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AIBU to be over this Queen funeral malarkey already?

136 replies

GuyMontag · 14/09/2022 23:03

It is sad our Queen has died.

On a personal level it's sad for her family.

At a public level it's a momentous occasion for us because she was our head of state so we need to know what's happening next.

But do we really need this ten day event? When the PM left he just gave a wee speech. This is going on forever. Loads of things cancelled, BBC on wall to wall Queen setting.

It's a bit unnecessary isn't it?

Better off trying to figure out what we want from Bonnie Queen Charlie or whatever the fuck he's calling himself, than all this rigmarole.

Or AIBU?

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Thedogscollar · 15/09/2022 00:18

GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:15

Good so.

Good debating skills right there🙄

chaosmaker · 15/09/2022 00:19

I'm sure there is news going on somewhere, even if we're not allowed to have UK news which I'd quite like to see. They've done a tiny bit of Ukrainian news but nothing on the horrors that the current evildoers in parliament will be sneaking through while the majority are fixated on the bread and circuses of the royal stuff.... Not that I'm a cynic in any way YADNBU @GuyMontag

MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:20

but nothing on the horrors that the current evildoers in parliament will be sneaking through

Parliament is suspended. There's nothing going through, sneakily or in any other way.

BitOutOfPractice · 15/09/2022 00:22

Fudgemaker · 14/09/2022 23:20

YABU... this is a momentous historic event affecting literally the world. There's plenty of other TV channels or in fact the option of turning your TV off, it would be easy to avoid the 'malarkey' if you wanted to make the effort!

It’s really not. I’m next door in France and I can assure you it’s not affecting them one jot. Yes they took an interest the day she died. Yes they’ll watch the 30 second highlights of the funeral on Monday. Does it affect them in any way? Nope!

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GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:22

And yet the energy companies are proceeding.

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hammerandtong · 15/09/2022 00:22

I don’t think that it is likely we will ever see a monarch in any country who could even come remotely close to Queen Elizabeth II. Her extraordinary devotion and love to her people and her everlasting commitment to be the best Queen she could be is something today’s world cannot even conceive of. As an American I can only watch and be in awe of her. Well done good and faithful servant!

jokingfox · 15/09/2022 00:22

@TempsPerdu I've just looked at it on livestream after reading your comment and seen babies and preschoolers at this time and a man kissing the floor. So so bizarre.

Pallisers · 15/09/2022 00:25

this is a momentous historic event affecting literally the world.

seriously? It affects very very few people - mostly the royal family who move up or down based on the accident of birth and sex. The world quite likes to see the spectacle but that is it. Nothing else is affected. Nothing political, nothing economic, nothing at all.

I do think that her death will result in a loss of some of the soft power that UK has traded in since WW2. Presidents and prime ministers liked the prestige of meeting her. The UK could roll out the other royals but none have the glamour of initially youth and womanhood and then later longevity and dignity that QE2 had. I can see why if there was a Marketing Department for the UK, they might be a bit panicked at the moment. But affecting literally the world. that is funny.

Vikinga · 15/09/2022 00:27

I don't give a flying fig about a very old privileged woman and her very privileged offspring and the plebs going on like it's the biggest tragedy ever.

Bloody embarrassing and ridiculous.

There are real problems happening. Young people are dying. People can't pay their bills and cant access basic services. That's who I care about.

That 'family' that we pay for that are obscenely wealthy, that pay no inheritance tax and all the rest.

And the queen could have done so much in her position. Instead she protected her own and that's it. And all the peasants lapped it up.

Babyroobs · 15/09/2022 00:27

It is getting a bit much. It seems like there's a service and procession every day. i feel sorry for her immediate family. Too much pomp and ceremony. Give them a break.

Donenow1 · 15/09/2022 00:28

j712adrian · 14/09/2022 23:43

I'm not a Royalist, at all.

However, what strikes me is that this is a long ceremony designed a long time ago probably for young and fit people - not for a new King in his 70s.

He's showing the strain - an incredible piece of film tonight from US channels showing another paddy over pens - with Camilla looking incredibly distressed indeed. I'd also be worried by his swollen hands.

Goodness knows what state he'll be in by Monday night.

