#23

When she dies, both houses of parliament will be recalled, people will go home from work early, and aircraft pilots will announce the news to their passengers.

Does that mean we will all be made to go home? Hopefully it’ll happen about 7.30 am, so I won’t need to bother leaving home in the first place.

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#24

“How are you feeling, your highness? Seeing any white light yet?”
“No, if anything I feel a bit better actually.”

sighs, checks watch, looks at bag full of drugs

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#25

Think I’ll claim I’m too upset to drive and wait until the roads are a bit quieter.

#27

And he did it ’ to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight.’

Always got to think of the press.

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#28

Imagine how upset the nation will be when they realise that Charles will now be King.

#29

Yeah, just crazy when you know.

I knew the media worked on these kinds of stories WAY in advance, but reading that writers are summoned to work during off-peak hours to scribe fantasy scenarios to cover every eventuality has me incredulous.

#30

Mate he’ll ALREADY be king. Remember the only thing that travels faster than light is succession.

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#31

wistful look
"I told the wife I’d be home for The Chase. She’s already mad I’m missing Tipping Point…"

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#32

When Diana died the TV schedules were screwed. This will be even worse!

#33

Makes you wonder what the fuck they have planned for when Bradley Walsh guess down.

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#34

A life-size inflatable model of ET

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#35

But not we all have Netflix and iPlayer.

#37

I’ve come to the conclusion any regard for the royals at all, even cursory respect, is just an outlet for latent masochism. So think about that, everyone’s nan.

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#38

I think Channel Four had The Hudsucker Proxy on that Sunday night. First time I saw that film. Great film. At least this time there’s Netflix and other streaming available so you don’t have to listen to literally weeks of blanket coverage of archive footage and from Royal historians and commentators. It’s still probably an offence to speculate on the death of a monarch but remember if it’s in the next four years, Trump’s coming over for the funeral.

#39

Southern have their next excuse sorted.

“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.) “It’s actually very complicated,” one transport official told me.”

#40

Sexual excitement is my excuse.

#41

Fascinating article.

The first thing I’ll do is book flights and accommodation for a two-week holiday somewhere overseas, I think - I might not even have to claim it all as annual leave!

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#42

Good luck getting to the airport with the roads jammed and the trains out of service due to the wrong kind of flowers on the tracks.

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#43

‘During the 20th century, a set of offices in St James’s Palace was always earmarked for their use. On the morning of George VI’s death, in 1952, these were being renovated. By five o’clock in the afternoon, the scaffolding was down and the rooms were re-carpeted, furnished and equipped with phones, lights and heating.’

Oh, but when I want my landlord to look at some damp, I have to wait and wait… it’s who you bloody know!

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#44

Going to make myself a go-kart with wreaths for wheels.

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