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Do you think Charles becoming King is very imminent?

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crochetmonkey74 · 12/02/2022 22:54

The Mail are going mad on stories about exactly what will happen, and how it will happen. Now I know it's The Mail but we also know they do seed stuff out to the public

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crochetmonkey74 · 13/02/2022 10:24

You quote the Mail. Talk about contingency plans for Charles' Coronation. Speculate about whether she has Covid.
Your bar for ghoulish must be set pretty low tbf

This is unfair I asked about the number of articles in The Mail (most widely read paper) and if they were being used to ease the public into things likely to happen (precedent set in first Covid lockdown)

I think most people (of a certain age and above) will probably be surprised how sad they feel when it happens. Even those who care little for royalty. She represents a sort of stability in an unstable world and it will be an end of an era moment regardless of what anyone thinks of the system of monarchy or her as a person

I 100% agree with this- it will be a whole new world coming out of Covid etc - for lots of us we haven't known global change then all this in the last few years

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tickingthebox73 · 13/02/2022 10:26

@maya71

We will get new coins, new banknotes, new stamps how weird will that be!!

Why do people keep saying this? We will just continue with the ones we've got. Even in the 1980s, there were still coins around with George VI on.

New ones will be issued, even if the old ones continue. So new banknotes, stamps and coins will be Charles mixed in with the old.
Lockdownbear · 13/02/2022 10:26

While coins will change slowly as they age and go out of circulation do you think they have new moulds, bosses, pictures ready to use?
I assume the Royal Mint is constantly churning out coins like any other factory.

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longwayoff · 13/02/2022 10:27

Charles won't pass it to William unless an unforeseen event occurs to make it necessary. Why would he? It's an onerous duty that nobody sensible would welcome into their lives. It's not Disneyland.

astrocroc · 13/02/2022 10:30

Yes. The Daily Mail somehow has some inside clairvoyant knowledge of the queen's imminent death. And what have they chosen to do with that special psychic information? Well, use it to ease the public into the idea of the upheaval by printing tangent articles about what might happen when Charles becomes king, of course! The DM is truly dedicated to public service and niceties like this. Makes total sense.

ClariceQuiff · 13/02/2022 10:30

While coins will change slowly as they age and go out of circulation do you think they have new moulds, bosses, pictures ready to use?

I would doubt it, personally, as they'll want the image of Charles to be up to date, and they can take the time to get one sorted out before they need to start producing coins and notes - if they needed some urgently there's no reason why they couldn't mint more Elizabeth ones while Charles's portrait was getting signed off. I imagine the last Elizabeth coins will become a sought-after collectors' item.

saltedBubbly · 13/02/2022 10:32

There was a ridiculous comment by someone on the news this morning in response to the headline that Charles' coronation is likely to be a lower key less extravagant event than the Queen's was.

The commentator compared it to a story about how marriages with cheaper weddings seem to last longer than expensive ones, saying "perhaps a cheaper coronation is likely to mean a successful long reign. But there again the Queen has an extravagant ceremony and has reigned for 70 years"

As if the length of the King's reign has anything to do with anything other than how long he actually lives Hmm

mUserBot9to5 · 13/02/2022 10:32

It's not ghoulish, it's realism.

She's not OUR grandma but even if she were, we'd be talking in terms of when not if. Floating along to say this is ghoulish, oh well, there's always a few.

I know that the QM lived to 101 but she had been a widow for decades and decades and decades so I don't think she had to deal with that loss in old age. She also had a lot less stress, all the perks and no stress.

Gilead · 13/02/2022 10:33

@Isntisironic1 BasicyIm against a monarchy in principle. It costs a fortune and has no place in modern society. The age old tourism argument isn’t valid, France, Spain, other European countries haven’t suffered from a lack of tourists and neither will we.

JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 13/02/2022 10:34

@gilead the royal family cost us less than a pound per head per year and the tourists love them. It's loose change

Clytemnestra4 · 13/02/2022 10:34

Morbid I know but I’ve been wondering if there’s some kind of Plan B ‘contingency plan’ for what happens if the Queen dies before all the celebrations planned for June. Maybe it would all go ahead, just adapted to be a celebration of her life.

Trainbear · 13/02/2022 10:35

@Isntisironic1

AutomaticMoon

Gilead
I’m up for no monarch I’m afraid. They cost the government a fortune and I’m a citizen, not a subject.
Same 😞
@Gilead would you like to elaborate?

