| The Queen 13:08 - Sep 8 with 71631 views | Superhoops2808 |
As if we didnt need more rubbish news, now the Queen appears to be very poorly  | | | |  |
| The Queen on 13:00 - Sep 9 with 3617 views | Damo1962 |
That's what I'm doing. Be interesting to see if SR football club say anything about it. | | | |
| The Queen on 13:01 - Sep 9 with 3595 views | Damo1962 |
That's lovely Phildo 👠| | | |
| The Queen on 13:17 - Sep 9 with 3531 views | NorthantsHoop |
Absolutely agree, our constitutional monarchy gives us just the right balance between the state and government. Our Queen in counsel with her various PMs over the years no doubt let it be known when she was ill at ease with the direction of her government. | | | |
| The Queen on 13:36 - Sep 9 with 3461 views | w7r |
Same here, she did a great job.
I can’t imagine how painful it must have been for her as a mum, and grandmother to go through the Andrew scandal and the Prince Harry carry-on.
May she rest in peace. [Post edited 9 Sep 2022 13:37]
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| The Queen on 14:13 - Sep 9 with 3310 views | R_from_afar |
The Archbishop of York just told what I thought was a wonderful story about when he stayed with the Queen. He mentioned the way she made everyone feel welcome and included but more interestingly, he related how, when everyone else had gone, she got out a jigsaw - the most fiendishly difficult one he had ever seen - and invited him to help her with it.
She went out to walk the dogs later and he quipped that if she couldn't find it when she returned, that would be because he had thrown it into the fire in frustration.
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| The Queen on 14:22 - Sep 9 with 3257 views | paulparker |
Or gave his phone to Rebecca Vardy to accidentally “lose” | |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| The Queen on 14:25 - Sep 9 with 3247 views | Benny_the_Ball |
I'm not a huge fan of the Royal family but I recognise the unstinting service that the Queen provided to the realm for 70 years and the dignity in which she carried out her duties. Truly the end of an era. RIP Elizabeth.
As for Sinclair, he should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. Take a leaf out of Lewis Hamilton's book, Trevor. | | | |
| The Queen on 16:53 - Sep 9 with 2908 views | BklynRanger |
I wouldn't want to be up against John Simpson in a 'Memories of the Queen' face-off.
I've only caught some of his stuff but he seems to have a terrifying amount of non-filler recollections. | | | |
| The Queen on 17:46 - Sep 9 with 2783 views | Damo1962 |
She probably worked harder than a lot of those who criticise her. | | | |
| The Queen on 18:17 - Sep 9 with 2734 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Thought the King made a great speech.
Sounds weird saying King.... | |
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| The Queen on 19:17 - Sep 9 with 2648 views | DWQPR |
Agreed. Off to a good start. And it was certainly fitting to bestow the title of Prince of Wales on William. These guys should run a football club. Transfer window would be over in minutes. | |
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| The Queen on 19:24 - Sep 9 with 2627 views | Mick_S |
Don’t mess about, do they. | |
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| The Queen on 19:29 - Sep 9 with 2616 views | TheRam |
Still got the egg? X | | | |
| The Queen on 19:30 - Sep 9 with 2614 views | TheRam |
Richard III? X | | | |
| The Queen on 20:13 - Sep 9 with 2543 views | A40Bosh |
……Than those who criticise her.
Sorry for this, trying to drown a cold 🥶 in neat Jameson this evening and will say this only, I suspect that that poor old 96 year old great grandmother hauled herself out of her bed afainst advice and after doctors removed the cannulas out of her bruised hands and her team dressed her as she insisted on doing her duty to put one last PM in office, whilst a bloke who scored an overhead kick and later pissed his trousers in the back of a police car and hurled racist abuse at a copper cannot keep his own opinions to himself for just one day no matter how valid or invalid his arguments may be on racism. | |
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| The Queen on 20:44 - Sep 9 with 2499 views | Superhoops2808 |
Certainly hit the correct note with that speech
On a side note, there are some great tributes on this post and when I started the post of course I didn't expect it to end up the way things have.
On a side note, and I respect everyone's comments (minus the odd one, but there always is on LFW) but why do people feel the need to say at the start of any tribute 'I am not a Royalist - But'?? I don't get why that's really relevant but maybe I'm stupid  | | | |
| The Queen on 20:49 - Sep 9 with 2479 views | BklynRanger |
Not meaning to be rude but I think that's possible.
(See the similarly cautious tone?....) | | | |
| The Queen on 21:17 - Sep 9 with 2408 views | Lblock |
Well I am a Royalist (not in the Reading FC Fake Hoop sense) and proud of it.
Genuinely touched by the overwhelming opinion on Queenie and that people aren't piling in.
Dismayed at stories of celebrations of the passing in certain areas at Friday gatherings but no matter.
Had to head up West today and I have to say... the HD billboard at Piccadilly Circus was beautiful as was the Post Office tower tribute.
The UK can be so classy with these things sometimes.
I'll raise another Spanish beer to you M'am shortly.
RIP
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| The Queen on 22:18 - Sep 9 with 2277 views | CiderwithRsie |
AS someone who is mildly monarchist (mainly on the don't-fix-it-if-it-ain't-broke principle) I've always thought that when she went there might be a move to a republic, but I find I'm slightly more monarchist now.
I'm struck by the tributes from abroad including from people you might not expect e.g. Macron and most surprisingly of all Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein (technically not from abroad as she's from NI, but in her opinion it's abroad, or ought to be.)
Don't think you'd get that if it was e.g. President of Germany or of India (neither of who I could name.) OK partly that's because the Queen was around forever (though that's what can happen with a monarch rather than a president) and partly because of her personality, but the mystique of royalty will at least give Charles III a head start. Soft power matters and maybe as a country we'd do better if we used it more than we do hard power, which tends to kill people.
I actually wonder whether the UK has failed to make the best use of the sort of goodwill that the Queen could create. She bust a gut to make the Commonwealth work and I can't help wondering if the reason it has never taken off as intended is because no-one in government matched her effort. IMO she was actually more up-front about some of the bad stuff in Anglo-Irish relations than a lot of British PMs or foreign secs were willing to be e.g. her visit to Croke Park. | | | |
| The Queen on 22:29 - Sep 9 with 2246 views | TheRam |
Really? Has it come to this already. Leave it out mate x | | | |
| The Queen on 22:34 - Sep 9 with 2226 views | TheRam |
Very interesting thought provoking points x | | | |
| The Queen on 09:21 - Sep 10 with 1867 views | Sonofpugwash |
It was off.
Still got the shits x | |
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| The Queen on 10:42 - Sep 10 with 1791 views | Discodroids |
Gawd blimey, that table being used for signing the proclamation is a bit tight for room . My pasting table in the shed would have been more fit for purpose. | |
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| The Queen on 10:59 - Sep 10 with 1750 views | hantssi |
Absolutely!
Also thought it was funny that William had to ask for a pen as Charles had brought his own!
Also when Charles signed the second document he asked for the ink wells to be moved as they were in the way! | | | |
| The Queen on 11:00 - Sep 10 with 3461 views | stevec |
He got a bit tetchy about it too!
Imagine you’d need the patience of a saint in that job, hope he copes. | | | |
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