More celebrations if HM the Queen makes it to 2026 and 2027?

[AY1975]

If HM Queen Elizabeth II lives to be 100 in 2026, and if she achieves her 75-year jubilee (not sure what material is associated with a 75th anniversary: it's silver for 25, gold for 50, platinum for 70) in 2027, do you think there would be more celebrations and would they be on a scale that we're seeing for the Platinum Jubilee? That could mean celebrations two years in a row.

 

[najaB]

Do you think there would be more celebrations and would they be on a scale that we're seeing for the Platinum Jubilee?

Yes and no.

 

[duncanp]

If the Queen were to make it to 100 years old, and then 75 years on the throne in 2027, I think there will be celebrations, but on a much smaller scale than this weekend.

The fact that the Queen has had to cancel several of her planned appearances over this weekend shows that she is becoming much more frail, so any celebrations in 2026 and 2027 would have to take account of this.

Realistically though, the next really big celebrations will be for the coronation of King Charles.

 

[Cloud Strife]

The fact that the Queen has had to cancel several of her planned appearances over this weekend shows that she is becoming much more frail

I get the distinct impression that she simply doesn't want to be seen in a wheelchair. She looks healthy, but it's quite conceivable that she's simply physically weak and not up for the demands of public appearances.

 

[AntoniC]

What I am thinking about is how many days off I will get when she karks it

 

[jp4712]

What I am thinking about is how many days off I will get when she karks it

One, for the day of the funeral - and depending on your work pattern, you may not even get that if the funeral is at the weekend as it’s fixed at nine days after the passing. Google “operation London Bridge” for all the sad but necessary details.

 

[Ashley Hill]

If she gets to 100 will she send herself a telegram?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Realistically though, the next really big celebrations will be for the coronation of King Charles.

Can we not just crown an actual King Charles Spaniel as monarch when the time comes? It'll be cuter, more appealing to tourists, cheaper... and no more silly 50-year-plus jubilees as even a doggo with royal family levels of veterinary care and the poshest food available will be lucky to make 20.

 

[prod_pep]

The Queen is also within two years of becoming the longest-reigning monarch of all time. I'm sure there would be a celebration of this in some form, were it to happen.

 

[GusB]

I dread to think about what comes next; the last couple of days have been unbearable and I'm looking forward to when I can watch a news channel and see actual news.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

not sure what material is associated with a 75th anniversary

Diamond, from 60, is re-used for 75.

 

[kristiang85]

The Queen is also within two years of becoming the longest-reigning monarch of all time. I'm sure there would be a celebration of this in some form, were it to happen.

Especially as it gives us a win over the French!

 

[AlterEgo]

If HM Queen Elizabeth II lives to be 100 in 2026, and if she achieves her 75-year jubilee (not sure what material is associated with a 75th anniversary: it's silver for 25, gold for 50, platinum for 70) in 2027, do you think there would be more celebrations and would they be on a scale that we're seeing for the Platinum Jubilee? That could mean celebrations two years in a row.

I think any celebrations would be relatively low key. The Queen is frail and gradually withdrawing from public duties and is unlikely to be a picture of health at 100.

 

[swt_passenger]

If she gets to 100 will she send herself a telegram?

It’s quite odd that the term still persists because the inland telegram service ceased 40 years ago, in 1982. You get a card, the palace being advised by the DWP - who I believe do a check that the person is still alive beforehand. Just in case the family have been drawing someone’s pension fraudulently…

 

[Ianigsy]

Diamond, from 60, is re-used for 75.

An opportunity for somebody to brew a commemorative batch of Double Diamond!

 

[Domh245]

It is possible to have high key celebrations without making the queen front & centre of them. I'd expect a lot of services and tours with the 'working royals, with potentially only one balcony appearance (if any) and a TV address from Brenda

 

[Gloster]

I suspect that, due to the ways that things are developing in this country, any celebrations would be very low-key. In four or five years time expensive and ostentatious festivities would be deeply unpopular in a country which may well still be suffering an economic downturn. The days when malnourished East Enders would line the street to wave Union Jacks and cheer as the monarch drove past are long gone (if they ever really existed in the first place). The royal family are astute enough to realise that spending large sums in a time of austerity is not a way to retain popularity. Unfortunately for them, the second rate politicians that we have might not see it the same way.

As said, the Queen would probably no longer be fit to carry out anything but the most limited duties at the celebrations and without her the question is: Why? Additionally, you would have had another four or five years of the elderly, a group far more likely than the average population to support the monarchy and attend such events, dropping off the perch.

 

[najaB]

It'll be cuter, more appealing to tourists, cheaper... and no more silly 50-year-plus jubilees as even a doggo with royal family levels of veterinary care and the poshest food available will be lucky to make 20.

To be honest, Charles is unlikely to last 20 years himself - he is 73 years old after all.

