If the Queen passes what will happen?

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Regardless of your view in the RF, the Queen has been a huge figure nationally and worldwide for a really long time, her death is going to have an impact.

In terms of immediate impact on ordinary members of the public what will happen?

A period of national mourning? What does that mean?

Schools closed? For the funeral?

Sporting fixtures cancelled?

Things like that, or will it all be business as usual with silences used as appropriate respect?

Wuh?!

A 2 minute silence at midday?..that’s it?

The BBC one had a blue shirt and blue tie on!

I hope there aren't seas of flowers for her and that people will donate the same price of a bunch of flowers to charities the Queen is involved with. However I doubt they will because a bunch of flowers gets more social media likes than a fiver to Cancer Research.

She has probably almost definitely already died then hasn't she?

It makes sense I guess - a BBC BREAKING headline that she has died at like 1pm with zero preparation would be almost inappropriate wouldn't it?

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. I was on a family holiday as a kid in England when princess Diana died and there was nothing to do, everything for tourists was closed.

Exactly this.

I suspect certain government buildings and palaces will be closed (to tourists). I can’t see Tesco, Asda etc closing for 10 days.

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I'm wondering if royal mail will use it as an excuse not to deliver anything ever again tbh

Harry hasn't arrived yet, struggeling to see how there would be an announcement at 6pm with him not even there yet.

Why would Harry need to be there? He has no constitutional significance and the other GC aren't there.

He’s her grandson.
It would be awkward for him to be photographed arriving when the announcement has already been made.

You forgot the % that will claim it's Meghan's fault that the 96 year old
woman died.

It's sad whether a royalist or not, she has had dedicated her life to
the job and and seem some incredible worldwide changes.

Doesn’t the new monarch have the option to have a new name? So it could be something other than King Charles. Wasn’t the Queen’s father called David but known as King George?

Apparently she had a fall last night .....
Sadly I think she has already gone :0(

Why would he be going at all if she's already gone?. He has no official role to play and the other GC don't appear to be there.

I don't know about ITN and Sky but the BBC could do with taking a break for a wee while. They won't but Nicholas Witchell et al have long since exhausted their supply of plaudits and platitudes.

Fair enough - I was sidetracked by a deep loathing of being told how to feel/behave which was made much worse by lockdown!

My guess is that ordinary life will barely be affected at all, other than people who watch TV (I don't) will have an endless diet of programmes about HM.

Well don’t watch the telly then!

Yes, they can choose their royal name. Queen's dad was Albert.

Also they'll want the close family contained as it'll be easier for security to manage everyone in one place.

People en route will get mobbed once there's been an announcement

I hope there won't be endless seas of flowers in plastic wrapping everywhere. It's a completely pointless and environmentally damaging thing to do.

Surely if anyone wants to show some respect they should donate to a charity or plant something which will live rather than shrivel.

That's understandable, bearing in mind the fucking RHS was closed last year and people chucked out in the middle of the day because of Phillip dying. I too think it would be batshit, but seeing something as ridiculous doesn't mean it won't happen. Logic doesn't necessarily come into these things.

The Duke of Windsor was David, not Queen's father