It’s like music on the radio that plays through the night when there’s nobody really listening! Very calming, quiet and well known, comforting music! Even Sara Cox is very quiet and not herselfSays on the radio 2 website the last 4 songs played were:
Never Ever - All Saints
The Riddle - Nik Kershaw
Wonderwall - Oasis
No matter what - Boyzone
Doesn't bode well
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I believe it’s part of the plan to prepare the public, since just announcing it (or having it leak …) would be a pretty big shock, globally, and a massive breach of protocol. To be fair, it’s pretty impossible to hide that *something* is happening/has happened. There are so many layers of people who need to be told and various things that need to be activated across Government and those parts of the Civil Service tasked with managing what will be a national period of mourning. Tbh I’m pretty impressed with how it’s being managed.
Oh is that who she is? Thanks for explaining the obvious. Jeez. I don't make it sound like a snow day, I have the utmost respect for the Queen but I do not envisage schools suddenly closing on an announcement and leaving workers in total disarray with sudden childcare issues.
Same for my job but anyone who has a choice wouldn’t go in I’m sure
Do we think Harry is on this private jet?
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They do seem to be waiting for Harry, don't they?
He won’t be there for 7PM then?
Damn, it might be tomorrow then. I really doubt it would be at 10PM
I just took the same screenshot and was wondering the same. He might have struggled to get a plane at short notice and only be getting there
Quite possibly. Hopefully he gets a helicopter to Balmoral as it's another long wait to get to see her (should she still be alive) on his account, being so much later than everyone else
Someone said the latest it can be is 9pm so say Harry gets there for half 7? Maybe a half 8 announcement? Or as late as possible.
I don’t think it’s ALL people are thinking of, but in regard to any tangible impact on people’s lives that’s the only thing really? People naturally focus on how an event might impact on their own life
What I love about Tattle is there is a generally a better appreciation of nuance than in a lot of other places.
One can be anti-monarchy, but still offer our respect to an elderly lady who is dying.
One can empathise with a family in mourning, but still want to know whether one might get a day off from a very bleeping taxing job (
).I hope you don‘t mistake my tone; I’m not looking for a fight 🫣
Interesting! I never really thought about it being a shock with it just coming out of nowhere. I suppose the bit that has thrown me the most is that it seems like these code words to initial protocols and what they entail seem quite public, while the news reporters most likely don’t know for certain themselves yet, but someone must have alerted them to change into black in preparation? It must be hard having to keep talking about her getting well, while wearing traditional mourning clothes.
It’s quite a military style operation, I didn’t know much about it until today and how most of the royals have/know the code words in certain events!
Guess we will see by BBC scheduling. East Enders scheduled for 19:30
All the insiders with info that an announcement at 6pm were wrong, I'm shooketh!
It’s hard to close schools though if parents aren’t officially getting the day off - how do you arrange emergency child care for the entire country
Snap I thought the same
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The speech now seems like possible preparation for a statement??
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