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  1. Blackleaf

    Queen Elizabeth

    What a momentous week for the United Kingdom. A new Prime Minister and then a new Monarch two days later. Is that a record?
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Thanks, T-Bones. Even my mother, who is no big Royalist, is upset at the news. She admired the Queen and the duty she served for 70 years. She was the greatest monarch this country has had in over 1000 years of monarchy.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    New King expected to address the nation tomorrow Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The next few days will see preparations for the Queen’s funeral and the transition to the reign of King Charles III. On Friday this is likely to include a gun salute, King Charles and Queen Camilla returning...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    "God Save the King": The Prime Minister announces the death of the Queen
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Prime Minister was told of Queen's death at 16:30 - official spokesman Liz Truss was informed of the Queen's death at 16:30, the Prime Minister's official spokesman has said. The Prime Minister was told the news by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case. Following her statement in Downing Street, Truss...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    "Operation London Bridge" has begun. The Government has announced the United Kingdom has entered 10 days of national mourning and the Queen's funeral will take place on the tenth day. The King is to make the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall the new Prince and Princess of Wales.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Don't forget, Camilla is now also Queen. So Britain and Canada have King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Formal notice of Queen's death placed outside palace This evening two members of staff posted the formal notice of the Queen’s death on an easel on the railings of Buckingham Palace. The notice says: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. "The King and the Queen Consort will...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    New King will be known as Charles III The new King will officially be known as King Charles III, it has been officially confirmed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62842089
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Here was the Queen appointing Truss as new Prime Minister on Tuesday at Balmoral. Just two days later the Queen would pass away there.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Yeah. She was born eight years after WWI ended.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Can't believe this. I only found out about 90 minutes ago in work in the warehouse when Ali the Iraqi called me over. I thought he wanted help for something but he said: "The Queen is dead." Then I heard it on the radio. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. A couple of hours before that during...
  13. Blackleaf

    The Next Bond Should Be

    James Bond gay? He seems to bed a lot of women.
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    British PM Choice. . .

    New Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary Therese Coffey was being interviewed on LBC by Nick Ferrari this morning and all of a sudden the alarm on her phone went off. It was an alarm you wouldn't expect her to have - Dr Dre.
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    British PM Choice. . .

    Truss confirms sensational Brexiteer Cabinet The victorious Brexiteers are well and truly in power Braverman, who wants Britain to leave the European Court of Human Rights, is appointed Home Secretary by Truss
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    British PM Choice. . .

    As The Telegraph says that she could be the most radical PM for a century, Remainer-turned-Brexiteer Truss attacks the EU... "I will make good on the promise of Brexit and our potential by getting burdensome EU-inspired law off our statute books by the end of 2023"
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    British PM Choice. . .

    Mary Elizabeth Truss, the UK's 56th Prime Minister, was born in Oxford on 26th July 1975 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. She is the daughter of John Truss, Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Leeds, and Priscilla Grasby, a nurse. Her parents, who she once...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin" (in Paris) 1967 The video for the Birmingham band's biggest hit was shot in the City of Love during the Summer of Love...
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    Champions League 22/23

    Croatia's Modric and Belgium's Hazard were on the scoresheet as holders Real Madrid beat Scottish runners-up Celtic 3-0 in Glasgow as they look to win the tournament for a record 15th time....
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    Champions League 22/23

    Tonight's other results: Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea RB Salzburg 1-1 AC Milan Glasgow Celtic 0-3 Real Madrid RB Leipzig 1-4 Shakhtar Donetsk Borussia Dortmund 3-0 FC Copenhagen Benfica 2-0 Maccabi Haifa Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Juventus