I would have to agree. I did remark to my DH how much he has aged in a week, and looking at him walking behind the coffin today I have to say I thought he looked rather unwell with it all.

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GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:28

@BitOutOfPractice this is how some people here think though. I listened to a radio 2 phone in earlier (by accident - I was trying to find popmaster - the schedules are all to shit!) and some utter utter melt was giving out about how the queen was a mother to him (ok), the country (erm..) and the whole world (that's a no from me) and how he had a medical appointment on Monday (like a hen's tooth on a raven's claw rn in the UK) but he'd cancelled it "out of respect". Fucking tit. Some people really are just very fucking stupid.

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MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:29

As far as I know, the energy companies aren't government.

TempsPerdu · 15/09/2022 00:30

@jokingfox It’s fascinating. I really need to go to bed, but it’s so strangely compelling. The way that every so often someone will bow, then those around them copy so everyone’s bowing for a bit, then it stops until someone else decides to bow, then round we go again…

There was a lady in an enormous yellow hat with a stuffed corgi under her arm a while ago…

Starsinyoureyes13 · 15/09/2022 00:31

I've been at work so missed most of it, I generally just watch what's on netflix or prime..
If it bugs you why do you watch it? I never understood the logic of being outraged at something you have control ie you're remote control.

Babyroobs · 15/09/2022 00:31

Vikinga · 15/09/2022 00:27

I don't give a flying fig about a very old privileged woman and her very privileged offspring and the plebs going on like it's the biggest tragedy ever.

Bloody embarrassing and ridiculous.

There are real problems happening. Young people are dying. People can't pay their bills and cant access basic services. That's who I care about.

That 'family' that we pay for that are obscenely wealthy, that pay no inheritance tax and all the rest.

And the queen could have done so much in her position. Instead she protected her own and that's it. And all the peasants lapped it up.

Agree. How much is all this costing at a time when there are so many difficulties and people struggling. Every day in my job I speak to desperate elderly people who can't see their GP, are waiting years in agony waiting for basic surgery like knee replacements, who are panicking and distressed worrying about bills and waiting months for social care assessments, carers sobbing down the phone at the end of what they can cope with. I do understand there has to be significant ceremony and protocols have to be followed etc but the cost must be eye watering and it all seems too much. I guess London businesses are hopefully doing well out of it.

MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:32

Some people really are just very fucking stupid.

You couldn't even figure out the king's name so you're not really in a position to call other people stupid.

Ahf22 · 15/09/2022 00:33

“Funeral malarkey”.

what a lovely choice of words and yet here you’re adding to the threads about it instead of getting on with your mundane life.

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GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:34

MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:29

As far as I know, the energy companies aren't government.

But the government needs to be on their case otherwise we will freeze to fucking death.

They haven't done anything all summer because they were all having holidays and now they aren't doing anything because they're mourning apparently.

The energy companies are not mourning. The energy companies are going to gouge us right out of our patriotic grieving arses and our government that we elected are in response grieving the Queen.

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GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:36

1 October. That's when the new bills roll in. No mourning.

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Thedogscollar · 15/09/2022 00:37

"Some people are just very fucking stupid"
Aren't they just @GuyMontag

MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:38

GuyMontag · 15/09/2022 00:34

But the government needs to be on their case otherwise we will freeze to fucking death.

They haven't done anything all summer because they were all having holidays and now they aren't doing anything because they're mourning apparently.

The energy companies are not mourning. The energy companies are going to gouge us right out of our patriotic grieving arses and our government that we elected are in response grieving the Queen.

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You've made my point perfectly. The govt isn't doing anything. Therefore it can't be sneaking anything through, can it? The poster I responded to will be relieved to hear you confirm what I said.

jokingfox · 15/09/2022 00:39

@TempsPerdu a guard down

alphons · 15/09/2022 00:40

a momentous historic event affecting literally the world

Jesus holy mother of God 🙄 (which some people would probably have her actually have been).

MarshaMelrose · 15/09/2022 00:41

Thedogscollar · 15/09/2022 00:37

"Some people are just very fucking stupid"
Aren't they just @GuyMontag

I doubt guy will get this. They're still trying to count to three on their fingers.