like her again for a very longtime.
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