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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s monarch for the past 70 years, has died aged 96
BBC Breaking ^ | 9/8/22 | BBC

Posted on 09/08/2022 10:36:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

She passed.


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KEYWORDS: 1; elizabeth; obit; obituary; qeii; queenelizabeth; queenelizabethobit; rip; thequeenisdead; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: CatHerd
Not sure if you've seen this video. It's a short one, of Queen Elizabeth having tea with Paddington Bear. It was made for her Platinum Jubilee celebration three months ago. I just watched it again, and it is still very touching.

Ma’amalade sandwich Your Majesty?

I had to wait for an ad to appear before it played.

Also of interest:

Queen Elizabeth II death: Paddington shares touching callback to ‘cute’ platinum jubilee skit

281 posted on 09/08/2022 7:46:59 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: rod5591

The British sovereign is not a lawmaker, a politician or a policy maker. Parliament decides policy and passes laws. The Queen or King is a diplomat and a patron of industries, arts, charities, the church, the military, and social service efforts. It’s a mistake to try to blame the Queen for the global takeover by a financial cabal that is affecting all nations, using their weapons of illegal immigration, pandemic, financial crises, and indecency, all paid for by those who work in secret, fund every anti-freedom institution and create new ways to humiliate decent people every day, and want world domination. They’ve begun to show their hands since Trump stood to oppose them. It’s the Soros, Schwab, Rothschild, Gates, Bezos, Davos billionaire cabal that is responsible for world chaos.


282 posted on 09/08/2022 7:47:22 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free... Galatians 5:1 )
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To: PAR35
She was doing great until she got a Covid vaccine.

I had the same thought. Her mother died at 101. But really, it was a quintuple whammy: her disgraceful grandson Harry and his dominatrix, the death of her beloved husband, her son Andrew's scandal, the nation undergoing the pandemic, and then she got triple-vaxxed. It's amazing she lasted this long.

283 posted on 09/08/2022 7:53:17 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free... Galatians 5:1 )
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To: yelostar

Interesting. Can I use the code to figure out my lottery numbers for this weekend? 🤣


284 posted on 09/08/2022 7:59:37 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Albion Wilde
I'll just leave this here....


285 posted on 09/08/2022 8:14:38 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: DesertRhino

“How exactly did she serve her country well?”

She lived as long as she could to keep her loser son from being king for long himself.

I felt comforted that her mom lived so long.


286 posted on 09/08/2022 8:44:20 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: PAR35

When did she get the vax?


287 posted on 09/08/2022 8:55:31 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: CatHerd

Nice post.


288 posted on 09/08/2022 8:59:53 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Mr Rogers

“You really ARE stupid, aren’t you!”

Such a clever and insightful comment!


289 posted on 09/08/2022 9:05:23 PM PDT by rod5591
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To: CatHerd
...'more in common with our own great national and cultural icon George Washington...when it comes to matters of character and civility than our current president does.’

I have to agree with that.
290 posted on 09/08/2022 9:17:37 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: rod5591
For years, QE-II has been a central figure in the QAnon conspiracy as part of a cast of elites who followers believe are operating a child sex trafficking ring that traverses the globe. In the hours before her death, some referenced wild QAnon conspiracies about the queen participating in satanic rituals and drinking the blood of children: “They’re preparing the black mass and baby buffet as we sit here,” adding, “I think you’ll find she’s already gone.”

Another echoed the sentiment that the queen has been dead for a while: “She's been dead, they had to find the right time to break the news.” On the Great Awakening, a QAnon message board, users shared similar conspiracies: “She died several months ago. Remember she went through a transition or whatever. That was the embalming process. CGI and body doubles are in place.”

Others pushed the even more fantastical claim that the queen was merely a computer-generated mirage, a conspiracy that QAnon has also pushed about Biden since he took office last year. WHACKOS.

“She has been CGI for a while now. Wonder why it is being announced now,” one Telegram user wrote. Over on a QAnon message board, one user wrote about a picture released last week of the queen shaking hands with the newly elected British prime minister, Liz Truss: “That old lady doesn't even look like the queen lol.” FREAKS.

Another member of the forum said: “Maybe that’s the cleaning woman, but that isn’t the woman who has been playing the Queen.”

