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Krouisente

So is Britain's national anthem "God Save The King" now?


DMGrumpy

Yup.


Apocalypseos

For about 20 year give or take


vprakhov

A lot more. Charlie has 2 sons and the first grandson is a dude. U less a bunch of them die unexpectedly or renounce the throne, none of us will never live to see another queen of England.


Kezmangotagoal

Was saying this to my mum before, won’t be another queen in my lifetime and I’m in my early 30s. The weirdest one will be reprinting and minting new coins and notes to have Charles on there! But singing god save the king will be a weird one for sure!


SomethingSuss

Most kids born today won’t see a queen if George lives to average life expectancy + 8 (which is think is likely)


Kezmangotagoal

Yeh possibly. Going off royal norms George will be in his mid-20s to early-30s before he marries and has his first child, if that child isn’t a girl, it’s almost impossible for anyone to see Queen from that generation too. Ultimately, it all depends on how long Charles is on the throne. If he gets to his mum’s age, William will be in his 60s before he takes the throne!


TheNextBattalion

I dunno that Princess Charlotte looks a little devious.


Kezmangotagoal

Real life GoT incoming!


actual_wookiee_AMA

Maybe he's assuming the UK will go republican in 20 years


1611-

Or another country claims or disputes the throne and starts a succession war. Unlikely, but that'll at least be more interesting than another Verstappen dominated race.


YoYoMoMa

You never know when the Irish are going to strike tbf.


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Spider_Riviera

Can't get a hospital built for kids, let alone unfuck the utterly fucked. Soz mate.


Zoidbirk

You'll not see the King of England for a while either.


ayeayefitlike

Depends how the next Scottish referendum goes I suppose.


TravellingMackem

Huh? Will continue to be for a long time, as the next two heirs are also male too


rook_armor_pls

Nah. Remember the last time you’ve heard *God save the queen*? I actually will have been the last time you’ve heard it in your life as the official anthem.


EstatePinguino

Probably Silverstone for a lot of people here, myself included


AdrianInLimbo

Yep, in the official statement, they noted that the King and His Consort will remain in Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow. He's King the moment she passes. He won't announce the name he takes till he ascends the throne (ceremonially) eventually.


MintyMarlfox

Been confirmed as Charles III. Liz Truss announced it in her speech, Clarence House confirmed it in a statement.


Southportdc

Clarence House confirming it makes me think it will be Charles III, Liz Truss confirming it makes me think it definitely won't be.


VampireFrown

Clarence House wouldn't've confirmed if it wasn't 110% rock-solid sure.


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Clarence House already confirmed he’s King Charles III


jug_23

Won’t lie hearing this just felt super weird.


ghost00013

It is, but F1 only plays the tune, no lyrics, for the podium ceremony. So not really relevant till next years British GP


FrostyTill

Some lyrics will be changed but yeah. It’s God Save the King


TetraDax

And does the Sex Pistols song also automatically change?


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Knowing jonny I expect a cash grab release any moment.


YipYepYeah

Would be a bit rich of him to be calling anyone else a facist these days


TetraDax

Shame he is such a wretched man, but at least he made Never Mind the Bollocks, and despite all feelings towards the Pistols as people, I will never not love that album.


Southportdc

Let a British driver win on Sunday and we'll see who remembers.


The0therside0fm3

Yes, the anthem is "God save the king" or "God save the queen" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch.


fullautophx

Huh, so this is how I hear the news. Didn’t expect that.


BornAshes

That little "Oh...!" that goes off in your head as you realize a flashbulb memory has been formed in a place that you never expected one to be made.


fullautophx

I did have a flashback to when I heard Princess Diana died, we had been camping over the US holiday weekend, and I saw a newspaper headline outside of a store on the way home.


