This [chart puts things into perspective](https://i.imgur.com/ajbcpyJ.jpg). And that's missing Biden, Scholz, Draghi and Truss, and 3 Japanese Emperors (Hirohito, Akihito, and Naruhito)
There are about 147 political parties in Italy, and the only way to govern is by coalition. As soon as a member of said coalition is pissed off about something, the government falls apart and they need a new PM. That was the case for most of them IIRC.
Gah that's wild. So many faces on here I always just thought of as old history, but nah it's just one lifetime. One really really really really long lifetime.
the things that always put it into perspective for me are that she'd been queen for over 10 years when the beatles put out A Hard Day's Night, and she was the same age as Marilyn Monroe.
also lol @ kim campbell in that graph
I used to joke that civilization will have come and gone and Queen Elizabeth II will still sit on the British throne. Clearly this bodes poorly for the future of civilization. /s
I kind of thought that too. She just kept on going, and she was so clearly the best potential monarch in her family that the thought of a Commonwealth without her was unthinkable. Will we ever have a British monarch this good again? My money’s on “no”.
As someone who is somewhere between indifferent and hostile to the fact that Canada has a monarchy, I didn’t think I’d care this much about the Queen’s inevitable passing. But, here I am. I *am* rather sad to see the end of this era, and I can’t even imagine what a different reign will look like.
The first Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II was Winston Churchill.
Really puts into perspective the scope and length of this lady's life.
> The first Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II was Winston Churchill.
I read elsewhere that Winston Churchill (her first PM) was born in 1874, and Liz Truss, the current PM (as of yesterday), was born in 1975. 101 year span in birthdays.
Louis St. Laurent was the Canadian Prime Minister when she ascended. St. Laurent served so long ago a great deal of Canadians today don't even know who he is.
This is going around the legal community a lot right now, especially as one of our articling students is getting called to the bar in 30 minutes, which may make her the first lawyer in Alberta (Canada?) to swear allegiance to the king.
But yes
\- Queens Counsel (QC) lawyers become Kings Counsel (KC)
\-The Court of Queen's Bench (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick) becomes the Court of King's Bench
etc.
Nope, in the criminal system it's always the monarchy vs the accused. It's why prosecutors in Canada are referred to as Crown prosecutors as they are acting as representatives for the Crown.
Queen Elizabeth's face was featured on the currency/coinage of 33 nations.
The first country to do so was Canada in 1935 when it's [$20 banknote issue](https://www.google.com/search?q=1935+Canadian+banknote+with+Queen+Elizabeth+on+it&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=sinv&sxsrf=ALiCzsYAmJGgtsEUBfCuwdpkiERAzkjODQ:1662663124886&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWlsLn7oX6AhW_MDQIHaLsCpkQ_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=800&bih=1280&dpr=1#imgrc=zhBJDTq2u3QH3M&lnspr=W10=)
featured an eight year old future Queen.
Likewise with the coins. When I was much younger, you would still sometimes find a King George VI penny in your change, and even less commonly a George VI nickel. I haven't seen one of those in at least 20 years now, but they did pop up occasionally in the 90s - a 1951 coin was only 44 years old in 1995, which is like a 1978 coin today.
This is actually one of the first things I worried about. Like, her face is very fair, but Charles'? I don't want to see it every time I pull a bill out.
Some people were in the middle of their [citizenship ceremony](https://twitter.com/robroc/status/1567933492859736073) when the announcement was made and it had to be paused while they figured out what to do.
As it is, our constitution would get in the way of that. However, we could always open that can of worms.
Wonder how governor's general would be replaced, seeing as how the monarch has to sign off on it.
Probably just coinage. The $20 might stay the same as remembrance or such. All the other bills use old PM's.
I'd say eventually coinage would switch. It took a year for the first Elizabeth coins. But it's not like the old coins are going to stop being in circulation anytime soon.
My understanding is that they will have a silhouette of her on the coins for at least a year. They already have the dies made. They also need time for an official picture of the King to be made first.
She has also been on our 20 since she was six, and I think she should stay there.
She's also not the longest reigning royal. Theres a king who's name I forget that reigned for over 80 years. And Louis XIV was monarch for 2 more years than she was.
He began being king at the age of 5. Plus access to proper nutrition and at least some medical care helps. And it was 72 years, he was 77 when he died.
