So are we assuming Edward and Sophie stood in the garden an consoled the queen?

[satishoused]

I hope they didn't and instead used their common sense. Hopefully more and more people are doing the same thing.

@DdraigGoch

The weather is lovely at the moment. Who wouldn't do a garden visit even if it weren't for covid?

Grieving old people

@cyclingmad

They should be following the guidelines like everyone else has to. Lead by example

Queen isn't on her own she has staff their.

Lol god I hope you have more compassionate people around you if you ever need it, than you appear to be yourself.

Made me think again what a gilded cage it is, poor queen has to be seen to be doing the right thing when the rest of us have the freedom to slip under the radar. Poor lady.

There's an exception for care following bereavement. We certainly didn't stick to the rules, I went into sil's house

@bloodywhitecat

Plenty of people who lost loved ones weren't able to be comforted due to lockdown rules

End of the day follow the guidelines, your status does not exempt you from that regardless.

And if your going to be head of the country then lead by example

[quote cyclingmad]@bloodywhitecat

Plenty of people who lost loved ones weren't able to be comforted due to lockdown rules

End of the day follow the guidelines, your status does not exempt you from that regardless.

And if your going to be head of the country then lead by example[/quote]
No one is saying her status makes her exempt FFS.

No family should have suffered, unable to comfort each other in grief. Jesus who the fuck thinks this was ever acceptable?

and his last year has been curtailed, the same as the rest of us, very sadly

@AbsolutelyPatsy

and his last year has been curtailed, the same as the rest of us, very sadly

@AbsolutelyPatsy one nice thing for them both was that they did manage to spend the lockdown together at Windsor so had a lot of time that they perhaps wouldn't have otherwise had. Dunno why, I must be going soft, but I did think that was quite nice.

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AbsolutelyPatsy

hasn't edward taken over the dukedom?

Not until the Queen dies apparently. I'm not sure why, surely the normal thing would be for the title to pass on and the widow to become "Dowager Duchess".

I believe the reason is that under normal rules, the the passes to the eldest son, so Prince Charles. Once he becomes king, the title reverts to The Crown and can then be 're-issued' as it were. At that point it will go to Edward, and thereafter, presumably, to his male descendants.

Oh ffs op. She just lost her bloody husband. If she wants a hug off her children then who are we to bloody judge. I'm sure she has rooms big enough for a 2m distance

*the dukedom passes to ...' Etc.

@ballsdeep

Oh ffs op. She just lost her bloody husband. If she wants a hug off her children then who are we to bloody judge. I'm sure she has rooms big enough for a 2m distance

Sorry op!! O read wrong and thought you say you hope they did 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Ffs leave a briefing family alone and mind your own business

Since the Queen is very outdoorsy anyway I would think that outdoor meetings eg chatting at the stables or going horse riding would be of comfort to her.

@ballsdeep

Oh ffs op. She just lost her bloody husband. If she wants a hug off her children then who are we to bloody judge. I'm sure she has rooms big enough for a 2m distance

Except your not allowed to under current guidelines.

I'd love to go hug my family but cannot until guidlines change.

Otherwise if people do whatever they like then why bother with lockdowns, let people catch it and die.

My wife died 2nd July last year. We all consoled one another with many hugs. Many hugs.

@strawberrylipstickstateofmind

Really because plenty of people think its okay if she breaks the guidlines. Why? Becuae she is the queen, that's why.

Would you be saying the same to anyone else?

@cyclingmad
Are you seriously saying, if a close member of your family passed away you wouldn't console your family because of the covid rukes????????

[quote cyclingmad]@strawberrylipstickstateofmind

Really because plenty of people think its okay if she breaks the guidlines. Why? Becuae she is the queen, that's why.

Would you be saying the same to anyone else?[/quote]
Yes I would!

@AbsolutelyPatsy

hasnt edward taken over the dukedom?

Not until the Queen dies too but it needs to be awarded to him not just inherited.

[quote ballsdeep]@cyclingmad
Are you seriously saying, if a close member of your family passed away you wouldn't console your family because of the covid rukes????????[/quote]
Exactly this! God people have lost the plot. We had some pretty shit news in our family yesterday and I hugged my DM indoors who was crying her eyes out. Shoot me.

Oh ffs op. She just lost her bloody husband. If she wants a hug off her children then who are we to bloody judge. I'm sure she has rooms big enough for a 2m distance

This!!

It’s none of your business and it’s pretty crass to use a death (however public a figure it is) to make your point about the COVID restrictions. If you’ve got a point to make just do itz

@AbsolutelyPatsy

hasnt edward taken over the dukedom?

Does it confer hugging privileges?

I can't see how that's a factor

The RF come across as very stiff upper lip, the Queen may not be a hugger.

you would actually begrudge an indoor meeting between grieving relatives.?

[quote cyclingmad]@strawberrylipstickstateofmind

Really because plenty of people think its okay if she breaks the guidlines. Why? Becuae she is the queen, that's why.

Would you be saying the same to anyone else?[/quote]
Hahaha! Yes- absolutely I would be saying it to anyone else. I'm no royalist- I also don't dislike them either. She's an elderly lady who has lost her husband of over 7 decades ffs, anyone in that position deserves comfort and compassion.

Lots of the rules have always been and continue to be complete bullshit. Honestly in years to come history will judge very harshly that people's mental health and well-being was not balanced at all.