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Please don't spread misinformation. There was no funeral yet. Holding a sheet of paper is hardly a disruptive protest. And Elisabeth Windsor wasn't as respecte

Please don't spread misinformation. There was no funeral yet. Holding a sheet of paper is hardly a disruptive protest. And Elisabeth Windsor wasn't as respected as you'd like to think. They might have huge fanbase among Daily Mail readers but the royals are not very popular among well informed people. I'm not going to bring up Andre's tendencies because this seems forbidden on HN, so have a read of this instead: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/sep/24/queen-poverty-grant-buckingham-palace https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/sep/24/queen-poverty-gra...

haunter 4y ago
>but the royals are not very popular among well informed people Maybe the "well informed people" should vote for parties and elect MPs that are republican? All the parties in Westminster are royalists
walthamstow 4y ago
> And Elisabeth Windsor wasn't as respected as you'd like to think. Got numbers for that?
- orwin 4y ago
  Population of Yemen, Ireland, Botswana and probably others I'm not aware of yet. Let's be honest here: while later in life she did nothing politically too active (i think she took a EU colored dress during Brexit?), Until at least the 90s, between supporting colonialism and the mafia-like comportment of the Royal family (let's not forget her cousins[0]), her reputation wasn't the highest in the world. And anyway, between republicans and anti-imperialists, it should be difficult to find support. Most of the left (when you exclude tankies at least) is anti-imperialist, and most of the right is republican nowadays, no? At least in France and the US. I admit I missed this news cycle tbh, so I'm not sure. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerissa_and_Katherine_Bowes-Lyon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerissa_and_Katherine_Bowes-Ly...