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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: DesertRhino

You know, much of that must be so. Perhaps her most meaningful contribution later in her reign could have been standing resolutely against - with good grace and manners, of course - in the face of the decidedly un-English changes roiling British life these last decades.


81 posted on 09/08/2022 11:07:16 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: 1Old Pro

I will give you, she was the most sane of her family and didn’t try to embarrass the country. Just wish she would have better used that “influence” they always mention the royals having. And she tried her best to outlive Charles....


82 posted on 09/08/2022 11:07:17 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: xp38
Probably the best portrait of her by Pietro Annigoni


83 posted on 09/08/2022 11:07:22 AM PDT by xp38
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To: pnz1

If they are allowed to keep their titles after all of the aggression and chaos and negativity they have caused, then you know that the slimmed down version of the monarchy means to diminish its adherence to its own legacy.

The monarchy is simply a tool for Markle to come off as famous, rich, and important.


84 posted on 09/08/2022 11:07:47 AM PDT by Billie Bud
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To: 1Old Pro
I just read that former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died yesterday. He was 82.

-PJ

85 posted on 09/08/2022 11:07:53 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DesertRhino

Freerepulbic needs a like button. I’d give you all my thumbs up. The gushing love fest for the elite ruling class is endlessly nauseating. But pomp, circumstance, and “Royalty” y’all... Blech!


86 posted on 09/08/2022 11:08:02 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: 1Old Pro

I was eight and saw her coronation. I remember that the crown was heavy. What an outstanding woman and role model. Women can be heroes, too.


87 posted on 09/08/2022 11:08:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: 1Old Pro

She didn’t live to see the final destruction of her country. God is merciful. R.I.P.


88 posted on 09/08/2022 11:08:42 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: 1Old Pro

bookmark


89 posted on 09/08/2022 11:09:22 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: citizen

“Technically not quite correct, as she became queen in 1953.”

No. She became queen as soon as her father died. Her coronation was in 1953.


90 posted on 09/08/2022 11:09:58 AM PDT by Diapason
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To: 1Old Pro

An era has come to an end.

Rest In Peace dear Queen Elizabeth II. You did your duty so very well.


91 posted on 09/08/2022 11:10:05 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! Fuhrer Biden is supported my MSM & DC.)
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To: DesertRhino

Sad to have to agree with every word you posted. Then again, she is a figurehead and no real power.


92 posted on 09/08/2022 11:10:22 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: 1Old Pro

They were both in England already. Harry left Merkel in London to go to his grandmother’s bedside. Mot known if he made it in time. Personally I think she had already passed and they waited for family to announce.


93 posted on 09/08/2022 11:10:25 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: 1Old Pro

Charles is too white; in order to celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion the British should skip him and crown Meghan Markel Queen, she’s black. 🙄


94 posted on 09/08/2022 11:10:39 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: citizen

That’s what I wish we would have seen. But hell, maybe she correctly gauged that wokeism and socialist rot was irreversible and just decided to enjoy being rich and watching the horses. Can’t blame her.
Had she forcefully came out against the BS, they woulda turned on her with fury.

But she should have dome something about her government setting up Trump in that frame up job, and about the Pakistani rape gangs. Those two deserved her to break her silence.


95 posted on 09/08/2022 11:10:45 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: 1Old Pro

Long live the king! (only probably not as long as this one) . . .


96 posted on 09/08/2022 11:11:02 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: antceecee

Yeah... you’re probably right.


97 posted on 09/08/2022 11:11:17 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: laplata

Bastille Day for me.


98 posted on 09/08/2022 11:11:20 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: citizen
Elizabeth became queen in 1952 when her father died, so reigned 70 years. Louis XIV reigned longer (72 years) but for the early years of his reign the government was run by a regency.

Technically she should be called Elizabeth II & I, because Elizabeth I was never queen of Scotland.

99 posted on 09/08/2022 11:12:02 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: 1Old Pro

The Queen is dead....Long live the King!


100 posted on 09/08/2022 11:12:52 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (#pleasecorrectme.)
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