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What happens when the queen dies?

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Bibs2014 · 13/01/2017 20:14

I know that. Harley's becomes king etc but what happens to the others? Will they be left money/homes/? Do they inherit anything? Is the queen allowed to leave them royal 'stuff'?

Might be a bit random but I just thought of it Grin

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SnipSnipMrBurgess · 15/01/2017 02:14

What will happen when the Queen dies?

Kay Burley will shit herself with excitement.

All those people camped out, dressed in union jack clothes to interview, it will be exhausting!

GimmeeMoore · 15/01/2017 02:15

I'm not getting into the ins/out language.I'll leave that to the mn three thumb pedants
I've explained how I'm using nonplussed,how I've seen it used.no further explanation needed

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/01/2017 07:45

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."

Thank you, Lewis Carroll!

I don't know what a three thumb pedant is, but if it means somebody who wants to use language in a way that is easy for other people to understand, count me in!

What happens when the queen dies?
ForalltheSaints · 15/01/2017 07:49

I hope it is a long time before we find out about this in reality, as i hope the Queen continues for many more years.

FrancisCrawford · 15/01/2017 08:05

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MrEBear · 15/01/2017 08:06

I doubt that either the Queen or Charlie will stand aside. Even if she becomes very ill I can't see it happening in an official manner. Their offices have been combined and I believe he is probably already taking some of the monarchs work so in effect I think he would take over unofficially.

He has trained for the job for a very long time I can't see him stand aside for William, Charles will take the throne and William will take on more royal duties.

BalloonSlayer · 15/01/2017 08:51

nonplussed
nɒnˈplʌst/Submit
adjective

  1. so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.
"Henry looked completely nonplussed"
  1. NORTH AMERICAN informal
not disconcerted; unperturbed

Unperturbed means pretty much the same here as not bothered, doesn't it?

My personal interpretation of "nonplussed" is always a sort of combination of the two definitions - "not sure how to react because someone else is getting worked up about something I don't care about." Eg "He came in screaming and yelling because his car hadn't been cleaned and I was totally nonplussed." But I think I have reached that personal definition from reading it in the UK and US contexts over the years and combining the two contexts in my head to create this definition.

HelenDenver · 15/01/2017 08:55

Interestingly the papers today note prince William is stepping down from his air ambulance job and moving to London to be a full time royal.

Riversleep · 15/01/2017 09:10

I suspect the Queen will last at least as long as her mother, which will give her another 10 years at least. I think the only thing that might finish her off before is if Phil or Charles go before her.

diddl · 15/01/2017 09:44

"moving to London to be a full time royal."

I thought that they were moving back to KP for George to go to a school locally.

eddiemairswife · 15/01/2017 10:17

'decimate' and 'carnage'.....two other words often misused by the popular press.

BillSykesDog · 15/01/2017 10:24

It's interesting how people always assume that the 'silent majority' agree with them. Personally aside from the conspicuous mourners I think most people will be interested as it is a once in a lifetime event and also a pretty momentous one in the history of our country in general because our longest reigning monarch has died. It will also be very interesting to see how the monarchy and society itself will change with her passing as she is very much a touchstone to the past and change may come in the shape of things like her heirs not being at all as committed to the CofE as she is and wanting to move the monarchy towards being more inclusive of other faiths. It will be a big symbol of the passing of the WW2 generation and their traditional way of life too.

But then perhaps I'm doing the same thing and assuming that they think the same way as me?

There is some evidence to bear this out though, about 65% of the population watched Diana's funeral, around half the population watched Charles and Diana marry, and 1/3 William and Kate. Given that William is the rather boring oldish son of the heir getting married to a boring oldish woman and we're all very cynical and jaded about royal marriages these days 1/3 is quite good. Given that a sovereign's death and coronation is rarer than hens teeth these days, and Elizabeth II is the longest ever reigning and has always (according to surveys) been widely respected and held in affection, I suspect most people will have some interest in the goings on. And the monarchy still has about 70% support.

