Would you be sad if the Queen died?

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I've just been reading the thread about Prince Phillip going into hospital and a poster said they wouldn't be sad if the Queen passed, as she doesn't actually know who we are.

I'm not a royalist by any means and I don't know how I'd feel if the news broke that she died.

How would you feel?

I'll be kind of nostalgic, but mainly I hope it isn't on a day I'm running a work activity because it would be disruptive. So I hope it's on a Monday or a weekend when eventually it happens...

She’s a very famous elderly lady who I don’t know, and I am not in favour of the monarchy, so no, I won’t be sad, and I won’t be glad either. All respect to her for her dedication to duty, but it’s not a role anyone should be playing and I’d like to see the monarchy end once she has passed.

I think the comment about all she put the princes through after Diana's death is unfair.

I said the RF, not the Queen. I don't know who made the decision to have them walk behind the cortege but what kind of parent would do that to their children no matter what the public demanded? They don't have to kowtow to what the public want, particularly not when it comes to children who have lost their mother.

Naw.

The 'no, I don't know her' gang will be the same people who will wail in the streets when Attenborough goes too.

What a ridiculous remark.

The Queen, Attenborough, et al. I won't be wailing over anybody I don't know, in the streets, or anywhere else.

I most certainly won't be affected by the Queen's death or the death of anyone else I have no relationship with.

You do know that when Diana died there where quite a number of us who didn't gather in the streets like loons wailing and gnashing our teeth, don't you? And many of us, I me, weren't affected at all.

*And many of us, like me, that should be.

Will not give a tiny fuck.

Yes I would be sad. I think she has worked hard her whole life and has been a wonderful monarch. Whether you agree with the institution or not, the person has done their duty beautifully.

I will feel a pang when she goes, mainly because I admire her as a horsewoman, I feel the same about Princess Anne and Zara Tindall (as well as Pippa Funnell, Mary King and Charlotte DuJardin)
Unlike a lot of racehorse owners she knows her way around a horse and she was photographed riding one of her Fell ponies not so long ago.
I think a lot of the service horses will go when she does, and a lot of the pomp and ceremony too. That may not be a bad thing, but personally I'll miss it.

No not really.

Also do you need to know someone personally to be sad at their passing? I wouldn’t say so. I don’t mean we will all be grieving as if we knew her personally but I will be sad.

No, nothing to do with me.

No. Not bothered.

Also do you need to know someone personally to be sad at their passing?

Probably not, but I do think they have to have had some sort of impact on your life, or achieved something amazing: someone like Stephan Hawking, or a favorite author or entertainer.

The Queen has had no impact on my life whatsoever.

She was put into her role by the death of her father. She's lived a life of privilege and luxury and been cossetted and protected the whole of her life.

She carried out the role she was assigned. I don't understand exactly what she's achieved by her own hand to make her so admired.

No, only in an "end of an era" type way.

What hard work has she done though?

I will be very sad. She has had a lifetime of service and duty and has never wavered in her position.

I will be sad when the Queen dies. She has served her country and foregone a lot that we all take for granted. She has fulfilled her duty with great dignity and even now, when others her age are relaxing, she is still working extremely hard. Long may she live and reign.

Yes I will be sad. My late Grandma who I adored, was a huge fan of the Queen. So in a strange way, the Queen reminds me of her.

Yes i would, i have a natural love 💖 for her.

Yes I'll be sad. She seems to be one of the few people who understands the concept of public service rather than just wanting to be rich and famous for the sake of it and the perks.

Even within her family, there aren't many more who understand that concept.

Some very rich, very old woman I've never met dies? No, I won't be upset. I'm a pragmatic person. We all die, even the queen isn't immortal.

What hard work has she done though?

293 public engagements, despite being 92. She is the same age as my grandma who finds going out for a coffee exhausting. God knows how the Queen has kept up her pace.

Whenever someone dies you can empathise with how their loved ones will feel, but not necessarily be sad yourself. I don’t know the queen and therefore she is unlikely to have a significant impact on my feelings other than what I’d feel if I heard any stranger had died.

Until she embraced Andrew into the bosom of the family I thought the Queen was great. Now she's made it clear that she thinks PA hasn't done anything wrong I don't think much of her at all.

No.Shes had a good life the kind most of us dream of and shes lived to a good age.
I'm not a fan of the royal family anyway I think it's an outdated concept and think there is to much wealth divide in the uk today and they are a prime example of it.