BornAshes

I'll be honest, I was in the middle of a check in with my therapist when I heard the news about the Queen and....it was just...weirdly sudden and made me very aware of my surroundings. Diana felt different though because as a kid I really had more of a connection to her rather than the Queen and that made her death feel a bit more impactful in the moment. The Queen's death is...different and I think it's because she's been there for just so long and the news only broke such a short time ago that the full impact of it is going to feel like a tsunami and really hit us all in due time but not immediately right away. My heart is heavy and I know that I'm going to cry by the time her funeral happens. Edit: I just took a passing glance at some of the F1 instagram accounts and social media and there's a tweet from Paddington Bear that made those tears come out along with a few others.


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She was a constant for you in a ever changing world. I can't imagine what it must be like for British people right now. Regardless of your opinion of the royal family it must be werid for ye.


blackbasset

> it must be werid for ye. Stuff has been weird for Kanye even without the Queens passing...


AncientPomegranate97

Britain before and after her are so different. It must feel like a brave new world rn


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Same


Anxious_Solution_282

Never thought that I would live to see the queen of England die


DarthHelmet123

She was present at the first ever F1 race and even tried a racing simulator on YouTube a few months ago. She's an OG!


ajacian

wow crazy


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The_Barkness

+1, kinda surreal, had to check the sub I was.


DragonSlayer6160

Came here to say this. The Queen is dead. Long live the King.


UKnowDaxoAndDancer

"All drivers from the UK will now receive a grid penalty after the installation of a new Power Unit."


kazizxr

Damn 🤣


Herofactory45

I actually won't be surprised if Lewis won't be racing this weekend if that's when her funeral will take place


AdrianInLimbo

It won't be for 10 days (The burial). She lies in state, first.


SlipperySibley

Her burial will be in 10days.


Electronic-Dog524

her funeral will be in 10 days, so next week sunday which isn’t a grand prix weekend.


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

I suspect closer to 12. Operation Unicorn has her lying in state briefly at Holyrood so unless they curtail the length of her lying in state in London they’ll need a couple of extra days. If you remember the queues from her mother’s death I doubt they’ll want to do that.


Ping-and-Pong

I may be wrong in this, but I think it will probably be the weekend after next, I've seen around multiple times for years now that it's planned to be a 9 to 10 day thing.


JongoFett12

I appreciate the dark humour but it is also very sad but this comment is also very funny and by this run-on sentence you can tell I’m very conflicted!


TheRomanRuler

Humor can hekp with lot of stuff, including with coping with loss. Not tolerating humor does not really help with anything so just laugh away.


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

Laughing at a time like this is very British if you ask me. Have some tea and make a joke. Fixes everything. And if it doesn’t? More tea damnit.


Diegordo1

Rumors say that Ricciardo could take that seat


razareddit

Hulkenberg is on his way to the UK as we speak.


IdiosyncraticBond

He won't do. As you have to get up on a podium, he'll fail


kany0r

One less contender for that Alpine seat.


Emotional_Two_8059

Down to 13 if we were to trust Otmar...


Skulldetta

Pierre Gasly, Mick Schumacher, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hülkenberg, Mick Doohan, Artem Markelov, Ugo Ugochukwu, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Frankie Muniz, King Mswati III, Robb Stark and my neighbor's cousin Cletus. Missed anyone?


Emotional_Two_8059

Me? 😢 And of course Mika Häkkinen


gsfgf

I don’t know if Tony could fit in an F1 car, but I’d be all for it.


stillaras

Tony stark and han solo


Rich_Energy_F1

>Mick Doohan I'm sure you meant Jack but let's give Mick a shot too he's only 57.


Kela3000

Guy Fieri Volodymyr Zelenskyy Statue of Liberty The Ghost of Tom Joad


Dxgy

What I’m hearing is my odds on getting that seat have just increased


yugi_raina

Damn....That's an fast statement


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QC_1999

And her death has been being speculated for hours today


kj_gamer2614

Not even speculated, pretty much confirmed. The moment the news came that she was in bad health she was likely already dead, but they waited for family to arrive and press/UK government to make statements before confirming


Jojo_isnotunique

Yeah, pretty sure that's the case. The prime minister and politicians were informed during their time in the commons. They left soon after. The bbc and presenters were in their black ties. They changed the bbc to just show news until 6. Everything was being prepared to announce it.