UnGoogleable · 15/01/2017 10:34

Oh it will be an interesting event to watch, for sure - but I think the comparisons in the article linked above with the outpouring of hysterical 'grief' that was displayed after Diana's death are unrealistic.

Diana's death was a shock, unexpected, dramatic, tragic and more than a little bit mysterious. She was adored because of who she was and how she looked.

The Queen on the other hand, is 90. Her death won't be a shock, is unlikely to be dramatic or in public, and one could argue that the quiet passing of an elderly person is not tragic. So I doubt we'll see the mass hysteria that we did with Diana.

But yes, we'll all be watching the funeral, because it's unusual and interesting. As for the viewing figures for William & Kate's wedding - people like to see the pomp and ceremony, regardless of who they are - but also, a lot of people, including myself, tuned in to see Kate's dress mostly!

GimmeeMoore · 15/01/2017 10:40

Undoubtedly it'll be an event with media saturation,global proclamations how sad it is.
the reality is,buses will run,people will go to work,despite the presumption of mass grief
And a voiciferous minority will handwringing online,on tv,as they do at big events.rubbernecking

BillSykesDog · 15/01/2017 10:49

Yes, I don't think there will be hysteria either. I think there will be interest though. Even people who are against the monarchy will have interest in the news because a lot of them have seen Brenda dying as their best chance to get shut of the lot of them and I think they will be very vocal.

BillSykesDog · 15/01/2017 10:51

I suspect on the days of the funeral and coronation we will come to very near shut down with only essential services running.

BillSykesDog · 15/01/2017 10:52

I got the right arse on when we didn't get a day off when the QM died. I'd been banking on that day off for years. Lovely spring day it was too.

Butteredpars1ps · 15/01/2017 10:57

I remember being at work during the QM's funeral and needing petrol to get to a meeting. I struggled to find a garage that was open. I guess when the Queen dies, there will be lots of business that close for the day and plenty that remain open.

IiRC Diana's funeral was a Saturday? Granted that was more unexpected.

HelenDenver · 15/01/2017 10:57

Diddl

Yes, George will go to school in London but William will no longer have another job, so he will do more engagements, being a patron of stuff etc.

Manumission · 15/01/2017 11:16

It's interesting how people always assume that the 'silent majority' agree with them.....

....Charles and Diana marry, and 1/3 William and Kate. Given that William is the rather boring oldish son of the heir getting married to a boring oldish woman and we're all very cynical and jaded about royal marriages these days 1/3 is quite good.

Why don't we have regular popularity/approval polling on the various royals? That might be helpful for some of them Smile

LumelaMme · 15/01/2017 11:34

I got the right arse on when we didn't get a day off when the QM died. I'd been banking on that day off for years. Lovely spring day it was too.
I remember it well. I had a 1001 things to do and that was only day I could get to the shops to sort out DD's birthday present. And the bloody shop I was shut.

I stood there in the lovely spring sunshine and swore.

GimmeeMoore · 15/01/2017 11:36

I was in a Irish bar,and when the news Qm death came on the barman changed channels
Customers and staff nonplussed, but we certainly didn't want to see any toady coverage

UnGoogleable · 15/01/2017 11:43

I got the right arse on when we didn't get a day off when the QM died. I'd been banking on that day off for years. Lovely spring day it was too. Grin

I've read (i think on that link above) that we'll get a Bank holiday on the day of the Queen's funeral. But not on the day that she actually dies, because they can't plan that ...

So one day off. So we can all grieve / sit on our arses watching TV / catch up on housework.

GimmeeMoore · 15/01/2017 11:46

I'll not be grieving,nor watching it,nor sat on my backside.we will fastidiously just avoid

UnGoogleable · 15/01/2017 11:49

Ooh i like to watch these things on TV just for the interest - it's a 'first in our lifetime' experience for most of us, so I'll just be watching for the fancy carriages and all that crap. and muttering loudly about how much wealth there is and how much the whole shebang will cost.