General News for Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh 1: July 2008-March 2017

[Dman]

Yes but for Philip taking a car is a huge compromise. The queen is used to being driven, but Philip always walked. In his mind, taking a car and being outside under an umbrella for a very short time, is reasonable.

Yeah, but he didn't stay under the umbrella. He did get really wet going from the car to the church and back.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

The Queen's health has been news in many countries:

Canada - Video from CTV News:
CTV News Channel: Queen Elizabeth battling cold | CTV News

Queen Elizabeth continues to battle a cold. Royal commentator Richard Berthelsen on her missed appearances.

Article from MACLEAN'S (a Canadian weekly news magazine)
Why the Queen's cold is a concern for royal watchers - Macleans.ca

So, in 10 days, the Queen has cancelled three events. It’s so unusual that royal specialists can’t remember the last time this happened. Queen Elizabeth II has always been the very essence of a perfect monarch. It took a cold for everyone to remember that she’s also human. Bad colds can be hard to shake, even if the sufferer is healthy. It’s even harder when the person is 90 years old.

Are royal watchers alarmed? No. Are we concerned? Yes. The world will remain anxious until Queen Elizabeth II does appear in public, looking hale and hearty.

The US - Videos from CBS and ABC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=betPeA7sWaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnoKq1Fh7oA

 

[PrincessKaimi]

There's speculation in all manner of media, including business-related publications:

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-will-be-king-after-queen-elizabeth-dies-prince-charles-could-spark-constitutional-2468320

The chances of this happening seem really remote, but speculation seems to be very popular nevertheless.

 

[cepe]

From Royal Norways Post Article by McCleans

Quote: "So, in 10 days, the Queen has cancelled three events. It’s so unusual that royal specialists can’t remember the last time this happened."

HMQ has not cancelled any official engagements.

 

[Countessmeout]

Maybe not official engagements. But two standard events, Christmas and New Year's Day. May be more custom than official but decades long. I am confused to the third, is it not taking the train or am I missing something she missed.

 

[Dman]

She has canceled events due to back and knee problems in the past, but it's only few times in recent years.

 

[Dman]

Queen appoints Hans Rausing's cousin as one of her representatives | Daily Mail Online

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

From Royal Norways Post Article by McCleans

Quote: "So, in 10 days, the Queen has cancelled three events. It’s so unusual that royal specialists can’t remember the last time this happened."

HMQ has not cancelled any official engagements.

I know! That's just the way they write things.

I am confused to the third, is it not taking the train or am I missing something she missed.

It is not taking the train.

She has canceled events due to back and knee problems in the past, but it's only few times in recent years.

She also missed church due to colds before, something you have to expect at that age.

 

[Iluvbertie]

From Royal Norways Post Article by McCleans

Quote: "So, in 10 days, the Queen has cancelled three events. It’s so unusual that royal specialists can’t remember the last time this happened."

HMQ has not cancelled any official engagements.

The only 'official engagement' she normally does over this time period is the 'received xxxx' after the Sunday services and 'presented some sort of award'.

e.g. last year on the 3rd January - the same Sunday as the one just past - she presented The Queen Elizabeth Award for Academic Excellence at Springwood High School, King's Lynn, once back at the House.

In 2015 she presented the same award and in 2014.

If she didn't present this award this past Sunday (and there is no CC up on the website as yet - last entry was 19th December, 2016) then that would be an 'official engagement cancelled' but if she still did that then there would be clear evidence that she is simply sick with a cold and staying and working indoors.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

The only 'official engagement' she normally does over this time period is the 'received xxxx' after the Sunday services and 'presented some sort of award'.

e.g. last year on the 3rd January - the same Sunday as the one just past - she presented The Queen Elizabeth Award for Academic Excellence at Springwood High School, King's Lynn, once back at the House.

In 2015 she presented the same award and in 2014.

If she didn't present this award this past Sunday (and there is no CC up on the website as yet - last entry was 19th December, 2016) then that would be an 'official engagement cancelled' but if she still did that then there would be clear evidence that she is simply sick with a cold and staying and working indoors.

I thought about it yesterday after i visited the CC and said to myself: If she didn't present this award, the media (if they finds out) will go through the roof.

