Queen Elizabeth II

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I think they were racing against time at that point, given the timeline. Leaving Harry behind so her own children could get there probably made sense.

I really hope this is the case.

How do you know Harry wasn't there?

Because all the articles stating her death say William was there, with Harry on the way. Don't be aloof.

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She can finally rest. Most of her life was serving others. She can now Rest In Peace.

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Anonymous wrote:The thing I appreciate about the English monarchy is that they withstood the revolutions that swept Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For all their faults, I feel that they served as a force for stability that helped the UK avoid disasters like the French and Bolshevik Revolutions, and helped the UK avoid insanities like fascism.

The Queen was kind of boring and ambivalent about change, which is pretty reflective of the British national character. It's served them pretty well.

Yea Edward VIII was very pro Nazis. It could have gone the other way with the UK.

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Anonymous wrote:I kind of feel like she lost her will to live after Prince Philip passed.

Absolutely no sign of that

I think so as well and am not too surprised....

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Anonymous wrote:The thing I appreciate about the English monarchy is that they withstood the revolutions that swept Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For all their faults, I feel that they served as a force for stability that helped the UK avoid disasters like the French and Bolshevik Revolutions, and helped the UK avoid insanities like fascism.

The Queen was kind of boring and ambivalent about change, which is pretty reflective of the British national character. It's served them pretty well.

Someone brave enough to take the contrarian position that overthrowing a monarchy is a disaster.

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Anonymous wrote:I kind of feel like she lost her will to live after Prince Philip passed.

Yes, very common in long-married couples for the surviving spouse to go not long after the first.

No she was 96. That is very old.

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Anonymous wrote:She can finally rest. Most of her life was serving others. She can now Rest In Peace.

She was probably sick of dealing with her kids' BS too.

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Anonymous wrote:The thing I appreciate about the English monarchy is that they withstood the revolutions that swept Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For all their faults, I feel that they served as a force for stability that helped the UK avoid disasters like the French and Bolshevik Revolutions, and helped the UK avoid insanities like fascism.

The Queen was kind of boring and ambivalent about change, which is pretty reflective of the British national character. It's served them pretty well.

Yea Edward VIII was very pro Nazis. It could have gone the other way with the UK.

Not really. Moseley snd the British Union of Fascists never found widespread public support before the party was abolished in 1940.

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Anonymous wrote:The thing I appreciate about the English monarchy is that they withstood the revolutions that swept Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For all their faults, I feel that they served as a force for stability that helped the UK avoid disasters like the French and Bolshevik Revolutions, and helped the UK avoid insanities like fascism.

The Queen was kind of boring and ambivalent about change, which is pretty reflective of the British national character. It's served them pretty well.

Yea Edward VIII was very pro Nazis. It could have gone the other way with the UK.

Not really. Moseley snd the British Union of Fascists never found widespread public support before the party was abolished in 1940.

Yeah, but had Edward stayed king, they could have gotten that widespread public support.

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Anonymous wrote:She can finally rest. Most of her life was serving others. She can now Rest In Peace.

She was probably sick of dealing with her kids' BS too.

+1. Harry has a biography coming out. I wonder if they'll be any revisions. My guess is the gloves can come off. He and Meghan have seemed very deferential to the Queen. Now that she isn't around...

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Has Charles ever said whether his regnal name will be Charles III or if he'll go with something else?

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Anonymous wrote:The thing I appreciate about the English monarchy is that they withstood the revolutions that swept Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For all their faults, I feel that they served as a force for stability that helped the UK avoid disasters like the French and Bolshevik Revolutions, and helped the UK avoid insanities like fascism.

The Queen was kind of boring and ambivalent about change, which is pretty reflective of the British national character. It's served them pretty well.

Someone brave enough to take the contrarian position that overthrowing a monarchy is a disaster.

PP. I guess it depends on the monarchy being overthrown and the people doing the overthrowing. The Russian monarchy was bad enough that Bolshevism looked better, to some people. Given the disastrous state of Russia in 1917, I can't blame people for wanting a change. Of course, we can see with hindsight how badly that turned out.

The Brits have always kind of muddled on, taking a middling path. No one has been able to make a strong enough case (since Cromwell at least) that getting rid of the monarchy would lead to improvement. And, by the time the era of revolutions rolled around, the English monarchy had lost a lot of power compared to their Continental cousins.

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Anonymous wrote:She can finally rest. Most of her life was serving others. She can now Rest In Peace.

She was probably sick of dealing with her kids' BS too.

+1. Harry has a biography coming out. I wonder if they'll be any revisions. My guess is the gloves can come off. He and Meghan have seemed very deferential to the Queen. Now that she isn't around...

This! He does not care what Chuck thinks!

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Anonymous wrote:Has Charles ever said whether his regnal name will be Charles III or if he'll go with something else?

He hasn't said, but news reports are calling him King Charles

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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 don’t believe they took all three kids to Philips funeral. Perhaps the same applies here.

Because of COVID