So do poor people and the disabled, but I'm not in favour of getting rid of their funding.
Isntisironic1 · 13/02/2022 10:35

[quote Gilead]@Isntisironic1 BasicyIm against a monarchy in principle. It costs a fortune and has no place in modern society. The age old tourism argument isn’t valid, France, Spain, other European countries haven’t suffered from a lack of tourists and neither will we.[/quote]
Hmmm the monarchy actually brings in far more than in takes out. What a bizarre stance to take

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crochetmonkey74 · 13/02/2022 10:36

@astrocroc

Yes. The Daily Mail somehow has some inside clairvoyant knowledge of the queen's imminent death. And what have they chosen to do with that special psychic information? Well, use it to ease the public into the idea of the upheaval by printing tangent articles about what might happen when Charles becomes king, of course! The DM is truly dedicated to public service and niceties like this. Makes total sense.
Good Lord. Maybe just have a look at how Westminster and The Royals use the media to put stories out. Big Royal tours and charity work for example. No one thinks the papers are psychic.
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ClariceQuiff · 13/02/2022 10:36

@saltedBubbly

There was a ridiculous comment by someone on the news this morning in response to the headline that Charles' coronation is likely to be a lower key less extravagant event than the Queen's was.

The commentator compared it to a story about how marriages with cheaper weddings seem to last longer than expensive ones, saying "perhaps a cheaper coronation is likely to mean a successful long reign. But there again the Queen has an extravagant ceremony and has reigned for 70 years"

As if the length of the King's reign has anything to do with anything other than how long he actually lives Hmm

Confused Agree with you - bollocks on just about every level - why was this given airtime?
Trainbear · 13/02/2022 10:37

@Sunnysal

I've thought the Queen hasn't looked particularly well for quite some time. She has always looked very robust, but she's rather frail now.,
Eeh, tha' don't look well, nay, tha don't look well at all.
Lockdownbear · 13/02/2022 10:40

@Clytemnestra4

Morbid I know but I’ve been wondering if there’s some kind of Plan B ‘contingency plan’ for what happens if the Queen dies before all the celebrations planned for June. Maybe it would all go ahead, just adapted to be a celebration of her life.
That crossed my mind too. I think it would become a celebration of her life, especially now she passed the 70 year mark.
astrocroc · 13/02/2022 10:43

Good Lord
Maybe just have a look at how Westminster and The Royals use the media to put stories out. Big Royal tours and charity work for example
No one thinks the papers are psychic.

Right. But in this case it makes no sense. The whole premise is totally illogical.

Starlia · 13/02/2022 10:44

Being Australian, many of us have a long-standing affection for the Queen that doesn't exist for other members of the royal family. Not that it particularly matters, but I do think the Republican movement will gain a lot of strength once the Queen passes.
I myself think the Queen has lived a life of service and stability and I admire her greatly. Actually I think of her as a feminist icon in spite of a few recent missteps.

MotherofTerriers · 13/02/2022 10:45

The media seems to be focussing more on Charles as next king, which may be a way of signalling that this is likely to happen relatively soon. Or there’s been a policy decision to use the jubilee to look forward to the monarchy as it will be.
Media gloves also seem to be off now for Andrew, I suspect some of the stories coming out now have been sat on for years.
Unlikely this is all accidental.
I wouldn’t be too sure of the result of a monarchy/republic referendum, support, and interest, really isn’t there amongst a younger demographic

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crochetmonkey74 · 13/02/2022 10:47

@MotherofTerriers

The media seems to be focussing more on Charles as next king, which may be a way of signalling that this is likely to happen relatively soon. Or there’s been a policy decision to use the jubilee to look forward to the monarchy as it will be. Media gloves also seem to be off now for Andrew, I suspect some of the stories coming out now have been sat on for years. Unlikely this is all accidental. I wouldn’t be too sure of the result of a monarchy/republic referendum, support, and interest, really isn’t there amongst a younger demographic
This is interesting. I work with young people and the older ones have expressed they think it should end when the queen dies and a vote whether to continue - so you could be right
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Crepusculum · 13/02/2022 11:03

No I don't.

I hope, and to a certain extent expect - given her robust physical and mental health, the Queen to celebrate 100th birthday and 75th Jubilee. Maybe wishful thinking but definitely don't think anything is imminent.

There has been media fuss and speculation every time she has had so much as a cold for years now.

LowlandLucky · 13/02/2022 11:17

H.M The Queens funeral was planned the day she became Queen and has been practised for decades. The Government and Armed Forces already know what to do when the day comes. As for Charles he wouldn't refuse to be king, not only would it be disrespectful to his Mother it would also mean William couldn't be King.

FebruaryFest · 13/02/2022 11:20

My mum is younger than the queen and though we all hope and believe she has more life in her yet, she is giving away her stuff every time we see her. 🤷 She's preparing and so in a way are we.

Lockdownbear · 13/02/2022 11:21

I think the Coronation is planned to maybe not practiced but the plan will be in place. Probably adapted from the funerals that are practiced.