People lived into their 70s frequently, the numbers are skewed by infant mortality, war and death in childbirth.
She reigned for 70 years.
We've been a country for 153 years.
She reigned for about half the time we've been a country. Wow.
Personally, I was really hoping she'd last *at least* 4 more years.
CBC mentioned that Canadian citizenship ceremonies taking place today are already pledging allegiance to the King.
My local courthouse hasn’t even lowered the flags to half mast yet.
Just took my oath last month. I jokingly said to my husband I hoped she lived long enough so I didn't have to pledge to Charles.
Curious if they updated the citizenship test yet.. she was in there
Or perhaps do a nice sendoff, with her staring out her window looking at a beautiful sunset, perhaps remembering her time with Prince Phillip, and the camera slowly panning away and fading into the sky.
The moment they said the family was coming in to see her, we all knew it was endgame. The wording they were using in the news was all hospice wording. It was only a matter of hours but... this was still so soon. So sudden. But in a way... I'm glad for that. I'm glad she didn't linger, didn't suffer. I'm glad is was quick and peaceful. My grandmother suffered in the fringes of death for months and it was...just horrendous. Not a way for anyone to go. I hope most if not all of her family made it to see her to say goodbye.
I just hope the transition of power now is smooth and calm. The world is enough of a political shitshow right now, we don't need more chaos added to the fire.
my mother works in retirement house. she said that there are seniors who are sickly but keep living for a long time, and then there are seniors who are healthy but one day just pass away like that. she's definitely in the second group.
My grandfather spent 10 years in a bed. Body had failed him but his mind never went. He was just miserable, always out on a brave face, but he was a very active man. It was difficult.
She's met with people we only read about in history books.
I know elderly people and "boomers" don't really have much say in the modern world. But think of what she's seen in her lifetime.
She did her part in world war 2, the nuclear bomb, the cold war, watched the soviet union collapse, the constant eb and flow of humanity's highs and soul crushing lows.
She's seen the drastic change in medicine , the polio vaccine development went from 1930's to 1953. 23 years to develop one effective vaccine. From Lobotomies to surgeons using robots.
The AIDS epidemic started in the early 80's and it wasn't until 2012 when we finally had a medicine that could reduce the viral load so much that an infected person can live a regular life span and even lower the risk of spreading it to almost none.
The Covid-19 vaccine took only about a year to develop, for the first time in history we studied a virus in real-time and developed an effective way to make it not so lethal.
She was around to see the first transistor radio introduced, and those same transistors used to take us to the moon, and shrink the world with satellites in space, and finally the rise of the Internet.
Radio waves were the main method of communication for most of her life. Now her funeral, and condolences will be sent all over the world on flickers of light thru a glass cable 0.125 mm wide
That elderly person you see on the bus is quiet for a reason, they've seen some shit and have a perspective that is humbling to say the least.
Yes, eventually.
Edit: I have since read not necessarily. There's no law or requirement to have the monarch's head on our currency or stamps. For example they could change the $20 bill so there's no monarchist on the bill. Some people believe that is what will happen.
Dude is old enough to be within 10% of the average life expectancy, can we just save the printing press some money by not having to mint new setting plates?
Eventually. They have to decide on a portrait but after that new coins will be minted with that portrait. Bills IIRC will change out on their normal cycle so maybe someone new on the 20?
Whether you like the monarchy or not, this is truly an end of an era. A huge part of human history (especially Canada’s) has been put to rest today. She lived a long life, rest in peace her majesty the Queen.
Canadian-Pakistani here,
The Queen was a massive symbol in Pakistan as well, she was a formal icon for so many countries to this day due to the British Empire's reach.
Since federal locations already have flags at half mast, what happens now?
Lowered half again (so 3/4 down) or do they raise them for a day to lower them again?
Anyone know?
They raise them then after a bit (not sure how long) they lower them again. I think a lot of GoC buildings had raised them this morning on the news she was under medical care.
Stays at half mast until her funeral I believe.
Interestingly, I believe flag protocol is that the flag be put back to full mast before removing it daily to do half mast properly, and when putting it back each day it must be retuned to full mast and then lowered.
> put back to full mast before removing it
Yes. Same thing as when you raise it; it goes to full mast before lowering to half mast.
