RIP Queen Elizabeth

[Solocle]

Can't even claw onto power for just one week more to cement his reputation alongside Churchill and Thatcher as one of the Great PMs of History.

First PM to serve under two different monarchs since Churchill.

And it's Truss, who's be been on the job for two days...

 

[a.twiddler]

I feel the sadness too. It comes and goes in waves. As time goes by, we will become accustomed to new coinage, notes and stamps with the King's head on them, public buildings with heraldic emblems changed to the King's crown. It will be a long time before E II R disappears from public consciousness. There are isolated post boxes still with V R on them. King Charles III was a man of many opinions when he was Prince of Wales. He might find it hard to have to contain them now he is King, as his mother did.
For most people nothing will practically change, yet somehow our world is different today from yesterday.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I feel the sadness too. It comes and goes in waves. As time goes by, we will become accustomed to new coinage, notes and stamps with the King's head on them, public buildings with heraldic emblems changed to the King's crown. It will be a long time before E II R disappears from public consciousness. There are isolated post boxes still with V R on them. King Charles III was a man of many opinions when he was Prince of Wales. He might find it hard to have to contain them now he is King, as his mother did.
For most people nothing will practically change, yet somehow our world is different today from yesterday.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we don’t have any postboxes in Scotland with EIIR on them. Ours only show the Scottish crown instead, although someone forgot and installed one bearing the EIIR cypher in Dunoon a few years ago. It was swapped out after locals reported the error.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

This was the moment that The Great Orator PM Boris Johnson was born for. To give the eulogy of the United Kingdom's longest serving monarch will ensure his place in history, to be remembered long after Brexit is a dim memory for political buffs.

I'm assuming this is a wind up.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I feel the same as many who've already posted - not at all a monarchist but I had a lot of respect for the Queen as a person and I'm genuinely saddened (far more than I expected to be) by her loss.

It feels very odd to wake up and remember that such a consistant, intergral part of our country's national identity is now gone; one who's been present throughout my entire life.

The Queen's departure also feels like another step away from the halcyon days of post-war Great Britain; an icon lost whose image came to represent the legitimate national pride and cohesion of days past in todays climate of turmoil, individualism and decline.

The loss of a truly remarkable woman and the end of an era of unwavering service and dedication.

I don't think any of those left will ever come close to attaining the range or magnitude of respect she rightfully commanded.

I agree with much of this, but

the halcyon days of post-war Great Britain

is very far from how I think we'd feel if we were catapulted back 70 years.

Just for instance, I frequently cycle past Alan Turing's house.

 

[Illaveago]

I was just wondering if they will make a statue to honour what she has done ?

Just writing this has brought tears to my eyes.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I agree with much of this, but

is very far from how I think we'd feel if we were catapulted back 70 years.

Just for instance, I frequently cycle past Alan Turing's house.

I was there 70 years ago - we knew nothing else.
I remember watching the Coronation on the tiny-screened TV next door had bought specially for the occasion - TV sales rocketed. I remember the celebrations too - especially winning a prize for my 'wee willy winkie' costume in the street's fancy-dress competition. And all us children received cast metal crown money-boxes.

 

[Beebo]

Will my 70th jubilee 50p now rocket in value?

 

[DCLane]

@Beebo - mine that I had listed on eBay for £2 sold within minutes of the announcement.

 

[Mike_P]

But the important question is:
are stamps with her head still valid?

Not that well known is that all stamps were in any case going to be replaced next year with ones featuring a bar code. Any existing normal stamps will replaced free by the Post Office https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps

 

[Beebo]

@Beebo - mine that I had listed on eBay for £2 sold within minutes of the announcement.

So it could be worth in excess of £2?
Wow.

 

[Grant Fondo]

This is a lovely tribute.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59761477

 

[alicat]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we don’t have any postboxes in Scotland with EIIR on them. Ours only show the Scottish crown instead, although someone forgot and installed one bearing the EIIR cypher in Dunoon a few years ago. It was swapped out after locals reported the error.

She never was Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland....

 

[Accy cyclist]

A friend of mine used to have a King Charles Spaniel. If anything they are more 'bug eyed' than French Bulldogs

Yes, I thought they might be so I looked at some pictures of King Charles Spaniels, but didn't / couldn't see those bug eyes.🤔


Though I can see them when viewing in the flesh.🧐

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Watched: The Unseen Queen on iPlayer last night.

Basically a collection of the Queen's home movies.

Even as someone not pro-Monarchy I found it very interesting and somewhat moving.

Worth watching imo.