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u/jpc_00 1d ago
I understand the sentiment, but at no time during the last three years has the UK been without The Queen. They've been without Elizabeth II, but they've had The King and The Queen. The latter's name is Camilla.
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u/UKScreenDramaLeaker 1d ago
Of course, everyone understands Camilla has the title. But Elizabeth II wasn’t just a queen, she was The Queen. For 70 years she defined the role, the crown, and the country itself. Camilla may be styled as Queen, but history and the public will always reserve that title for Elizabeth.
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u/Xilizhra 1d ago
She was quite good at the parts of her job that weren't raising children. Though I suppose British aristocrats barely even see their own children.
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u/Claire-Belle 13h ago
I don't think that's quite the thing it used to be. It wasn't even as much of a thing when the Queen was growing up as it had been for her parents' generation. But of course, she became Queen very young and its more than a full-time job.
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u/Cyrano4747 1d ago
Good. Royalty is for idiots.
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u/LemmysCodPiece 1d ago
I don't think it is good that a person has died. But I agree that being subservient to a person that has been appointed by a deity, that very few people actually believe in, is an outmoded concept that is designed to keep the hard of thinking in line.
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u/EdgewaterPE 1d ago
A remarkable queen that was the embodiment of an iron hand in a velvet glove that remained committed to duty and responsibility to her people.