[Malcolm Armsteen]

Allons enfants de la patrie!

[The Weeping Angel]

Nah let's drown them instead in the true spirit of the terror.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownings_at_Nantes

I mean if I were looking for an alternative system to the current system France isn't at the top of my list.

[Cyclist]

Has anyone got a butt of Malmsey?

[Crabcakes]

Look, I’m not saying anything one way or the other. But it’s worth noting that Phil started out “resting for a few days” and about 3 months later he was dead.

It may be King George VII (as Chuck is thinking of going by) is going to be in situ sooner rather than later.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... ld-to-rest

[Cyclist]

BBC think it's important

[Youngian]

That should be the same advice to any 96 year old in cold weather. Should have enjoyed a well deserved retirement 25 years ago instead of clinging to quasi mystical flummery.

[Youngian]

The Queen was due to attend a centenary commemoration marking Irish partition. No royal is taking her place and Higgins has refused to attend. Has ma’am pulled a sickie? Never mind, Bozo will be there to please his last remaining mates.

[The All New KevS]

Let's face it, if you're Queen and want to skive off something, and you're 95, who is going to challenge you?

[davidjay]

I wouldn't be buying her a Christmas present yet.

[Oboogie]

Buckingham Palace: “Following medical advice to rest for a few days, The Queen attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary investigations, returning to Windsor Castle at lunchtime today, and remains in good spirits.”

So they kept her in overnight, did they? They don't do that without reason.

[Andy McDandy]

Good spirits closely followed by "...peacefully, after a short illness"?

[Oboogie]

Good spirits closely followed by "...peacefully, after a short illness"?

Who knows? I suspect, when the inevitable happens, the messaging will switch quite suddenly.

[Samanfur]

So they kept her in overnight, did they? They don't do that without reason.

The official story is something to do with logistics.

[Cyclist]

Don't read too much into the overnight stay. This isn't the Luton and Dunstable they're talking about. It's a very exclusive, very expensive hotel with added medical facilities. If we had the money we could check ourselves in for a night or two, for a check over by a very expensive doctor and a therapeutic dip in the swindle bath.

[The All New KevS]

Twas ever thus with the Royals though. Appreciate it was 70 years ago but George VI went swiftly from "bit under the weather" to dead very quickly. His lung cancer was never made public beforehand, I believe.

Saying that though, I suspect it would be a little bit different now. When Pope JP2 hopped the twig there were constant updates on his health - going from "seriously ill" to "gravely ill" to "nearing his end". I suppose though on the other hand, the Palace wouldn't want speculation and fuss on what is, let's face it, a private matter.

I don't think there's any cause for over concern here - as everyone is saying, she is halfway through her 96th year after all.

[Oboogie]

the Palace wouldn't want speculation and fuss on what is, let's face it, a private matter.

I don't know what happens to the NHS principle of patient confidentiality when it comes to the Queen.

[Watchman]

I think it’s a case of keep the mystic/ deity till the very end….”it’s what the people would want” says Nicholas Witchall

[The All New KevS]

the Palace wouldn't want speculation and fuss on what is, let's face it, a private matter.

I don't know what happens to the NHS principle of patient confidentiality when it comes to the Queen.

It'd be the Palace providing updates though, not the NHS. It's no different if you've been told by the hospital how somebody is, and then you announce it to the world. The NHS has provided the information to you as a family member/friend/whatever. What you choose to do with that info is not their concern.

[satnav]

It was nice to see Nicholas Witchell losing his shit on BBC Breakfast this morning just because Palace had not kept him in the loop about Liz having to spend the night in hospital. After all he's done for the royals over the years and they repay him by leaving him hanging.

[The All New KevS]

"Her Majesty has passed on. We had better advise that London Bridge is down."

"Very well, I shall inform the Prince of Wales, you need to let Downing Street know"

"Never mind that, we need to let Nicholas Witchell know first or he'll have a mardy strop again"