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?

If the country got rid of the monarchy, what would happen to crown property?

@Songsofexperience I'm also interested in that. What would actually happen does anyone know?

No , it will make absolutely no difference to me at all .

I wouldn't feel sad as such, but I would certainly pause to consider the end of an era. I'm a history geek. She's not a patch on Elizabeth I. But it would be a mark on the history I've lived through. All those saying it wouldn't affect them reflect the attitude of people these days - "I'm alright Jack" springs to mind.

I'd be excited about the funeral, but then I'm a bit obsessed with those.

The only thing I’d really be interested in is whether we get the day of the funeral off, because I could really get a lot of laundry done then.

She's not a patch on Elizabeth I

True.

I'd probably feel a bit sad in a nostalgic, loss of a British icon type thing. But I'm interested to see how King Charles will change things.

It's nothing to do with 'I'm alright Jack' - what difference has the Queen made to our lives. If anything the royal family have an i'm alright Jack view with their billions of pounds and lives in the lap of luxury whilst other people are starving.

Where was the statement from the Royal Family about the catastrophe in New Zealand last week? She's the NZ queen to but as far as I am aware there was complete silence from the RF about it despite the horrific nature of it and the fact that two British citizens were involved. I suppose it's a case of out of sight, out of mind.

Sad yes grief stricken no. She has been queen all my life and I truly believe in the monarchy and what it brings our country.

You've got a point. I guess I'm just fed up with all the me me me attitudes these days. She's been staunchly neutral, I respect that in a way, though I don't agree with it.

I wouldn’t be sad. I don’t know her and she is old and will have had every privilege possible. I would feel a bit sad that Charles would then be ‘king’ - a ridiculously outdated and undemocratic role for a man who is a fool. If he had any common sense he would step down and end the British monarchy.

I’m not looking forward to the press coverage when she dies. It’s going to be awful. I’ll keep the tv and radio turned off for a while.

Bet she wasnt said when Princess Diana got killed

I hate the 'me me me' attitude to but the fact that all there was from the UK about the eruption was a tweet from Boris Johnson but at least he did that, as far as I know the RF did sod all. That makes me angry.

I would probably be like ‘ah shit, did you hear? The queen died...’ relatively big news, but emotionally not much bothered.

Bet she wasnt SAD when princess Diana got killed

I guess it would be like when the queen mother died. She had been around for so long I had totally forgotten she could die.

She certainly could have used her position to help others, Diana tried. In that respect her choice to always remain neutral has failed.

I don't know her. She has zero impact on my life and I suspect her death will have the same amount of impact.

She's really old, has had a life of extreme wealth and I don't know her so I wouldn't feel anything. Sometimes I feel very sad for people I don't know when they die but that tends to be when it involves someone young or a parent or someone who shouldn't have died - e.g. in an accident.

I would not give a shiny shit

I'll be interested in the goings on and what happens but won't care, no. I won't watch her funeral or all the memorial stuff either and tbh I already dread how it's going to be plastered all over the news and media for weeks on end. She's old and had a life more privileged than we can imagine. I still think she'll outlive us all though

I might say, ‘oh, the queen has died’. In the same way I’d say ‘oh, David Attenborough/Judi Dench (insert name of elderly celeb) has died’

That’d be it.

I think I'll be sad at the end of an era. I think the Queen has conducted herself well and done the job to the best of her ability. No complaining, no tell-all interviews, no whining - just got on with it. I don't think we'll see that style of monarchy again.

No.

I'd be happy if we got a day off work.