Queen Elizabeth II dies

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591247#Comment_119591247

WTF

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591208#Comment_119591208

Yep their anthem, money and many other things will change at some point.

BorneTobyWilde

Hinting at a 6pm statement on BBC

jmayo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591243#Comment_119591243

ahh fecking heel they didn't even allow him rest in peace when he died, even in death he is secondary to her.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591270#Comment_119591270

PWell they were saying that they’d have to put out a statement at some point which given who the person is and after the way people in the UK have reacted, they can’t just say nothing.

dd973

Isn't there a foreign affairs forum this should be under, what's it got to do with us? Genuine question, not being arsey.

sligeach

Pathetic opening headline on Ireland's Six One News. There are real problems and important things going on in the world.

awec

The BBC coverage is absurd, they are trying too hard to act like they know nothing!

Theyre all decked out in black ffs!

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591291#Comment_119591291

Well this forum is current affairs which this would be.

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591124#Comment_119591124

...and the helicopters to Balmoral, don't forget the helicopters. 🙂

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591294#Comment_119591294

Well didn’t they get criticism for not being ready when the queen mother died ? They got caught on the hop at some stage.

Beechwoodspark

a journo on RTÉ was saying no further announcements until Harry is in balmoral.

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591321#Comment_119591321

Then, my guess Harry’s arrival + maybe an hour, then we’ll get that announcement.

Then they’ll announce she’s either dead, near death or possibly in a coma.

robinph

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591232#Comment_119591232

Huh?

HM Customs becomes HM Customs. Nothing needs to change.

Passports would have Her written rather than His and the picture on stamps and coins will change at some point as well as post boxes. But they won't be in any rush. Stamps are all changing this year anyway so they will have to use up that stock before issuing any Charles ones.

Gael23

Even if she’s not dead it doesn’t sound like she’s too long for this world

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591015#Comment_119591015

If you're going to continue lying, this is pointless. I'm not wasting any more time on this.

Panrich

Looks like they're just waiting for Harry to roll up to the gates of Balmoral in an uber.

thomil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591337#Comment_119591337

The full name is Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, so yeah, any documents or signage using the full name will eventually have to be updated. Other organisations with similar names will similarly have to „rebrand“ in time.

As I said, the Royal Navy is lucky, as the HMS prefix for commissioned RN vessels will continue to be applicable either way. I‘m not aware of any official use of the non-abbreviated phrase Her Majesty’s Ship, so that shouldn‘t cause too much work.

pipelaser

Maybe it will be 'they' instead of 'him', given the time we live in

Lucy8080

Lady Colin Campbell has put up a youtube video in which she says "...I am reliably informed that the Queen died at 14:37 this afternoon"

McFly85

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591292#Comment_119591292

Shes a deceased head of state, it is news. If Joe Biden was in a similar position I’m sure they would lead with that.

You can not like the monarchy while also appreciating the death of the head of the family is newsworthy?

Confirmed now on Sky

Weepsie

She's been called dead on 2 channels. CNN and bloomberg

Rawr

And there you have it, death now confirmed

Zebra3

Flag lowered. Slán.

Spanish Eyes

Could be Lazarus Liz. I remember when my grandmother was dying, all her children were gathering from all corners and were around her bed praying. She got a second wind as many near death do, and sat up, ate and drank something for the first time in four or five days and chatted to everyone. Died the next morning though bless her. She was a very young member of Cumann na mBan but secretly loved reading about and looking at photos of the Royal Family. Her name was Eileen and we slagged her for years after the Coronation of the Queen that she even had the same name albeit hers was the Irish version.

They are waiting for Harry. Won't be long now, unless he takes the scenic route to Balmoral as an act of defiance or something.

Spanish Eyes

Just announced now.

amdublin

RIP

SEPT 23 1989

This is history

The Mighty Quinn

RTE website leads with it, yet BBC website still reads about her ill health, weird

Sudden Valley

Be interesting to compare the mourning to the queen with the same for princess Di. Id say the death of the queen will have a far larger effect on the monarchy

ancapailldorcha

RIP.

Rawr

BBC stream crashing, but got in eventually. They are calling Charles, «King» now. It’s wierd to be on the other side of this…

Weepsie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591292#Comment_119591292

It's the headline story on pretty much every media outlet. From rate to Bloomberg to arise and al Jazeera. Everywhere

Cork Lass

I Liked her and I'm sad that she has died. Wouldn't have any time for the rest of them.

Be right back

It's the end of an era really. Here in Edinburgh airport and news slowly getting through.

ChickenDish

RIP Liz, you had a good run

RIP. The mother of the British people for the past 70 years, and a great woman. There will be raw feelings in millions of homes in the UK tonight because her death symbolizes the formal passing of the WW2 generation and twentieth century Britain.

lawred2

Great opportunity over the next while to determine the servile amongst us

DrumSteve

Whether or not you agree with Royalty and more specifically, The British Royals, there is no doubt she has served her country for literally her entire adult life to the best of her abilities.

I reckon that's it now for the royals, the slow descent into irrelevance continues.

RIP.

Strazdas

I feel surprisingly sad - that was a real lump in the throat moment when they announced it.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591193#Comment_119591193

What a ridiculously silly post.

walshb

Very sad day for many people. A life long commitment to duty…

Tazium

RIP

Beasty

RIP

SuperBowserWorld

End of an era. Rip.

Beasty

sligeach threadbanned

Panrich

She was a part of history and a constant in all our lives, no matter what your opinions of her or the monarchy. This is especially true for those of us on the older side.

_Kaiser_

RIP.

Some of the posts above though!

Loafing Oaf

Mad to think she was doing the 'kissing hands' thing with the other Elizabeth just a few days ago. when you get to that age I guess things can go downhill very fast...

Wibbs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591417#Comment_119591417

Diana was very of the 90's, of Cool Britiannia and all that, a bit of a flash in the pan in the public mind. High emotion that hits that hard that fast, tends to die off just as quickly.

Elizabeth II, one of their greatest monarchs* in a time of rapid change unheard of in history and known by generations of British people as a constant fixture in their cultural lives will have a much bigger legacy than an unseemly sideshow like Diana** and her passing a much greater effect.

*not a high bar to be fair, but she defo jumped it. Not unlike her earlier namesake.

**tbh I always though Diana a right whinge