Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passes away. 21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022.

[Synthahols_for_Girls]

1 hour ago, JD nawrat said:

Well...until Charles dies in the next 15-20 years, if not sooner

The larger issues will be if / when he goes senile 

[Harryseaess]

10 minutes ago, Synthahols_for_Girls said:

The larger issues will be if / when he goes senile 

It's pretty amazing how none of the royal family (from what I can remember) seem to get alzheimer's or any other common issues that people get. It can't just be luck that they live so long, are we putting that down to just constant medical checkups and catching stuff incredibly early or them having access to treatments/drugs etc. that the general public don't?

I know that George VI died young but he smoked like a chimney.

This is all getting very conspiracy theory like, maybe I should go to bed...

Edited September 11, 2022 by Harryseaess

[scott MUFC]

helps they don't eat rubbish and are always active.

[mark1985]

13 minutes ago, Harryseaess said:

It's pretty amazing how none of the royal family (from what I can remember) seem to get alzheimer's or any other common issues that people get. It can't just be luck that they live so long, are we putting that down to just constant medical checkups and catching stuff incredibly early or them having access to treatments/drugs etc. that the general public don't?

I know that George VI died young but he smoked like a chimney.

This is all getting very conspiracy theory like, maybe I should go to bed...

It's the lizard blood mate

[Synthahols_for_Girls]

3 minutes ago, scott MUFC said:

helps they don't eat rubbish and are always active.

Not sure you could say the same of the George's and bar the one who went mad, they went on for a while 
Interesting addition to the bloodline was the queen mother, who had a couple of close relatives that went mad did she not 

[Harryseaess]

4 minutes ago, Synthahols_for_Girls said:

Not sure you could say the same of the George's and bar the one who went mad, they went on for a while 
Interesting addition to the bloodline was the queen mother, who had a couple of close relatives that went mad did she not 

Prince Philip's mum was a bit of a nutter as well wasn't she?

Yep, just had a look and it appears she was a paranoid schizophrenic.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Harryseaess

[Ackter]

It's amazing what hundreds of people seeing to your every need and having no sense of reality will do for your health.

[Harryseaess]

3 minutes ago, Ackter said:

It's amazing what hundreds of people seeing to your every need and having no sense of reality will do for your health.

Yeah, they must spot cancer etc. in its very early stages and have it gone before any normal person would even know something was wrong.

Bet they have a full medical MOT every Monday morning or something.

[Jason the Yank]

1 hour ago, mark1985 said:

It's the lizard blood adrenochrome mate

fyp

 

[Jason the Yank]

 

[Confused Clarity]

4 hours ago, Jason the Yank said:

 

They won't be the only ones who do this and quite a few will likely choose against retaining King Charles III as their sovereign.

[JJ72]

4 hours ago, Jason the Yank said:

 

Barbados became a Republic a few years ago,  it was happening already

[Darren Moores Mum]

Good for them. Hopefully we can start having the discussion at some point in the not too distant future. 

[Confused Clarity]

17 minutes ago, ginnybob said:

Good for them. Hopefully we can start having the discussion at some point in the not too distant future. 

I'll not sure we'll have that conversation until everybody else has. Plus, if others choose to retrain,. It'll become more difficult.

[Weezer]

51 minutes ago, Confused Clarity said:

They won't be the only ones who do this and quite a few will likely choose against retaining King Charles III as their sovereign.

Tbf I don't think it's anything to do with Charles, it's just that it's 2022 and a lot of countries were already looking to move away from this system.

[sc91]

35 minutes ago, ginnybob said:

Good for them. Hopefully we can start having the discussion at some point in the not too distant future. 

Its a legitimate point going forward.

[Confused Clarity]

9 minutes ago, Weezer said:

Tbf I don't think it's anything to do with Charles, it's just that it's 2022 and a lot of countries were already looking to move away from this system.