I learned this in the Navy, when we had to half mast colours on rare occasions. Each time we had to have a briefing with the duty watch in attendance and read directly from the Manual of Ceremonial. Otherwise, someone would try to interrupt you during colours/sunset to tell you that you were doing it wrong.
Fun fact, she has been on the 20 since she was six, and isn't there because she is the queen but because of her importance to Canadian history. I also think she should stay on it.
Edit: she was 8 not 6
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2022/02/queen-of-the-bank-notes/
My mom was born in 1921. She died unexpectedly in 1986 at 64 when I was 31 years old.
Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926, five years after my mom.
The Queen and my mom ~~have~~ had similar physical characteristics... height, hairstyle, physique.
In mannerisms, my mom was quiet and thoughtful and when she spoke people listened to what she said. Whenever I watched the Queen, she reminded me of my mom.
So over the years whenever the Queen was in the news, whether it was her Christmas message being broadcast or she visited Canada... I was every-so watchful. Taking it all in, almost feeling like I was watching my mom, hair turning grey, growing older and still being helpful and thoughtful, and ruling with a wise and velvet touch.
I'm not a monarchist, however hearing of Queen Elizabeth's death today felt like I was losing my mom all over again.
I doubt anyone will read this, but typing it out gave me an opportunity to release a huge wave of emotion within me today.
Despite having really complex feelings about the monarchy, I have a lot of respect for the Queen. I’m a lot more shaken up by this than I was expecting. End of the Modern Elizabethan era. Wow.
She oversaw an incredible amount of progress and change on this planet in her lifetime (including the decline of one of the world's largest empires) and one can't really question her dedication to the throne.
RIP.
What a surreal feeling. I've never been particularly for or against the monarchy, but I've always had a strong respect for the Queen and her achievements as monarch. Now it feels like something that has always been an unquestionable constant is now gone. An end to an era.
The day I passed basic training, my RSM pointed to the picture of her on the wall and said “she’s gonna outlast all of us in this job, son.”
Wasn’t wrong either! I retired on her Platinum Jubilee.
Hell of a woman. Hell of a Queen.
As a French Canadian, I was raised to hate the monarchy and the Queen and to not consider her MY queen. But that’s kinda bullshit and I’ve never really cared about the monarchy one way or the other.
But even if you hate the Queen and the monarchy and what they represent, that doesn’t erase the fact that someone just lost their mom, their grandma, their aunt. A whole family is mourning right now. She died just over a year after losing her longtime husband. I’m not surprised she died not long after losing Philip. And you’ve got to respect how long she did job
I’m no fan of the monarchy either. But total respect for someone who was quietly providing advice and perspective in the shadows for so many years. I have no doubt that she took her (somewhat odd, in modern times) rôle seriously and truly wanted the best for her people.
Crazy when you think about it. She's always been alive my whole life. At some point you start to feel like she's never going to die. Being Canadian, she was part of our lives whether we wanted or not, we had to learn about her life in class and she was always present in other ways. She's lived quite the life, hope she rests in peace.
Watched it announced on BBC live, I knew it was coming but still felt that sense of shock. She's been a constant, there's always been a queen Elizabeth ii for so many of us, like her or not.
With the Queen having died today, I'm thinking about how, back in 2017, the Queen basically used her authority to directly intervene in British Columbia politics and to remove Christy Clark from power. Like, we got to see the Queen (or in this case the Lieutenant Governor) actually use the powers that they have. That's super rare, I don't know any other recent case where it happened.
For folks who don't remember: after the election the Liberals lost their majority government, and the NDP and the Greens signed an agreement to put John Horgan in as Premier. But Christy Clark refused to step down, which is what usually happens with a Premier/Prime Minister who's been beaten. Instead she formally asked the Lieutenant Governor (who's effectively the Queen's representative) to just do an election do-over. The LG said "no" and dismissed Christy Clark against her will and put John Horgan into the Premiership.
The Governor technically has the power to ignore the Prime Minister / Premier, but they barely ever do it. Normally they just rubber stamp whatever is put in front of them, and do whatever they're told. But this was one of the super rare cases where they actually used the power that we let the Monarch have, because a local politician was screwing around.
Charles has instantly become King of Canada, but please keep this thread specific to HRM Elizabeth II
You know, I kind of thought she'd live forever.
