Farewell to our Queen Mother
 

I've just heard the news...apparently she died peacefully in her sleep at the Royal Lodge with the Queen by her side. :(

God Bless.

"And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" - Hamlet, Act V, Scene II

Y?

Oh boo hoo hoo, god forbid she loose's her life at 111 (or what ever old old age she died).

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She died peacefully in her sleep, 101 years old. Something too dream about. Much people die in the hospital, fighting a disease.......

Leon, don't be so heartless. I'm not a big fan of the royals myself, but you shouldn't be so disrespectful of someone who's just died, whoever they are...

One thing though: Dying in your sleep at 3pm - surely that tells you all you need to know about the Royal Family...

Well, I always have to feel bad about someone dying... For their family, any way... At least she had a long life. As for the royal family... Yech... I have no respect for the royal family... But I will uphold respect for the dead without singing The Sex Pistols.


What do you mean why? He was just paying respect with a quote from Hamlet... Cool, I think...

Right on Surfacing.
 

I agree, surfacing, who gives a shit about some old snooty brit that I never even heard of. My gramma dies at sixty three, my Dad needed to be in the hospitable and off work for over six months, hip probs and deadly cancer run in my family. realplayerr doesn't work, i lost my best shirt and have huge Luther Prep exams up tomorrow. Can someone quote hamlet for me(Keep it clean,please):lol:

So i'm being direspectful, to a women that lived to 101, lived life in Luxury since she was born, and never really had a worry in the world, dieing was probebly the worst thing she ever experiened.

Dieing? Dieing is not a bad thing as most people i know think it is very bad, i think that when you die it should be something to rejoice about.

Like i've said before, i think that if there is a meaning of life then it would be to die, while living a life the way you want it, im sure she did and she died peacefully and did live a very good life, what a lucky woman.

Alcar...

I agree Alcar. Most funerals are done in bad taste, the whole 'Black' thing and stuff and crying and upsetness...i mean...why!? Thats why...at my funeral i am going to have 'YMCA' played and also 'Always look on the bright side of life' (The 'Life of Brian' version) Also, i am gonna have some very hunky men who will carry my white coffin into the Herse and drive away. Also, the herse is gonna be Pink...actually...no...thats taking it too far. But its gonna be a good funeral.

You could also add:

1) - Your dillusional.
2) - Your scary.
3) - Your going to be living with your parents at the age of 35.

Mmm
 

Statikk, I'm sure if you really wanted us to all morn your losses we could do so. Come on brothers, let's dig deep.

Being depresed isn't the point, neither really is feeling sorry for her. She's dead. She couldn't care less. But think of her family and the millions of people who loved her - their lives have been interrupted by an inevitable and natural but heartbreaking event.

She hardly lived a life of luxury, although I suppose she never had to worry about going bankrupt (but keep in mind the royal family has to pay to live in Buckingham Palace). And nothing to worry about? I dunno, World War Two was a bit of a worry. Her husband's death probably caught her attention. She's had more troubles than the average family - the Royals are famous for being a family you can look up to and forget your own problems because there's are much worse.

And since when does a 'snooty brit' not deserve your respect? I suppose you just shrugged off September the 11th, turned the other way from the Afghan Crisis and merely stuck you finger in your ear and wiggled it when anything bad ever happened to someone else. Oh, and by the way, she wasn't snooty.

I think that is a particularly stupid thing to say.

For goodness sake, at the very least you could not ruin my thread.

My Veiw!
 

Well If u ask me (which you didn't but) I wouldn't care but even if I don't know them or hate them no way would I bad mouth a dead person. I have a story on it from Aol! *sniff*



A LONE piper has played a Highland lament as the Queen Mother's coffin was carried from a small Windsor chapel on its way to the capital.

The Dark Island lament, played by Queen's Piper Jim Motherwell, was one of the Queen Mother's favourite tunes.

Draped in her personal royal standard, the coffin is being taken from the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Windsor to the Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in central London.

Undertakers are conveying the Queen Mother's coffin by road, in a black hearse, on a journey expected to take about 75 minutes.

In the cortege are the Queen Mother's Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and her private secretary, Sir Alastair Aird.

As the coffin arrives in central London, it passes through the Queen Elizabeth gates, dedicated to the Queen Mother, in Hyde Park.

Buckingham Palace staff are standing outside the north-centre gate at the front of the Palace to mark the passing of the coffin on its way to the Queen's Chapel.

Finally, the cortege drives past Clarence House, the Queen Mother's London residence, before coming to a halt in Marlborough Road outside the chapel.

The coffin is received in London by the Dean of the Chapels Royal, Bishop of London the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, and Sub Dean William Booth.

A short service of prayers is said after the coffin is in place on a catafalque before the chapel altar.

The coffin will rest at the Queen's Chapel until April 5 when it will be taken to Westminster Hall where the Queen Mother's body will lie-in-state until the funeral and interment in the George VI Memorial Chapel within St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

The next few days, before the public lying-in-state at Westminster, will allow members of the Royal Family, friends and personal staff to pay their private respects.