Some have been, others had decided to not do so out of respect of the Queen. It's those countries that may now be more likely to hold referenda on the subject too.

[themadsheep2001]

Yeah several countries have mentioned doing this. The timing has been largely coincidental tbh, and less to do with King Charles. 

[Darius1998]

Not really a surprise. Lots of Commonwealth nations are republics now and it's only going to increase in the future.

[Confused Clarity]

2 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said:

Yeah several countries have mentioned doing this. The timing has been largely coincidental tbh, and less to do with King Charles. 

It's also an element of some countries had always held the view that they'd have this discussion when the Queen passed. So it's inevitable that those discussions will start up again as a direct result.

[Coulthard's Jaw]

7 hours ago, Harryseaess said:

Yeah, they must spot cancer etc. in its very early stages and have it gone before any normal person would even know something was wrong.

Bet they have a full medical MOT every Monday morning or something.

Queen Mother had cancer twice and still reached 101.

[Coulthard's Jaw]

 

 

 

[Confused Clarity]

20 minutes ago, Coulthard's Jaw said:

 

 

 

King Street? Irony is dead.

[PaulHartman71]

8 hours ago, Synthahols_for_Girls said:

Not sure you could say the same of the George's and bar the one who went mad, they went on for a while 
Interesting addition to the bloodline was the queen mother, who had a couple of close relatives that went mad did she not 

 

I think (and this is from my vague recollection of The Crown rather than any factual sources) that the Queen's mother had 2 nieces, daughters of her brother's wife with quite severe learning difficulties and then they had a few cousins who were also institutionalised too, however as these all came from the brother's wife's side of the family, it was assumed the gene for this was all in her side of the family and not passed on by the Queen Mother through her blood to the Queen etc. 

Edited September 11, 2022 by PaulHartman71

[Confused Clarity]

Also an example of irony being dead:

 

Cadw cancelled events to celebrate Owain Glyndwr. I'm sure honouring the the English monarchy would have been what he would have wanted.

[mrw072]

13 hours ago, Mr_Whippy said:

The obvious answer would be a new BH every year on the death of/funeral date (or closest Friday/Monday).

There won’t be as it ‘won’t be productive’ to give us an additional BH  

What they could do is introduce one on the ' Kings Birthday'. Similar to what they did with the Queen but make it an official BH.

[deltablue]

I think it's probably about time that the other countries stopped having the British monarch as their own head of state.

[Synthahols_for_Girls]

1 minute ago, deltablue said:

I think it's probably about time that the other countries stopped having the British monarch as their own head of state.

I think it's up to them to decide for themselves 

[skybluedave]

10 minutes ago, deltablue said:

I think it's probably about time that the other countries stopped having the British monarch as their own head of state.

Canada having it always felt weird to me. I saw something too that said it's almost impossible for then to lose Monarchy due to stuff. 

[deltablue]

1 minute ago, Synthahols_for_Girls said:

I think it's up to them to decide for themselves 

Did I suggest otherwise?

[Heartwork]

2 hours ago, JJ72 said:

Barbados became a Republic a few years ago,  it was happening already

Will probably remain in the Commonwealth like Barbados though, as that's become a bit more relaxed with its membership requirements and republics can be members now.

[The_jagster]

14 minutes ago, deltablue said:

Did I suggest otherwise?

In fairness to Synth (eurgh...) it does read that way.

[PaulHartman71]

👀

[Heartwork]

Sounds like Frankie was filming something that will never be released now and not for the reasons you'd normally expect a Frankie Boyle show to get shelved

[dafuge]

5 minutes ago, PaulHartman71 said:

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Disrespectful and despicable behaviour. 

[Big Geordie]

 

[FrazT]

Australian PM here has announced that there will be no referendum on becoming a republic in the first term of this government, so at least 3 years.  Little doubt that it will be successful this time if they get the alternative option right 

[Big Geordie]

Someone on twitter going after Dan Wootton;

 

 

[Confused Clarity]

Worth noting, that video is in reverse from his original.

