Operation London Bridge - When the Queen dies

[Nearly Sane]

Would she have to be endowed with a funny haircut?

Maybe in Nth Korea  she is known as the one with the funny haircut.

[Bubbles]

Long but fascinating article about the plans for the death of Liz.



https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge?CMP=share_btn_tw

Interesting!

I noticed this

"Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease the monarch’s suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight."

So it's ok for royalty to get euthanasia, but not the rest of us if we are suffering 

I would have thought polishing off the king would have been a crime, for pretty much the same reason as if a doctor polished off anyone else.

Hmmm!

Has euthanasia ever been legal in the UK?

Regicide. Killing a king

[SusanDoris]

That surely depends on how any Presidential role is defined.

I'd favour just getting rid of the monarchy and not replacing it with anything 'monarchy-light' and exploring ways to amend our governance processes: why do we need a non-elected Head of State anyway if political governance is via time-limited roles populated by elections?

I'm sure there are simple alternatives to having a monarch signing things, making scripted speeches, opening or launching things (inc. the demanding tasks of cutting ribbons and smashing bottles of alcohol) and, of course, perfecting one's waving technique.

There probably are, but how dull, unoriginal , yawn-inducing and boring they would be. would tourists come to this country to see them? Certainly not.

[Gordon]

There probably are, but how dull, unoriginal , yawn-inducing and boring they would be. would tourists come to this country to see them? Certainly not.

I'm sure tourists would still come: getting rid of the monarchy would just ensure no new royal-related detritus accrued but all the historical stuff would remain and, presumably, would still be of interest to tourists who like that sort of thing.   

[ippy]

As an individual Betty is where she is and only through sheer god luck for us she undeniably has made her best efforts of performing this logic defying, irrational hereditary job.

As things are, she took on this job and made the best of her logically unjustifiable position; like the rest of us she will have to go in the end, the only trouble I have with that, is how many more hours of every source of the media will be dedicating to the inns and outs of her life I dread it, the media overdoes it now for the perpetual silly grin department of royal fans, it looks to me we'll never be allowed to forget Betties passing, yawn yawn.

I can't see this royal worship thing; royal worship puts me in mind of catching a pickpocket with their hand actually in your pocket and then thanking them for honour that they chose your pocket to pick, whilst at the same time bowing and scraping as you back away reverentially.

ippy     

[SusanDoris]

Well, Ippy, if I am still alive when the Queen dies, I shall be peering at the TV. The next day I shall look here on R&E to see if you can, hand on heart, say you have not been watching!!!

[ippy]

Well, Ippy, if I am still alive when the Queen dies, I shall be peering at the TV. The next day I shall look here on R&E to see if you can, hand on heart, say you have not been watching!!!

You're right Susan, unless I was able to lock myself away on a remote island that hasn't got any kind of media access, or perhaps another planet somewhere; it'll be relentless, I don't wish any of that royal lot any harm I just wish they would go forth and multiply, rather than rely on luck as to who we get as head of state.

ippy 

[Robbie]

That poor woman is never off duty, and won't be until the day she dies. I doubt any of us would wish to take on such an onerous task.

I agree, damned hard work. Something most of us can'tbegin to imagine. `i don't envy her a bit always in public eye but believe she does enjoy her work which isa good thing.
She does have some power, rarely chooses to exercise it,if ever but makes her views known to those in charge.
Our queen will be a tough act to follow.