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Yeah the whole royal family going there en masse and simultaneously (even on the same plane in some cases) says to me she died sometime before the announcement
by mattlondon 4y ago
Yeah the whole royal family going there en masse and simultaneously (even on the same plane in some cases) says to me she died sometime before the announcement so that the royals themselves got some semblance of a chance to deal with it and process it themselves privately first before it literally being the only thing in UK media for the next 20 days.
My bet is that not long after she met with the PM.
She had two birthdays (personal and official) so two dates of death doesn't seem so far fetched
- dmurray 4y agoMore like 20 birthdays. Each of the dozens of territories she ruled over finds its own convenient time for a local celebration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Official_Birthday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Official_Birthday (also an example of a page in flux, with about half the references updated to refer to the king instead of a queen).
- djhworld 4y agoI read somewhere that the PM was informed of her death around 4:30pm. At least from the official statements it mentions she died in the afternoon.