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Do you think the queen is really poorly?

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Meltinthemiddle · 14/04/2022 21:36

As in dying 😔. I know she is very old and fragile at 95 but I do wonder if she is trying to keep going until the Royal jubilee.

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ChiswickFlo · 14/04/2022 22:15

Easter service at Windsor
Sorry, not tomorrow

Leftbutcameback · 14/04/2022 22:15

She has mobility issues (probably back as a PP mentioned) and doesn’t want to be seen in a wheelchair. And she’s saving energy for the Jubilee.

Blimecory · 14/04/2022 22:15

Surely you wouldn't be able to mention anything though? Due to your job and confidentiality?

It’s no secret to say that obituaries are reviewed regularly.

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ChiswickFlo · 14/04/2022 22:15

@Meltinthemiddle

Do you think she will stand down after the jubilee?
Nope She'll never abdicate
Blimecory · 14/04/2022 22:16

@Meltinthemiddle

Do you think she will stand down after the jubilee?
No. She will never stand down.
WildFlowerBees · 14/04/2022 22:17

I think she's had enough, her husband of many many years is no longer beside her and with everything she's had to endure the last few years she's probably thinking let's just wrap it up so I can feck off.

ArtVandalay · 14/04/2022 22:17

I think she’s just decrepit with age. I don’t think they were wheeling out her mum too often at this age.

I bet she’ll see 100.

Herani · 14/04/2022 22:19

I think COVID wiped her out, as it has many younger people. She’s a great age and will naturally be more tired.
Plus, her family are a complete shower. I’d be taking time away from them too.
But I agree OP, she’s not well, otherwise she’d be visible and struggling on.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/04/2022 22:19

Not this abdication nonsense again. The Queen will never abdicate. She became Queen in the moment of her father's death and she accepted it as a lifelong responsibility. In the moment of her death, Charles will become King. That's how it works. The Queen saw firsthand how hard her own father was hit by his brother's abdication. Duty has come first for her all her life. I wish her well.

BreatheAndFocus · 14/04/2022 22:20

I think she’s having trouble standing and walking now, and simply doesn’t want to be seen incapacitated and in a wheelchair. It would raise more questions if she went to these events but sat there and didn’t get up or approach anyone or stand to sing or do anything.

My GM said ‘going off your legs’ was a stage in serious ageing. With the loss of Prince Philip, then COVID, I expect she jumped to that stage rather than approached it more gradually.

I hope she’s here and we’ll enough for the June celebrations.

KohLanta · 14/04/2022 22:20

I do feel sorry for her as I wonder who on earth she has to confide in now? Very sad.

JudgeJ · 14/04/2022 22:20

@MVision

Yes she is - the newspapers have had the nod - it's why meghan and harry have come over
They are over for the Invictus games, any side trip to WIndsor is probably a bit of guilt on his part and wanting to improve his image.
Tryingtokeepgoing · 14/04/2022 22:21

AIBU to intensely dislike the use of the world poorly to describe someone who’s either ill, frail or just ageing? It seems somewhat disparaging/patronising to me, but still…

And FWIW, my husband died two and a half years ago and I’m almost half the Queen’s age and I’ve done a fraction of the work she’s done since Prince Phillip died….she’s every right to not want to do much at the moment if you ask me!

QueefofSheena · 14/04/2022 22:21

Weird how no one has mentioned how much Prince Andrew’s behaviour would have affected her. Let’s ignore that and entirely blame H&M shall we? Hmm

EdithWeston · 14/04/2022 22:21

She wont abdicate, and I can't see her wanting to become HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh. I expect that, one day, she will die as HM the Queen

But that doesn't mean she couldn't step down/retire and install Prince Charles a Prince Regent.

DoctorSnortles · 14/04/2022 22:22

Poor Queen. Imagine feeling knackered and poorly and then bloody Harry turns up with that wife of his. Not going to perk her up, is it?

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Meltinthemiddle · 14/04/2022 22:22

I've never been a royalist but I have grown very fond of the queen and all she stands for. She puts all the other royals to shame. Very sad seeing her look so frail.

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theyhavenothingbuttheaudacity · 14/04/2022 22:22

@QueefofSheena

Weird how no one has mentioned how much Prince Andrew’s behaviour would have affected her. Let’s ignore that and entirely blame H&M shall we? Hmm
As always! Blame the awful woman henpecking her poor little husband not sir noncington of shithouse manor
longwayoff · 14/04/2022 22:22

It's likely she is more unwell than we know. The Sussex couple have come so something must have moved them.

WinnieTheW0rm · 14/04/2022 22:23

@KohLanta

I do feel sorry for her as I wonder who on earth she has to confide in now? Very sad.
Corgis, probably. And a highland pony or two.
crimesagainstwine · 14/04/2022 22:23

Surely you wouldn't be able to mention anything though? Due to your job and confidentiality?

The media don't have confidentiality - which is whole reason for them.

Reporters, by and large, respect privacy when someone (especially official) is dying - obviously not so to others - however they don't want to speculate but are not tied by any "legal responsibilities".

They fear saying anything through being seen as disrespectful, scare-mongering, inaccurate and (Lord forbid!) not getting good press coverage of a Royal event (wedding, funeral etc..)

The ones who will know when/what is happening are likely to be police and security when official protocols come into place.

Look out for mobilisation on that front (trains cancelled, police forces going elsewhere, council webpage updates, sidebars of "doom" in national media, rushed Government policy (to get through), leave cancelled for emergency services etc...

ThackeryBinks · 14/04/2022 22:24

The lady is elderly and she's lost her husband. On top of that she's just had a run in with covid. I don't think she's feeling brand new?

Pyri · 14/04/2022 22:24

@DoctorSnortles

Poor Queen. Imagine feeling knackered and poorly and then bloody Harry turns up with that wife of his. Not going to perk her up, is it?
Why wouldn’t she want to see her own grandson? Confused
WinnieTheW0rm · 14/04/2022 22:24

@longwayoff

It's likely she is more unwell than we know. The Sussex couple have come so something must have moved them.
Yes, they were passing on their way to Invictus. Which has been in the diary for about a year (covid rescheduling)

They've not made a special trip.

JudgeJ · 14/04/2022 22:25

@theyhavenothingbuttheaudacity

It would be so sad if she didn't reach her jubilee
She reached her 70th anniversary in February on the anniversary of her father's death.