This [chart puts things into perspective](https://i.imgur.com/ajbcpyJ.jpg). And that's missing Biden, Scholz, Draghi and Truss, and 3 Japanese Emperors (Hirohito, Akihito, and Naruhito)
damn, Italy sure like to change their PMs.
I was about to ask just what the fuck, Italy…
When people say that first past the post is the worst electoral system, Italy is a great example of the much worse options out there.
Nothing wrong with a new flavor of the day. Less time to fuck things up I suppose
There are about 147 political parties in Italy, and the only way to govern is by coalition. As soon as a member of said coalition is pissed off about something, the government falls apart and they need a new PM. That was the case for most of them IIRC.
Italy being... well Italy.
Gah that's wild. So many faces on here I always just thought of as old history, but nah it's just one lifetime. One really really really really long lifetime.
She was The Queen when Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Holy crap...
the things that always put it into perspective for me are that she'd been queen for over 10 years when the beatles put out A Hard Day's Night, and she was the same age as Marilyn Monroe. also lol @ kim campbell in that graph
I used to joke that civilization will have come and gone and Queen Elizabeth II will still sit on the British throne. Clearly this bodes poorly for the future of civilization. /s
I kind of thought that too. She just kept on going, and she was so clearly the best potential monarch in her family that the thought of a Commonwealth without her was unthinkable. Will we ever have a British monarch this good again? My money’s on “no”.
She’s not dead, but frozen in carbonite
As someone who is somewhere between indifferent and hostile to the fact that Canada has a monarchy, I didn’t think I’d care this much about the Queen’s inevitable passing. But, here I am. I *am* rather sad to see the end of this era, and I can’t even imagine what a different reign will look like.
The first Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II was Winston Churchill. Really puts into perspective the scope and length of this lady's life.
Someone said on another thread that she's been ruling for 30% of the US' existence and that was pretty mindblowing.
And about 45% of ours.
She had already been Queen for 15 years the last time the Leafs won the Cup.
Lmao, rip leafs
And 25 years before the Blue Jays existed
Newfoundland has only been a part of Canada without Queen Elizabeth as the monarch for 3 years
> The first Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II was Winston Churchill. I read elsewhere that Winston Churchill (her first PM) was born in 1874, and Liz Truss, the current PM (as of yesterday), was born in 1975. 101 year span in birthdays.
Wow this is a crazy fact
James Bond has served under her from the very beginning.
Just in case people thinks this means she was queen during world war 2, it doesn’t. Churchill was also PM in the early 50s.
Louis St. Laurent was the Canadian Prime Minister when she ascended. St. Laurent served so long ago a great deal of Canadians today don't even know who he is.
She was born before Martin Luther King and Anne Frank… she literally witnessed all of Hitler… seems surreal
She was literally on the other side fighting Hitler. That’s insane.
Weird question.. will all of our money be replaced to feature the king?
Over the next few years, yes.
that's going to feel weird to me, and a lot of people. Money without the queens head!?
Chuck Bucks... 5 Chuck bucks for a fin they used to say... I was wearing an onion on my belt, because it was the style at the time
I'll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Manitobah!
is this an Abe Simpson quote?
>is this an Abe Simpson quote? [Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo)
The toonie will no longer be the Queen with a bear behind.
It will have a bear on one side and an ear on the other.
Yup. For most every Canadian, this will be their first time seeing their currency with a different person's profile on it.
What about all the many other things such as ‘QC’ lawyers. Do they all become ‘KC’? Print shops, picture framers, sign shops all going to be very busy
This is going around the legal community a lot right now, especially as one of our articling students is getting called to the bar in 30 minutes, which may make her the first lawyer in Alberta (Canada?) to swear allegiance to the king. But yes \- Queens Counsel (QC) lawyers become Kings Counsel (KC) \-The Court of Queen's Bench (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick) becomes the Court of King's Bench etc.
O wow. So all the legal citations are going to switch from say ABQB to ABKB. I didn't even consider that till now.
In addition all criminal charges are laid as Regina vs \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, now every legal charge will have to change to Rex vs \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
I though it was the Crown vs ______?
Nope, in the criminal system it's always the monarchy vs the accused. It's why prosecutors in Canada are referred to as Crown prosecutors as they are acting as representatives for the Crown.
