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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its an official 30-day period of mourning now. That encompasses Prince Louis' birthday, Princess Charlotte's birthday, [i]and[/i] Kate + William's 10-year anniversary

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Who cares? They are all a bunch of jerks! The whole lot. [/quote]

It means no celebration, birthday pictures, or real recognition for W+K's 10th anniversary. [/quote]

I have to say, I actually understand this tradition historically, but it seems incredibly out of touch to enter a 30 day period of mourning for the 99 year old Prince Phillip dying of what appears to be natural causes and neglect to somehow also honor all the Britons who have died of COVID. Just bad timing.[/quote]

Serious question: I have no idea what practices might be normal or ideal given that the pandemic is ongoing. I get that things were done here to honor our losses when Biden became president, but that was a natural transition point, and I’m sure that things will be done in the future as well.  In this instance, at what point would you have expected some sort of activity to “honor all the Britons who have died of COVID”?  How would you then expect the additional people who die to be honored?

I haven’t given this much thought, but I’ve imagined that at some point, we’ll declare the pandemic over, and then have both mourning rituals and celebrations of some sort. [/quote]

The mourning period is pretty serious in the UK for a death like this. Parliament can’t pass laws, and I believe businesses have to close for a period of time. There’s no comparison to anything like it in the US. I agree with PP that it feels tone deaf given the amount of deaths due to COVID in the last year.[/quote]

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