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BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:53 pm

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

Gob wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:23 pm

R.I.P. your majesty, thank you for your many years of service.

liberty wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:09 pm

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:53 pm

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

I would not want a sovereign, but there is something sad about this. She was a good woman who tried her best to serve her people faithfully.

liberty wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:09 pm

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:53 pm

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

I would not want a sovereign, but there is something sad about this. She was a good woman who tried her best to serve her people faithfully.

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:53 pm

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Regnant

When a woman inherits the crown in her own right, she is a ‘Queen Regnant.’ She reigns by right of birth and has the same powers and responsibilities as a King.

In English history there have been six undisputed Queen Regnants: Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II.

Scotland has been reigned over by five Queen Regnants – Mary Queen of Scots, Mary II, Anne, Queen Victoria, and the present Queen.


Queen Consort

This is the most common kind of Queen in history. The wife of a King. In the British system, she is ‘Her Majesty the Queen’ and signs ‘R’ for ‘Regina’ after her name – exactly as a Queen Regnant would.


Queen Dowager

A former Queen Consort whose husband is dead. In the British system she is rarely known as ‘Queen Dowager.’ Instead she uses ‘Queen first name’. For example, the widow of George V was known as Her Majesty Queen Mary during the reign of her sons and granddaughter. She is still a Queen. But she is no longer the Queen.


Queen Mother

When a Dowager Queen is the mother of the reigning monarch, they are often informally known as ‘Queen Mother.’ It is rarely an official style. But it was from 1952 – 2002. Because of confusion potentially arising from the presence of two Queen Elizabeths at the same time, the mother of the current Queen officially assumed the style ‘Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.’ However, servants and those ‘close’ to her referred to her simply as ‘Queen Elizabeth.’

It is important to note, that the mother of monarch cannot be given Queen Mother status is she were never a Queen herself. As such the mothers of Edward IV, Henry VII and Queen Victoria were never styled as ‘Queen Mother’. Though in the case of the first two, they were effectively treated as such.


Queen Regent

These are rare. If a King were absent for a period of time, he may leave his wife in charge. As such, she would become ‘Queen Regent’ and exercise the Royal prerogative on his behalf.

The style would typically only last a few weeks. Both Katherine of Aragon and Katherine Parr enjoyed this distinction during the reign of Henry VIII.

There are occasions where the arrangement lasts longer. Mary de Guise was Queen Regent of Scotland during the long minority of her daughter.

It is highly unlikely that we will ever see another Queen Regent in the UK. The creation of ‘Councillors of State’ removes the need for short-term regency. Were a regency ever required to deal with an under-age or incapacitated monarch, law dictates that this role should go to the next adult in the line of succession. A Queen Consort could never be that person.

Enraged Brits pelted eggs at a fish and chip shop after the restaurant's owner posted a video online celebrating the death Queen Elizabeth II.

Jaki Fish and Chip Shop, in Muir of Ord, was targeted after owner Jacki Pickett shared a clip of her popping and spraying champagne shortly after Her Majesty's passing.

Ms Pickett also held up a chalkboard sign reading: 'Lizard Liz Dead and London Bridge has fallen.'

The apparent anti-monarchist's post prompted a large group of residents to gather outside the business in protest as they booed and berrated Ms Pickett.

Police were called to disperse the crowd and were forced to close the shop amid concerns for the owner's safety.

While millions around the world were mourning the death of the 96-year-old monarch, provocateurs were within hours of her death mocking the outpouring of grief - in some of the most esteemed publications in the United States.

One Pennsylvania professor even said she hoped the queen's final hours of pain would 'be excruciating.'

Jeff Bezos was among those condemning her now-deleted tweet.

The ridicule of her reign was led by Tirhakah Love, senior newsletter writer for New York Magazine.

'For 96 years, that colonizer has been sucking up the Earth's resources,' he wrote in his Thursday evening newsletter.

He added: 'You can't be a literal oppressor and not expect the people you've oppressed not to rejoice on news of your death.'