The Queen died.

[applegrove]

[nitpicker]

1. On WTOP.

[Ohio Joe]

2. RIP

[mvd]

3. RIP

This is uncharted territory for me. The Queen has always been Queen during my lifetime,

[nolabear]

4. Truly the end of an era. RIP

[nitpicker]

5. Link to The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-health-royals-medical-observation-latest-news-live-updates

[BuddhaGirl]

6. The Guardian link

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-britains-longest-reigning-monarch-dies-aged-96

[Celerity]

7. RIP. Now end the monarchy. As a British citizen, I say it needs to go onto the ash heap of history.

[BuddhaGirl]

10. RIP Elizabeth

And yes, it needs to go.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. RIP

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

11. Watching BBC News live, right now, the memorial coverage has begun

[nitpicker]

12. And link to BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62842089

[SheltieLover]

13. Rip with your beloved Corgis

[Glorfindel]

14. RIP

[LAS14]

15. Still nothing at all on Google News. Weird. Well...

... if I search for "Queen Elizabeth" there's an NPR and a Wapo story from around the time of the Guardian. But you have to search and they're not at the top.

[RussBLib]

16. so now we will get King Charles

ho hum

Isn't it a little past time to demote the monarchy?

[EnergizedLib]

17. R.I.P.

End of an era is an understatement.

[Ron Green]

18. All y'all wishing to end the Monarchy -

Do you like the new Tory PM, who wants to be another Thatcher?

Now there’s a Monarch who’s talked for decades about climate change and about protecting the earth, and he can meet with Truss and remind her who is her King.

It’s worth a try.

[calimary]

21. Agreed.

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss just declared that we now owe our allegiance to "King Charles the Third."

"The passing of the second Elizabethan Age."

[crickets]

25. Good point.

While posting my dismay at the Queen's impending death, I made a comment earlier today that included a fairly bland expression of dismissal about royalty in principle. After some thought, and a little embarrassment, I went back and removed it because today is not the day.

It's unsettling to be upset about the passing of a complete stranger, but Queen Elizabeth was a known constant in all of our lives for such a long time that it is painful to see her go. As for Charles, I wish him well, with a healthy heaping of excellent advisors going forward.

[DickKessler]

34. Any advice--keyword being advice--the British monarch gives to the Government is strictly confidential

The slightest hint of deviation from a constitutional monarchy whose powers are in practice carried out by government ministers who are themselves elected Members of Parliament would create a massive constitutional crisis.

The Queen’s reported behind-the-scenes “strong nudging” of Johnson is the exception that proves the rule; HE was the one creating a constitutional crisis.

[Ron Green]

35. We (and all people of good will) can hope that Charles III will use his considerable "bully pulpit"

to lead the world in thought, regarding the existential crisis humans now face.

The Monarchs of Great Britain, having arguably played an outsized role in the pressure put onto the earth by people, could now be redeemed by the first King to understand what’s at stake.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. She was Queen before I was born. All I've seen of her was grace and class.

[calimary]

20. The only British monarch I've ever known, too.

She was Queen before I was born, too. Crowned shortly after, but the scepter passed the year before when her father died.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. I couldn't have maintained decorum and etiquette as she did with the slobfather.

[applegrove]

24. Remember when they were outside inspecting the troops and the slobfather

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was boxing her out. She was like 93 and he could not care less where she was or how she was doing. And she was so polite about it.

[calimary]

26. Absolutely disgusting and reprehensible.

Of course he would ignore protocol. Thoughtless schmuck. Butted in and walked AHEAD of her.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. She knew what she was dealing with and who she represented.

He wasn't the first despicable narcissist she had to deal with.

[applegrove]

30. True this.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. ...

[applegrove]

33. Love it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. She will really be missed. People in UK really loved her.

She was an extraordinary woman who gave her whole life to her country.

Charles and Camilla will be fine. William and Catherine will be there to help.

That is going to be an incredible funeral.

[calimary]

27. I just heard that when the flag was lowered to half-staff, a rainbow appeared in the sky beyond it.

It had been raining, but the rain had already stopped.

Maybe that was symbolic of her path to Heaven.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. Neat. I hope someone got a picture.

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I have been following the Megan and Harry thing and it is really evident that the Brits love the queen. You don't say bad things about the queen.

They are absolutely furious with Harry.

[calimary]

32. Yeah, me too. Coincidental - maybe. But still symbolic.

Makes me wonder - why do we even care what Harry says? I certainly DO NOT care what Meghan says, either. She has no right to weigh in on anything much. And THANK GOD the hapless Harry is so far down on the line of succession. They could be forgotten right now, for all I care. (Besides, if so, it would absolutely crush and infuriate Meghan - which makes it all more desirable!)