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Post by joem on Sept 8, 2022 17:35:38 GMT
Whatever one thinks of the monarchy, she always behaved with dignity and humility. RIP
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Post by alece10 on Sept 8, 2022 17:44:04 GMT
Thank you ma'am for your dedication and service to our nation. RIP.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 8, 2022 17:46:12 GMT
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 8, 2022 17:56:56 GMT
The real cornerstone of the nation. RIP
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Post by talkingheads on Sept 8, 2022 18:00:20 GMT
That sound you can hear is James Graham racing to his writing desk.
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Post by jojo on Sept 8, 2022 18:02:20 GMT
It seemed like she'd go on forever, but that was perhaps wishful thinking.
She was a great asset to our nation and will be missed.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 18:05:29 GMT
RIP. End of an era.
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Post by marob on Sept 8, 2022 18:16:17 GMT
I’m no monarchist, but this is sad news all the same. She just seems to have been there forever and until recently was expecting her to go on into her 100s like her mother did.
It’s odd to think we now have a king.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 8, 2022 18:37:26 GMT
A sad day and the end of an era, we are all Elizabethans.
An amazing woman who gave her life to the nation, a life that from my perspective was a prison satiated by wealth and privilege, whenever I walked past Buckingham Palace always felt a bit sorry for her as she never had the freedom to experience London as we do, to just go where we wanted when we wanted to.
I only wish she could have seen us through the next few years as this is one change too many for the country with an already difficult few years ahead of us.
I was always more of an Elizabethan than a Royalist, my republican tendencies were offset by her majesty, not sure whether this will be true for the ones that follow.
When we reflect on where we heard the news, I was 15 minutes into my ZWIFT ride when the news came up in the chat, had a good 45 minutes to reflect on the news in my favourite place to mull things over, on the saddle of a my bicycle.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2022 19:12:22 GMT
To live such a long life and so much of it committed to the service of others is incredibly rare.
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Post by dontdreamit on Sept 8, 2022 19:22:29 GMT
What a sad day for us all. RIP Queen Elizabeth II
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Post by xanady on Sept 8, 2022 19:25:41 GMT
A very sad day indeed….RIP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second
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Post by ncbears on Sept 8, 2022 19:29:04 GMT
From across the pond - Rest in Peace Elizabeth - you have earned it. May her memory be for a blessing.
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 8, 2022 19:36:47 GMT
I can't believe this has upset me so much. I was out this morning, and when I caught up early afternoon I found myself welling up with tears, even though it was several hours before it was announced she had died. Like virtually everyone else she is the only monarch I have ever known. RIP Your Majesty.
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Post by Steve on Sept 8, 2022 19:55:15 GMT
At the Apollo Shaftesbury, the person I take to be the Front of House Manager came out and said the Palace have given permission for the show to go on, but that first we would be silent for 2 minutes for the dead Queen. You could hear a pin drop. Then he said: "Long Live the King." And the show went on. . . Her devotion to duty was an inspiration. She was the best of us.  |
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Post by louonthegogo on Sept 8, 2022 19:57:31 GMT
At the Apollo Shaftesbury, the person I take to be the Front of House Manager came out and said the Palace have given permission for the show to go on, but that first we would be silent for 2 minutes for the dead Queen. You could hear a pin drop. Then he said: "Long Live the King." And the show went on. . . Her devotion to duty was an inspiration. She was the best of us. At Pretty Woman, we got a statement from the house manager, a minute’s silence and the band played a very rocking version of God Save The Queen or King now I guess. Quite a weird thing for me to be an Irish person standing for the UK’s national anthem but it is definitely the end of the ‘old British society’ imo. |
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Post by Mr Wallacio on Sept 8, 2022 20:13:40 GMT
According to my friend at Apollo Victoria for Wicked, an announcement was made that there would be a minutes silence after the show and that they would perform the show as written, before bursting into "Good News, SHE'S DEAD"😬.
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Post by johartuk on Sept 8, 2022 20:17:34 GMT
Turned the TV on at lunchtime today and followed the news all afternoon and into the evening. It seems surreal. RIP Ma'am.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Sept 8, 2022 20:19:53 GMT
RIP. She was a wonderful woman. I can't imagine making those vows in my twenties and still following them faithfully in my nineties.
I was just thinking how many things will change — a couple of organisations I'm involved with had her as patron, and I have so many things in the house that are "By appointment to Her Majesty".
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Post by crowblack on Sept 8, 2022 20:35:35 GMT
I've shed a few tears today too - I'm a republican and on the Left but her public service and dignity through all the years have been exemplary. I have to add that the social media comments and behaviour, the lack of basic human empathy towards a family losing a mother and grandmother, coming from some on the 'left' today have been revolting.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 8, 2022 21:32:14 GMT
It's sad but at least 96 is a very good age. I've rather been expecting it ever since the death of Prince Philip, as since then she's looked increasingly frail in photos. I hope they are now reunited in heaven. They both certainly deserve everlasting rest after such busy lives. I was just thinking how many things will change — a couple of organisations I'm involved with had her as patron, and I have so many things in the house that are "By appointment to Her Majesty". Do all the organisations lose their By Royal Appointment status instantaneously with the Queen's death? If so that must be sad for them, especially as some of them must have had it for decades. |
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Post by Roxie on Sept 8, 2022 22:17:06 GMT
It is very sad, she seemed like she was gonna go on forever! And it’s really strange to hear people referring to ‘the King’ it makes me think of the olden days! Do you think shows will be cancelled? I don’t know how things are meant to be in this mourning period. I’d like to think she’s with Philip now.
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Post by Rory on Sept 8, 2022 23:22:07 GMT
Desperately sad.
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Post by Jon on Sept 8, 2022 23:44:06 GMT
It is very sad, she seemed like she was gonna go on forever! And it’s really strange to hear people referring to ‘the King’ it makes me think of the olden days! Do you think shows will be cancelled? I don’t know how things are meant to be in this mourning period. I’d like to think she’s with Philip now. Apart from the Royal Opera House and The Royal Albert Hall, none of the shows tonight were cancelled so I guess they can go ahead as planned apart from perhaps the day of the funeral. |
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Post by NorthernAlien on Sept 9, 2022 0:46:31 GMT
The Donmar Warehouse sent their New Writing Person on stage to lead a collective minute's silence before the show began - at which point it became apparent that the lady next to me did not know the news. We got chatting in the brief interlude between the silence and the show starting, and she told me that she remembered watching the footage of the Queen disembarking from the plane back from Kenya after George VI had died.
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