Queen Elizabeth II

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Flag lowered at Windsor Castle - and there's a rainbow over the castle.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633

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Anonymous wrote:Kaye was photographed staying back in Windsor “looking after the kids.” Wouldn’t the kids be pulled from school for this?

Perhaps she already passed. Also, if she's just very ill it's probably not appropriate for them to be there.

The kids are in school and therefore possibly exposed to COVID. They don't need to be going to Balmoral to visit their frail and dying great-grandmother.

If she’s dying or dead already I hardly think she would care.

I think the more logical explanation is that her condition deteriorated so quickly that leaving behind Kate/Harry/grandkids made sense so her own kids and william could make it there in time.

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I got this from the BBC announcement. What a life. I would have loved to have had ONE candid conversation with this woman after a few too many glasses of sherry. The things she's seen.

"Her reign spanned 15 prime ministers starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and including Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975, and appointed by the Queen earlier this week."

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RIP. I'm surprised to be feeling a little emotional and sad about this, because she was such an institution and a constant and it's just one more comfortable familiar thing gone. A singular lady. Obviously at 96 it shouldn't be a surprise and yet she always just kept going and now she's not.

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Wow. I kind of thought she’d live forever. Rest well, Queen.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are they waiting for Harry specifically? Are the Queen’s other grandchildren (besides William) present? Not snark, just curious.

He has to pledge loyalty to his father - the new King - and kiss his hand.

No joke. This is serious business.

I think about this often. Of those who commit their loyalty to the monarch, the people who need to and should have and is the hardest for .. is the closest relatives.
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I stand by this. This is why seemingly petty things between her and Margaret, early on,. … it was hard to be loyal to her, but it was absolutely necessary.

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The flag is already at half mast at the White House.

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She was a strong, committed leader. One of the greats.

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Anonymous wrote:RIP. I'm surprised to be feeling a little emotional and sad about this, because she was such an institution and a constant and it's just one more comfortable familiar thing gone. A singular lady. Obviously at 96 it shouldn't be a surprise and yet she always just kept going and now she's not.

Same.

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Wasn't she just seen in public, greeting the new PM, on Monday or Tuesday of this week?

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Anonymous wrote:Kaye was photographed staying back in Windsor “looking after the kids.” Wouldn’t the kids be pulled from school for this?

I’m surprised Carol isn’t watching the kids while Kate goes. Unless it has something to do with Meghan not going.

It was their first day at a new school and it sounds like things turned quickly.

It sounds like it happened extremely fast given the timing of when her kids were rushing there to see her and the fact that she was still working on Tuesday (remotely) with the new PM taking office.

That is their only job. It’s not like the royal family have to put in a request for days off.

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't she just seen in public, greeting the new PM, on Monday or Tuesday of this week?

Yes, the new PM traveled to scotland to meet the queen. She was standing and walking with a cane.

Things can turn very, very quickly at age 96.

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Anonymous wrote:Flag lowered at Windsor Castle - and there's a rainbow over the castle.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633

That's so beautiful and touching. Fitting for the Queen.

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Anonymous wrote:Kaye was photographed staying back in Windsor “looking after the kids.” Wouldn’t the kids be pulled from school for this?

I’m surprised Carol isn’t watching the kids while Kate goes. Unless it has something to do with Meghan not going.

It was their first day at a new school and it sounds like things turned quickly.

It sounds like it happened extremely fast given the timing of when her kids were rushing there to see her and the fact that she was still working on Tuesday (remotely) with the new PM taking office.

That is their only job. It’s not like the royal family have to put in a request for days off.

Death doesn't wait for anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't she just seen in public, greeting the new PM, on Monday or Tuesday of this week?

Yes - committed until the end