Queen Elizabeth II | 1926-2022 | Rest in Peace

I just drive around for 8 hours a day. They sacked me, the family doesn’t know.
It's times like this you find out what's really important.

If you need to talk to anyone, Colin is always here.
 
Flag being flown at Buckingham palace. What the feck can that mean? Queen and Charles both in Balmoral? Doesn't apply to Queen Consort does it?
Union Jack flies if queen is not in residence. The Royal Standard flag flies if she is there.

This is a done deal. You don’t inform the President if she’s a bit iffy. She’s gone.
 
Always a conspiracy with some of you
the entire media apparatus has been given over to special coverage of "the queen's health" and eulogies. a report just read "the president of the usa has been briefed". all the people needed for ritual succession have been gathered.

yes, that is a conspiracy. there's absolutely zero sense in assuming the queen has died given that we've had no signs of it. you're correct, people are too paranoid.
 
Can't we just globally agree to do away with all monarchies once the active monarch dies. Even in The Netherlands this is all over the news. Old woman dying, so sad.
Yes please.
 
They’ll definitely sneak her body out on one of those Land Rover defenders.
 
Guess we find out if a 6pm embargo was a thing or not in the next seconds, otherwise could just be very ill health and doctors fear that her health is bad enough that it could be days

Seems too many things happening though.
 
Big big day if it’s true she’s gone

Anyone not expecting heavy news coverage over the coming weeks if she has died….pull your head out the sand, the news coverage was always going to be biblical, you don’t have to like that, but it’s a fact

She’s done well if it’s true
 
Always a conspiracy with some of you

It’s not a conspiracy, there’s a whole operation behind announcing such a thing. They don’t have someone run outside and announce it 2 minutes after she’s gone.

BBC has been running live coverage all afternoon, which I can’t see why they would unless there’s an announcement imminent. People can be on their death bed for days, what are they gonna be doing this for days on end? I think chances are she’s already passed and we’re just waiting for official confirmation.
 
You just know that - with the backdrop of Covid killing loved ones and the terrible cost of living crisis causing irrevocable harm to millions of households - there will be a handful of out of touch shitheads on TV talking about how this is the worst thing to happen to Britain in a long time.

I mean, I get it, I'm sorry she's on her deathbed but I've got shite to do.
 
Can’t imagine the BBC would be running this all day, replacing their normal program unless they’ve been told she has gone or will go in the next few hours.
 
It’s not a conspiracy, there’s a whole operation behind announcing such a thing. They don’t have someone run outside and announce it 2 minutes after she’s gone.

BBC has been running live coverage all afternoon, which I can’t see why they would unless there’s an announcement imminent. People can be on their death bed for days, what are they gonna be doing this for days on end? I think chances are she’s already passed and we’re just waiting for official confirmation.
You dont think there would be leaks in this day and age?
 
Also been told that She passed a short while ago and we’ll be told this evening. Loads of preparation before they can announce it as you can imagine.

RIP
 
This is when the Premier League breathes a sigh of relief that James Mclean is no longer playing in the league
 
Not to be insensitive but given this is a football forum, does the PL get postponed if she dies?

Yes

the nation would go into a state of mourning for a 9 day period so sports fixtures would stop during this period
 
Not to be insensitive but given this is a football forum, does the PL get postponed if she dies?
Without a doubt. If the funeral is the next weekend, those fixtures will go to. Can’t see how any London games would go ahead anyway. The met will prioritise the funeral and unlikely to allow officers to police football matches whilst the funeral is on.
 
Yes

the nation would go into a state of mourning for a 9 day period so sports fixtures would stop during this period
Does anyone have a link to all the stuff that would really happen in that period? I've seen articles and rumours but nothing concrete.
 
The funny thing about Nicholas Witchell is despite his dedication and devotion for the last century, he has absolutely no inside track about what’s happening within the family. They all hate him and keep him at arms length and despite that making him completely useless at his job, the BBC don’t have the heart to replace him