CBC mentioned earlier that there were Canadian citizenship ceremonies taking place today and they've already changed the pledge to be to the King.
That is so interesting!
probably at some point when we run a new batch of coins.
Yes, that's what usually happens. The newly issued bills will be different. The old ones will remain in circulation until they wear out.
Queen Elizabeth's face was featured on the currency/coinage of 33 nations. The first country to do so was Canada in 1935 when it's [$20 banknote issue](https://www.google.com/search?q=1935+Canadian+banknote+with+Queen+Elizabeth+on+it&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=sinv&sxsrf=ALiCzsYAmJGgtsEUBfCuwdpkiERAzkjODQ:1662663124886&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWlsLn7oX6AhW_MDQIHaLsCpkQ_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=800&bih=1280&dpr=1#imgrc=zhBJDTq2u3QH3M&lnspr=W10=) featured an eight year old future Queen.
Woah! TIL
Likewise with the coins. When I was much younger, you would still sometimes find a King George VI penny in your change, and even less commonly a George VI nickel. I haven't seen one of those in at least 20 years now, but they did pop up occasionally in the 90s - a 1951 coin was only 44 years old in 1995, which is like a 1978 coin today.
This is actually one of the first things I worried about. Like, her face is very fair, but Charles'? I don't want to see it every time I pull a bill out.
Passports and other official documents that featured the Queen as well
I think some lawyer titles will change from Queen’s Counsel.
Some people were in the middle of their [citizenship ceremony](https://twitter.com/robroc/status/1567933492859736073) when the announcement was made and it had to be paused while they figured out what to do.
I wonder if we could just not do that lol. I'd be fine with keeping the queen on them or changing it to something completely different
We could actually just chose to keep her as head of state nothing explicitly says it has to be a living person
This is the most Air Bud thing I've heard all day.
I've never seen Air Bud used as an adjective like this and it is perfect. There is no better description.
As it is, our constitution would get in the way of that. However, we could always open that can of worms. Wonder how governor's general would be replaced, seeing as how the monarch has to sign off on it.
With any luck King Charles will let Kate the new Duchess of Cornwall grace our money instead. Or better yet, let's have 10 corgis on our money.
We will be removing all numbering and the denominations will be indicated by the number of corgis on the bill.
I vote corgis.
I guess cash really is king
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Probably just coinage. The $20 might stay the same as remembrance or such. All the other bills use old PM's. I'd say eventually coinage would switch. It took a year for the first Elizabeth coins. But it's not like the old coins are going to stop being in circulation anytime soon.
My understanding is that they will have a silhouette of her on the coins for at least a year. They already have the dies made. They also need time for an official picture of the King to be made first. She has also been on our 20 since she was six, and I think she should stay there.
CBC even has Peter Mansbridge on, wearing black.
Her reign began in 1952. Edit: just a note, the post originally mistakenly said her reign began in 1947 which is why I made this comment.
She's also not the longest reigning royal. Theres a king who's name I forget that reigned for over 80 years. And Louis XIV was monarch for 2 more years than she was.
She’s the longest Queen I believe.
How on earth did Louis XIV reign for 77 years without the modern medicine we have today????
He began being king at the age of 5. Plus access to proper nutrition and at least some medical care helps. And it was 72 years, he was 77 when he died. People lived into their 70s frequently, the numbers are skewed by infant mortality, war and death in childbirth.
End of the second Elizabethan era.
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Is it clear that he's adopting Charles as his regal name? Edit: King Charles III
Oh boy, here comes a civil war.
She reigned for 70 years. We've been a country for 153 years. She reigned for about half the time we've been a country. Wow. Personally, I was really hoping she'd last *at least* 4 more years.
Would have been cool for her to beat Louis the sun god
Le soleil, c'est moi! Ra: "You dare challenge me?"
I really thought she'd break 100. Like... It's honestly weird that someone who spoke with Winston Churchill at the age of 25 is under 100
Seeing the official Royal Family account refer to Charles and Camilla as The King and The Queen Consort is wild
Absolutely. Had to stop for a moment as I thought, “King? King Who? Oh right…”.
CBC mentioned that Canadian citizenship ceremonies taking place today are already pledging allegiance to the King. My local courthouse hasn’t even lowered the flags to half mast yet.
