to feel sad that the Queen looks so frail.

It’s nice to hear you say that. I know she’s spoken of her exhaustion following covid but I can’t help wondering if there’s more to it. Missing a Church service is very unlike her though I expect her personal chaplain ministers to her spiritual needs.

I will miss her too. It seems as though she’s fading away from our lives.

Yes.
With all the nonsense going on in the world she's a Constant.
A comforting presence.

I don't know whether it's the time of year but it's made me feel a bit melancholy

She has been around for all of my life
I watched her being crowned when I was five so it does feel strange that she is frail now and may not be here for much longer.
I don't have the same respect for Charles.

Probably the last person in the world to cross my mind never mind worry about.Lizzie has been well looked after her whole life often to the detriment of others.I believe when she dies the monarchy should die with her .

I know what you mean. She’s always been there and although I was born in her father’s reign I remember only her. It is sad to think that she may not be a part of our lives for much longer.

Perhaps she is also grieving with certain behavioural characteristics from junior members of her family?

The Queen has every chance of making it to 100 but you can't expect her to work much longer and be on public view.

My comment was to Snowberry. It saddens me that her personal statement of sadness has been hijacked and effectively trashed.

I can fully believe she still feels wiped out by covid and I don't really support the view we should pump her full of sugar and amphetamines or steroids in order for her to attend public engagements

Paddyann , I am no much is as royalist but I find your comments distasteful.

Not much of a royalist!

The Queen is great but no, I am not sad that she looks so frail. It's the sort of thing to expect in people of her age. I just accept it as Life and Reality. She is already being much missed but this is only going to continue.

It's not sadness I feel. Something else for which I cannot find the word right now.

I hate to think of a time without the Queen and it just won't be the same with Charles.

Disgraceful comment from paddyanne54. Doesn’t matter if you are a royalist or not the word “Lizzie” is disrespectful in the extreme! Shame on you Anne.

I’m a republican, a fairly new republican, having dithered for years, but I’ve finally decided. However I think it will be strange when she’s no longer here as she’s been here all my life. She was crowned when I was three months old in 1953. Goodness, doesn’t that make me sound old. I enjoy watching the great events of state on television but I’ve come to feel that the monarchy doesn’t really fit in a modern state. It will indeed be strange when she’s no longer with us.

I honestly wished the queen would have stepped down before this tbh. I feel sorry for Charles who has been groomed to be king since day 1. People might think he’s an idiot but that is what it was back then. I am one who would like to see Charles crowned. To overlook him now and go straight to William would imo be heartbreaking for someone who has tried their best. If it had been NOW he would never have married Diana when he loved someone else. That is what the royal family dictated at the time.

I don’t want to see the royal family dissolved. It’s our history ignore the Scots. It is OUR history and long May it continue.

I remember watching the Coronation when I was ten!

My personal feeling is that Charles will be a good King and start putting into progress the slimming down of the Monarchy to give William a fair chance to follow him. They should give some of their property portfolio to the nation, for a start.

You are not being unreasonable to be sad, but it would be unreasonable to expect everyone else to feel the same.

She looks a lot less frail than other women of a similar age in my aunt's care home. She's a good age and will have the best care available.

I am a republican but will feel a certain amount of sadness when the queen is no longer here. She became queen before I was even a twinkle in my father’s eye so I’ve known no different.

I would like to see the monarchy end here, it’s an outdated and anachronistic institution.

ValerieF I can’t ignore the Scots, they’re my family

I dread the day i wake up to the news that our beloved Queen has passed.
She does look frail,but tbh if i reach her age i too would look frail,she`s been to hell and back this last few years,i`m suprised she can find anything to even smile about.
Long live our Queen.

paddyann54

Probably the last person in the world to cross my mind never mind worry about.Lizzie has been well looked after her whole life often to the detriment of others.I believe when she dies the monarchy should die with her .

I find that post disrespectful, you may be a Republican, or anti monacist, your choice, but can we show some respect for a very hard working, dedicated lady who has served her country well.

The queen has had a long and healthy life. She's entitled to look frail at her age. If she carries on cancelling her engagements then I feel she should retire and let Charles take over. That said she says she's exhausted after Covid and that may well be the case but if she's still cancelling in 6 months she should admit defeat and step aside. I'm not a republican and quite happy to keep the Royal family for the foreseeable future.

ValerieF, she is the Queen of Scots too, not just, as many people prefer to call her, the Queen of England. We are still supposed to be a United Kingdom, and whatever we, individually feel about that and about the monarchy, we all have an interest in the health of the Queen. Your comment "It's our history ignore the Scots" is rude as well as inappropriate in this context.