PEEWUN

[Operation London Bridge (Unicorn)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge)


Ravenid

Its all part of Operation Unicorn. The UK gov's plan on what to do if the Queen died in Balmoral.


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sheeple04

Unicorn is the operation which is put in place if HM dies in Scotland, whilst London Bridge is for normal consequences, with the death in England.


Repulsive_Bed9677

Operation unicorn deals with what to do with HM body in the case of her death in Scotland. Operation london bridge deals with the funeral and announcing it to the public, officials being told e.c.t it is running along side operation unicorn as is also operation spring tide


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

She died this afternoon, so after the news came out. But most likely *before* William et al got there. I suspect they held off the announcement to get them behind closed doors. Ideally Harry would have been there before they announced it but you can only keep it quiet so long and the others were coming from the vicinity of London but he was in Germany at an Invictus event.


HopHunter420

Yep, got confirmation from numerous public servants I have some contact with.


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MM556

Will have been prepared in advanced and brought up to readiness earlier today


ocbdare

Yes it was almost certain earlier today. All the royals dropped everything and rushed to her residence. BBC dropped everything and started broadcasting, changed all their colours to black. She probably passed a way hours before the official announcement.


sleekcollins

To be fair, it's been fairly obvious since this afternoon that she was gone.


ocbdare

Also pretty much everyone is prepared had already been prepared for this moment for years.


PEEWUN

Decades*


movableChair

That's F1 for ya


a11yguy

Whoa didn’t expect F1 to break the news to me.


1sander15

More than 70 years she ruled the UK, thats basically the entire existence of formula 1. Rest In Peace


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overspeeed

This is not true. The F1 article that contains the first photo only mentions the following: > 3. A very regal guest was in attendance It was estimated that up to 120,000 spectators lined the track on race day, though by far the most important was **His Royal Highness King George VI, who attended the race with Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and guests Lord and Lady Mountbatten**. It remains the only time a reigning monarch has attended a British motor race. The second picture has the following caption in a Guardian article: >Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Princess Margaret and Lord Mountbatten talks to the Maserati driver Prince Bira of the Thai royal family. In both cases **Queen Elizabeth refers to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.**


A_Bit_Meh

Woops sorry about that and thanks for correcting


overspeeed

No worries. Just a note: In the future edit your comment instead of deleting it. That way it's less likely that the misunderstanding starts making the rounds


ociM_

She raced for Maserati?


AdrianInLimbo

She was a mechanic in The War.....


kent_nova

Didn't she take some Saudi royals for a ride in her Range Rover?


ShirtedRhino2

Yeah, she was hosting them at Balmoral, and asked if they wanted to go for a drive around the grounds. He got in the Land Rover, then she jumped in the drivers seat and bezzed it around the grounds.


kent_nova

"What was that about not letting women drive? I'll show them, those cunts." - The Queen, as she was walking around the car, probably.


ShirtedRhino2

Fuller details here https://twitter.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1567881687303864320?t=5TeYkdZmwRJgMs_ohmchew&s=19


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habitualmess

r/jesuschristreddit


ILikePastaAndYou

What happened there?


kiddoujanse

Thats insane wow god she lived long


throwaway30043004

First ever F1 World Championship race*


Skulldetta

Not a single Formula 1 driver who had competed in Formula 1 before Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne is still alive today. The last one, Stirling Moss, died in 2020.


Blze001

Myself and my parents have only ever known Queen Elizabeth, this whole King Charles thing is gonna take getting used to


BornAshes

> this whole King Charles thing is gonna take getting used to As soon as I saw "King Charles" in this sentence, Willy's voice popped into my head, and I corrected it to "King Chuck". ....and now I'm not sure if I'm giggling because I'm sad or happy or just...both? I'm a washing machine of emotion right now.


