British Queen Elizabeth II has passed away
 

British Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, aged 96. She will be replaced by her son Charles.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886

That's sad news...

Well now they'll have a King by Friday.

Queen Elizabeth has passed to heaven, what a long reign she had, longest in history to date, for so many of us, she's been queen since we were born. Now she rejoins her mother Queen consort Elizabeth I, her grandfather and father Kings George V & VI, her husband Prince Philip, her daughter-in Law Princess Diana, and so many other ancestors and passed memeber of the royal bloodline. No doubt will be a tremendous ceremony honoring her life.

A side note, now whoever takes over as James Bond will, for the first time, be fighting for a new monarch.

Sad, but I guess she had a pretty good run making it to 96. At this point I'm almost more surprised to find out that she's not in fact immortal after all. Long lived the queen for certain.

I figured they'd probably go and announce something as soon as I left for a dental appointment. Of course I was right. Had just started up the car and learned the news through hand signals. From a family member who stepped out of the house. :tconfuse:


Well now I'll never unthink him as the Mr. Rogers character, King Friday.

Truly an End of an Era.
Last week Gorbachev, this week - Elisabeth II.

It is strange how something that doesn't relate to you or affect your life in any meaningful way can be so comforting. Like in case with a Queen - I am a not a citizen of UK and her existence or lack of thereof did nothing to me, but her sole presence in this mad world brought some comfort and stability. And now its gone.

I was just sat thinking how she's not only been the queen for my whole life but actaully my parent's lives too. Feels sad.

Very sad. Rest in Peace, Your Majesty.

This woman was alive during World War II, wasn't she? Literally part of the ancient world.

Yes, though you have an odd perception of what is ancient.

*antiquated world

The same could probably be said about living in the 1980s or 90s.

Anything before 1980 might as well be ancient history.

It feels so strange to think Charles will be a king now.

They also have to change the national anthem, It was God save the Queen, Now it will have to be God save the King.

She was a beloved monarch and remarkable woman. I'm glad that she got to live to see her Platinum Jubilee and meet the next Prime Minister.

Who wanted the monarchy abolished when she was younger.

Thanks, had wanted to see his speech, but think it happened while I was at work and then later never thought to go look it up.

So what happens when he dies? I doubt he's making it past early/mid 80's.

Then his son becomes the next King. This isn't something anyone is curious about, the rules of succession are pretty clear.

I just wonder what happens if they all die one after the other. I know the two kids are still alive but they can't be king yet. It's like how in The Lion King, they couldn't make Simba king yet because he was just a cub and then Scar took over by pretending he was dead.

Here are the rules in case you are curious:

1. The eldest living child of the monarch is almost always the heir apparent.
2. If you are born out of wedlock, you are automatically not a legitimate heir.
3. If you are or used to be Catholic, you are not allowed to be an heir.
4. If the dead monarch has no living children who fill the criteria, then the heir is the closest living descendant of the monarch before the recently deceased one, like the brother, nephew, cousin, etc. As long as they are the descendant of a previous monarch, they are technically in line.

It's not that difficult to understand, it's basically impossible for there not to be an heir.

Some things still exist for a reason.



God Can Save The King, but He gets Keep The Queen In Peace.

Well... at least now that people know that all the rampant inbreeding is a bad thing!

This modern royal family just lucked out to exist in an age where people figured that out and can avoid inbreeding to extinction. (Although *cough* Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip were supposedly 3rd cousins.)



I heard there was a goat... Look at that goat! edit: Goats name is Lance Corporal Shenkin IV.

I believe that they explained all of this in the documentary King Ralph.

Despite Camilla being brought up in a Catholic household, she is still Anglican, it's because she's already divorced before why she is named "Queen Consort" and won't assume the actual title of Queen. Prince Albert (Victoria's husband) never became king, he was always Prince Consort too.

When Charles dies, William becomes king. When William dies, George becomes king. If Charles and William die before George turns 18, I'm assuming he will be king in waiting and Harry will become a guardian and advisor until he does.

Was a great day when this evil old boot kicked the bucket...until her scumbag son took the throne, of course. It's a freak show, like an episode of Game of Thrones...

Some of the sycophantic comments in here prove Americans know nothing about the British monarchy. Look into some of the horrible practices this cow got up to during her reign.

Two of the worst being trying to take hundreds of millions of pounds from the Poverty Grant to do up her palace and castles while her 'subjects' starved and froze, and her being behind Andrew's payout.

She was a fuc k ing CU NT. Good riddance to the corrupt old cow - inherited power or reign by accident of birth has zero place in a modern society. I hate these inbred rats.

Bring on the British Republic.

'Comfort and stability'

Nonsense like that is beyond ridiculous.

They bring in more money than they use, that's one factor. We're going to agree to disagree on the Royal Family, but yeah Andrew is dodgy as **** we have now been finding out the last few years.

Same way taxes on smoking are greater than the NHS spend to treat smoking illnesses, so the less people smoke, the more other taxes will have to go up...

Lol that is an absolute myth. The tourism argument is bogus. Even if it was true, it's a matter of principle, not economics.

You're from the South so no surprise you support them.

You are defending someone worth billions who tried to take from the Poverty Grant. And who helped her rapey son get off on charges. I swear royalists have lost the ****ing plot.

Also, the PR of the royals is so strong that even someone who leans left like you supports them.

So what we have here: personal insults and attacking person for their birthplace (very tolerant).

Also, its hilarious to think that somehow politicians and bureaucrats without royalty status are somehow better than a royal family. At least Royal family had historical value, a connective tissue between eras, something, which lefty can't understand or comprehend, since for them "history" is evil and should abolished and rewritten.

I will note, even though he won’t get to see it, my family are originally from Cornwall, Wales and Leicester. Not particularly southern heh.

He will see it, don't worry.
This guy is too much obsessed with this place to let it go.
:lol:

Not Harry, I think there is too much tension and he's been out of the "firm" for too long. Megan wouldn't want to move back.

Prince Randy Andy the Paedophile's friend would be out of the question.

I would assume Princess Anne or Prince Edward (Charles's other Siblings) would act as Regent on George's behalf.