HM Queen Elizabeth II passes away at the age of 96.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Awful and not even true.  Prince Andrew has my sympathy.  All he did was to stand by someone he thought was a friend and nothing else has ever been proved.

I don’t think he’s a very nice person and he may very well be “a sad old man” as the heckler shouted out but today, as he walked behind his mother’s coffin, was not the day for such disrespect (to the Queen and the other family members).  One thing that annoys me somewhat is those who insist on calling him a paedophile - he is not one of them, as far as I am aware.

[Wonderfulspam]

Awful and not even true.  Prince Andrew has my sympathy.  All he did was to stand by someone he thought was a friend and nothing else has ever been proved.

If I'd have been there & he tried pulling that stunt near me I reckon I'd have shut him up a bit sooner.
Heckling at a time like that was appalling. I too felt for Andrew & the family.

[Wonderfulspam]

It's very easy to forget sometimes that although they are shape-shifting lizards, they are also a real family with real emotions.
They have been on the go since last week with barely a moments privacy to grieve.

[Eleanor]

It's very easy to forget sometimes that although they are shape-shifting lizards, they are also a real family with real emotions.
They have been on the go since last week with barely a moments privacy to grieve.

This is the thing you see.  We forget that The Royal Family are real people who must feel hurt in the same way that we all do.

The Queen is dead.  Long live The King.

[Wonderfulspam]

In years gone by that heckler might have found his head on the end of a spike for behaving in such a disrespectful manner, at such a time, towards members of royalty.

Sometimes I feel there are certain ancient practices we should never have abolished.

[Wonderfulspam]

Honestly, I'm not often offended by anything & have frequently, jokingly, expressed opinions that any normal human being would find utterly abhorrent, but I think that young man's behaviour during the funeral procession was so overwhelmingly disgusting that I'm willing to be awake at 3am posting about it.
I sincerely hope the family don't have to witness any more of that kind of total disrespect & depravity during this weeks proceedings.

[G-Unit]

Honestly, I'm not often offended by anything & have frequently, jokingly, expressed opinions that any normal human being would find utterly abhorrent, but I think that young man's behaviour during the funeral procession was so overwhelmingly disgusting that I'm willing to be awake at 3am posting about it.
I sincerely hope the family don't have to witness any more of that kind of total disrespect & depravity during this weeks proceedings.

Queen Elizabeth's children are human, and humans make mistakes. On the other hand they were born into a family which has constitutional obligations. It's their duty to fulfil those obligations and they have. Now is not the time, imo, to target them when they're doing that.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Queen Elizabeth's children are human, and humans make mistakes. On the other hand they were born into a family which has constitutional obligations. It's their duty to fulfil those obligations and they have. Now is not the time, imo, to target them when they're doing that.

So why were you so defensive when I called out this forum for its nasty tweet about Charles literally less than 24 hours after his mother’s death?  It was uncalled for, and yet you seemed to agree with its sentiment.

[Eleanor]

Honestly, I'm not often offended by anything & have frequently, jokingly, expressed opinions that any normal human being would find utterly abhorrent, but I think that young man's behaviour during the funeral procession was so overwhelmingly disgusting that I'm willing to be awake at 3am posting about it.
I sincerely hope the family don't have to witness any more of that kind of total disrespect & depravity during this weeks proceedings.

More to you than meets the ear then.  But I have long known that.

[Eleanor]

Since we are discussing the death of The Queen, I don't understand the need for dissent on this Forum, unless you are a Republican.  So if you are then at least say so.

I won't have a problem with that.  But what I don't understand is why Sceptics and Supporters have managed to turn this into a punch up.  A noble old lady has died and by Noble I don't mean anything beyond who she was and how she behaved.

King Charles the Third has no choice. Or Prince William for that matter.  No Choice.  Suck that one up.

[G-Unit]

So why were you so defensive when I called out this forum for its nasty tweet about Charles literally less than 24 hours after his mother’s death?  It was uncalled for, and yet you seemed to agree with its sentiment.

I don't feel that I have the right to dictate what those who own and/or run this forum do, and nor do you.

[Eleanor]

I don't feel that I have the right to dictate what those who own and/or run this forum do, and nor do you.

Twaddle.  You have an opinion and delivered relatively pleasantly would never be sanctioned by John.

Is John a Royalist?  I don't know.  Are you, might be more to the point.  I don't actually care.  My devotion to The Royal Family is simply my own.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I don't feel that I have the right to dictate what those who own and/or run this forum do, and nor do you.

I wasn't dictating anything I was expressing an opinion that such a tweet was an embarrassment and a disgrace, I thought you agreed in freedom of speech, obviously not!

[Erngath]

I was six when she was crowned.
I only have vague recollections of seeing the coronation on television.
There was a firework display in a park nearby and  I do remember a cake with a little figurine of the queen. We also got a tin pencul box and a bar of chocolate at school.
I read in the past few days that some mail boxes here were later damaged because of the reference to Queen Elizabeth 11.
She was Elizabeth 1 to us.
I have every sympathy for her family and have a keen regard for her for the way she lived her life both privately and publically but have no sadness or sense of loss.
She lived a full and long life and died without the long lingering pain that some endure and in a place she loved and with family with her.
The outpouring of grief in the past few days has bewildered me.
I saw footage of an elderly lady in Ukraine whose house had been badly damaged . She was using a little dust pan and brush trying to clean up some of the debris in her home.
That was months ago and that image has stayed with me.

[Wonderfulspam]

I was six when she was crowned.
I only have vague recollections of seeing the coronation on television.
There was a firework display in a park nearby and  I do remember a cake with a little figurine of the queen. We also got a tin pencul box and a bar of chocolate at school.
I read in the past few days that some mail boxes here were later damaged because of the reference to Queen Elizabeth 11.
She was Elizabeth 1 to us.
I have every sympathy for her family and have a keen regard for her for the way she lived her life both privately and publically but have no sadness or sense of loss.
She lived a full and long life and died without the long lingering pain that some endure and in a place she loved and with family with her.
The outpouring of grief in the past few days has bewildered me.
I saw footage of an elderly lady in Ukraine whose house had been badly damaged . She was using a little dust pan and brush trying to clean up some of the debris in her home.
That was months ago and that image has stayed with me.

I don't feel any sense of grief or loss for her passing & you wouldn't find me queuing up in the driving rain for hours just to catch a fleeting glimpse of her funeral procession, but if you did see me there & the man next to me started hurling abuse at her kids, rest assured I'd be inclined to meet that level of disrespect with force. But then I'd probably do the same if that happened at anybodies funeral really.
I have found it interesting watching some of the ceremonies that are taking place though. It's pretty much a once in a lifetime event, a change of monarch, & has given me something unique to watch/listen to while I've been decorating the house this past week.