Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Foo Fighter said:
I have spent quite a lot of time thinking how the Queen affected my life, she was six years into the job when I arrived on the planet so that is a fair bit. Privileged to have taken part in the silver jubilee parade in Sennelager. Amazing how vivid memories can be in such circumstances,
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More exciting than being with the RAF in 1977
 

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Should they ever release coverage of the rehearsals, there would be a lot of Rudolph's around.

It was to say the least comical and the only time it went right was on the day itself. There was that tho'.
 

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Foo Fighter said:
Should they ever release coverage of the rehearsals, there would be a lot of Rudolph's around.

It was to say the least comical and the only time it went right was on the day itself. There was that tho'.
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My dad was in the Signals and was among the poor sods who had to set up and tidy up after, but he did get a Sennelager Jubilee commemorative jug for his efforts...

With hindsight it does seem odd that the Queen had a full military pageant in an independent non-Commonwealth European republic to celebrate her rule.
 
jeffb said:

Something from Former Australian PM Paul Keating:

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Fine and fitting words. If I may by way of encouragement offer the thought that all who knew the Queen can still emulate her. That heads of State and others in high positions can emulate her. That the common people can emulate her. Hers is the finest example of what human beings can be. I pray that her example can continue on into the future.
 
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Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by her strong sense of duty.
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Queen Elizabeth II obituary

When the Queen became this country’s longest-serving monarch, the humility with which she acknowledged the passing of that historic moment reflected the same se
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: the definitive obituary

From the moment of her accession to the throne, comparisons were made with her Tudor namesake; particularly in the assumption that the country’s fortunes were, as in 1558, at a low ebb and that its one hope lay in the character of the new Queen. But few could have dared to believe that Richard...
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'Sobbing' soldiers throw flowers and flags to prepare horses to pull Queen Elizabeth's coffin

Huge crowds are expected when Army horses pull coffin to Westminster Hall
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The RAF will move the late Queen's coffin on Tuesday evening from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt in London
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Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession map: The route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey

The late Queen's coffin will travel from Scotland to London ahead of the ceremony next week
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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrives for monarch’s final night at Buckingham Palace

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The Princess Royal says she was 'fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest mother’s life' in touching eulogy
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zen said:
What a time to be PM.
Systemic problems everywhere.
Cost of living crisis.
Energy crisis.
Housing crisis.
Brexit troubles.
Party splits over Europe, China, COVID19, Green subsidises, etc....
Rooting out China's pernicious influence.
Bias in the media risking the democratic processes.
Industrial disputes set to become rife and enflame internal divisions.
SNP trying to break up the UK.
Consequences of COVID19.
War in Ukraine.

And as if that wasn't enough, the Queen goes and dies just as she starts the job......
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Sometimes nothing happens in decades, then other times dacade’s happens in weeks.
 


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