 

[RoyalProtocol]

Queen appoints Hans Rausing's cousin as one of her representatives | Daily Mail Online

What complete nonsense from the Daily Mail as usual. Deputy Lieutenants are not appointed by The Queen, they are appointed by the relevant Lord-Lieutenant. Their name is passed before The Queen and she only has to not disapprove of the appointment.

The Daily Mail needs to get its act together.


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[ROYAL NORWAY]

What complete nonsense from the Daily Mail as usual. Deputy Lieutenants are not appointed by The Queen, they are appointed by the relevant Lord-Lieutenant. Their name is passed before The Queen and she only has to not disapprove of the appointment.

The Daily Mail needs to get its act together.


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I agree that the Daily Fail needs to get its act together, but you have to notice that it is Sebastian Shakespeare who has written this article. And one can not trust anything written by him or Ephraim Hardcastle.

 

[Dman]

The Cambridge's visited The Queen last week-
https://mobile.twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/816298113136738305

 

[tamta]

I don't really care what international media report on the matter; they don't know better than the british media; what I do find a worrying sign is that Nigel Farage appeared and said "it's obviously not the usual cold; people are worried"...

Could it be that we choose to be over-optimistic, while she is really in a bad shape..?

 

[Lumutqueen]

Don't listen to Nigel Farage on anything, literally anything. It's pointless.

The Queen has a cold, at her age it is riskier and I don't mean to sound too non-optimistic one day The Queen will pass and I hope it's peacefully in her sleep. Whilst I do not wish that to happen, it will sometime and I'm a realist.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

I don't really care what international media report on the matter; they don't know better than the british media; what I do find a worrying sign is that Nigel Farage appeared and said "it's obviously not the usual cold; people are worried"...

Could it be that we choose to be over-optimistic, while she is really in a bad shape..?

I have posted several updates from the royal correspondents, and neither they nor I think there is some cause for alarm - se this post:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...d-duke-of-edinburgh-29391-40.html#post1951000

And (as Lumutqueen says) don't listen to Nigel Farage on anything. The other person you can't listen to is Robert Jobson. He is constantly on Australian television, where he says that the Queen's condition is more serious than the palace tells us.

 

[CrownPrincessJava]

The Queen has a cold, at her age it is riskier...

This!

People forget that she is 90, not 29! The mind boggles that people think she'd bounce right back. She's a very elderly lady, who has a heavy cold in WINTER. At her age, it takes weeks to recover! Do people even think these days?

 

[Dman]

It's pretty normal for people to be concerned about The Queen's health. What adds to the worry is that she's in her 91st year and her reign is coming to a close. A cold and two missing appearances can put some on the edge a bit.

No one wants the end to come, but everyone knows in the back of their mind that the end is around the corner. Just reality really.

 

[VictoriaB]

I don't really care what international media report on the matter; they don't know better than the british media; what I do find a worrying sign is that Nigel Farage appeared and said "it's obviously not the usual cold; people are worried"...

Could it be that we choose to be over-optimistic, while she is really in a bad shape..?

Why would Nigel Farage know anything about the Queen's condition? There's no reason he would have any insider knowledge. If there were concerns about the Queen's condition it's likely only the Prime Minister and her very senior advisors plus possibly the leader of the opposition would know. Farage is none of those and not even close to May, Corbyn et al. He's just a mouthpiece who seems to have an opinion about everything and knowledge of nothing.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

Update from ITV with video:
The Queen continues to recuperate but is still not seen in public | Anglia - ITV News

The Queen's health continues to generate headlines all over the world as she still has not been seen in public since getting a heavy cold.

But Buckingham Palace says she is continuing to recuperate and is dealing daily with documents she receives from the government.

The Queen was last seen on our televisions in a pre-recorded speech on Christmas Day.

But it was her non-appearance at church that day that sent shockwaves throughout the world.

It is thought to be the first time in 28 years that the Queen had missed the Christmas Day service at Sandringham.

And if you go to this post, you can read that the Queen presented a member of staff with an honour at Sandringham today:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...-26-december-2014-a-37742-40.html#post1951618

 

[Osipi]

Don't listen to Nigel Farage on anything, literally anything. It's pointless.

The Queen has a cold, at her age it is riskier and I don't mean to sound too non-optimistic one day The Queen will pass and I hope it's peacefully in her sleep. Whilst I do not wish that to happen, it will sometime and I'm a realist.

Like you, the Queen is also a realist and heeded medical advice to stay in, stay warm and let the cold run its course without risking making it worse.

