"London Bridge is Falling"

[Borderlands]

Keep an eye on the Royals

[Sammy7nil]

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Keep an eye on the Royals

Yeah Hecky and Official Hibs twitte r just tweeted it too

[Torto7]

What's this then?

[Pretty Boy]

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What's this then?

The code for when the Queen dies is 'London Bridge has fallen'.

My guess is a rumour that she is ill. Nothing coming up on social media that I can see though. I believe if it happens after a certain time in the evening nothing is reported until 8am.

[Torto7]

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The code for when the Queen dies is 'London Bridge has fallen'.

My guess is a rumour that she is ill. Nothing coming up on social media that I can see though. I believe if it happens after a certain time in the evening nothing is reported until 8am.

Thanks mate. I've never heard of that before. I'm no fan of the monarchy but I do think the current Queen carries out her role extremely well. I'd be sad to hear of her passing.

[Keith_M]

I take it this is just a wind up.

[Billy Whizz]

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Yeah Hecky and Official Hibs twitte r just tweeted it too

Don’t think they have

[Keith_M]

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Thanks mate. I've never heard of that before. I'm no fan of the monarchy but I do think the current Queen carries out her role extremely well. I'd be sad to hear of her passing.

What's that ? Being a moody faced auld (so-and-so) and lording it over us lesser mortals?

[Torto7]

The only thing I could find on twitter was some conspiracy stuff about London Bridge has fallen down and the Epstein case. Some seem to think something big will happen to try and distract people. Sounds like pish to me.

[Torto7]

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What's that ? Being a moody faced auld (so-and-so) and lording it over us lesser mortals?

Her way with people and her professionalism, she's quite charismatic imo.

I'm no fan of the monarchy btw. I'd be quite happy for Scotland to be republican.

[Hibs4185]

If the queen dies, all the terrestrial television channels have to stop broadcasting immediately and go to an emergency news bulletin.

The rest of the immediate royals have to go to a bulletin after the programme has ended I think.

I’d imagine if she was unwell then the news channels would’ve picked up on it by now

[Pretty Boy]

As an aside looking at twitter it's amazing how many people don't know what London Bridge is or what it looks like.

Every other picture is someone standing next to Tower Bridge with the caption 'London Bridge'.

[Moulin Yarns]

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/...143444481?s=19

[Fife-Hibee]

She's been unwell for some time. Her mind is deteriorating rapidly.

[Keith_M]

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She's been unwell for some time. Her mind is deteriorating rapidly.

Mine anaw...

[Killiehibbie]

Ring a roses is better as they all fall down.

[Cataplana]

If the worst happens will we still have Netflix, or should I start recording programmes, to get me through the period of mourning?

[Hiber-nation]

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She's been unwell for some time. Her mind is deteriorating rapidly.

How do you know?

[steakbake]

I can’t wait to see monarchists debating who should be next. Like they get to choose.

[Pretty Boy]

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I can’t wait to see monarchists debating who should be next. Like they get to choose.

I always love pointing that out to them.

'Oh I'd like it to be William next, Charles is just too weird/old/unsuitable'

Sorry that's not how it works. If you support a system of hereditary privilege then you don't get to choose. You take what you are given.

[The Modfather]

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If the worst happens will we still have Netflix, or should I start recording programmes, to get me through the period of mourning?

I’ve already bought my copy of Candle In The Wind to play on repeat if their is bad bews

[JeMeSouviens]

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I always love pointing that out to them.

'Oh I'd like it to be William next, Charles is just too weird/old/unsuitable'

Sorry that's not how it works. If you support a system of hereditary privilege then you don't get to choose. You take what you are given.

Hah, tell that to Charles I

[NAE NOOKIE]

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I always love pointing that out to them.

'Oh I'd like it to be William next, Charles is just too weird/old/unsuitable'

Sorry that's not how it works. If you support a system of hereditary privilege then you don't get to choose. You take what you are given.

