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Longest reigning UK monarch, long may her reign over us  ;letsparty;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34177107

When I got The Times this morning, clad as it was in an "outer" with a sombre photograph of Her Majesty, I thought she had died, as it read, in bold black print


Queen Elizabeth, II, long to reign over us, February 6th 1952 - September 9 2015


It gave me quite a nasty turn until I sussed what it was all about.



What a lovely photograph this is - it was taken by Paul McCartney's daughter, Mary, I believe.


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What a shining example she is to us all.  How she gave a home to an immigrant who was no longer welcome in his own country.  She even went as far as to marry the poor soul. 

We can gloss over the fact they have spent so many years on state benefits.

Knew you'd come over to our side eventually Woodsey. 

63 years, 7 months & 3 days, so she knocks Queen Victoria off top spot on the podium.

In the Top of the Pots style "Top 55 Countdown", every Monarch is listed, right down to 55th spot, occupied by what appears to be a hapless Lady Jane Grey, who reigned for just 9 days, before being beheaded - at the age of 17. Yikes, they never messed about back then, did they? A 17 year old Queen of England (disputed), beheaded.



 

I half wish I had been taught History at school (or bright enough to learn) when I reads this stuff.

Apparently, in at number 8, is a King who went by the moniker of Aethelred the Unready.

What a great name that is for a King. 

Aethelred the Unready


Now I'll have to google him to see why he had such a great name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready

I am now, officfially, none the wiser.

I've given home to an immigrant for quite a while mate, so you are behind the times sunshine  ;danafish;

Camel will be along shortly to add his congratulations. He's busy at the mo, paying homage to Lord Coe. 

He was king twice, technically. Not many can say that.

Unready doesn't mean what it means nowadays. It related to him having no advisors and going it alone.

In that Wiki page, they sort of blend the opening two letters of his name (A & E) into one.

Bragging rights if you know the keystroke that does that. 

Hold the alt key and 145 for the lowercase and 146 for the upper.

;hide;

It's an Old English letter, called an Ash.

"Hold the alt key and 145 for the lowercase and 146 for the upper"

I must have an old keyboard or lappie, that does not work for me.

You have to do it on the number pad, rather than the numbers above the letter keys.

I give up.

Congratulations on not dying, Maggie.

It's such an unusual achievement considering you are often surrounded by men with guns or adulterous husbands sporting ceremonial swords.

Your reign truly has been glorious, except for the parts where you brought the monarchy to the lowest ebb of public opinion when that pesky ex daughter in law of yours got herself in the papers yet again. Still you didn't shame your family nearly as much as they shamed you. Affairs, divorces, keeping the company of paedophiles - albeit rich paedophiles. But you.must have wished you hugged the children, or not swept your husbands numerous affairs under the carpet. Gave them mum. But nobodies perfect, and you had duties to perform.

And you performed them well. Your reign coincided with some terrible recessions. Many of your subjects are using food banks. And through it all you never let your standards drop. You were always beautifully attired, redolent in shoes, hats and dresses that cost more than the average monthly wage. We love you for that opulence, Madge. Even when we are hungry the fact that you invite the odd nurse to your legendary garden parties gives us hope that we too may bump shoulders with business leaders, ministers and Elton John at these lavish but no doubt desperately needed affairs.

And it is the common touch we admire. Who hasn't winced as videos of us as young children are shown to people. And what young person hasn't been caught up by radical political ideas they later regret, such as Nazism.

So yes, well done on not dying Madge. It's the only requirement you have to fulfil to keep your job, and you have done it betterer and longerer than anyone else, innit. Americans will say you are the most livingest queen ever. No.one can take that away from you. No one.

Thanks for everything betty, I'm off to sing a dreary tune that implores a non-existent deity (excuse the pleonasm) to save a rich woman. It's a song about you. We sing it before football matches, often it's the last song we sing before we sing things like "no surrender to the IRA"  patriotism is great

Love and kisses,

Teddy

What about that Thatcher? She was nice wasn't she? Or was she a right git?

Religion's well good isn't it?

Who is the best political party? Tories or Labour? What about them UKIP fellas?

Scotland, should they leave the UK?

Are Jaffa Cakes biscuits or cakes?

 ;tightend;

Never knew Aethelred was spelt that way.

Is it pronounced Aethel as in "Ethel" or Aethel as in "Aesop"?

Long live the queen.

Don't listen to the haters

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I wonder how different that graph might look if it the respondents were members of blonde only? That green bar might edge up a % or two, maybe?

I think this is another one of those things where we percieve something to have a bigger backlash against it, because those who are opposed to it are much more vocal, and those that are not are shy about expressing it.

Very similar to views on Lady Thatcher. She was immensely popular & respected, but less so on online forums.

I guarantee the chart would look nothing like that one if the question was something like "Was Margaret Thatcher good for Britain?"

Yeah wasn't sure if Teeks was whoosing us there, but I'd expect a Thatcher chart to be a very evenly split 50/50 jobby. Folks either loved her or hated her.

I don't hate the Queen. Actually don't think she does a terrible job.

It will be far far worse when the next in line takes over.

It's the concept of monarchy I have a huge problem with. No place for such an institution in the 21st century.

No no, not trying to whoosh anyone. Not a debate anyone can win, though.

Really?  She got thrown out by her party because she had become so unpopular that they thought they would lose the election.    Would definitely go 50/50 over 90/10.  North England, Wales and Scotland graph would be 25/75 and South England would be 75/25. 

That's a bit like striking a balance sheet at a particular moment - it's a snapshot of a moment in time. Strike it earlier, she was immensely popular. Later, nope.

That's a bit like saying people from Nottingham don't reckon much to Brian Clough because he got them relegated.

But I agree with your 25-75 ratios there.

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Queen Elizabeth: The many world leaders she has outlasted

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34179704

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/04/10/margaret-thatcher-she-still-divides-us/

Like said before different times will give different results but interesting nevertheless.

maggie and madge arent the only two to live in a paradoxical hinterland between forumista and hoi poloi

justin bieber, TOWIE and the films of micheal bay are similarly vilified online and by self annoited critics only to prove enduringly popular in the real world.

people are funny like that, innit

I'm very impressed to learn that the Queen is going to do her bit and will accommodate 50 Syria families in a little-used wing of Buckingham Palace, as well as housing families in her other residences that are partly-occupied for one or two months a year and has also instructed the rest of the family to do likewise with their main and spare residences. With the majority being substantial castles, etc, they will be able to accommodate 250 families between them, or 1,000 people at an average of four per family, without ever having to meet any of them.

That'll shut the begrudgers up.

Can't think why she'd bother doing that, she needs space for her hats lol....

In more excellent news, a new First Class Stamp will be used for a year to commemorate Her Majesty's longevity.


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And her longe neck too by the look of it.