https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/jun/05/queen-elizabeth-appears-as-hologram-inside-260-year-old-golden-carriage-video

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Even ignoring the fact that monarchies are incredibly cringe by definition regardless of how healthy the monarch is, I don't see how her insisting on trying to hide the fact that she's on the verge of death is more dignified than her abdicating years ago and living out her last days in peace (or at least privacy) - Most other monarchies give an off ramp for when the king/queen starts looking like a walking corpse but for some reason she thinks it's massively uncouth, fucking baffling.

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      her dad(?) got offed by his doctor with a fucking speedball lmao

      thought the king's death being reported by the evening papers was "undignified" so just fucking killed him lmao

      • charly4994 [she/her, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I think it's just purely ego, Japan's emperor abdicated for like the first time in history a couple years ago and though belief in the deity status of the emperor has clearly waned over the years, he's still technically viewed as divine while the queen at the very best is viewed as having a divine mandate, it's just pure ego.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Most other monarchies give an off ramp for when the king/queen starts looking like a walking corpse

      Do they? I think the traditional solution is to let heir apparent take over representative duties, maybe even appoint him as prince-regent.

      • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure Dutch, Spanish and Japanese monarchs have abdicated due to old age/health issues before, or at least stepped out of the public eye and allowed a regent to take over all of the various ribbon cutting duties.

        • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Japan's did, but it was considered a little scandalous and breaking with tradition

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah I think you're right. There are some monarchies that are too conservative to do that though, like the British and the Danish are good examples. Britain also have the problem of the replacement being prince Charles, who would hardly be more popular than a walking corpse.