It has just been an announced from Buckingham Palace that sadly the Queen Mother has passed away today.

There are no other details at present.

A very special lady who will be sadly missed.

read more about her eventful life here

[ 03-30-2002, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: izzi ]

Apparently at 3.15pm in Windsor with the Queen at her bedside.

Had a funny feeling it was due very very soon - the school I'm at at the moment has strong links with her - her family used to own the land it was built on, and they've got letters and cards they've recieved on display in the hall. The school hits its 90th birthday in May and I was walking past the display on Friday thinking she wasn't going to be around to see the school birthday.

At the age of 101 death was bound not to be far off. How sad that it followed so soon after the death of her daughter and in the year of the Queen's Golden Jublilee - both deaths rather take the shine off what should have been a year of celebration.

Presumably there will be a public holiday for the day of the funeral, they did it for Winston Churchill and she was loved by many more people.

Good innings tho'...

'Gawd Bless 'Er'

I LOVED her...What a gal! Honest!

Now in God's embrace, she will rule and reign forever....

There is an "end time" for us all...with dignity and peace...what else can one ask?

No matter what you think of the Royal family you can't deny she was a wonderful woman.

God Bless her.

I've never been much for the royals, but you just couldn't help loving the Queen Mum. She lived a very full life.

I just heard this on the news just now. It was a bit of a shock, but she did live a good long life. That's what we can remember her by

I have always felt she was a very special lady. I would like to express my feeling of sadness to all my cyber friends from Great Britain and her Dominions.

just heard about it on the news.

My deepest condolences to the British FT members.


She was a wonderful woman, God Bless her.

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It was a bit of a shock, but she did live a good long life. That's what we can remember her by

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Thanks..... yes she was. I can't think of any Brit not feeling a bit sad today.

I don't think she is the type who would want us to be sad. She was such a very brave lady who lived a full and happy life.

Of all the royals, the Queen Mum is the one who had my utmost respect.

For those interested, there is a Book of Condolences Click here for a link to the Royal Family website

Is anyone else getting sick of the comparisons being drawn between the Queen Mum's death and that of Diana? On one news it said about the public reaction "but it is nothing like the outpuring of grief shown towards Princess Diana".

Surely there isn't the whole shock of the car accident and the fact that young children lost their mother, but rather a grief shown towards a lady that had lived a full and wonderful life, was strong, helped the morale of a country through war and always had a air of fun about her.

There is never going to be anything to come near the public reaction of the death of Diana, it was almost mass hysteria. Her death was tragic as is the death of any person who hasn't live a 'full and long life'. Add to her youth, the tabloids obsession with her and the reaction was fairly understandable. Although I never bought magazines or newspapers because Diana was featured on the front page I was upset at her death, but not to the extent of feeling the need to place flowers for her. On the day of her funeral I sat at one end of an open telephone line with my mother at the other end, she didn't want to watch the television coverage alone, nor did I. Yes, I did cry at times, just seeing those two boys who had just lost their mother but who had to put on a 'public face' was enough to melt all but the hardest heart. I chuckled too, a coloured flower thrown at the gun carriage by a member of the public stuck on one of the white wreaths, Diana who was dubbed 'The People's Princess' had a flower from the public with her all the way through the ceremony.... very fitting.

The death of the Queen Mum is sad, as is the death of any loved one who dies of old age, not tragic, just sad. At one hundred and one year it could hardly be unexpected, we should be celebrating the wonderful woman that she was, celebrating her life and remembering this - and most people are doing just this. I feel sorry for her family to have lost two members so close together even if neither was young or in good health - that is very hard on them whom soever they are.

The Queen Mum will be remembered with affection by many people, one memory I have is when she last visited our Island, she spent time in a Youth Centre and played pool with some of the boys - she was in her later 80's at the time! The newspapers just loved the photos they were able to take of this moment...... that was our Queen Mum. God bless her.

The Queen Mum was a champ.

On behalf of my family, I extend my deepest sympathy to the people of England and the Royal Family on the death of the Queen Mother. I remember learning about her and the great things she did in my history classes in school.

She was indeed a remarkable woman, and she will be greatly missed.

God Speed and God Bless

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