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Anyone else feeling a bit sad we won’t have the queens speech tomorrow ?

136 replies

Foxytail · 24/12/2022 17:36

I know we have Charlie
bit it’s not the same

she has always been there my entire life

god bless her soul

miss you mam

OP posts:
generalh · 24/12/2022 21:11

No..Never watched it and won't start watching Charlie now.

AhBallix · 24/12/2022 21:12

No Queen this year? Awwww. Did I miss something ...?

Taff67 · 24/12/2022 21:25

Yes, I will definitely feel it. A real end of an era.

BMW6 · 24/12/2022 21:26

AhBallix well you won't be missed.........

00100001 · 24/12/2022 22:01

AhBallix · 24/12/2022 21:12

No Queen this year? Awwww. Did I miss something ...?

Oh yes, she died. But they didn't make a big fuss about it, it's what she would have wanted. A nice quiet passing and no bother.

AhBallix · 24/12/2022 22:17

BMW6 · 24/12/2022 21:26

AhBallix well you won't be missed.........

Aha, but you don't know I am🤣

BaublesandBangles · 24/12/2022 22:19

Is the queen dead?

00100001 · 24/12/2022 22:28

BaublesandBangles · 24/12/2022 22:19

Is the queen dead?

Yeah they kept it under tabs though.

VerifiedBot2351 · 24/12/2022 22:32

No.

KitchenDiscos · 24/12/2022 22:34

No. I don’t think there is a place for the royal family anymore.

Vaccine001 · 24/12/2022 22:35

Yes

fenellavonspurtz · 24/12/2022 22:51

Will the gold piano come out again?

Blossomtoes · 24/12/2022 23:13

Cosycover · 24/12/2022 20:01

You miss her?
Really?

I do. It feels very odd without her.

PurpleButterflyWings · 24/12/2022 23:15

YANBU. It's gonna be weird!!! Can't get my head around it. STILL cannot get used to KING CHARLES.

Crackof · 24/12/2022 23:22

I've never watched a Queen's Speech in my entire life and I won't be watching a King's Speech either.
Seriously astonished at the amount of forelock tugging English people like to do.

ridemesideway · 24/12/2022 23:25

Zero interest in the royals, ever.
But I did get a start seeing ‘The King’ in the TV listings. It looked weird.

StoneofDestiny · 24/12/2022 23:30

Never watched the Queens Speech - don't believe in encouraging the hideous nonsense that is 'the royal family'.
Shut the lot of this nonsense down and put the money towards paying the striking NHS workers and invest in our NHS.

StoneofDestiny · 24/12/2022 23:39

Gold pianos
Endless succession of 'Kate's new coats, dresses............
Billions of pounds on a funeral
Countless palaces to support, and countless royal relatives in them
Shuffling round of the positions of royal lackies, and no cutting down at all
Royal advisors paid excessive amounts to keep getting things wrong

Serious indulgences on a family who would be unable to pass the interview, on their own merits, for a proper job on an average salary.

OooScotland · 24/12/2022 23:39

I don’t watch it all, usually just the snippets afterwards but yes, it will be odd, OP.

PermanentlyinUAT · 24/12/2022 23:44

All the lefties out tonight 😀

I’ve never really watched it and probably won’t watch it tomorrow either OP but I do miss the Queen, weirdly enough.

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 25/12/2022 00:08

I'm hopeful I'll be able to struggle on.

x2boys · 25/12/2022 08:56

Crackof · 24/12/2022 23:22

I've never watched a Queen's Speech in my entire life and I won't be watching a King's Speech either.
Seriously astonished at the amount of forelock tugging English people like to do.

Some English ,people ,I know the BBC would have you believe we were all utterly devastated at the passing of a 96 ,year old incredibly wealthy women who had lived a privileged,utterly luxurious life,but not all.of us were weeping and wailing .

PayPennies · 25/12/2022 09:00

AllOfThemWitches · 24/12/2022 17:41

Yep, when she died, my kids told me not to bother with presents this year. No speech, no Christmas.

Absolutely mind-boggling.

Yesthatismychildsigh · 25/12/2022 10:42

Crackof · 24/12/2022 23:22

I've never watched a Queen's Speech in my entire life and I won't be watching a King's Speech either.
Seriously astonished at the amount of forelock tugging English people like to do.

*some English people. Personally I’m not keen on nonce sympathising bone idle parasites.

Blossomtoes · 25/12/2022 10:49

Seriously astonished at the amount of forelock tugging English people like to do.

I really want to know where and when you observe this. I’m an English person who’s spent nearly 70 years on this planet and have never seen it. Not even once. Likewise cap doffing or bowing and scraping.

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