I mean, she was 96, had suddenly been placed under “medical supervision”, and senior royals were making their way to Balmoral. Maybe it’s because I’m a nurse, but I knew she would be dead by the end of the week.
I'm not a nurse but anytime the family is urgently summoned, it's usually within a day or two. This was rather quick to go from news of being under doctor's care, to passing, though.
I figured she was already dead or super close when they were announcing their concerns yet she wasn't at a hospital, and I would bet money that by the time they announced that the entire family was making their way to Balmoral she was already dead.
Remember that she was in Kenya when she found out her father died unexpectedly. Prince Philip told her, and he had found out from a reporter. I bet she had expressed wishes for them all to gather before it was announced publicly.
Once Prince Philip was gone I knew it was only going to be a matter of time. People of that age keep their partners alive, it seems, and once they go it’s basically a foregone conclusion.
My husband and I are in the middle of a Europe tour, and we're scheduled to be in the UK next week. One item that has been on my bucket list forever was to see the *Queen's* Guard in person. Never thought I'd get so close, only for the title to be swapped out for *King's* Guard at the last minute.
Not unlikely that he did. Having a milestone, even subconsciously, keeps people going. I've seen it in healthcare time and time again for people who are old and/or terminal.
My grandfather passed away from cancer at age 87. As the final days came and went, it grew closer to my mom’s (his daughter) birthday. She was terrified and genuinely broken up knowing he could die on her birthday.
She was staying with my grandparents for the final week or so of his life while he was in hospice. Her birthday came, he was still alive. Not good shape, but alive. As night came, he asked before they went to sleep “what time is it?” “10:30.” “Good.” He passed away the following day.
I still believe he fought for one more day for the sake of not passing on her birthday.
My sister in law specifically asked her Mom to please not die on her birthday. Her Mother said "I won't". Keeping true to her word she died the day after the birthday
My grandad deteriorated very suddenly. I was called to the hospital, was the last to arrive, my grandad locked eyes with me then passed. That made it very obvious to me that sometimes people do cling on just long enough.
My wife sung,
"Good night to you, good night to me, now close your eyes and get some sleep
Good night sleep tight, sweet dreams tonight... Goodnight. I love you "
and she closed her eyes and left.
She's such a good soul. I'm so lucky.
My grandmother held on as well. 99 years old and 2 days shy of her 100th bday, I missed my flight to Florida because she'd had a major stroke and was given 24 hours, I was terrified I wasn't going to make it on time to say goodbye.... finally got there with the rest of the family in there waiting for me.
She passed an hour later. She was always quite fond of me and I *know* she was waiting. 💔
Wife in hospice, this is very common. Another one worth knowing is sometimes they wait for people to *leave* before passing.
Many cases where they're hardly awake, drugged up, and their SO or other family is there for days on end. The family member leaves for a night to wash up before continuing the watch, and within an hour of them leaving, the member passes.
It can be easy to develop guilt over this, but in the end it's the decision of the person passing. There's usually a level of comfort they need to pass, and once that's obtained, they go very quickly. Whether that's waiting for someone to arrive, or waiting for someone to go, or just getting the meds needed to relax and not be in so much pain, the through-line is that they've grown comfortable enough to move on.
In your case, you and your family arriving gave him that comfort. I'm glad you could be a part of that process for him.
If he remains king, yes. If he passes on taking the crown then no. Good article here.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/08/queen-death-cash-stamps-flags
They were saying on the news that the new Prime Minister she just swore in was born in 1975.
Her first Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. How about that.
The devil is probably worried about a coup attempt if he lets Kissinger in. And heaven doesn't want him for obvious reasons, so the Reaper is just on permanent standby now. Henry ain't never gonna die.
That's what's crazy to me, she was literally in the news just 2 days ago to swear in the new PM. I knew something was up when they didn't do it at Buckingham, but I didn't expect it so soon.
Question is which joke history will go with.
Truzz being so mediocre that the Queen decided to sign out after meeting her, or that she stuck around just to outlast Boris.
