Is the demise of QE imminent?

Casdon

This was only 4 days ago, she looks fine.
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family

* They are not current photos on your link!!*

Does the Queen still walk her dogs? No¬

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According to Palace aides, the Queen has become so frail she is unable to walk her beloved dogs. Her Majesty has reportedly not taken her corgis out at Windsor Castle for the past six months, the Mirror reports. Queen Elizabeth II, has owned more than 30 corgis in her lifetime.14 Mar 2022 and Neither has she driven herself .........

Perhaps not Imminent, but certainly more of a possibility , the older she becomes , as it will be for us all.

GagaJo

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 think discussing our own or family funeral arrangements is fine, but doubt we'd want them publicised with the neighbours and other strangers chiming in. I know the plans for the Queen's funeral have been in place for decades and that they are updated and revised from time to time. I just don't think these plans and adjustments need to or should be aired publicly, there's no need for us to know until they are to be enacted. That's not making the Queen sacrosanct, that's affording her the same consideration as anybody else. I know I wouldn't want all and sundry frequently discussing what will happen when I die, I think I'd find it depressing to say the least.

Spinnaker

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 ?

I was just thinking of the woman who used to appear as the Queen and wondering if she was stil alive, and waiting in the wings? Or who knows? it could already have happened. Maybe that's the real reason H&M left (sorry again. I'm dragging this thread further into the doo-doo)

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)

Careful trisher. That might be inciting treason!

Apologies NOT accepted.

GagaJo

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)

Careful trisher. That might be inciting treason!

Oh no there goes my head!
Which reminds me have you noticed how she is always wearing a wide brimmed hat, and she keeps looking down!???

My goodness you do spend a lot of time on a subject you have no particular liking for.. ..

Bridgeit

My goodness you do spend a lot of time on a subject you have no particular liking for.. ..

What QE dying????

Goodnight Trisher.

Good night Bridgeit, Sleep well.

Jest not trisher

We never know when it's our turn.

It used to be Treason to speculate on the death of a Sovereign. Do leave off she will die when God and she are ready.

For the doom and glooms were not Harry andMeghan on their way to the Invictus Games so hardly uusual to 'call in' on his grandmother enroute.?

GagaJo

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

Speculating on anyone's imminent demise is not very nice for the person involved. Under the circumstances I suppose it's natural though.

What is tasteless is not the question so much as the casual inquisitiveness it engenders.

I may be a Republican, but I hope she has a few more good years ahead of her. Why? Because (to me) she represents a 'constant'. She may not be doing what many people consider to be an actual job but she committed herself to doing what she considered her duty. And that's what she's done. When she goes, it will be the end of an era.

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If you're a vicious, nasty b*stard to any other human then carry on

Woah ! Where did that come from ?

Rosie51

^Speculating on anyone's imminent demise is not very nice for the person involved. Under the circumstances I suppose it's natural though.^
Maybe, but there can still be an element of human decency. The queen may have led a life of privilege (albeit in a goldfish bowl) but she is a human being and deserves the same level of respect and consideration as you'd afford any other human being. If you're a vicious, nasty b*stard to any other human then carry on, or else moderate your response to her as you would anyone else.

If you're a vicious, nasty b*stard to any other human then carry on, or else moderate your response to her as you would anyone else.

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In her 80s my grandmother used to speculate about her own death all the time-she lived to 90. When going on holiday she would warn us that we didn't need to bring her body back "if owt 'appens".

Lucca

*If you're a vicious, nasty b*stard to any other human then carry on*

Woah ! Where did that come from ?

Good grief!
Where indeed Lucca?

Maybe Harry went to see her to say goodbye? A natural thing to do. Not that anyone would be told , none of our business.

I apologise for my post at 00.34. The final sentence wasn't directed at you Dickens, it was general frustration at some posts on the forum that seem to delight in being extra horrible about an old lady, just because of her position. I can see it wouldn't have been clear, sorry.

And I'm not even a royalist!

vicious, nasty b*stard

Bit strong!

Rosie51

I apologise for my post at 00.34. The final sentence wasn't directed at you Dickens, it was general frustration at some posts on the forum that seem to delight in being extra horrible about an old lady, just because of her position. I can see it wouldn't have been clear, sorry.

Who has been vicious ? Nasty ? Or a bastard ?

Just because some won’t be actually sad when a 95 year old dies doesn’t make them nasty or vicious. Each to their own.