This is true for all celebrity deaths, but it must be weird to mourn someone you actually know while a bunch of strangers mourn the idea of themI feel the same way I do in most of these situations - sad for her family and loved ones. She's a fixture of my entire life and it does feel like something more than just her life has ended here. But that's for later. Right now, I just feel for her children. Except Andrew - he can fuck off.
I just went back to the BBC News page which is now in black with a portrait of her and I felt a wobble. It is genuinely sad news.She's been such a fixture. We knew it was coming, but it feels beyond comprehensive.
I feel like I grew a hundred years older with her passing away, idk it marks the end of an era, may she rest in peace.I feel the same way I do in most of these situations - sad for her family and loved ones. She's a fixture of my entire life and it does feel like something more than just her life has ended here. But that's for later. Right now, I just feel for her children. Except Andrew - he can fuck off.
I can't wait to see how he manages to shoehorn in a few bars slagging off his friends for being poor.Dying on a Thursday afternoon was a canny move if she wanted a tribute song at #1 next Friday.
Ed Sheeran already has his rhyming dictionary out I’m sure.
I was genuinely hoping she’d take on a toyboy.Philip dying really was a death knell. Widows so often die not long after their spouse.
What will change? The national anthem and money?
Of course.And stamps!
God save the king just doesn't sound the sameWhat will change? The national anthem and money?
The King(!) has released a statement
Statement from the King