# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/121 "2022-09-08T18:19:19Z")
What an amazing woman she was. So much grace and wisdom. Well done, Your Majesty. Rest In Peace now. ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/122 "2022-09-08T18:19:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > > > The queen is dead. > > > > [Ninja’d, of course] > > No, I think it was Natural Causes. That is just _exactly_ what they want you to think. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/123 "2022-09-08T18:19:38Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > God save the King. So, I know the national anthem will be slightly altered. But what about the Pistols song? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/124 "2022-09-08T18:20:07Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > 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. As do the $50 and $100 bills. She’s on all the coins, though. I guess Charles’ likeness will be on those, and the $20 bill at some point. But everything in circulation now will remain legal tender, of course. Heck, I was finding King George VI coins in pocket change up until the 1970s or so. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/125 "2022-09-08T18:20:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Maybe your experience has been different and an “expected” death did not cause you to blink a tear from your eye. Of course I find an expected death _upsetting and sad,_ but not a _surprise_. Of course her family is in mourning, and I expect her fans, but she is and always was a stranger to me. I feel sympathy for her family and sad at the passing of another human being, but nothing like I’d feel for the passing of a friend, family member, or even someone I actually personally knew as an mere acquaintance. ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/126 "2022-09-08T18:20:54Z")
Question for those in the UK; is there any regular programming on television or radio or is it all memorial stuff? (For that matter, I’ll bet that most US channels are doing wall-to-wall coverage.) ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/127 "2022-09-08T18:21:27Z")
They gonna have a big coronation with the carriage and everything? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/128 "2022-09-08T18:21:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 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. Someone on TV referred to her as “the nation’s favorite twinkly-eyed granny”. It’s strangely appropriate that someone of such worldly stature could also be seen in such human terms. > [@Lantern2](#): > > QE2’s last prime minister was born more than a 100 years after her first one (Churchill) which is rather astonishing. Since the U.S. declared independence, almost 250 years ago, England has had a queen more often than a king. The combined reigns of Victoria and Elizabeth II account for more than 130 years. ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/129 "2022-09-08T18:22:44Z")
the queen was a good and faithful servant, a life well lived. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/130 "2022-09-08T18:23:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Question for those in the UK; is there any regular programming on television or radio or is it all memorial stuff? I checked BBC America and they were still showing _Star Trek: TNG_, but as a cable channel they probably don’t have a news set and anchor they can go to for breaking news. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/131 "2022-09-08T18:24:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Question for those in the UK; is there any regular programming on television or radio or is it all memorial stuff? The main channels are all memorial stuff, and are likely to be all night. ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/132 "2022-09-08T18:25:00Z")
BBC America isn’t the same thing. Your cable system may have a BBC World News channel, which may be showing the coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/133 "2022-09-08T18:26:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > BBC America isn’t the same thing. I know, but I still thought it was worth a check. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/134 "2022-09-08T18:27:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I checked BBC America and they were still showing _Star Trek: TNG_, but as a cable channel they probably don’t have a news set and anchor they can go to for breaking news. Whereas, the BBC World News channel on cable is carrying the live coverage from the U.K. BBC. ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/135 "2022-09-08T18:29:03Z")
The funeral is probably going to be quite a big event, with leaders from around the world visiting. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/136 "2022-09-08T18:29:25Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > They gonna have a big coronation with the carriage and everything? Yep, and hopefully King Charles wont be cavalier about it. That might dog him during his reign. ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/137 "2022-09-08T18:30:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The funeral is probably going to be quite a big event, with leaders from around the world visiting. Including Russia? ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/138 "2022-09-08T18:31:21Z")
I’m sure he’ll be a good boy. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/139 "2022-09-08T18:32:19Z")
As always, the SDMB is my main go-to for major news events. First heard about it here, and have been following it all morning. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212/140 "2022-09-08T18:32:48Z")
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