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re: Queen Elizabeth has passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:05 am to OMLandshark
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:05 am to OMLandshark
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Isn’t “coincidentally” Harry and Meghan there right now? That’s going to raise an eyebrow for conspiracy theorists.
Why?
The rest of the family is there as well. She didn’t look great greeting the new PM the other day and did it at Balmoral no less.
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Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:05 am to OMLandshark
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Yeah, it’s going to be bigger than Diana’s.
The used Queen Elizabeth funeral plans for Diana's funeral.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:05 am to Ingeniero
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The family just landed at the airport
What airport? I’m thinking nearest major airport is in Aberdeen and then a long drive to Balmoral. I did see where helicopters were landing on the castle grounds earlier.
If it’s the airport it’s likely the Harkles flying from Germany.
ETA: NM it’s an RAF jet carrying Anne, Andrew, Edward and his wife Sophie, just touched down a little while ago at Aberdeen. I’m guess they will take a chopper from there to Balmoral.
This post was edited on 9/8/22 at 10:09 am
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:06 am to BluegrassBelle
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The funeral will be attended by state officials from all over the world and will be coordinated by the armed forces and Government.
So she won’t be the biggest corpse in the room for her own funeral:
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:06 am to Breauxsif
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Why do you believe that?
Presumably because they're terrible people who trashed and sought to undermine the family while being completely dependent on it
But regardless, they won't be barred from the funeral events
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:08 am to Bawwitdabaw
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seem to recall a war that was fought back when so we wouldn't have "those things"
Go ride to the slums of any major US city, or to the backwoods of the drug infested South, and you will see what “things” we have.
We would have been better off in the long term as a part of the Commonwealth.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:12 am to LSUGrad9295
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I would have never thought she would have made it an extra 30+ years after that time Reggie Jackson tried to kill her at the baseball game...
Well, she had quite the arm back then:
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:12 am to TCO
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We would have been better off in the long term as a part of the Commonwealth.
Yes, because everything is perfect in the Commonwealth countries.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:13 am to TCO
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Go ride to the slums of any major US city, or to the backwoods of the drug infested South, and you will see what “things” we have.
We would have been better off in the long term as a part of the Commonwealth.
Eh, they're arresting people for tweets whilst letting others loot with impunity. I'll take what we have here. Canada isn't exactly the example of a North American commonwealth that I'd like to follow
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:14 am to lachellie
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Probably the biggest since Churchill.
Seems like his funeral was the most badass thing ever. At least this video certainly makes it appear such.
Churchill's Funeral
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:14 am to Pettifogger
quote:Why do y’all keep singling out women? There are plenty of liberal, a-hole, moron men out there. Many dumbass comments on here by men. Biden, JBE, Obama, Howard Stern, on and on are not women.
women of our country normally pay attention to
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:14 am to Pettifogger
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But regardless, they won't be barred from the funeral events
They’ll be strictly supervised and likely scanned for Netflix wires without their knowledge. But the rest of the RF are experts at making meaningless chitchat or even giving “the cut” when warranted. The weak link here IMO is Charles because obviously he loves Harry, but Camilla has common sense and backbone and he definitely has improved during their marriage.
I imagine Andrew and Harry are more than a little concerned that whatever gravy train they’re still riding is about to jump the tracks.
This post was edited on 9/8/22 at 10:34 am
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:15 am to upgrayedd
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Canada isn't exactly the example of a North American commonwealth that I'd like to follow
Fascism with a smile.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:15 am to shel311
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You work hard, pay all your taxes, they take your money so they can literally live like Kings and Queens but they don't actually do anything for you at all?
I don't know why this comes up every time there's a royal story, but it's also posted every time.
The royal family generates way more in revenue, from tours to royal jewelry displays, etc. than they take. If they just decided to close shop and give the middle finger to England, they'd have a really tough time with their national budget.
Tourism specifically to the lands owned by the royals generated around £28 billion. A crazy amount more than they get from the government, which is around £55 million.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:15 am to TigerintheNO
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The used Queen Elizabeth funeral plans for Diana's funeral.
They used Queen Elizabeth’s mother’s funeral plans for Diana’s.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:16 am to Jake88
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Care to elaborate?
Sure, lets start with:
-Monarch since age 25
-served by 14 British prime ministers guiding the country out of post war decimation and rebuild
-worked with 13 U.S. presidents and their administrations thru multiple wars triumphing over the iron curtain
-guided the shrinking of the British Empire post-colonialism while avoiding the UK's financial collapse and the rise of globalization
-anchored the country through uncertainty and the royal family's own dramas
-has presided over granting independence to India and avoiding a civil war with Ireland in the troubles and more recently a succeeding Scotland
-conducted herself with grace and kindness while balancing a new world view on monocharchy's and calls from some British to absolve the crown
Some more light reading below:
LINK
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:16 am to TCO
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Go ride to the slums of any major US city, or to the backwoods of the drug infested South, and you will see what “things” we have.
We would have been better off in the long term as a part of the Commonwealth.
Meh, I'll still take what we have here over the Commonwealth countries. Still, doesn't change the fact that we'll be witnessing probably one of the most important political deaths in history.
This post was edited on 9/8/22 at 10:17 am
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:16 am to lachellie
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NM it’s an RAF jet carrying Anne, Andrew, Edward and his wife Sophie, just touched down a little while ago at Aberdeen. I’m guess they will take a chopper from there to Balmoral.
Yeah, she's definitely gone or about to go.
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:16 am to SCLibertarian
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Fascism with a smile
I would seriously opine that Justin Trudeau is 100% the biggest threat to liberty in the Western world
Posted on 9/8/22 at 10:18 am to OMLandshark
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Not a big fan of the Royals. I mean look what Andrew has done.
The same as Hunter and slick Willy?
On a different note I've never understood the immense dislike for Charles. Much of that I'm sure emanates from people's blinkered vision of Diana as being "perfect". But in the overall realm of things, he's not a bad person and miles ahead of Anne, Andrew and Edward in nearly any metric.
He probably also would have been viewed entirely differently if Philip hadn't been such a major douche. Lord Mountbatten was basically the only positive influence on Charles for a long time until his untimely assassination by the IRA.
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