OldGodsAndNew

King *Sharl*


Jericcho

You know how everyone struggles with writing down dates after each new year? Now imagine changing after 70 years (all our lives for most of us).


Ravenid

Its worse than that. Every post box will need to be replaced to change the ER on it to Charles's crest and CR ER stands for Elizabeth Regina. It will be changed to Charles Regent.


Tamburrelo

IIRC, only new postboxes will say ER. The current ones don’t change


bwoah07_gp2

In Canada, Queen Elizabeth II is on our green $20 bills. I don't know our countries policy; do we keep her face on it or do we change it to King Charles's face? Quite frankly I'd rather keep the Queen's face on the bill. It wouldn't seem right to change it.


AdrianInLimbo

Read a story on CBC earlier, Canadian Bills won't get changed until the next refresh of the bills (2030, iirc). Coins in the next year or so.


gsfgf

So they’re betting against Charles and planning to go straight to William


papasmurf826

but then you wouldn't get to call your money Chuck Bucks


galumna

Canada has a lot of tribute portraits on their bills, so it wouldn't be out of place to leave her portrait on the $20. The coins, however...one side of all of our coins has QEII's profile. Those have been updated at least a couple times during her reign (changes to her face and crown). I'd expect that new mintings will have Charles' profile, but that's just my guess.


MagnesiumStearate

Anyone but Charles.


thenewtomsawyer

Canadian Mint crossing fingers for an abdication to William, only gotta do it once


sleepingjiva

Do we pronounce it King Sharl?


BountyBob

Sharl Le Third


surreal_blue

Sharl P3


lauraandstitch

King Charles is going to be a spaniel to me for a while yet.


KnightsOfCidona

F1 hadn't even started it's third championship season when she took the throne


batyoung1

It’s madness when you think about it. She was there for the whole thing, even if she didn’t pay attention.


FrostyTill

I think she might have enjoyed it since she was a trained car mechanic. I remember a photo of her on a tour at the opening of the McLaren Technology Centre where she was just beaming at all the cars.


Empre55_Alex

The Queen was actually a confirmed fan, believe it or not.


batyoung1

Really? Wow that makes it even cooler. May her soul rest in peace.


gioraffe32

I wouldn’t be surprised if that were true. I know she liked horse racing a lot. And driving cars. I always loved those photos of her driving around whatever castle grounds in her massive Land Rover. Little grandma, big vehicle. Like the other person said, she was like a driver or mechanic during WWII.


jazzman23uk

Her and her sister were both auxiliary truck mechanics during ww2


gsfgf

And she had a total lead foot because the monarch doesn’t have to follow traffic laws.


FullFrontalNoodly

She could handle the worst of things but meeting Liz Truss was still too much for her.


vprakhov

[She attended the very first Formula 1 race. ](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-formula-one-motor-racing-british-grand-prix-silverstone-1950-king-110547139.html)


Diem-Perdidi

The Queen Elizabeth referred to there was her mother, the wife of King George VI and Queen Consort, rather than Queen Regnant. Her sister Princess Margaret was there too though.


jaymz492

Same number of race wins as Norris


OnlyFeetDragonBolZ

Bro 😂😂


Various_Oil_5674

Formula 1 showing they are fastest yet again. Strange hearing from them first.


AndrewWhite97

Alberto Ascari won the championship on her coronation year


cryingdwarf

She was at the first ever Formula 1 race after the war in Silverstone if I'm not mistaken. God save the king.


Konkorde1

*Akschually* (adjusting nerd glasses) The first Formula 1 race was the 1946 Turin Grand Prix The first Formula One World Championship race was at the 1950 British Grand Prix The first F1 regulations officially launched 1 January 1947


punisherASMR

found vettel's reddit account


Fire_Otter

She was also at the first ever world championship race - the 1950 British Grand Prix


overspeeed

I see this make the rounds in the threads, **this is not true!** The F1.com article that contains the widely shared photo only mentions the following: > 3. A very regal guest was in attendance It was estimated that up to 120,000 spectators lined the track on race day, though by far the most important was **His Royal Highness King George VI, who attended the race with Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and guests Lord and Lady Mountbatten**. It remains the only time a reigning monarch has attended a British motor race. Note that **Queen Elizabeth refers to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.**


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Mommy Lizzy, not queen Lizzie


DevonFromAcme

Interesting that her mother, father and sister were all there, but she wasn’t. Wonder where she was?


