I was trying to find the origin of that ‘Queen Mother Condolences’ email that’s been going around. I liked this guy on the bbc.co.uk site:
“Queen Mother and Princess Margaret lived their lives of luxury off the wealth plundered from impoverished people all over the Earth, as do the remaining Windsors. They are ordinary people in possession of extraordinary wealth, nothing more.
John Connolly, U.S.A, ”
Also, “Can I just say that a lot of people do not care at all as there are more important things happening in the world than some old lady passing away. She had a long life and a very well off life compared to most people, so please stop the overkill.
Disrk Simth, UK ”
One Canadian guy wrote a big sucky entry but ruined it by calling her the ‘QUEEN MOM’ (his caps).
The joke email is full of entries like: “How refreshing to be able to mourn the death of a member of the Royal family without being accused of being homosexual”, J. Fletcher, High Wycombe, and “It is such a loss, God has shat on our heads”, K. O’Neil, Inverness, which makes me imagine god as a giant seagull.