 

He's getting massively dragged for this performative nonsense considering how critical he is of whenever he deems anything else performative nonsense.

[Darren Moores Mum]

How can I make this about meeeeeeee

[Rafalution]

2 hours ago, mrw072 said:

What they could do is introduce one on the ' Kings Birthday'. Similar to what they did with the Queen but make it an official BH.

Can we not just decide on a date first and then decide what it's for? There's not a single bank holiday in the 3 months between last Monday in may and last Monday in August, i.e what most people would describe an the nicest time of the year

[Heartwork]

7 minutes ago, Confused Clarity said:

Worth noting, that video is in reverse from his original.

 

He's getting massively dragged for this performative nonsense considering how critical he is of whenever he deems anything else performative nonsense.

 

[Darren Moores Mum]

8 minutes ago, Rafalution said:

Can we not just decide on a date first and then decide what it's for? There's not a single bank holiday in the 3 months between last Monday in may and last Monday in August, i.e what most people would describe an the nicest time of the year

We need a couple. Sneak another in there between May and August but we need something between August and Christmas as well. Too long a gap. 

[Garethjohn79]

10 hours ago, Harryseaess said:

It's pretty amazing how none of the royal family (from what I can remember) seem to get alzheimer's or any other common issues that people get. It can't just be luck that they live so long, are we putting that down to just constant medical checkups and catching stuff incredibly early or them having access to treatments/drugs etc. that the general public don't?

I know that George VI died young but he smoked like a chimney.

This is all getting very conspiracy theory like, maybe I should go to bed...

Considering the amount of in-breeding you'd have thought genetic disorders would be more prevalent. Either that or having access to instant healthcare, a royal diet and not having to worry about bills or everyday life has significant advantages. 

I know it'll won't be the easiest thing to stomach after 4 days of non-stop saturation coverage on Royal matters; But There is a documentary somewhere of two cousins of the Queen who were locked away from society to for life who were severely mentally disabled, who weren't ever known about until they were elderly. Perhaps there are more.

[Garethjohn79]

3 hours ago, Weezer said:

Tbf I don't think it's anything to do with Charles, it's just that it's 2022 and a lot of countries were already looking to move away from this system.

Well Canada and others are going to have to print new currency soon might as well kill two birds with one stone and put an elected head of state on the new ones

[Darren Moores Mum]

10 minutes ago, Garethjohn79 said:

Considering the amount of in-breeding you'd have thought genetic disorders would be more prevalent. Either that or having access to instant healthcare, a royal diet and not having to worry about bills or everyday life has significant advantages. 

I know it'll won't be the easiest thing to stomach after 4 days of non-stop saturation coverage on Royal matters; But There is a documentary somewhere of two cousins of the Queen who were locked away from society to for life who were severely mentally disabled, who weren't ever known about until they were elderly. Perhaps there are more.

Royal family inbreeding always brings me to the Habsburgs and this mess of a family tree. 

Charles II was completely ****ed by it all.

 

[Ackter]

1 minute ago, Garethjohn79 said:

Well Canada and others are going to have to print new currency soon might as well kill two birds with one stone and put an elected head of state on the new ones

Don't canada have beavers or otters etc on their money?

[Heartwork]

The genetic disorders thing will probably become less common now that more recent generations have married "commoners" and diversified the gene pool a little bit. Maybe the thing about the queen's cousins factored into that.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Heartwork

[VP.]

8 minutes ago, Ackter said:

Don't canada have beavers or otters etc on their money?

Believe they have the Mountie.

[Garethjohn79]

36 minutes ago, Rafalution said:

Can we not just decide on a date first and then decide what it's for? There's not a single bank holiday in the 3 months between last Monday in may and last Monday in August, i.e what most people would describe an the nicest time of the year

They don't want you to have a BH during the time of year you want one, they want them at a time you'll more likely work it instead.