The Queen Is Dead....Long Live The King.

[monty55]

My heart goes out to the people of the UK. She was a great and honorable ruler. She will be missed

Sorry, a correction is in order. She did not rule, she rained.

I'm an American, and she was not my Queen, but, if I were to have found myself under the rain of a Queen, she would be the Queen I would want.

 

[Zack Miller]

Chuck Three.

 

[Singularis]

As an American, I'm not one for all this Royals talk. But Elizabeth II did seem to be a good egg.

 

[bullet08]

May she rest in eternal peace in hearts of her citizens.

 

[jguss]

King Chucky?

Does that make Camilla the Bride of Chucky?

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

Sorry, a correction is in order. She did not rule, she rained.

I'm an American, and she was not my Queen, but, if I were to have found myself under the rain of a Queen, she would be the Queen I would want.

She reigned, she wasn’t a cloud.

 

[UB 40]

Im not into royal stuff, grown up in a democracy with politicians like Adenauer, Brandt, Schmidt. But I recognised her in early childhood in tv and I liked her very much from the beginning to now on. She impressed me with her fancy hats - awesome - her colourful clothing in a gray man’s world of leadership was outstanding. Most of the time she was shown as kind, charming and smiling. What a wonderful woman.

 

[romaso]

She always reminded me of my grandma and seemed a truly nice lady. Here's her “We Will Meet Again” address from 2020:

The Queen's coronavirus address: 'We will meet again'

The sovereign promises "better days will return" in her address to the nation during the coronavirus pandemic.

www.bbc.com

Here's the text:

Queen’s address to the nation - full speech

'We will succeed – and that success will belong to every one of us'

www.standard.co.uk

 

[workman]

She trained to be queen from the moment her father took the crown, '36 was it? She went to work in '52 and just two days ago she did the formal meeting with the new prime minister, 70 years in.
That's truly impressive.
I wish the people of England and Great Britain all the best in these times of trouble.

 

[captainsousie]

If you're being rained on by a queen, that's your business...

That said, she was a damn decent monarch and will be missed.

 

[dino]

May her memory be eternal!

 

[weezell]

RIP - an incredible woman, an incredible reign and a good age. Kinda sums it up...RIP...

 

[shanez]

RIP

The world is a different place now. For my entire 47 years on this planet she was always the Queen of England. It feels weird to now say the King of England. English kings have only existed in history books for me.

 

[AJL67]

The throne thrust on her at 25yrs old and she accepted with grace and humility putting the Kingdom before her own life and happiness. May her memory be a blessing.

it’s amazing how many people disliked the monarchy as a whole but loved her.

 

[mingc]

I was reading the BBC article on Charles III and the ascension ceremonies, including the coronation: "There will be music, readings and the ritual of anointing the new monarch, using oils of orange, roses, cinnamon, musk and ambergris." King Charles III, the new monarch - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59135132. @gawithhoggarth, that sounds like a great recipe for a coronation blend, hint, hint. The ambergris may cost a bit though.

 

[Akousticplyr]

Arguably the greatest Monarch in history.

The definition of duty should just have a picture of her next to it.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

It's poetic fate that Queen Elizabeth I saw the U.K. become the first global superpower and Queen Elizabeth II saw the U.K. fall into irrelevance.

 

[larryspencer]

RIP Elizabeth, you have served your country well.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

What boggles my mind is she met thirteen U.S. presidents—that’s more than a quarter of the total number we’ve had.

 

[ssjones]

Someone on one of my MGB sites posted this, made me smile. As a young boy, I did lawn/dog care for a couple who raised Corgi's and German Sheperds.