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To have a gratuitous God Save the Queen thread?

58 replies

ConfuciousSayWhat · 21/04/2016 22:11

It seems a very unpopular view amongst my friends and colleagues, and possibly amongst fellow mumsnetters, but I don't care. She's 90 and she's still out working hard with good humour.

God save the Queen and other unpopular platitudes

OP posts:
Behooven · 22/04/2016 00:54

I loved that programme, watched with a cheesy grin 😀

(Although it was poignant watching William and Harry watching their mother on tape- in any context that's sad)

AlpacaLypse · 22/04/2016 00:59

yanbu. She's amazing!

The only reason I'm anti royalty is that it means each generation a few children get born into a gilded cage. Be honest people, would you really want to have been born into a life where there was no choice about being watched by the paparazzi every minute?

EverySongbirdSays · 22/04/2016 01:06

I like how Charles calls her MahMah

Anne was so pretty at one time why did she adopt that dreadful hairdo and keep it for 40 years?

blueberryporridge · 22/04/2016 01:09

I have some respect for the queen as a person who has taken her role very seriously for many years. But I wouldn't be at all unhappy if she was our last monarch as I don't believe that you should be born into wealth and privilege just because your ancestors were good at exploitation and coercion.

YANB totally U but can you please make sure that you don't sing the following verse as it rankles quite a bit with us north of the border?

Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!

LucyBabs · 22/04/2016 01:12

I share my birthday with the Queen and I'm Irish Grin

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 22/04/2016 01:12

YANBU. I think she's marvellous, very hard-working.

I remember once that she was invited to come to some Big Thing in our region; my mother was involved in organising it, and Mum said that when she spoke to the Queen's secretary (or whomever was responsible for keeping her appointments in order), Mum was told that the Queen had upwards of 500 appointments in a year to deal with. That's a lot! I expect she's scaled back a bit now, being several years older, but not that much.

I also really liked the Andrew Marr programme and book on what she contributes. I'm also very fond of Princess Anne - and I like Prince Charles. Not sure the monarchy would survive Queen Elizabeth's death though, which makes me sad.

EverySongbirdSays · 22/04/2016 01:19

Also, watching the programme now, bless Sarah Chatto, she looks like she had to ask for a couple of breaks in filming for a quick weep.

herecomethepotatoes · 22/04/2016 03:16

Fantastic lady.

So sad it's fashionable to be anti-monarchy.

pearlylum · 22/04/2016 06:43

When she was crowned many new pillar boxes were vandalised in Scotland because they bore the lettering ER II. Elixabeth was the first of Great Britain and United Kingdom.

After 1953 all new boxes were given the Royal crown only.

No jubilee street parties in Scotland either, neither the queen nor the rest of the royal family are popular here.

Inkanta · 22/04/2016 06:53

I quite like these occasions and like to see her doing well.

Monarchy should probably fade out in the not too distant future though.

I wish we weren't a class system.

Drquin · 22/04/2016 07:22

"No jubilee street parties in Scotland either, neither the queen nor the rest of the royal family are popular here."

Yes I know the Internet is full of sweeping statements ...... But I would suggest "the Queen and the rest of the Royal family" are very popular with some people in some parts of Scotland; not all I accept .... But not all in England or Australia either or anywhere else with an interest.

pearlylum · 22/04/2016 07:31

During the queen's jubilee there were 9500 street parties in England, only 40 in Scotland.

Not much of a fan club.

Junosmum · 22/04/2016 07:55

I agree OP. I think she's doing fab for 90. I quite like her.

I also think that they've learned from their mistakes, or at least their pr people have.

I love the affection her grandchildren and great grandchildren have for her and that they call her granny (she called her own grandmother 'your royal highness').

Sixweekstowait · 22/04/2016 07:58

I wish it were fashionable to be anti-monarchy. How can anyone defend a system where your place as the pinnacle of the nation is due to birth alone. As for the Queen - I don't presume to know what she's really like. I don't think her children are anything to be particularly proud of and if I compare her to others of her vintage, the ones I know/knew had lives of great deprivation and poverty ( which is why so many of them never made 90 or even 80).

InanimateCarbonRod · 22/04/2016 08:00

YABU - not all of us are from UK and in my case her ancestors were responsible for horrid atrocities in my country. Angry

MushroomMama · 22/04/2016 08:03

I hate the argument she's only lived to 90 because she's had a charmed life blah blah blah etc. My great nan lived to 98 was born into great poverty in Ireland. Brought up 5 kids with next to no money and smoked like an absolute trooper till she was 85. I think that generation were built of sturdy stuff!

I love the Royal family I think they do a lot of good regarding tourism and as ambassadors for the uk.

LarrytheCucumber · 22/04/2016 08:24

I agree MushroomMama. My mother is 90 and my father nearly 99. They have never been well off or privileged.
My mother is still active and is full time carer for DF but she says herself she would hate the Queen's schedule of engagements.

OrraBoralis · 22/04/2016 08:47

I was exactly the same as HildaOgdensMuriel In my youth I hated the Monarchy, now I rather like them. I think they are wonderful Ambassadors for the UK. The Americans love them and I adore the pomp and lavishness of any State Occasion.

I also love how salty Prince Philip can be - last year I think, there was a photograph with many people in it and the photographer was obviously faffing around and Prince Philip said something along the lines of "take the fucking photo"

Long live our Queen and Happy Birthday!

t4gnut · 22/04/2016 08:50

She's not working. She gets driven places, shakes some hands and gets fed dinner. That's not work - that's an old folks day out.

Only news I want to hear anymore about any of the parasitic royals is that they've been rounded up and put in a rocket directed at the sun.

MeridianB · 22/04/2016 08:52

God Save the Queen!

We will miss her terribly when she is gone so should treasure her now.

HildaOgdensMuriel · 22/04/2016 08:53

Pearly, Yes the monarchy is less popular in scotland however I went to a street party for the jubilee in Scotland it was fairly spontaneous and didn't appear in official figures!!
It was very weather dependent.
It was a community event not fuelled by forelock tugging..as these things are in England tbh.

Sandsnake · 22/04/2016 08:57

YANBU.

God Save the Queen!

Drquin · 22/04/2016 09:06

"During the queen's jubilee there were 9500 street parties in England, only 40 in Scotland"

So, there were "some" .... Which isn't the same as "no parties" jubilee parties Smile

I wouldn't disagree if you said that the Queen herself or the wider family may be "less popular" in Scotland, than in other areas.
But it's not accurate to say they're not popular at all.

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 22/04/2016 10:21

Any day out at ninety years old is an effort, whether you're driven around in a limo or a taxi. She has a very busy life and I think she does bloody well.

A4Document · 22/04/2016 10:30

Long live the Queen!

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