At least now with the news that she has presented one of her staff with an order, it gives credence to her saying that she must be seen to be believed and we can all rest a tad bit easier.

 

[Curryong]

Yes, indeed. When the second church visit on New Year's Day didn't take place many people became quite anxious. However, the cold is obviously better and that makes me and countless others, I'm sure, feel a bit brighter too. I realise the inevitable will occur sooner or later, but not yet, not yet!

 

[Countessmeout]

I think anyone with an ounce of reason would have realized the two missed church visits were a week apart. Even for a healthy thirty year old, a week is a very shirt period to get Over a bad cold. Not alone a 90 year old. The media though has been trying to create a frenzy, putting ideas that it is worse than we think, and unfortunately some people are lemurs who take the urea and run off a cliff. There will be readers who don't believe she hadn't on her death bed until there are photographs, because of all the speculation

 

[Dman]

I think anyone with an ounce of reason would have realized the two missed church visits were a week apart. Even for a healthy thirty year old, a week is a very shirt period to get Over a bad cold. Not alone a 90 year old. The media though has been trying to create a frenzy, putting ideas that it is worse than we think, and unfortunately some people are lemurs who take the urea and run off a cliff. There will be readers who don't believe she hadn't on her death bed until there are photographs, because of all the speculation

At this age, folks are naturally worried about her health. Any illness that would cause her to sit out family events will cause people worry a bit.

I do think we must get used to the fact that more and serious illnesses will come about for her now. She's human before she's a Queen.

 

[MARG]

Don't listen to Nigel Farage on anything, literally anything. It's pointless.

The Queen has a cold, at her age it is riskier and I don't mean to sound too non-optimistic one day The Queen will pass and I hope it's peacefully in her sleep. Whilst I do not wish that to happen, it will sometime and I'm a realist.

This!

People forget that she is 90, not 29! The mind boggles that people think she'd bounce right back. She's a very elderly lady, who has a heavy cold in WINTER. At her age, it takes weeks to recover! Do people even think these days?

It seems that the absence of HM more than a few reporters, not to mention pretentious twits (Farage), lose what little sense they have and go for broke. The Queen is dying and TPTB are conspiring to keep the truth from us.

American articles speculate on the succession, British on the funeral. I can just see Prince Philip looking over the paper each morning and telling her whether she's alive or dead today. I think they would be enjoying idiots making fools of themselves.

But yes, death will come when it is her time but apparently it's not just yet. And no, they don't know the difference between 90 and 29!

 

[Osipi]

I'm still waiting for the latest breaking news that a gin soaked Camilla has forced HM to stand out in the bitter cold in her nightgown to exacerbate her death as Camilla is greedily hungering for the jewels that only a Queen Consort can wear.
Its the type of crapola that's been posted around in various links here and there.

My bird Blinkydoo (my avatar) needs a new bird cage liner.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

I'm still waiting for the latest breaking news that a gin soaked Camilla has forced HM to stand out in the bitter cold in her nightgown to exacerbate her death as Camilla is greedily hungering for the jewels that only a Queen Consort can wear.
Its the type of crapola that's been posted around in various links here and there.

My bird Blinkydoo (my avatar) needs a new bird cage liner.

Yes, but the problem is that there are some people who actually believe in these nonsense stories in the Globe etc.

 

[muriel]

Yes, but the problem is that there are some people who actually believe in these nonsense stories in the Globe etc.

And I for one believe that those people believing the stories provide so much entertainment for the rest of us. Great to watch some of them on TRF: they will make a grand statement, and the moment you quiz them, they start to throw their toys out of their prams.

 

[Osipi]

Lately I've really been getting fed up with all the media in general and with the Queen's being reported as having a "heavy cold", it seemed like all of the idiots came out from under their rock and had to get their own two cents worth of exaggeration in. Its kind of sad but for eons, the general public has had to rely on professional journalists to relay the facts. Now its a rare thing to find a truly professional journalist.

So far, TRF has really stuck with the rules that statements could and should be backed up by credible sources. Its just getting harder and harder to find credible sources and its the word of the Daily Mail and the other tabloids that reign supreme as far as links go.

I think my grandmother had it right. She always said "Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear".

 

[muriel]

Queen presents honour while recuperating from cold at Sandringham

Queen presents honour while recuperating from cold at Sandringham