The Queen is Dead!

catalog

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It was all a bit muted in the end, up here, dunno about other places. Saw a few people in weird fancy dress, and some adverts for dance dress parties are still about. So, on the level of nye or Halloween.

That meades article is a fun read but he doesnt really explain their appeal
 

catalog

Well-known member
Just started reading a few other LRB articles and I miss it... I used to get it in print but there would be a pile of unread ones, but maybe I should start up a sub again. Is it cia funded tho, or something like that?
 

william_kent

Well-known member
Operation London Bridge about to go into action?

The most elaborate plans are for what happens if she passes away at Balmoral, where she spends three months of the year. This will trigger an initial wave of Scottish ritual. First, the Queen’s body will lie at rest in her smallest palace, at Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, where she is traditionally guarded by the Royal Company of Archers, who wear eagle feathers in their bonnets. Then the coffin will be carried up the Royal Mile to St Giles’s cathedral, for a service of reception, before being put on board the Royal Train at Waverley station for a sad progress down the east coast mainline. Crowds are expected at level crossings and on station platforms the length of the country – from Musselburgh and Thirsk in the north, to Peterborough and Hatfield in the south – to throw flowers on the passing train. (Another locomotive will follow behind, to clear debris from the tracks.)
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
The irritation of having to deal with the priapic honey monster one more time must have finally done her in.
 

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
I have to admit, not knowing how mental the country is going to go if she finally does cark it is making me pretty tense. Like, we're meant to be off on holiday next Friday - are we all going to be confined to our houses wailing and rending our garments at that point?
 

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
I have to admit, not knowing how mental the country is going to go if she finally does cark it is making me pretty tense. Like, we're meant to be off on holiday next Friday - are we all going to be confined to our houses wailing and rending our garments at that point?

I’d prescribe

 
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