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Vale H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
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Author:  Seejay [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 4:53 am ]
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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the second has passed away a short time ago in Scotland.

Fair skies and a following sea to the very epitome of a Monarch, one who held fast to her beliefs through some terrible times.
Author:  Hippy Chippy [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:14 am ]
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There are no words I can utter to match the flood of tributes to Her Majesty :queen: Queen Elizabeth II at her passing earlier this morning, our time, suffice to say, to all who served in her name, today marks the...
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Author:  BC [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:28 am ]
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While many world leaders just use the position of power and become tyrants, our Queen has always been a stabilising influence across the commonwealth and never used her power for any evil.

RIP Lillibet

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Author:  Pony [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 9:20 am ]
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A job very well done with great pride, aplomb and often enjoyment in sometimes difficult times. BZ!

Vale your majesty, RIP with your beloved Prince Phillip, and thankyou for your selfless service. :tear:
Author:  Peter Ferris [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:01 am ]
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Vale Your Majesty.RIP
Author:  DirtyDiesel [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:14 am ]
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Vale Her Majesty QE2

First saw you in Perth in 1954 when you did your first Royal Tour of Australia

Proud to have served you

Charles Britt JP
Author:  Graeme Rhodes [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:21 am ]
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:tear:
Author:  BC [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:33 am ]
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What an impressive display of royal pageantry we witnessed. This was really special, memorable and terribly sad ......... The end of an era.
Author:  topjars [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:48 am ]
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They know how to pomp and ceremony don’t they? :crusader:
A couple of things I noticed, its very hard to march not swinging your arms; those lads will have sore hips this morning.
The pall bearers also done a splendid job, they were my heroes. Walking down stairs not looking where you are putting your feet (in unison) with 7 other people carrying a coffin takes skill.

I thought Charles may have ceded the throne to William; personally I don’t think he has it in him for the long haul, particularly if he mirrors his mother’s dedication.
Author:  Hippy Chippy [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:33 pm ]
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I reckon you may be right, Gary, regarding Prince :joker: William being offered an early shot as King :king: and the chance of a long reign, :yess: even thought HM :queen: QE2 might have suggested it to HM :king: CR3
before she passed... [-o<

=; Despite having long harboured a soft spot for Her Majesty :notworthy: Queen Elizabeth :queen: The Second, I must confess that I'm suffering from 'Monarch :king: Overload' :terrified: bordering on the claustrophobic,
as a result of the almost non-stop TV coverage :tv: of every aspect of HM :queen: QE2's long life... :roll:

After a few days of boring, repetitive, trivial drivel, [-( I decided instead that I'd just watch the actual funeral itself :sleep1: to feel part of it all... :happy:

Sadly, even that got to me after a while, #-o O.K., so nobody does pomp and ceremony better than the Poms, :kick: and the crowds were impressive, :wav:
but I found myself repeatedly hitting 'freeze =; frame' every time a long-distance overhead drone shot captured the gun carriage, in an effort to count :captain: that there were in fact the reported 140 RN
sailors towing/ slowing the coffin... I counted 40 'braking', but was never satisfied that there were, in fact, 100 pulling (I got to about 96, did they include the accompanying Officers/ NCOs ...?) :dontknow:

Then the Chippy in me kicked in, :yess: wondering :-k when the ceremonial Royal Orb and Sceptre were going to fall/ roll off the coffin... :omg1: Surely they wouldn't have perforated a Royal :givein: Standard
and then punched holes in Her :queen: Maj's coffin to fit mountings..? [-( And when exactly was the Royal Jeweller going to remove them prior to the internment...? And how were they planning on 'interring' the
coffin in plain sight anyway...? :dontknow: All was revealed in due course... =; They HAD drilled through the Royal Standard :roll: and into the coffin #-o with mountings for the Orb and Sceptre (scrap one slightly
damaged Royal Standard, that'll end up on Ebay...) :happy2:
:-k Well, I'd like to think it's all behind us and they'll give HM :king: CR3 a fair go, =; but I doubt it very much and I suspect that the 'overkill' of recent days will have done more to prompt Australians :aust: to
re-consider a Republic, :boomerang: than :angry9: Malcolm Turnbull and that red-bandana-clad-bikie :swear1: wanker :bike2: could ever have done...! :snap:
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