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on the inauspicious day the first we'll know is when the TV pictures fade out and the National Anthem comes on...................
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I bet you we see her in public tomorrow
God save the Queen Mum and dad are great fans of HM and her family. ![]()
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on the inauspicious day the first we'll know is when the TV pictures fade out and the National Anthem comes on...................
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Yes absolutely one less evil parasite leaching off the state and lording it over us whilst the serfs are forced through the austerity program.
The French had the right idea over 200 years ago. Let's have a head of state we can actually choose. |
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I wonder whether the queen would be privately insulted or feel snubbed if her son rejected his primary birth name on beconing monarch
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We'll all have to do our best North Korea crying impressions when the BBC cameras roll around as well.
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on the inauspicious day the first we'll know is when the TV pictures fade out and the National Anthem comes on...................
![]() If we are going to continue with the monarchy after her death, let it be a "The King is Dead, Long Live The King" situation, she dies, her son takes the crown with minimum fuss, and we are not all asked to pretend to care about any of them. |
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oh god I hope not, Star Trek Voyager being cancelled due to Princess Diana was bad enough.
If we are going to continue with the monarchy after her death, let it be a "The King is Dead, Long Live The King" situation, she dies, her son takes the crown with minimum fuss, and we are not all asked to pretend to care about any of them. |
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Different world - there are so many channels now and most would continue - they're largely automated anyway so it would be a huge task to take off the pre-prepared output, and what on earth would they replace it with?
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Different world - there are so many channels now and most would continue - they're largely automated anyway so it would be a huge task to take off the pre-prepared output, and what on earth would they replace it with?
I can't really think of a channel I watch that will shut down I'm done with BBC until Doctor Who comes back on and done with ITV until (If) WOS Wrestling gets commissioned. |
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but alot of those channels are rubbish, the channels I actually watch BBC One, BBC Two would almost certainly pull their scheulde, even Channel 5 would make some changes.
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I'm sure many pages back in this thread, someone posted a link from one of the newspapers about the codename 'London Bridge' scenario and what would happen, and it said that Beeb 1 would go onto mainly news coverage, no soaps, no comedy. This scenario apparently runs for about 12 days and I'm sure the Beeb have been practising this behind the scenes. The link was quite an interesting read.
It will be 12 days of "She dead, she still dead, she still dead, she still dead" mixed in with "the elderly monarch died at *insert location*" no one is going to be that shocked by it, at this point it is highly unlikely she die of anything other than age related reasons. |
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the Queen is an old woman, the coverage of her death will not take 12 days.
It will be 12 days of "She dead, she still dead, she still dead, she still dead" mixed in with "the elderly monarch died at *insert location*" no one is going to be that shocked by it, at this point it is highly unlikely she die of anything other than age related reasons. I couldn't find the original article but I have found this from the Business Insider which also says 12 days. http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-h...6-12?r=US&IR=T |
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the Queen is an old woman, the coverage of her death will not take 12 days.
It will be 12 days of "She dead, she still dead, she still dead, she still dead" mixed in with "the elderly monarch died at *insert location*" no one is going to be that shocked by it, at this point it is highly unlikely she die of anything other than age related reasons. |
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I'm sure many pages back in this thread, someone posted a link from one of the newspapers about the codename 'London Bridge' scenario and what would happen, and it said that Beeb 1 would go onto mainly news coverage, no soaps, no comedy. This scenario apparently runs for about 12 days and I'm sure the Beeb have been practising this behind the scenes. The link was quite an interesting read.
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People bemoaning the fact that the queen death, when it happens, will interfere with their telly watching. How on earth will they cope.
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The plans for all royal deaths are codenamed after a bridge. The Queen Mother was Tay Bridge, the Duke of Edinburgh is Forth Bridge and Prince Charles in Menai Bridge.
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People bemoaning the fact that the queen death, when it happens, will interfere with their telly watching. How on earth will they cope.
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No she won't. The Queen, unlike you, has the benefit of knowing that birth name is not the same as a regnal name.
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I couldn't find the original article but I have found this from the Business Insider which also says 12 days.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-h...6-12?r=US&IR=T |
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You presume unwisely there. I know that a different regnal name is an option and there is precedent for such a decision. That it has been done before does not preclude the queen from feeling hurt at her and her husband's choice of name not being taken forward as King.
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oh god I hope not, Star Trek Voyager being cancelled due to Princess Diana was bad enough.
If we are going to continue with the monarchy after her death, let it be a "The King is Dead, Long Live The King" situation, she dies, her son takes the crown with minimum fuss, and we are not all asked to pretend to care about any of them. |
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The French had the right idea over 200 years ago.
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I do think she is OK at the moment.
But this has made me think if she did die over Christmas would they keep quiet about it and lie and say she died at a later date? As Christmas is seen as the biggest holiday of the year and is generally a seen as a fun time they may not want to bring the country down plus every year after it would be remembered The Queen died at Christmas. So if she died for example Dec 23 would they hold off and say she died Jan 3rd or something? |
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I do think she is OK at the moment.
But this has made me think if she did die over Christmas would they keep quiet about it and lie and say she died at a later date? As Christmas is seen as the biggest holiday of the year and is generally a seen as a fun time they may not want to bring the country down plus every year after it would be remembered The Queen died at Christmas. So if she died for example Dec 23 would they hold off and say she died Jan 3rd or something? |
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