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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by mymythisisthis on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:44PM (#32771827)
Similar sentiments from me.

I think there is something to be said for, lack of a better word, the continuity of history. 70 years with the same monarch. A system of monarchy, for over a 1000 years.

It is a symbolic role, but symbols are powerful.

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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by scaramanga on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:47PM (#32773049)
Not to mention wall-to-wall propaganda in any coverage that mentions them across the complete political spectrum of media.

Arsenic-laced baby-food would be tolerated, if not vaguely enjoyed, if it received that kind of positive coverage.

Mainstream UK press are regularly making North-Korea style calls for people who personally dislike the royals to be excluded from the media, eve when they are making even-handed reportage about them, just on the off-chance that their subconscious biases might seep through in to their work (or something? lol): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10267447/Amol-Rajan...

Edit: to indicate irony..

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