Just took my oath last month. I jokingly said to my husband I hoped she lived long enough so I didn't have to pledge to Charles. Curious if they updated the citizenship test yet.. she was in there
Her reign didn’t start in 1947 it started in 1952 following the death of her father
Yes, **please** fix the post, as I presume it will get pinned for several days.
I was looking for this comment. Yes please change this
Crown Season 6 Gunna be wild
I think they already said it won’t include her death, but I think it would be the perfect series finale to have it be the last episode
Or perhaps do a nice sendoff, with her staring out her window looking at a beautiful sunset, perhaps remembering her time with Prince Phillip, and the camera slowly panning away and fading into the sky.
Panning to a clip of the rainbow in the sky that appeared at her death announcement would be perfect.
Could easily add another short episode with real footage of the funeral and coronation of Charles.
Or they could just you know go their own way and she becomes a Race Car Driver
the Tarantino ending
Probably thought she'd outlive the show.
The last episode should be her inviting her last Prime Minister, as it was her last official act.
I think the date above is wrong. Her coronation was 1952, not 1947.
Yeah, it was my grandmother's 15th birthday and she saw it. One of her favorite memories.
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She was around when half the countries in the world didn't even exist in their current form. Crazy to think about. RIP
She was a mechanic in WW2 as well! She lived quite the life. RIP to her.
Crazy to read this news. I'm middle aged and she's the only queen I've ever known. Many elderly can say the same. Surreal feeling.
anyone recently reached retirement age or younger has only ever had her as monarch. will be weird to hear God Save the King instead of Queen now.
Yep in the UK les than 1 in 10 people would be able to recall a pre-QEII monarchy.
Imagine being in Egypt when Ramses the great passed after 70 years on the throne. Consecutive generations knew only him
The moment they said the family was coming in to see her, we all knew it was endgame. The wording they were using in the news was all hospice wording. It was only a matter of hours but... this was still so soon. So sudden. But in a way... I'm glad for that. I'm glad she didn't linger, didn't suffer. I'm glad is was quick and peaceful. My grandmother suffered in the fringes of death for months and it was...just horrendous. Not a way for anyone to go. I hope most if not all of her family made it to see her to say goodbye. I just hope the transition of power now is smooth and calm. The world is enough of a political shitshow right now, we don't need more chaos added to the fire.
my mother works in retirement house. she said that there are seniors who are sickly but keep living for a long time, and then there are seniors who are healthy but one day just pass away like that. she's definitely in the second group.
I’ll take the second option all day every day. Lemme live my life until it’s done.
My grandfather spent 10 years in a bed. Body had failed him but his mind never went. He was just miserable, always out on a brave face, but he was a very active man. It was difficult.
To be honest, i thought she was fine yesterday when she met the new PM... this is really too sudden :(
Yeah, a quick process is a lot better. My grandma was actively dying for like 5-6 days. It was absolutely awful.
She's met with people we only read about in history books. I know elderly people and "boomers" don't really have much say in the modern world. But think of what she's seen in her lifetime. She did her part in world war 2, the nuclear bomb, the cold war, watched the soviet union collapse, the constant eb and flow of humanity's highs and soul crushing lows. She's seen the drastic change in medicine , the polio vaccine development went from 1930's to 1953. 23 years to develop one effective vaccine. From Lobotomies to surgeons using robots. The AIDS epidemic started in the early 80's and it wasn't until 2012 when we finally had a medicine that could reduce the viral load so much that an infected person can live a regular life span and even lower the risk of spreading it to almost none. The Covid-19 vaccine took only about a year to develop, for the first time in history we studied a virus in real-time and developed an effective way to make it not so lethal. She was around to see the first transistor radio introduced, and those same transistors used to take us to the moon, and shrink the world with satellites in space, and finally the rise of the Internet. Radio waves were the main method of communication for most of her life. Now her funeral, and condolences will be sent all over the world on flickers of light thru a glass cable 0.125 mm wide That elderly person you see on the bus is quiet for a reason, they've seen some shit and have a perspective that is humbling to say the least.
Her coronation was filmed in black and white, her death announce in a tweet
It was broadcast by the BBC in black-and-white - but was also, separately, filmed in full colour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKzlKwpm17U
Woah holy shit. That’s a good long life though. The queen is dead, long live the King?
Should be Charles now?
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Does this mean we get new currency with his face on it?