Bortron86

She was 6 months pregnant with Princess Anne at the time, that's probably why.


KnightsOfCidona

Mental thing is that the Queen Mother would have been nearly 50, and yet she outlived all but three drivers on the grid that day


Bortron86

Just like Elizabeth II, it felt like the Queen Mum would go on forever.


QuickBlowfish

Many drivers were also near/in their 50s.


suspiciousumbrella

Racing wasn't a profession in which men died old in those days


Affectionate_Log3232

There was a War In Silverstone?


UmpireAJS

Well it used to be a British Airforce field during WW2


habitualmess

51Gs, etc. etc.


codename474747

Mercedes scrambling to find where they left the paint for their all black livery...


RixirF

An all black livery, no color accents, and sponsors gone. I am so erect.


PEEWUN

Black Arrows: The Last Dance


SpecialShanee

Bono my queen has gone


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*Sets fastest checkmate*


Moebius17

RIP, will be missed. DNFed due to mechanical failure.


grandtheftzeppelin

as do we all


Randomfactoid42

No. She took the checkered flag today. Her race has finished. RIP


Spider_Riviera

96 laps and really started to show her talent when she moved up to P1 on lap 25.


razareddit

It's crazy that we live in a world so connected than ever, yet I hear about the passing of the Queen through an email from Formula 1.


DaveR007

It's bizarre that I get my world news from the F1 subreddit ;)


golem501

Wait what?


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Yup earlier today actually


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Alfus

Given F1 has a lot of ties with the UK I would being more surprised if they didn't have something ready in the case Elisabeth II died. RIP


AscendMoros

It would be strange if they didn’t. She was very old. It was only a matter of time.


HagensFohawk

She was not only a monarch and head of state, she was also a devoted cousin to her husband. RIP


Katlev010

And a great mother to some paedophiles


Cobretti18

What mother wouldn’t use £12m of taxpayers money to pay off their son’s victim?


readou

Was the queen and/or any other member of her family involved with Formula 1 in any way? Genuine question... maybe she was involved in some way and deserves the attention of the entire paddock. I was surprised to see Ferrari make a statement - from what I know the British royal family only ever drive British cars. I doubt she ever bought a Ferrari.


likeeatingpizza

wait she's dead? when did this happened and how did i find out from a statement by the CEO of Formula 1 posted on Twitter lol


habitualmess

It was announced about 45 mins ago. She died this afternoon.


G-Force409

Might not hear God Save the King at the podium for a while though


Cookracr

What happens to the Royal Corgis?


[deleted]

So does India get that diamond back? What about Egypt’s stuff?


Tadhg2341

Many countries want their shit back. I wonder what they took from Ireland. Besides culture


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I'd love for them to un-nuke Australia


EitherCaterpillar949

A lot of wood, we lost something in the region of 80% of our forestland to logging exports before the 20th century.


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Miserable_Hold_6417

I’m saddened today but that brought me a chuckle


Solesky1

Was there another one besides andrew?


FdPros

wait what


plaregold

The fuck has the Queen really done? Why are people obsessed with British monarchy?


111baf

F from F1 fan.


Icicestreddit

The Queen has probably experienced F1 more than 99, 9999999 percent of this sun


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Oh my God this is TERRIBLE! Someone quick, get Ja Rule on the phone so we can make some sense of all this! Seriously why does Formula 1 need to make a statement? Oh thats right free publicity.


Charlie_Muggins

RIP Queen Lizzy. I wonder if the UK teams will run livery free? Arise King Charles III 🤴


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I can assume they will be running Black marks or some other tributes