#Elizabeth II

[corvidous]

(Sept 08 2022)

#meme #Queen of England #Elizabeth II #funny

[useless-englandfacts]

i know it’s been a weird few days but come on

#the royal family #elizabeth ii #op

[janetsnakehole02]

This is probably my last post on the whole “Liz is dead” situation but I want to talk about my great grandmother, who is currently 92 years old. When I was growing up, hell even now, she’d tell me a lot about her own stories, mostly about how terrifying life was under both the British Raj and Nizam rule (her side of my family is from Hyderabad - Google the Nizams and the Razakars if you’ve never heard about them, that’s a whole other thing of its own).

Something I remember very clearly is her telling me about this one song she was forced to sing in her school - she went to a Christian convent school - and the song was about the greatness of “George Prabhu and Mary Rani,” aka George V, Elizabeth II’s grandfather. Recently my mom was able to film her singing this song so that we could listen to the lyrics, which are originally in Telugu, and roughly translated it means “we’re singing in honor of George and Mary, who are the rulers of India and have brought great fortune to India, and we see them as our father and mother.”

This is just a really difficult reminder that when we’re talking about why Elizabeth II and the royal family don’t deserve our respect or condolences, many of us have very personal stories that run deep through our families. “But she was a mother, a grandmother, a person” and I don’t care because she and her family were in the business of dehumanizing and erasing the identities of millions of other mothers, other grandmothers, other PEOPLE. Why else would my great grandmother be forced to sing a song in their honor? “But she wasn’t responsible for India” fair enough, her darling grandfather had a great time doing that, but how about you go and talk to Kenya? Or anyone in Africa? Or the Caribbean? I’m sick and tired of being told to “not speak ill of the dead” when REALLY I and millions of others should be getting an apology from anyone who wants to “praise her legacy” and talk about how “revolutionary” she was.

edit: i got the george’s mixed up before. george v is elizabeth ii’s grandfather. george vi is her father.

#that being said #my thoughts are also w the middle and working classes of the uk who will now unfortunately have to bear the brunt of the aftermath of this #of course they’d force a ‘period of mourning’ on everyone 🙃 #anyway #ding dong the bitch is dead #queen elizabeth #elizabeth ii #george v #anti british #british royal family #british raj #british colonialism #fuck the british #fuck colonialism #desiblr #desi tumblr #desi tag #indian #india #indian independence movement #hyderabad #telangana #telugu #south india

[pansexual-lilychen]

the european urge to contact everyone you know to let them know the queen has died

#england #the queen #the crown #europe #queen elizabeth #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth ii #uk #united kingdom #the monarchy

[chance4choice]

#queen elizabeth #royal family #british politics #united kingdom #uk politics #elizabeth ii #jaboukie young white

[burntblueberrywaffles]

my brother: the queen just died

me, immediately: oh tumblr is going to have a field day with this

#Queen Elizabeth #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth ii

[dreamgirledward]

monkey queen, banksy, 2005 / 'god save the queen', the sex pistols, 1977 / les miserables, victor hugo / 'parasite' graffiti in kent, england / ben paterson on twitter / liz truss, 1994 / christopher eccleston on instagram (now deleted) / felipe torres medina on twitter / we serve neither king nor kaiser, but ireland!, keogh brothers, 1914 / british commonwealth countries / the queen visiting tuvalu, 1982 / karen attiah, twp / uji anya on twitter (now reported) / jason farrell, sky news / bobby vylan, npr / darshna soni on twitter, and thread / black mountain, belfast, ireland / various, twitter / sisters nerissa bowes-lyon and katherine bowes-lyon / itv news / les miserables, victor hugo

#is this how u web weave?? i wouldnt know #this got so long and there's even more i could have added but i forced myself to stop lol #anti colonialism #anti imperialism #anti monarchy #web weaving #banksy #the sex pistols #victor hugo #les miserables #liz truss #christopher eccleston #ireland #wales #scotland #sammy.txt #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth ii #royals #anti royal family

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Losing Jimmy Buffett and the Smash Mouth guy on the same weekend is a one-two punch from which tumblr may never recover. And it's almost the annviersary of the queen's death too!

#september has been busy #jimmy buffett #all star #steve harwell #smash mouth #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth ii #the queen #september #labor day weekend #labor day #tumblr news

[netscapenavigator-official]

I wish Diana would’ve trended beyond belief. Imagine how pissed Charles would’ve been if the people were talking more about his ex-wife than his dead mother or his new status.

#diana #princess diana #princess diana of wales #diana Princess of wales #uk politics #British politics #Queen Elizabeth #Queen Elizabeth II #Elizabeth #Elizabeth II #the queen #the queen of England #Queen of England #England #King Charles iii #King Charles #Charles #Charles ii #the queen is dead

[glass-ya]

#wait folks i forgot about this one #queen elizabeth ii #queen elizabeth #elizabeth windsor #the royal family #uk politics #the windsors #her royal highness #elizabeth ii #british royal family #england

[charlesoberonn]

#queen elizabeth #elizabeth ii #10k #20k #50k

[teatimeatwinterpalace]

‘The baby is very sweet, and Philip and I are enormously proud of him. I still find it hard to believe that I really have a baby of my own!’ Elizabeth II to her second cousin Lady Mary Cambridge.

#historyedit #royaltyedit #elizabeth ii #charles iii #england #gif #depending on the books you pick #this quote keep changing... #but anyhow this footage never grows old :')

[useless-englandfacts]

Best tweet about this that I've seen thus far -

https: //twitter.com/ stavvers/ status/ 1567861075 189678084 (without the spaces obvs)(thought you'd appreciate it, we love a bit of history)

ex-fucking-SCUSE me?

#i cannot believe #thank u so much for sharing this #this is the exact sort of historical trivia that i love #asks #anonymous #the Royal Family #Elizabeth II #Queen Elizabeth II #The Monarchy #George V #history #Admin Dominique

[strawbeb]

what kind of bollocks is this

#uk politics #uk #elizabeth ii #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth windsor #queen elizabeth #british royals #british royal family #im trying to find more info but also im very hungry so im gonna eat first

[warriorxena]

THE CROWN — 1.05 'Smoke and Mirrors' ◈ [crown gifs] ◈

#perioddramaedit #tvedit #jaredharrisedit #jared harris #the crown #thecrownedit #elizabeth ii #george vi #crown #gifsbywarriorxena

[cloverhighfive]

of course

[ID: A "what's happening" section of Twitter, showing two different news stories on Queen Elizabeth's death, followed by "Supernatural" being on the trending topics. End ID]

#spn #queen #the queen is dead #elizabeth II #supernatural #supernatural trending #twitter #canada #whyissupernaturaltrending