Is the demise of QE imminent?

I agree Esspee

The Queen has said that covid left her exhausted and as she is nearly 96 it takes longer to recover. She is probably being advised to take things easy so she can enjoy her celebrations.

Totally agree Esspee. Tasteless in the extreme.

Agree Esspee not very kind and I don’t understand your QE Maw?

Esspee

I’m not a royalist but I find speculation about the queen’s demise rather tasteless.

I agree.
She's not lost her marbles, that is evident.
Being physically fit but having dementia is worse I think.

I'm sure losing your lifelong partner and then having Covid would take it out of anyone.

Jaxjacky

Agree Esspee not very kind and I don’t understand your QE Maw?

Quantitative Easing - has it come to an end?

Lucca

Groundhog Day. . Haven’t we been through all this today ?

Shall I buy the popcorn or is it your turn?

Made me lol Callistemon.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very fond of the queen.
But today we had another meeting about our street party and we got onto this subject. There was a lot of dark humour.

I've been involved in 3 conversations about this. It is a topical subject, regardless of how tasteless some find it.

MerylStreep

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very fond of the queen.
But today we had another meeting about our street party and we got onto this subject. There was a lot of dark humour.

We skirted round it at ours

Not a nice topic.

Preparations are always made well in advance Rosie. Princess Diana's funeral was based on the plan already made for the Queen Mother.

Smileless2012

Preparations are always made well in advance Rosie. Princess Diana's funeral was based on the plan already made for the Queen Mother.

I didn't know that about Diana's funeral. Yes I know plans have been in place for the Queen's funeral for decades and are updated from time to time. I accept that such a big operation would need advanced plans but I wouldn't want them being regularly publicly aired and discussed.

Why not Rosie51? We talk about what will happen at our own funerals or what we want done when we go. Or we discuss our own parents deaths, how we will cope and what they have told us they wish to have done (or if not, what we envisage).

Why is the Queen so sacrosanct? From one angle, she is just a very elderly woman.

However, from my perspective, it is the effect on the country I was considering. We will feel her loss. Those rising up in power behind her are not her equal. The period of transition will be... challenging (if that is the right word?).

I'm just wondering if she did die before June have they got a look-alike hidden away somewhere who they can bring out so the celebrations still go ahead?
There must be an awful lot of money involved.
Is that why we aren't seeing much of her? So we don't spot the difference?
(apologies to the easily offended)

It's one thing to consider our own mortality and of course at some point the Queen's life will end.
It is perhaps the use of the word 'imminent' that is both sensationalist and ill-considered.

And untrue, as she’s been seen this week, and seemed on fine form.

I don't think GagaJo meant to be offensive by simply asking a question.

I don’t think any offence was meant by the question either. It’s a perfectly legitimate question in my opinion. My own mother is 94 and a half years old, and like the Queen, she is gradually fading, but the fade may last weeks, months, or years. We just don’t know when it will happen but she will die. We all do. Death is part of life. The Queen is very old and could die at any time. I hope she doesn’t and gets to see her jubilee but after that it doesn’t bother me much.

There's a difference between "Does anyone else think we'll lose the Queen fairly soon?" and "Is the demise of QE imminent?"

And Maw thought QE meant the ‘Quantitative easing’ by the banks. Understandable as ‘Her Majesty’ or HM wasn’t mentioned in the title. GagaJo you teach English too!

Urmstongran

And Maw thought QE meant the ‘Quantitative easing’ by the banks. Understandable as ‘Her Majesty’ or HM wasn’t mentioned in the title. GagaJo you teach English too!

That was my immediate thought too when I saw the heading and I thought No, never! It's a useful monetary tool to deceive the public.

trisher

I'm just wondering if she did die before June have they got a look-alike hidden away somewhere who they can bring out so the celebrations still go ahead?
There must be an awful lot of money involved.
Is that why we aren't seeing much of her? So we don't spot the difference?
(apologies to the easily offended)

Thanks trisher gave me a good chuckle reading this

Franbern

trisher

I'm just wondering if she did die before June have they got a look-alike hidden away somewhere who they can bring out so the celebrations still go ahead?
There must be an awful lot of money involved.
Is that why we aren't seeing much of her? So we don't spot the difference?
(apologies to the easily offended)

Thanks trisher gave me a good chuckle reading this

Me too
Would the Bank Holidays be cancelled ?