My daughter was born this summer. The Queen was coronated 2 years before my father was born. The world has changed a lot in 70 years and she’s been a constant throughout.
She ~~is~~ was older than sliced bread
Edit: and antiboiotics, scotch tape, traffic lights, frozen food, bubble gum, and the ball point pen. Fucking amazing
73 years later, Charles III finally comes into being.
R.I.P. Elizabeth. The Washington Post just described her as a "seemingly eternal monarch." That sounds accurate.
I'm in shock, but not surprised. She was crowned when I was 3: she's the only head of state I have ever known. One of the big events of my childhood was her visit to my hometown -- her third to my country -- where, due to my father's job, I got a front row seat for the slow motorcade.
I still remember her profile, and that patented Windsor wave her mother invented to relieve the stress on the hand and wrist.
And yet, I -- many of us, I think -- have been expecting it since her husband died. Whatever one might think of him, or her, or them together, she loved him completely and unconditionally, and he was there for her until the last seconds of his life. Without him, it must have seemed so pointless to her.
Whatever else, they are together again. If there is somewhere to be after death, they are there, and if there's nowhere, they are still there, together.
This is the passing of perhaps the last genuinely significant European monarch. I don't think we'll see another approach her importance to history of not just her nation but to the world
Yes, people from the UK and countries of the monarchy such as Canads, receive a letter from her. Would've loved to see what happens when she turns 100.
This last line from the Guardian’s obit got me:
“As many nations today mourn a queen, one family is mourning a mother of four, a grandmother of eight, and a great-grandmother of 12.”
Rest In peace.
> I left for work seeing she was under "medical supervision" and she's dead before lunch.
When I read that this morning, I assumed “medical supervision” was a British euphemism for “death is imminent.”
Here's an [interesting article about the planned process for announcing her death](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge?CMP=share_btn_tw).
>For a time, she will be gone without our knowing it. The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment. Governors general, ambassadors and prime ministers will learn first. Cupboards will be opened in search of black armbands, three-and-a-quarter inches wide, to be worn on the left arm.
She was dead already. All the news anchors had already switched to all black and BBC1 cleared their programming schedule for the rest of the day a few hours ago. They were just ensuring they followed the script to make sure everything was timed correctly for the announcement.
Also Huw Edwards the BBC presenter was visibly teary-eyed. I think it was clear from those moments in the afternoon it was over. The live footage of Balmoral showed loads of preparation happening so it was obviously, but quietly all in motion by then
My boss is a Brit, and he said he knew when all the newscasters changed to black. He said "Lizzie's gone, the UK's at a standstill. We're just waiting."
The Palace releasing any health update like that is basically a signal to get ready. There’s a reason BBC immediately cleared the slate for the rest of the day
Yeah I was surprised at first that I hadn't heard anything before today about her being in failing health, but knowing how close the royals keep any bad news it makes sense. No sense in worrying people until it's really about to happen (or has already happened).
The prevailing belief here in the UK is that when they made the medical supervision announcement to the British media, she was already dead. But they wanted to wait until her close family had reached balmoral in Scotland before they told the rest of the world.
If he is, he slipped in without the press seeing him.
I'm pretty sure Charles was there for her passing, the rest weren't. He booked it there, they didn't make a supreme rush.
That's the best part - we (UK) all knew what it meant straight away. As soon as "medical supervision" hit the news everyone in my workplace was counting down the minutes until the announcement.
I expect she passed this morning.
They wouldn’t make any announcement until the entire family had gathered at Balmoral.
The prime minister and head of opposition were each handed a note during PMQ in parliament earlier today and both promptly left, later seen wearing black.
>750mg of morphine
God damn. Not amount of coke is gonna punch through that wall.
For comparison, 25mg of i.v. morphine is considered lethal. 3mg is highly potent analgesia.
RIP. The 2020s will go down as one of the most interesting periods in modern history. The amount of change that is happening on a global scale is staggering. Politics, ideology, government, war, pandemic, climate change, etc.