 

[birchesgreen]

Can we not just crown an actual King Charles Spaniel as monarch when the time comes? It'll be cuter, more appealing to tourists, cheaper... and no more silly 50-year-plus jubilees as even a doggo with royal family levels of veterinary care and the poshest food available will be lucky to make 20.

When i had spaniels i used to name them after Kings, unfortunately George turned out to be nuts like George III...

 

[chris11256]

As others have said, I think the next celebration is like to be a coronation. The queen is increasingly frail and I think the palace doesn't want the final few public photos of the queen to be of her in a wheelchair(as happened with Princess Margaret.

 

[Whistler40145]

I wish the rules were tweaked to bypass Charles and go straight to William as next in line for the throne

Just imagine if the Queen outlives Charles

 

[Calthrop]

I wish the rules were tweaked to bypass Charles and go straight to William as next in line for the throne

Just imagine if the Queen outlives Charles

I gather that 120-odd years ago, Victoria hoped that she might outlive her eldest son, Edward VII-to-be (Vicky disapproved of Ed's personal morals -- Liz just regards Chazza as a twit, and potential inappropriate meddler).

 

[Gloster]

I wish the rules were tweaked to bypass Charles and go straight to William as next in line for the throne

Just imagine if the Queen outlives Charles

I always think that the suggestion that the succession should jump over Charles and go straight to William has not been thought through. I am not a supporter of the monarchical system, but accept that it has one argument in its favour: you know who you are going to get as there is a clear line of succession. If you are going to pick and choose, you lose that one advantage. Who decides? Are we going to see a civil war between the supporters of one heir against the other with the Fields of Towton running bloody red. Or will we have a TV contest with viewers ringing in to vote until Davina McCall says,” And Britain’s next monarch will be...”

 

[DarloRich]

If you get to 96 you really want to reach the ton and get your name on the honours board.

I wish the rules were tweaked to bypass Charles and go straight to William as next in line for the throne

I wish the rules were changed to put me on the throne!

 

[najaB]

I always think that the suggestion that the succession should jump over Charles and go straight to William has not been thought through. I am not a supporter of the monarchical system, but accept that it has one argument in its favour: you know who you are going to get as there is a clear line of succession. If you are going to pick and choose, you lose that one advantage. Who decides?

I am also not in favour of any change to the rules, however I do think that Charles should abdicate in favour of his son. One of the few benefits of a monarchy over a presidential system is longevity of term and the stability that brings and, even in the best of cases, Charles is unlikely to reign for much over 15 to 20 years. William is going to be 40 in a few days, so there's a good chance that he would be able to reign for 40 to 50 years.

 

[Busaholic]

To be honest, Charles is unlikely to last 20 years himself - he is 73 years old after all.

I was born in the same year as him and certainly don't expect to last the next twenty years. Mind you, if I had someone to squeeze the toothpaste onto my toothbrush, and to boil twelve eggs so that I might find the one egg perfectly boiled to my taste...... It'd be absolutely ridiculous if this Man Child assumes an even more prestigious role. His father regarded him as a wimp, and I think he got that spot on. He's a pampered pooch in human form and will doubtless seek to bend the government of the day to his favoured fogey views.

 

[Gloster]

I was born in the same year as him and certainly don't expect to last the next twenty years. Mind you, if I had someone to squeeze the toothpaste onto my toothbrush, and to boil twelve eggs so that I might find the one egg perfectly boiled to my taste...... It'd be absolutely ridiculous if this Man Child assumes an even more prestigious role. His father regarded him as a wimp, and I think he got that spot on. He's a pampered pooch in human form and will doubtless seek to bend the government of the day to his favoured fogey views.

For those who want to see an end to the monarchy, Charles will be a godsend. As you say, he is likely to meddle and cause a constitutional crisis before long. The one thing that worries me is that a change to a republican system would come all too quickly, rather than taking a sufficiently long time for the options and pitfalls to be thought through.

 

[brad465]

I gather that 120-odd years ago, Victoria hoped that she might outlive her eldest son, Edward VII-to-be (Vicky disapproved of Ed's personal morals -- Liz just regards Chazza as a twit, and potential inappropriate meddler).

What's perhaps interesting is if the present succession rules were in place in the Victorian era, we'd have had Kaiser Wilhelm before long as king.

 

[birchesgreen]

I think Charles gets a bad press sometimes, it was interesting reading some notes on another forum by a former R Marine who served as HRH's bodyguard for a time in the 70s and he was very positive and warm about Charles' character and abilities. Maybe he won't be as bad as some make out... or worse?

 

[dgl]

I wish the rules were tweaked to bypass Charles and go straight to William as next in line for the throne

Just imagine if the Queen outlives Charles

I can see the queen hanging on until CharLes dies and her approval of Camilla becoming Queen Consort was all a ruse with the queen knowing full well that if she has her own way Charles will never be king.
Would also be a way to overshadow his death, as if the Queen died within hours/days of Charles' death his funeral preperations would be quickly forgotton about.