You just cannot make this f'n crackpot, lunatic, nutcase, fringe/cult psycho nonsense up anymore.....

291 posted on 09/08/2022 9:45:12 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (The best snow on the earth is in Utah. Bar none)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
Edward also did not have a coronation he abdicated before they could get it arranged.
292 posted on 09/08/2022 10:10:44 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd...)
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To: PGR88

I absolutely agree. An era has ended. I somehow still cannot truly believe it; she seemed immortal to me. She had been such a “permanent fixture” and a mainstay of her realm...

May God take her into His Heavenly realm to take her rightful place in the ranks of the Blessed with the words “Well done!”

Amen Amen Amen.


293 posted on 09/08/2022 10:34:36 PM PDT by Menes
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To: Reily

Wholeheartedly agree. For Britain, clearly yes :-)


294 posted on 09/08/2022 10:37:39 PM PDT by Menes
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To: XRdsRev

I was unaware of the tree and its significance until I came across the eadily-overlooked remains of its crumbled stump.

Not a soul was anywhere near me that hour (historical park was technically not open that day) other than passing motorists about 1/3 of a mile away on the main road.

The sapling planted therein by Mercer Oak enthusiasts apparently failed to thrive BTW. I saw no sign of it.


295 posted on 09/09/2022 3:19:16 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: 1Old Pro

The Queen showed fortitude, resolve and tenacious dignity throughout so much in her life, from WW2 through the messy drama her family brought. I hoped and almost expected she’d see her centennial birthday like her mother. Rest In Peace Elizabeth.


296 posted on 09/09/2022 3:21:15 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!!!)
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To: mass55th
I've always said the UK is a fabulous destination for novice international travelers. Rich in history, Great Britain gives perspective to our young nation, and the Queen's English language provides ease of communication with the locals.

One of multiple visits to the UK, I traveled from Bath to Edinburgh on a Sunday morning. I noted the flag at half staff while passing the Edinburgh castle. Thinking perhaps the Queen Mother had died, the cab driver replied that Princess Diana had died a few hours earlier. Shocking. It was a memorable visit, albeit incredibly somber traveling south to London for the trip home.

297 posted on 09/09/2022 3:33:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Ron DeSantis is Top Gov)
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To: 1Old Pro
Update on who may be the Counsellors of State...

Princess Beatrice's important new royal role following death of beloved granny the Queen The sad death of the Queen at the age of 96 has sparked title changes and new roles for several royals - and among those affected by the changes is the Queen's granddaughter Princess Beatrice

If true, then the House of Windsor's Epstein Problem still hasn't been excised.

298 posted on 09/09/2022 3:58:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: caww

I’m so glad you posted that. I was thinking about it as I went to bed last night. The day after she had her Coldstream Guards play our national anthem, she herself led the singing of The Star Spangled Banner at the memorial service:

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“The queen joined a crowd of thousands in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” during a memorial service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for the victims on Sept. 14, 2001. Richard Kay, a columnist for the Daily Mail, wrote at the time about how unusual this was for a monarch, saying, “The Queen does not ‘sing’ national anthems. Her mouth never opens when they are played. It was the ultimate sign of unity, friendship, and support for America.” It is believed to be the first time a British monarch sang the anthem in public.”
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I remember well the British citizens quietly reverently laying bouquet after bouquet of flowers at the gates of our embassy after 911, too, and how I found that comforting in a way I did not expect.

She has sent our presidents a message of condolence on the anniversary of 911 every single year without fail, always pitch perfect. The last one, 2021:

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“My thoughts and prayers — and those of my family and the entire nation — remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty,” she said in a message to U.S. President Joe Biden.

“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held fast in my memory,” Elizabeth said.

“It reminds me that as we honour those from many nations, faiths and backgrounds who lost their lives, we also pay tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities who joined together to rebuild.”
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Her message to her subjects gathered at St. Thomas church in New York to mourn British citizens who lost their lives on 911 and to pray for those injured and missing concluded:

“But nothing that can be said can begin to take away the anguish and the pain of these moments. Grief is the price we pay for love.”

Indeed, Ma’am, indeed.


299 posted on 09/09/2022 4:02:29 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: BigEdLB

Let the irreverent derision of King Charley Three begin.


300 posted on 09/09/2022 4:10:31 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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