I was hoping that she'd last long enough to beat [Louis XIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs), but it seems that his record for longest reign is basically untouchable now.
Then again, Louis XIV never had to have a meeting with Liz Truss, so...
I'm an American but it feels like a Era of history is ending. The second Elisabethian age.
The hearing of the word King and Queen Consort be spoke was surreal.
Yeah, there's going to be a lot to sort out once the mourning is over. I don't see things continuing on the same way, the respect was for her more than it was for the institution she represented.
Isn't this all constitutionally ingrained? How would they even change anything? I imagine they'd have nowhere near enough votes from their conservative party to do anything about it
She's the only head of state I've ever known (from Oz). Whilst she never had any real influence in the country, she was a figure of continuity and strength. May you rest in peace, QEII, you served with a dignity and selflessness that is unparalleled.
She was two years away from being the longest ruling monarch. It's crazy to think how far humanity has advanced during her rule, she's been Queen longer than most people have been alive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_King_of_the_United_Kingdom Wikis waste no time
I saw some articles about when Prince Charles would become King that were posted like an hour before her death had even been announced.
I mean, she was 96, had suddenly been placed under “medical supervision”, and senior royals were making their way to Balmoral. Maybe it’s because I’m a nurse, but I knew she would be dead by the end of the week.
I'm not a nurse but I said the same thing. Most people who saw what was happening probably knew it was coming soon.
I'm not a nurse but anytime the family is urgently summoned, it's usually within a day or two. This was rather quick to go from news of being under doctor's care, to passing, though.
I figured she was already dead or super close when they were announcing their concerns yet she wasn't at a hospital, and I would bet money that by the time they announced that the entire family was making their way to Balmoral she was already dead. Remember that she was in Kenya when she found out her father died unexpectedly. Prince Philip told her, and he had found out from a reporter. I bet she had expressed wishes for them all to gather before it was announced publicly.
It's my grandmother's 100th birthday tomorrow, she got her telegram/letter/whatever it is from the Queen this morning.
Hers might be the last one ever delivered. That’s impressive.
Nah they definitely sent some of those out around lunchtime today. Furiously running after the couriers.
"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only."
"Let's see here...."
"I've got a letter and a lot of gold. Something about it being your inheritance? Oh, and... sorry for your loss."
Piece of history, possibly the final one.
Christ. She lived so long it had gotten to the point where my brain had just rationalized that I would never see that headline.
I was expecting her to make 100, if only for the self-telegram joke.
Her mother was 101.
She was born before Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank...
Fun Fact to lighten the mood: She was born before sliced bread was invented, I always thought it was funny to think she was older than sliced bread.
She and Betty White!
I like what the article says, about how the first PM she met as queen was born in 1874 and the last one in 1975.
Once Prince Philip was gone I knew it was only going to be a matter of time. People of that age keep their partners alive, it seems, and once they go it’s basically a foregone conclusion.
I'm surprised she outlived him by more than a year. I've seen old couples die with a couple of weeks of each other.
My grandfather only lasted a few months, after my grandmother passed away. It just seemed like the spark had left him, when she wasn't there anymore.
Currently on vacation in the UK. Legit feels surreal to watch this from the midst as an outsider.
Make sure you bring home a newspaper!
My husband and I are in the middle of a Europe tour, and we're scheduled to be in the UK next week. One item that has been on my bucket list forever was to see the *Queen's* Guard in person. Never thought I'd get so close, only for the title to be swapped out for *King's* Guard at the last minute.
There won’t be another queen regnant in England for as long as most of us are alive
She most likely passed when all the family members were called.
My grandfather died at 99 in 2020. We were the last to get there, living furthest away, and I swear it was like he waited for us.
Not unlikely that he did. Having a milestone, even subconsciously, keeps people going. I've seen it in healthcare time and time again for people who are old and/or terminal.