I have pictures as well once I figure out how to put them up!

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Re: Mmm
 

Having her daughter die of old age before her probably wasn't a high point in her life, either.

As an American, I pay only superficial attention to the British Royal family, but the Queen Mum struck me as a neat lady. She appeared to have a zest for life, and I think her smile was always genuine. It seems to me that some of the royals never smile at all.

The pooh-pooh, who cares about some old rich lady dying talk is really rude, disrespectful, and unwelcome. I'm not particularly well-read in a literary sense, so I can't say it's Shakespeare, although it could be from Julius Caesar, but someone famous once said or wrote "don't speak ill of the dead."

Is anyone else having trouble telling Jacob and Statikk apart from reading their posts?

Definately. And, yes, I think that was J.C., but I could be wrong.
The queen Mum was an amazing women who was really the last of her kind, a royal with some actual influence and real respect from officials in her day. Her passing is symbolic of something some might say happened a long time ago, the death of the "real" monarchy in england, as far as power goes. That's a few hundred years of history right there, in a country where the past is apparently VERY important to everyone (I swear, every frigging inn on the side of the rode in you people's country has been there since the last ice age. Ooh, sorry, musn't poke fun at the political ally...)

To the Queen Mother, Rest in Peace.

To those who've shown disrespect in this topic,


SCREW YOU!!!![SIZE=4]
Have some respect. Royals are important, despite the fact you're not!!

Wots that sposed to mean?

(1) - U have a point...well done.
(2) - U have jus' cut ur point into little pieces with a Scythe.
(3) - U are managing to re-built your point by stating this, as most people who have had no respect are...un-important losers.

Re: Right on Surfacing.
 

This is one of many abuse which I have heard on ths topic and I have had enough okay so ou might hate them...I am no fan myself but no need to write things like that. Imagine if you had a king or queen and they died at the age of 102 and other people were slagging them off. Now I have really tried to be nice and to leave the horrid rex Tirano behind when the forums moved but I thinks its just Bull Sh*t that you have any respect. For those who have annoyed me you are a bunch of bastar*s! *Rexy t turns into a monster* any one else want to critisise england???:mad: :mad: :fuzmad: :fuzmad:

I'm by no means a monarchist, but the royal family are real people just like us. The Queen's Mother was a good person, it's sad to see her go. What cut through me was seeing the Queen's expression of despair, her red eyes wet with tears. For someone who rarely expresses emotion, it was an interesting sight. She lost her sister a few months ago, now her mother dies. I felt sad for her, as I would for anyone else who loses a family member.

I can understand were the peeps who dont show any respect are coming from...they might have a reason...possibly cos look at the way Diana was treated by the Royals...but if they wernt showing respect jus cos they are arrogant...then...plah!!

Chris uses shorthand. Statikk just can't spell...

Just because you don't have any History... :p Anyway, at least we tell History as it is, not just in the way that reflects best on us... ;)

*feeds more fuel into the Anglo-American Racial Tensions...*

I regret that I didn't reply to this sooner. But I do think that the passing of the Queen is a very sad event. I thought she was a great woman.

And snooty Brits? Brits are hardly snooty. Only when Dan feeds that fire. ;)

And you don't? ;)

England sux. Canada is cleaner and neater and has better looking money and NO FRIGGIN" ROYALTY!!!!! Three cheers for Canada and, and, maybe half a cheer for england?

I'm sure the people of Englan wouldn't be pleased to hear that!

I've visited Englan and it's quite a nice place. Did you know they wear shoes on their hands and hamburgers eat people there?

Of all the Royals, I actually liked and respected the Queen Mum, and it's sad to see she's gone, if not totally unexpected... I feel a little sorry for the Royals, actually, as they have so little privacy in their lives they may as well be living in a fishbowl where everyone can see them and poke into their business... She was the end of an era - I don't think there's going to be anyone like her again, certainly not in the House of Windsor...

May she rest in peace.

Because Canada is primarily empty? Well, lots of forests, anyway... Having said that, you do have a point there... *grumbles at all the damn kids who think it's amusing to stab empty drinks cartons onto the railings around the parks in Bath - although the traffic cone on top of Laura Place fountain is pretty funny...*

Methinks someone has a chip on his shoulder... ;)

Now!
 

I'm pissed! Can we leave this to die or someone who annoyed me may be disapeering soon!:fuzmad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

You do realise most Americans hate you and have digs at you?

Englanders(most of 'em,anyway) are annoying and enjoy silly not funny shows like any show with a brit with a thick accent in it. Eh, do you see what i mean here, Eh. a canadian accent is funny and quaint, while most other accents are annoying. One more thing Canada, USA's neighbor to thenorth has going for!

I didn't understand a word of that, particularly:

Beg pardon??