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The passing of the Queen will be one the most disruptive events in Britain since WWII
Business Insider ^ | June 2018 | Rob Price

Posted on 07/04/2018 9:23:19 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Since ascending to the throne in 1952, the monarch has seen 13 prime ministers serve Britain and lived through another 13 US presidents. She's now 92. At some point — not for many years yet, we hope — Queen Elizabeth II's reign will come to an end.

But what happens then?

For at least 12 days — between her passing, the funeral and beyond — Britain will grind to a halt. The stock markets and banks are likely to close.

But to focus on the financial disruption doesn't begin to describe the sheer magnitude of the queen's death. It will be an event unlike anything Britain has seen since the end of World War II.

Most British people have never known life without the queen. It will be a strange, uncertain time.

The British Empire once covered a quarter of the Earth's landmass, and for a brief, surreal period it is likely to feel as if the empire still exists, as all its former subjects will turn toward Britain for the news.

It will probably be the best-attended funeral of all time. World leaders from across the globe will flock to attend.

There will be hundreds of changes up and down the country in the weeks and months after the queen's death.

New currency will be printed and minted immediately. British currency bears images of the monarch, and the portraits of Charles will already have been made in preparation.

The British national anthem will change."God Save The Queen" will get some new lyrics — or some old ones, rather. It will become "God Save The King."

Likewise, a great deal of military insignia will require updating.

And plenty more will need to change.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 1776; brexit; figurehead; godsavethequeen; monarchy; monarchysucks; parasites; queen; queenelizabeth; royalfamily; royals; thecrown; theresamay; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: LostInBayport

I hope you’ve seen the miniseries The Crown. If not, I highly recommend it. Very well done. Two seasons are out and the first won many awards. I expect the second one will, as well. I think it’s on Netflix.


61 posted on 07/04/2018 1:04:57 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

A tone-deaf old crooner named Bing,
When somebody asked him to sing,
Replied “though it’s odd,
I can never tell “God
Save the Weasel” from “Pop Goes The King”.’


62 posted on 07/04/2018 1:17:47 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: jmacusa

You never get a day off. You’re always “on”. Imagine a life where anytime you leave your house everyone is observing you. Always. You really think that would be easy?


63 posted on 07/04/2018 1:18:26 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Vermont Lt

Poor baby


64 posted on 07/04/2018 1:38:33 PM PDT by wardaddy (Hanged not hung.)
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To: bigdaddy45

The Old Girl is the richest woman in the world and never workd a day for. Please, spare me.


65 posted on 07/04/2018 2:05:12 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: wardaddy

If you think the Brits were benign rulers, then you are illiterate.

There is a reason MOST of the world hates them.


66 posted on 07/04/2018 2:19:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: jmacusa

Do a little research. She was a mechanic in WWII. And she is far from the richest woman in the world. Your lack of knowledge is showing.


67 posted on 07/04/2018 2:49:25 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
The woman is worth $515 million dollars. She was a medic in WW2 in England. Big deal. You do some f**king research. And on today of all day's I don't want to be hearing about this old broad . We chased her ancestors outta here, remember?
68 posted on 07/04/2018 2:58:14 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: jmacusa

$515 million is chump change compared to the richest woman in the world. And she was a mechanic, not a medic. You clearly don’t have a clue


69 posted on 07/04/2018 3:11:29 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

WTF is it with you and the Queen anyway?


70 posted on 07/04/2018 3:12:43 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: CodeToad

Charles will immediately call for the mass immigration of all muslims and surrender England to them.***********

He is an honorary Muslim as I understand it. He will do exactly as stated above and everyone will say, “Gee whiz, I sure didn’t see that coming!”

Whoever disbelieves Charles won’t do that has another think coming. He is the ultimate mole.


71 posted on 07/04/2018 3:32:57 PM PDT by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Reno89519

72 posted on 07/04/2018 4:37:11 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: bigdaddy45

I don’t understand the hoopla over the Queen, now. She could live to be a 100, and keep her mind, and be Queen. She could outlive Charles, whose led quite the scandalous life w Camilla... interesting how quickly people are ready to see someone dead and buried! lol


73 posted on 07/04/2018 4:59:55 PM PDT by Ambrosia (Born in NC, then PA, NY,WV, NM, SC, and FL & back God/Freedom=Priority!)
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To: jmacusa

A listing of real estate owned by the crown totals way more than 515 million.


74 posted on 07/04/2018 5:05:34 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I open threads like these mainly to see the reactions.


75 posted on 07/04/2018 5:39:26 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: jmacusa

She and her family should have had their heads off decades ago before they destroyed England. Too bad more people couldn’t follow our example and get out from under their rule hundreds of years ago.


76 posted on 07/04/2018 6:10:27 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Lonely Bull

Yes, always interesting to see red-blooded otherwise patriotic Americans defend the queen and her inbred family.


77 posted on 07/04/2018 6:13:03 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Of all things to post on Independence Day!


78 posted on 07/04/2018 6:23:03 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law." --Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Reno89519
Yes, always interesting to see red-blooded otherwise patriotic Americans defend the queen and her inbred family.

I look across the diversity of beliefs expressed, especially the idea that some people are so uninterested in a thread about the British monarch that they will open it and post in it.

I myself am skeptical that a (small-r) republican Britain would be markedly better than other republics of western Europe, like France or Germany. I don't believe that monarchies are somehow better than republics, just that there are lots of mediocre ways to run a country.

I've also noticed that (small-r) republicanism in the U.K. seems to be more leftist, although obviously republicanism doesn't have to be. (In other words, if I betted, I'd bet that if we ever find a "British Republic," it will more likely to be a left-leaning "democratic" state with a Big Government than something like the earliest United States.)

79 posted on 07/04/2018 7:07:00 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: Vermont Lt

I read that to my English-born mom. We both laughed.


80 posted on 07/04/2018 7:09:29 PM PDT by beaversmom ( Few)
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