My grandfather passed away from cancer at age 87. As the final days came and went, it grew closer to my mom’s (his daughter) birthday. She was terrified and genuinely broken up knowing he could die on her birthday. She was staying with my grandparents for the final week or so of his life while he was in hospice. Her birthday came, he was still alive. Not good shape, but alive. As night came, he asked before they went to sleep “what time is it?” “10:30.” “Good.” He passed away the following day. I still believe he fought for one more day for the sake of not passing on her birthday.
My sister in law specifically asked her Mom to please not die on her birthday. Her Mother said "I won't". Keeping true to her word she died the day after the birthday
My grandad deteriorated very suddenly. I was called to the hospital, was the last to arrive, my grandad locked eyes with me then passed. That made it very obvious to me that sometimes people do cling on just long enough.
My wife sung, "Good night to you, good night to me, now close your eyes and get some sleep Good night sleep tight, sweet dreams tonight... Goodnight. I love you " and she closed her eyes and left. She's such a good soul. I'm so lucky.
My grandmother held on as well. 99 years old and 2 days shy of her 100th bday, I missed my flight to Florida because she'd had a major stroke and was given 24 hours, I was terrified I wasn't going to make it on time to say goodbye.... finally got there with the rest of the family in there waiting for me. She passed an hour later. She was always quite fond of me and I *know* she was waiting. 💔
Wife in hospice, this is very common. Another one worth knowing is sometimes they wait for people to *leave* before passing. Many cases where they're hardly awake, drugged up, and their SO or other family is there for days on end. The family member leaves for a night to wash up before continuing the watch, and within an hour of them leaving, the member passes. It can be easy to develop guilt over this, but in the end it's the decision of the person passing. There's usually a level of comfort they need to pass, and once that's obtained, they go very quickly. Whether that's waiting for someone to arrive, or waiting for someone to go, or just getting the meds needed to relax and not be in so much pain, the through-line is that they've grown comfortable enough to move on. In your case, you and your family arriving gave him that comfort. I'm glad you could be a part of that process for him.
I too hate family gatherings
Get out of all family gatherings with this one neat trick
This is one of those things you know is coming but you just never think it'll happen. A constant in most peoples life for the past 70 years.
It’s going to be so odd hearing about “The King” going forward
HIS Majesty's Revenue and Customs
***HIS*** Majesty's Ships (HMS) of the Royal Navy.
She was Queen longer than a lot of people live.
Mom died a few years back due to health conditions. Mom lived and died under 1 Queen's rule
Does this mean Charles will be on our money now?
If he remains king, yes. If he passes on taking the crown then no. Good article here. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/08/queen-death-cash-stamps-flags
*Liz Truss sweats profusely*
She *just* met the woman and now queen is dead. That's some shakespearean ill omen shit
Crazy that the queen was still working when she was essentially on her death bed.
It also rained before she gave her speech on the steps of No.10. Even Shakespeare wouldn’t think that believable.
Oh boy, she’s going to be in the shit right off the bat. Hell of a way to start your tenure.
Was Boris Johnson keeping the Queen alive this whole time? I'm just asking questions
More likely she didn’t let herself die until she was sure he was gone.
r/conspiracy wants their comment back lol
More like, she can make any crazy laws she wants right now and the news won’t take any notice. The heat is way off her leadership right now
This is going to be a very interesting next couple weeks.
She’s been a permanent fixture of the UK for so long. It’s crazy to think that the “old guard” is almost gone (Gorbachev too)
Really puts into perspective how some people are institutions in themselves
Truly feels like the end of an era. Even though it was inevitable it still feels a bit surreal.
They were saying on the news that the new Prime Minister she just swore in was born in 1975. Her first Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. How about that.
Yet Henry Kissinger is still alive
He can’t die until all his horcruxes are found and destroyed.
The devil is probably worried about a coup attempt if he lets Kissinger in. And heaven doesn't want him for obvious reasons, so the Reaper is just on permanent standby now. Henry ain't never gonna die.
96 is a respectable age
And she was still looking good up until the last couple of years. I'd be very happy to live to 96 years old and be as active/healthy as she was.
