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The passing of the Queen and period of mourning

Billy87

Im very sad at the passing of the Queen, I felt like crying when I heard the news today. She seemed like a lovely lady and we all felt like we knew her a bit. I get sad when anyone passes away and I feel terribly sorry for her family.

I do feel a bit confused at everything that's happened since though. The idea of 10 days of compulsory mourning really bothers me. I hate being told how to feel and the idea that we are being told to be sad for 10 days feels very wrong and totalitarian. Weve had two years of lockdowns and hundreds of thousands of people have buried their loved ones due to the pandemic, people are starving and unable to pay their bills. Forcing us to be even sadder and cancelling the few events and sports etc that cheer people up at this awful, tough time in life feels quite cruel. 

Im actually feeling really depressed at the thought of it all

I feel like Im being an awful person for thinking these things but none of this makes sense to me and I have to get that out somewhere

Really hope I havnt offended anyone. I have a lot of respect for the Queen and I am sad at her passing

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  • This is the first time a monarch has passed in the age of mass media,  social media, rolling news etc. Of course there were radio (and some TV?) when the last one passed but it's now very much immediately at our fingertips. So I think all the "pomp" and tradition is because this is what has happened before. It was a way to let people know what had happenedand celebrate a life and grieve. We now have a greater quantity of media so there's a greater quantity of consuming it.  I don't know how previous monarch deaths have been received nationally but we have a far greater quantity of prominent social figures now. So all the hoo-hah might all seem a bit slightly out of place these days. (Like the ten days of national mourning...maybe in years gone by everything would've stopped but we live different and busier lives now). I'm not fussed about the royal family but it's nice we still have one and it's still really sad. It's up to us how we choose to deal or not deal with it and that's no one else's business.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    I think that it is about time that the monarchy was downsized, so that it comes to resemble the monarchies of countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark. 

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