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Buckeyeblue

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58. On TV a few minutes ago they were talking about Australia

Thu Sep 8, 2022, 04:10 PM

Sep 2022

Apparently there was a voting initiative to separate from the monarchy that was voted down, mostly because of the popularity of the queen. The speaker thought there would be another one in the not to distant future that probably would pass.

Another commentator thought Charles would have to slim down the monarchy.

It will be interesting.

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Queen Elizabeth apparently quite ill.... [View all] PCIntern Sep 2022 OP

I was about to start a thread about this CatWoman Sep 2022 #1

I'm not a big Anglophile... PCIntern Sep 2022 #5

I've always admired and respected her CatWoman Sep 2022 #8

Agreed in toto PCIntern Sep 2022 #11

I think it's possible the English Monarchy fades away Buckeyeblue Sep 2022 #22

after the Queen CatWoman Sep 2022 #23

The whole bloodline ascension represents so much of what is wrong with the world Buckeyeblue Sep 2022 #28

Plus by "blood" - they're German DenaliDemocrat Sep 2022 #54

Agreed BuddhaGirl Sep 2022 #57

On TV a few minutes ago they were talking about Australia Buckeyeblue Sep 2022 #58

Same, here. Gotta admit, she was a powerful woman who only screwed up with her own kids. lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #36

Willies another member of the PCIntern Sep 2022 #53

I Get Your Point RobinA Sep 2022 #55

She has been around my entire life. kentuck Sep 2022 #2

me too!! CatWoman Sep 2022 #3

Same here. She was proclaimed Queen a few months livetohike Sep 2022 #4

I'm almost 59. She's reigned since my parents met at college Bucky Sep 2022 #6

So 48656c6c6f20 Sep 2022 #7

I just turned on the news spinbaby Sep 2022 #9

i think they are going on the word of her doctors................. CatWoman Sep 2022 #10

Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne months before I was born in 1952. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2022 #12

I would like to see William and Kate on the throne jimfields33 Sep 2022 #33

I was 14 months old when she took the throne. Emile Sep 2022 #13

A Queen Story: Tracer Sep 2022 #14

That's a great story!! PCIntern Sep 2022 #16

Nice memory. And that she was here for our 200th Anniversary. Hortensis Sep 2022 #24

We got lucky seeing her arrive in her carriage during the changing of the guards. Native Sep 2022 #35

my dtr is on the east coast im on the west. i texted her about it as her hubby is from scotland samnsara Sep 2022 #15

Rich people get great medical care arlyellowdog Sep 2022 #17

In today's world so do MOST unrich people. She'll be getting the Hortensis Sep 2022 #29

British and Aussie TV are obviously wall to wall with it tishaLA Sep 2022 #18

I'm 63 and she was made Queen several years before I was born Kaleva Sep 2022 #19

she met the new pm and has given up all hope and is dying in despair dembotoz Sep 2022 #20

my cousin in ireland thinks she's already passed. mopinko Sep 2022 #21

Oh, 100% agree -- the Sussexes just landed in Scotland obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #25

Makes sense in light of Catherine not bringing the kids. Native Sep 2022 #37

I agree obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #51

Life support... SOP for high profile monarchs JCMach1 Sep 2022 #42

SOP for many families to wait till everyone can be there to say farewell Hekate Sep 2022 #44

Also true. I remember in UAE... Shk. Zayed was on life support more than a week JCMach1 Sep 2022 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Sep 2022 #45

On a UK Reddit thread re the Queen having already passed away: Native Sep 2022 #46

I wish she would denounce the concept of royalty before she passes Mysterian Sep 2022 #26

Sorry to hear that Meowmee Sep 2022 #27

Sorry to hear this.. no matter how old, it is hard to let them go Peacetrain Sep 2022 #30

Best wishes for her recovery and for them all. Hortensis Sep 2022 #31

I remember TV news covering her coronation. MineralMan Sep 2022 #32

I was 3. First TV set also. crazylikafox Sep 2022 #40

LOL CatWoman Sep 2022 #52

Geezers Abound! MineralMan Sep 2022 #56

I actually got to see her in 1952. She was visiting the US, can't remember Biophilic Sep 2022 #34

An important, world wide symbol of stability empedocles Sep 2022 #38

Yes. She has been a steady through-line for so many all around the world. crickets Sep 2022 #50

New Prime Minister Truss tweeted this out this morning at 7:39 London time... allegorical oracle Sep 2022 #39

She was crowned Queen when I was 1 year and 3 months old DFW Sep 2022 #41

I watched her coronation on frogmarch Sep 2022 #43

We had a little B/W tv. I was about 6, and remember watching w/ my parents Hekate Sep 2022 #47

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Sep 2022 #48