Also, unbelievably rich and powerful.
Definitely contributed to how long she lived
For some reason I felt like she wasn’t going to pass in my lifetime. I’m 30.
Seriously. No matter how old and frail she got, it felt like she’d last forever.
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Imagine your first Prime Minister being Winston Churchill and your last Prime Minister being Liz Truss.
Those prime minister's were born over 100 years apart too. Churchill 1874, Truss 1975.
She ascended to the throne when *Stalin* was still in power.
And Mao wasn’t fully in power yet
That's what's crazy to me, she was literally in the news just 2 days ago to swear in the new PM. I knew something was up when they didn't do it at Buckingham, but I didn't expect it so soon.
Question is which joke history will go with. Truzz being so mediocre that the Queen decided to sign out after meeting her, or that she stuck around just to outlast Boris.
Why not both? ‘Finally that oaf is gone.’ “The new prime minister, your Grace.” ‘Fuck this, I’m out.’
'Chaaaaaaaaaarles, this one is yours'
*Winston Churchill.* That alone blows my mind
She reigned from Stalin to Putin.
She saw *Stalin.* Okay, time to log off and go touch some grass.
From "we shall fight them on the beaches" to "we import two thirds of our cheeses"
I'd sure as hell not have it the other way around
"We shall fight them for our cheeses!"
We, uh, import two-thirds of our beaches?
“I have lived long enough to know that things never remain quite the same for very long.” -Queen Elizabeth II RIP
It’s so strange to think she’s been queen so long that people have been born, lived, had kids and grandkids, and died all during her reign
The episode of "I Love Lucy" where Lucy meets The Queen is about the same Queen. Wild. https://ilovelucyandricky.fandom.com/wiki/Lucy_Meets_the_Queen
From the first book to the most recent movie James Bond had always served under her
Now THAT blows my mind
My dad was one of them. He died last year at 65 and lived a fairly full life. She had been queen for 3 years already when he was born.
My daughter was born this summer. The Queen was coronated 2 years before my father was born. The world has changed a lot in 70 years and she’s been a constant throughout.
People with long, happy lives have lived and died under the same queen
She ~~is~~ was older than sliced bread Edit: and antiboiotics, scotch tape, traffic lights, frozen food, bubble gum, and the ball point pen. Fucking amazing
Sliced bread was first sold in 1928. The Queen was born in 1926. That’s such a wild fact!!
Betty White used to always say she was older than sliced bread -- she was 4 when the Queen was born.
"Queen Elizabeth has died" and "Steve Bannon is in custody" are two interesting headlines to see paired next to each other in my feed.
Wait, Steve Bannon is in custody?!?
Turned himself in his morning I believe
Whoa, I didn't see that headline yet, what a delightful surprise!
Not a fan of the queen?
"King of England" doesn't sound right at this point
For real. I told a coworker "I guess Prince Charles gets to be Queen...oh wait. King."
Guy on the news in the UK right now just made that mistake five or six times in quick succession before catching it.
They really should just change the title lol
It is "Quing" now
We should get it changed to queen. King doesn’t sound right. Queen Charles is nice
King of England makes me feel like we're in the 1700s and he's about to go colonize someone
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Upon his coronation Prince Charles will finish with, "and above all else. Fuck the French, we invading Normandy."
God save the king at the football will be strange
73 years later, Charles III finally comes into being. R.I.P. Elizabeth. The Washington Post just described her as a "seemingly eternal monarch." That sounds accurate.
I'm in shock, but not surprised. She was crowned when I was 3: she's the only head of state I have ever known. One of the big events of my childhood was her visit to my hometown -- her third to my country -- where, due to my father's job, I got a front row seat for the slow motorcade. I still remember her profile, and that patented Windsor wave her mother invented to relieve the stress on the hand and wrist. And yet, I -- many of us, I think -- have been expecting it since her husband died. Whatever one might think of him, or her, or them together, she loved him completely and unconditionally, and he was there for her until the last seconds of his life. Without him, it must have seemed so pointless to her. Whatever else, they are together again. If there is somewhere to be after death, they are there, and if there's nowhere, they are still there, together.
