To feel very sad about the Queen

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I’m quite “ish” about the royals but actually feel very sad about the Queen. I can’t seem to articulate why - something to do with the end of an era perhaps? I just can’t believe she’s gone.

Now we can't. I mean we can't do that with king Charles. He doesn't have any opacity, he tantrums about pens, we know he's not too bright, is a philanderer, seems a bit lazy, has questionable friends, is sharp in business and as an employer and handles bags of cash.

Wow I hope I never get on the wrong side of you in rl.
However I’m sure you’ll get a lot of pleasure trawling the news to find opportunities to criticise him.
What does “he doesn’t have any opacity” mean?

I'm not a huge royalist, but I do support the monarchy. I like the idea of a slimmed down monarchy and look forward to see how that pans out.

I do miss the Queen though. I'm in my 50s and she was a constant in my life and I can't get used to saying King Charles rather than Prince. He's also proposing a shorter, less expensive coronation event than his mother had, so at least he's thinking about how this is being perceived by the public.

I'm glad the Queen got to reach her platinum jubilee before she died.

It's as if a big tree has been chopped down or an old building demolished. It doesn't actually affect our lives that much but it is unpleasant and changes the landscape in a way that takes time to get used to.

Now we can't. I mean we can't do that with king Charles. He doesn't have any opacity, he tantrums about pens, we know he's not too bright, is a philanderer, seems a bit lazy, has questionable friends, is sharp in business and as an employer and handles bags of cash.

It's a bit harsh to say "he tantrums about pens". He's just lost his mother, is incredibly upset, and is thrust into doing official stuff when he'd probably rather just be alone with his thoughts. Then they put pen trays in his way or give him pens that leak. At most it was mild irritation and I don't blame him for showing a bit of emotion. I'm sure I wouldn't be all calmness and light just a few days after my mother's death.

I wouldn't call him a philanderer either. His marriage to Diana didn't work out and he went back to his previous sweetheart. He's maybe not perfect, but he's hardly a womaniser!

People will get over her death very quickly and move on. Charles is king and will be watched now. He comes across as an entitled spoilt brat, but he could surprise us in time. I'd be concerned about his propensity to accept bags of CASH (I haven't even got a fiver to hand) and other missteps. But I'll give him time to get the House of Windsor in order and then make judgment.

I'm not too bothered anyway. Enough going on in my own life that the RF have no interest in. But they are public property just the same and deserve scrutiny.

I understand. It's a sadness for the passing of a person and something that has been the same for the whole of our lives, and someone who has represented lots of things that are good about our country and way of life. A change like that can be upsetting.

I actually went and queued all the way to see the lying-in-state. I didn't expect to be as moved as I was when I went into Westminster Hall, but I did shed a little tear. Partly because it struck me that it was the first coffin I'd stood next to since my dad's, and also partly because it marked the end of a long era and things will never be quite the same again.

I think there are lots of people who share this feeling.

Best wishes to you. x

I still feel upset, even though the news agenda has moved on.
I think I will still expect to see her face on Christmas Day!
I enjoyed the sense that she was always there in the background, like a comfort blanket!

thats how I feel.

I mean, with no disrespect to HM, it would get tiring if the media kept talking and talking about her, but they all seem to have moved on now and I’m a bit sad about that, it’s like they’ve forgotten her already??

Christmas Day will be weird without her speech. I wonder what King Charles’ speech will be like?

@WhenDovesFly exactly , two women in 50 years not exactly a philanderer!

“I mean, with no disrespect to HM, it would get tiring if the media kept talking and talking about her, but they all seem to have moved on now and I’m a bit sad about that, it’s like they’ve forgotten her already??”

@asblindasabat yes I agree it’s strange nothing has been mentioned, I get that there is a lot of other stuff going on in the world

I’m sad too! It like losing a much loved family member!! She was a constant in British lives! She’s on our money, on our stamps, on our post boxes and I feel like she was the backbone of our country! Always there in a crisis and always in our home at Christmas!

I do like Charles though and if he’s learnt anything about service from his mum over all these years he should do ok!

I’m not a royalist but do think our country would be a worse place for not having them around! They go back thousands of years and I’d rather have them overseeing our country than a president any day!

There were plenty of others, always other men’s wives. Look into the unfortunate tale of ‘Kanga’.

I wonder when the Queen recorded her Christmas 2021 speech, did she think “hmm this will probably be my last ever Christmas speech as I won’t be here next year”

Feel sad too although not as bad as on Monday, life goes on I guess. I do feel that she was always a presence and it was sort of taken for granted that she would always be there in the background. I remember her Covid speech and feeling how lucky we were to have her.

😓 I’m sure it must have crossed her mind at that advanced age you must realise each Christmas etc could be the last

Her covid speech was so heartwarming. I remember watching it that Sunday evening back in April 2020 at the start of the whole covid nightmare and it was so lovely to hear her.

As much as I like King Charles, if he was King during covid and he made a speech, I doubt I’d feel the same way. There was just something about the Queen that made her so sweet and elegant and I don’t think I’ll see that in Charles or William. She was unique.

I feel the same. I can’t believe I won’t take my young children to Buckingham Palace again and point up to the flag and say “The Queen is home”. I feel sad for them that she won’t be their queen. That they’ll have a king for maybe 15-20 years and then another king.

Highly unlikely Charles will reach a jubilee but can you really see people having street parties for him? I just think all that goodwill will dissipate. People generally wish him well but the feeling isn’t the same.

I watched a lovely documentary tonight that I found on the BBC iPlayer called The Unseen Queen, largely made up of home video footage shot by the royals during the queen’s childhood. So moving yet so sad that that entire era is over.

Surreal is the word.

I think this may have been the maternal thing as well, she was like a mother/grandmother figure

That’s how I feel too. I can’t feel any excitement in a Jubilee for Charles. I like him, but I just don’t have the same feelings for him as I did for the Queen.

That is I admit a tragic tale about this lady “Kanga” however it looks like she had a lot of other problems in her life including serious health problems before she was involved with Charles. I don’t think it can really be laid at his door what happened to her.

How is everyone feeling now ? I feel like it’s sinking in a bit more now 😓
It is nice to see Kate and William out and about, I thought they would have all been having a rest. I think the enormity of the Queens passing will only become fully apparent in time.

Kind of getting used to it.

although I had a scroll through the Royal Family Facebook page and seen the tribute Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie wrote for the Queen along with a lovely picture of the two of them when they were kids with the Queen.

It made me cry 😭

It is less than a week since we watched the orb and sceptre and crown being removed from the coffin. That was quite a moment.

Ugh, sorry, but I am not looking forward to the King's Speech on Christmas Day.

I think they know - and quite frankly nobody is THAT sad. They are all focused on Meghan and Harry.