As part of my duty as a dedicated republican I have felt the need now and again to troll, sorry I mean monitor, the odd royal family fans web page and it is truly astonishing how they don't see the contradiction. It is an absolute fact that female royalists especially want to see Charles binned and succession pass directly to darling Wills.

They don't seem to be able to grasp that if you subscribe to inherited status and position as a concept you don't get to choose the next in line as if it was big brother or love island

[Mixu62]

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As part of my duty as a dedicated republican I have felt the need now and again to troll, sorry I mean monitor, the odd royal family fans web page and it is truly astonishing how they don't see the contradiction. It is an absolute fact that female royalists especially want to see Charles binned and succession pass directly to darling Wills.

They don't seem to be able to grasp that if you subscribe to inherited status and position as a concept you don't get to choose the next in line as if it was big brother or love island

Unless Charles has an important meeting involving a drunk driver and paparazzi in a Paris tunnel or something...oh wait, they've already used that one.

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Thanks mate. I've never heard of that before. I'm no fan of the monarchy but I do think the current Queen carries out her role extremely well. I'd be sad to hear of her passing.

A sentiment echoed by the media endlessly and by people who wouldn't claim to be particularly royalist as well. From my point of view I couldn't give a toss how good a job she has done or does … The fact is that the 'job' she has shouldn't exist in a modern democratic society … I dare say there are slum landlords out there who are very good at what they do, that doesn't mean their existence should be encouraged.

Having said that. The current incumbent at the top of Royal Family Ltd undoubtedly enjoys unparalleled personal popularity, even with folk who are at best ambivalent to the idea of the royals, that popularity has buffered the institution from a rise in republican sentiment. Once Charles takes over the 'job' that will no longer be the case, as popular as she is he isn't and perhaps hopefully that will enable a proper discussion as to why we have the utterly ridiculous situation where the position of head of state is dependant on an accident of birth.

Not to mention the utter contradiction of the fact that the king or queen is not only head of state of a secular country but also the head of the Church of England, leading to a situation where the prime minister ( lets leave aside who he is for the moment ) is put in a position where he cant take his partner to Balmoral because the head of the C of E cant be seen to sanction two unmarried but consenting adults sharing a bed under her roof.

Which also brings to mind of course the ridiculous situation that the head of state of this secular country by virtue of the fact that he or she is also head of the church of England must subscribe to and perpetuate a situation which bars 10% of the country's population from the position of head of state, if they were to convert to Catholicism or marry a Catholic …. By having a member of the royal family as head of state a country which purports to abhor discrimination and bigotry enshrines it in law.

[Frazerbob]

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As an aside looking at twitter it's amazing how many people don't know what London Bridge is or what it looks like.

Every other picture is someone standing next to Tower Bridge with the caption 'London Bridge'.

Including American oil tycoon Robert P McCulloch who bought the original London Bridge, had shipped to Arizona piece by piece, rebuilt it then realised it was the wrong bridge!

[heretoday]

For a lot of baby boomers the Queen holds a special meaning. She was in situ when we were born and she's still there, giving many of us some sense of permanence in these turbulent times.

There's every chance she'll be there after some of us have gone too if she lives as long as her mother!

[danhibees1875]

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I always love pointing that out to them.

'Oh I'd like it to be William next, Charles is just too weird/old/unsuitable'

Sorry that's not how it works. If you support a system of hereditary privilege then you don't get to choose. You take what you are given.

I don't really know much about the family or how it works, but I was under the impression that there was a reasonable chance Charles would pass on the opportunity to be king given his age.

[Pretty Boy]

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I don't really know much about the family or how it works, but I was under the impression that there was a reasonable chance Charles would pass on the opportunity to be king given his age.

He can make that decision but only he can. None of us subjects get a say.

I watched the documentary about him on his 70th birthday and he seemed very sure then that he still had a duty to do and would be taking up his position.

Anyway it's after 8am so London Bridge obviously survived the night.

[Future17]

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She's been unwell for some time. Her mind is deteriorating rapidly.

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How do you know?

She agreed with one of his posts.