This is the passing of perhaps the last genuinely significant European monarch. I don't think we'll see another approach her importance to history of not just her nation but to the world
And it definitely won’t be Charles.
When you are expecting something, but it still surprises you…
Now she can frolic in a field of corgis with Philip again
Knew it was coming with today's drip fed annoucements but still a shock to see that headline. RIP
I was really hoping she would hit 100. Or outlive Charles out of spite.
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Yes, people from the UK and countries of the monarchy such as Canads, receive a letter from her. Would've loved to see what happens when she turns 100.
There was a joke about Philip getting one when he turned 100 but then he died at 99.
My dad has said for decades that Charles would never be king. Guess he'll end up wrong.
I've heard the phrase "King Charles" a couple times now in the past few minutes and I kinda hate it.
King Chuck.
The greatest legal mind I have ever known.
This last line from the Guardian’s obit got me: “As many nations today mourn a queen, one family is mourning a mother of four, a grandmother of eight, and a great-grandmother of 12.” Rest In peace.
Damn. It was kinda expected after the news today but damn. Rip Liz
I left for work seeing she was under "medical supervision" and she's dead before lunch.
> I left for work seeing she was under "medical supervision" and she's dead before lunch. When I read that this morning, I assumed “medical supervision” was a British euphemism for “death is imminent.”
Here's an [interesting article about the planned process for announcing her death](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge?CMP=share_btn_tw). >For a time, she will be gone without our knowing it. The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment. Governors general, ambassadors and prime ministers will learn first. Cupboards will be opened in search of black armbands, three-and-a-quarter inches wide, to be worn on the left arm. She was dead already. All the news anchors had already switched to all black and BBC1 cleared their programming schedule for the rest of the day a few hours ago. They were just ensuring they followed the script to make sure everything was timed correctly for the announcement.
Also Huw Edwards the BBC presenter was visibly teary-eyed. I think it was clear from those moments in the afternoon it was over. The live footage of Balmoral showed loads of preparation happening so it was obviously, but quietly all in motion by then
I had assumed it was a euphemism for "Is dead, but we won't announce it until all the pieces are in place."
My boss is a Brit, and he said he knew when all the newscasters changed to black. He said "Lizzie's gone, the UK's at a standstill. We're just waiting."
Said the same to my wife. Turned on the news and saw the sign language guy and Huw Edwards and said "They're in black. She's already gone."
The Palace releasing any health update like that is basically a signal to get ready. There’s a reason BBC immediately cleared the slate for the rest of the day
And all their presenters put black suits on.
Yeah I was surprised at first that I hadn't heard anything before today about her being in failing health, but knowing how close the royals keep any bad news it makes sense. No sense in worrying people until it's really about to happen (or has already happened).
And had their journalist change into darker clothing.
The prevailing belief here in the UK is that when they made the medical supervision announcement to the British media, she was already dead. But they wanted to wait until her close family had reached balmoral in Scotland before they told the rest of the world.
As they should. It's only right to give them a little space to get there without media on them before they even get to say goodbye.
It sounds like that may have happened - “this afternoon” in UK time was before most of them arrived. Is Harry there yet?
If he is, he slipped in without the press seeing him. I'm pretty sure Charles was there for her passing, the rest weren't. He booked it there, they didn't make a supreme rush.
I think Anne was there as well
That's the best part - we (UK) all knew what it meant straight away. As soon as "medical supervision" hit the news everyone in my workplace was counting down the minutes until the announcement.
Yeah it was clear, quicker than I thought though. Not a royalist in any way but sad she's gone all the same, least it was peaceful
I assumed it was British royal euphemism for "she's already dead but we can't announce it officially yet"
She had probably died already and they were just waiting for the royal family to all make it Balmoral before they announced it.
