One will lose 2 billable days

[ladymuck]

She may not make it that long anyway; at her age, all plans further ahead than teatime are provisional at best

Treason! Hang him!

[ladymuck]

It's only one extra bank holiday as the late May holiday is being repurposed for the occasion

[SueEllen]

It's only one extra bank holiday as the late May holiday is being repurposed for the occasion

So if she drops dead do we get Charles coronation day as a bank holiday?

[Mordac]

Historically Kings and Queens don't like when it their servants fail to make detailed long term plans for all sort of happy occasions on the basis that His or Her Majesty won't last that long...

Here comes the voice of experience...

[OwlHoot]

Treason! Hang him!

Yep, "Imagining or encompassing the Sovereign's death"

[d000hg]

So if she drops dead do we get Charles coronation day as a bank holiday?

We probably get a national month of mourning. Remember when Diana died, that will be nothing in comparison.

[SueEllen]

Here comes the voice of experience...

Nah he's probably worked for a government department, broadcaster, etc where they have contingency plans for royal deaths.

When the DofE dropped dead I was impressed how the radio dealt with it.

[NickFitz]

Or during, on a 4-day bender?

Keeling over and falling off her horse while they troop the colour or whatever would be a stylish exit

[Eirikur]

Keeling over and falling off her horse while they troop the colour or whatever would be a stylish exit

And we could see her dying live on TV!

[NickFitz]

And we could see her dying live on TV!

If it was good enough for Tommy Cooper, it should do for the monarch