# Breaking - The Queen is unwell (has died): 8 Sep 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212 "2022-09-08T11:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/101 "2022-09-08T18:02:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Whatever you may think about the value or absurdity of her position, the Queen fulfilled her duty with grace, dignity, and strength. I’m sorry for her family, and extend my condolences to the, our British Dopers, and the entire United Kingdom. I can wholeheartedly concur. I’m a staunch small ‘r’ republican and I detest nobility, but she has gained all my respect with the way she incorporated her position. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/102 "2022-09-08T18:03:10Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Her face isn’t just on the UK money and postage stamps, but all over the world! I wonder how long before Canada starts issuing coins with Charles’ likeness? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/103 "2022-09-08T18:03:25Z")
Prior to being Edward Wessex, her youngest son was credited on TV as Edward Windsor. So not the last Windsor per se. And I suppose that whoever starts issuing official likenesses like coins and stamps may have to wait until an official likeness has been approved by the Crown. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/104 "2022-09-08T18:04:05Z")
Was wondering the same. Quick Googling suggests the QEII bills and coins will remain in regular circulation and gradually replaced as they become worn out. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/105 "2022-09-08T18:04:34Z")
This is the break the Cromwell campaign has waited for! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/106 "2022-09-08T18:05:28Z")
Maybe they’ll break with that tradition and feature a Canadian hero. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/107 "2022-09-08T18:06:55Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Maybe they’ll break with that tradition and feature a Canadian hero I’d wager a hundred Gretzkies that doesn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/108 "2022-09-08T18:07:33Z")
Geez that escalated quickly. Hope there was time for the family to say goodbye. RIP Queen Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/109 "2022-09-08T18:07:53Z")
I’m a British national (not subject, since I now have different citizenship) who never had much use for the monarchy, though I never thought it should be abolished. I mourn her passing. I think Charles will do a bit better as King than he did as heir. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/110 "2022-09-08T18:10:42Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The consensus on reddit is that she probably passed at least a couple of hours ago, and that the plans for revealing her death basically call for letting the news out slowly in this sort of manner. The reporters seem to know she’s dead and are trying not to let it slip. IIRC the British media have long had plans in place for the queen’s death. All sorts of pre-prepared content and a plan to roll it out. It may well be they delayed the news to be ready but in the end I doubt and hour or two matters. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/111 "2022-09-08T18:11:37Z")
I read someplace that upon being hired as a newsreader, people are expected to get a black suit tailored and kept at the office, just in case this sort of thing happens. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/112 "2022-09-08T18:12:05Z")
The PM just referred to the King as Charles III ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/113 "2022-09-08T18:12:15Z")
oh! the prime minister just announced charles the third! ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/114 "2022-09-08T18:12:19Z")
QE2’s last prime minister was born more than a 100 years after her first one (Churchill) which is rather astonishing. It’s quite likely that she met more important people than anyone in world history. I suspect that she was a fairly shrewd judge of character so it’s a pity that we will never know her candid opinion about them. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/115 "2022-09-08T18:12:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This is the break the Cromwell campaign has waited for! They’ll have to fight it out with the Jacobites. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/116 "2022-09-08T18:13:03Z")
AIUI Charles became king the instant his mother died. The coronation is a formality that will happen later. I’m not sure whether he picks his name (Charles III) or if it is foisted on him. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/117 "2022-09-08T18:14:20Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Maybe they’ll break with that tradition and feature a Canadian hero. Actually, many (not all) denominations of Canadian paper currency have featured Canadian prime ministers for many years. Looking through my wallet just now, the Queen’s image is only on the $20. The $10 and $5 have Canadian prime ministers. P.S.- listening to the CNN stream in the background just now, it appears that Charles will be styled King Charles III. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/118 "2022-09-08T18:16:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > When it happens I am expecting people to act surprised and shocked, and why they would is beyond me. She’s a very old lady in declining health, what exactly do they expect? What I learned when my husband died after years of illness and 10 days in ICU was that even when it is expected, it’s still a shock to the system when a loved one dies. And I believe Queen Elizabeth was loved. Maybe your experience has been different and an “expected” death did not cause you to blink a tear from your eye? \ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/119 "2022-09-08T18:16:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I read someplace that upon being hired as a newsreader, people are expected to get a black suit tailored and kept at the office, just in case this sort of thing happens. I watched this (5 minute) video on [“Operation London Bridge”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-u5nd2GqNE) a few years ago. It quickly covers what all happens when she dies. I believe it mentions that. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/120 "2022-09-08T18:18:29Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > The queen is dead. > > [Ninja’d, of course] No, I think it was Natural Causes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212.md?page=7)