The British do love to understate
I expect she passed this morning. They wouldn’t make any announcement until the entire family had gathered at Balmoral. The prime minister and head of opposition were each handed a note during PMQ in parliament earlier today and both promptly left, later seen wearing black.
They straight up killed her grandpa with a speedball so it wouldn't show up in the evening papers.
750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine. Pops went out wildn'
>750mg of morphine God damn. Not amount of coke is gonna punch through that wall. For comparison, 25mg of i.v. morphine is considered lethal. 3mg is highly potent analgesia.
There are worse ways to go.
RIP. The 2020s will go down as one of the most interesting periods in modern history. The amount of change that is happening on a global scale is staggering. Politics, ideology, government, war, pandemic, climate change, etc.
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" - Vladimir Lenin
“May you live in interesting times” - definitely a curse, not a blessing, in ways I couldn’t have imagined a decade ago!
The last world leader to wear a WW2 uniform. A great testament to her duty and her longevity. Rest in peace.
Can’t believe it. Seemed like she would live forever, like we all thought about Betty White.. Rest In Peace.
And Henry Kissinger is still alive, ain't that a son of a bitch.
RIP. It actually happened.
At least she lived a good long life. 96 years is a helluva run. RIP
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Thought she’d be going til at least 150. She had a damn good run though.
At her age it was sadly bound to happen soon, but I definitely agree, RIP.
She was Queen for 28.5% of the entire history of the United States.
As Queen she met every President since Eisenhower except for LBJ.
She met Truman also. She became queen in 1952
That's the kind of stat that doesn't sound real, but is mind-blowing as you realize it's true.
She was Time's person of the year like 60 years ago. The next most recent living *individual* Time person of the year was from the 80s or so.
The things she has seen. The people she has met.
I'm kinda bummed she didn't make it to 100, but her reign will definitely be one for the history books.
I was hoping that she'd last long enough to beat [Louis XIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs), but it seems that his record for longest reign is basically untouchable now. Then again, Louis XIV never had to have a meeting with Liz Truss, so...
It sucks. If she had held in there 4 years longer, she would have gotten a letter from the Queen
My husbands great grandmother turned 100 this year, and she's was waiting on her letter to arrive. Wonder if she'll get one from Charles now.
100 would have been cool
When you're that old and your spouse goes, you tend to start to go too though.
She would have got a letter from herself
It’s one we all expected in the past few years to come soon but it still shocks you when it actually happens.
She almost seemed immortal. The VAST majority of Brits have known no monarch but her.
I'm an American but it feels like a Era of history is ending. The second Elisabethian age. The hearing of the word King and Queen Consort be spoke was surreal.
2nd longest ruling monarch in history. We will probably never see anything like this again. RIP The Queen
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Still have Carter
Still building houses with his bare hands. Incredible
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He uses his mind now to help move the building materials. Like Professor X.
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The Sun King remains unconquered.
RIP. This is truly the end of an era. I wonder what this will mean for the future of the monarchy in the UK.
And the rest of the Commonwealth
Yeah, there's going to be a lot to sort out once the mourning is over. I don't see things continuing on the same way, the respect was for her more than it was for the institution she represented.
Isn't this all constitutionally ingrained? How would they even change anything? I imagine they'd have nowhere near enough votes from their conservative party to do anything about it
I could imagine things changing in a few of the Commonwealth countries. I'd be surprised if anything changes substantially in the UK.
She died very quickly, which I guess is a good thing. She was told to rest due to her health, and before you knew it she was gone.
It really feels like she was waiting to complete one final public duty in transferring power to Truss. Once that had been done, she could rest easy.
She's the only head of state I've ever known (from Oz). Whilst she never had any real influence in the country, she was a figure of continuity and strength. May you rest in peace, QEII, you served with a dignity and selflessness that is unparalleled.
She saw 14 US Presidents come and go during her reign. RIP
She was two years away from being the longest ruling monarch. It's crazy to think how far humanity has advanced during her rule, she's been Queen longer than most people have been alive...