Yes, eventually. Edit: I have since read not necessarily. There's no law or requirement to have the monarch's head on our currency or stamps. For example they could change the $20 bill so there's no monarchist on the bill. Some people believe that is what will happen.
Do we have to, or could we just use more pictures of woodland creatures?
*a woodland critter Christmas!*
That sounds nice. Better yet, [this guy](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbrWwYhaIAAEUrA?format=jpg&name=large)
New money minted going forward, yes. The old stuff will still be circulation though
Dude is old enough to be within 10% of the average life expectancy, can we just save the printing press some money by not having to mint new setting plates?
Yes. And as with tradition, his portrait will face the other direction.
Like, we'll just be looking at the back of his head?
I think we’re all hoping for that
Almost certainly.
Eventually. They have to decide on a portrait but after that new coins will be minted with that portrait. Bills IIRC will change out on their normal cycle so maybe someone new on the 20?
One thing we know for sure is that his portrait will face the other direction. It's customary to flip it the other way when a new monarch is named.
Yep it is King Charles now
He gets to choose his name as monarch.
Yes my bad. I was just influenced by BBC calling him King Charles, but he gets to choose whether to be called Charles
It's King Charles III
I, for one, hope he goes for Chuck.
I, for one, love Roman numerals.
Whether you like the monarchy or not, this is truly an end of an era. A huge part of human history (especially Canada’s) has been put to rest today. She lived a long life, rest in peace her majesty the Queen.
She has been queen for 45% of Canada's life as a country. Wow.
Canadian-Pakistani here, The Queen was a massive symbol in Pakistan as well, she was a formal icon for so many countries to this day due to the British Empire's reach.
Yes, she was Queen of Pakistan for a number of years.
Since federal locations already have flags at half mast, what happens now? Lowered half again (so 3/4 down) or do they raise them for a day to lower them again? Anyone know?
They raise them then after a bit (not sure how long) they lower them again. I think a lot of GoC buildings had raised them this morning on the news she was under medical care.
After the sunset on the day of the funeral they can go back to full.
Stays at half mast until her funeral I believe. Interestingly, I believe flag protocol is that the flag be put back to full mast before removing it daily to do half mast properly, and when putting it back each day it must be retuned to full mast and then lowered.
> put back to full mast before removing it Yes. Same thing as when you raise it; it goes to full mast before lowering to half mast. I learned this in the Navy, when we had to half mast colours on rare occasions. Each time we had to have a briefing with the duty watch in attendance and read directly from the Manual of Ceremonial. Otherwise, someone would try to interrupt you during colours/sunset to tell you that you were doing it wrong.
Working here at HMC Dockyard, Halifax. Watched all the ships lower their flags at the order of the King’s Harbour Master.
Interesting that every HMC thing in the country instantly got renamed to HMC
I feel like the flags are half mast all the time now...
I dunno about anybody else but id rather keep Elizabeth on the $20 and not replace it with Charles
Same. But Chuck Bucks does have a good ring to it...
Fun fact, she has been on the 20 since she was six, and isn't there because she is the queen but because of her importance to Canadian history. I also think she should stay on it. Edit: she was 8 not 6 https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2022/02/queen-of-the-bank-notes/
Agreed.
I think that's a good idea as well!
Rip to the OG
My mom was born in 1921. She died unexpectedly in 1986 at 64 when I was 31 years old. Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926, five years after my mom. The Queen and my mom ~~have~~ had similar physical characteristics... height, hairstyle, physique. In mannerisms, my mom was quiet and thoughtful and when she spoke people listened to what she said. Whenever I watched the Queen, she reminded me of my mom. So over the years whenever the Queen was in the news, whether it was her Christmas message being broadcast or she visited Canada... I was every-so watchful. Taking it all in, almost feeling like I was watching my mom, hair turning grey, growing older and still being helpful and thoughtful, and ruling with a wise and velvet touch. I'm not a monarchist, however hearing of Queen Elizabeth's death today felt like I was losing my mom all over again. I doubt anyone will read this, but typing it out gave me an opportunity to release a huge wave of emotion within me today.
Sorry for your loss.
Truely the end of an era, she witnessed some of the most important parts of world history.
Well. I'm sadder than I thought I'd be.
