Every single British community I'm in is just wall to wall memes and jokes and people asking if this means we get a holiday. Nobody gives a shit about the monarchy, at best people think "it's a tourist attraction and I'm ok with it as that" and at worst people want rid of it. Beyond that people do not care. There's probably an incredibly tiny minority of actual royalists that genuinely give a shit.

Americans on the other hand are falling over themselves to hide anyone making even the smallest lame jokes about it. American liberals crying about civility and empathy while american conservatives act like offending the monarchy is deeply offensive to Britain as a nation. The two of them are pretty much an inch apart while the actual British left's response is "rest in piss".

It's really fucking weird online, as a Brit.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's easy to idealise the queen when you don't live under her bullshit.

[–] Awoo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I suspect that's what it is. The propaganda works outside the country much more than it does inside it.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Norwegian online newspapers have dedicated at least twice as much space to the event as bbc.co.uk. I think I saw her obituary below a recipe for pasta. It's weird.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I searched up "Queen Elizabeth Death" and it was all American news sites lol. Had to specifically search "Queen Elizabeth Death BBC" to find this.

[–] aski3252@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The only reason why it was tolerated in the past 50 years was because of tourism.

It's a monarchy, people get put into an absurdly privileged and powerful position just for being born in a specific family. And then there is a whole industry focused on documenting their disfunctional life.

It just sucks for anyone involved but maybe the tourists, even the royals themselves.