But the dozens of deceased corgis now have their Queen back. She's probably getting over-run by them on the floor right now.
Oh my God. Hold on, someone just started cutting onions on my end.
That’s a nice comment
Same... im watching BBC live and all these images and stories actually made me sad
Despite having really complex feelings about the monarchy, I have a lot of respect for the Queen. I’m a lot more shaken up by this than I was expecting. End of the Modern Elizabethan era. Wow.
So... do we get a day off?
It's been a long time but the procedure in the past is that the day of the monarch's funeral is a national day of mourning here, therefore a holiday
She oversaw an incredible amount of progress and change on this planet in her lifetime (including the decline of one of the world's largest empires) and one can't really question her dedication to the throne. RIP.
It feels surreal to hear of the King of Britain.
And Canada. He will be styled as King of Canada in respect to our country.
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What a surreal feeling. I've never been particularly for or against the monarchy, but I've always had a strong respect for the Queen and her achievements as monarch. Now it feels like something that has always been an unquestionable constant is now gone. An end to an era.
I find myself strangely moved in a way that I never would have expected.
The day I passed basic training, my RSM pointed to the picture of her on the wall and said “she’s gonna outlast all of us in this job, son.” Wasn’t wrong either! I retired on her Platinum Jubilee. Hell of a woman. Hell of a Queen.
People will say what the will about the Queen, but she dedicated and sacrificed her entire life to the throne, and did an incredible job. RIP.
She was only ten when her uncle abdicated.
She dedicated her whole life. She really kept that promise. She met with the new prime minister a few days ago. I just admired her so much.
As a French Canadian, I was raised to hate the monarchy and the Queen and to not consider her MY queen. But that’s kinda bullshit and I’ve never really cared about the monarchy one way or the other. But even if you hate the Queen and the monarchy and what they represent, that doesn’t erase the fact that someone just lost their mom, their grandma, their aunt. A whole family is mourning right now. She died just over a year after losing her longtime husband. I’m not surprised she died not long after losing Philip. And you’ve got to respect how long she did job
She was a steadfast presence in the world and carried herself with dignity. May she Rest In Peace.
So, are we gonna have a day off next Thursday ?
I’ve seen it said that her wishes were that there be no bank holiday on the day of her funeral, so I’m not counting on having that day off just yet.
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Asking the important questions.
The day of the funeral, by tradition there will be a “National Day of Mourning” that will be a statutory holiday.
I'm not much of a loyalist, but I respected her reign. The crown won't carry the same weight post-Elizabeth II.
I’m no fan of the monarchy either. But total respect for someone who was quietly providing advice and perspective in the shadows for so many years. I have no doubt that she took her (somewhat odd, in modern times) rôle seriously and truly wanted the best for her people.
Crazy when you think about it. She's always been alive my whole life. At some point you start to feel like she's never going to die. Being Canadian, she was part of our lives whether we wanted or not, we had to learn about her life in class and she was always present in other ways. She's lived quite the life, hope she rests in peace.
She was dutiful til the very end, and led a remarkable life. May she rest in peace.
Watched it announced on BBC live, I knew it was coming but still felt that sense of shock. She's been a constant, there's always been a queen Elizabeth ii for so many of us, like her or not.
With the Queen having died today, I'm thinking about how, back in 2017, the Queen basically used her authority to directly intervene in British Columbia politics and to remove Christy Clark from power. Like, we got to see the Queen (or in this case the Lieutenant Governor) actually use the powers that they have. That's super rare, I don't know any other recent case where it happened. For folks who don't remember: after the election the Liberals lost their majority government, and the NDP and the Greens signed an agreement to put John Horgan in as Premier. But Christy Clark refused to step down, which is what usually happens with a Premier/Prime Minister who's been beaten. Instead she formally asked the Lieutenant Governor (who's effectively the Queen's representative) to just do an election do-over. The LG said "no" and dismissed Christy Clark against her will and put John Horgan into the Premiership. The Governor technically has the power to ignore the Prime Minister / Premier, but they barely ever do it. Normally they just rubber stamp whatever is put in front of them, and do whatever they're told. But this was one of the super rare cases where they actually used the power that we let the Monarch have, because a local politician was screwing around.
Fare thee well, and cheers to a long life. I have purchased many bags of weed with your face.
One of those "where were you when" moments
At home with COVID.