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Is there an announcement on the way tonight? (October 2005)

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CA
cat
Well, what do you expect them to do?

They're hardly going to rip up their schedule publicly before anything -- if it is anything -- is announced.

For the record, I didn't see any of the other bulletins, but Jon Snow was wearing his usual brightly-coloured tie.
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Inspector Sands
Londoner posted:

He handed me the chair he'd been sitting on a couple of minutes before he collapsed.


So it was your fault, if he'd still been sitting down he wouldn't have collapsed Twisted Evil Wink
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cat
Gavin Scott posted:
Common sense suggests that the only person suitable for such a widespread show of respect would be the Monarch.

Similarly, the arrangements required to begin a period of Official Mourning would likely delay an announcement in a way we may be seeing on screen.

There is also a distinct (and appropriate) silence from some well know BBC insiders ere.

The preponderance of evidence suggests that at the very least a *senior* Royal has died.


If it is the DoE and not the Queen, I wonder if all those photos of him with prostitutes will come out now. Probably not.

Out of interest, whilst we're speculating, why is it that Prince Phillip is Prince Phillip and not King Phillip?
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donkeykong
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TVN
Gavin Scott posted:
Common sense suggests that the only person suitable for such a widespread show of respect would be the Monarch.

Similarly, the arrangements required to begin a period of Official Mourning would likely delay an announcement in a way we may be seeing on screen.

There is also a distinct (and appropriate) silence from some well know BBC insiders ere.

The preponderance of evidence suggests that at the very least a *senior* Royal has died.


Actualy, Gavin, you make a very strong point there. There would NOT be an announcement until the official mourning plans had been arranged.

I think we can rule out the possibility of a polititian therefore, and it looks like a royal, and again I regret to speculate but it is either one of the Queen's children (seems unlikely, not too much morning unless it was Charles), the Queen herself (which seems unlikely, given the age of her mother when she died),or the D of E.
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Londoner
Inspector Sands posted:
Londoner posted:

He handed me the chair he'd been sitting on a couple of minutes before he collapsed.

So it was your fault, if he'd still been sitting down he wouldn;t have collapsede Twisted Evil Wink

He apologised for stealing my* chair to watch Tony Blair's speech, actually...

(* In fact it was my boss's dining room chair from IKEA, but that's another matter. And Cherie Blair had been sitting in the same chair earlier in the day.)
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CTVN
I would have thought that if the broadcaster knew what was going on and possibly a time when the embargo was lifted they would not do they usual "and at nine ....."

Sorry if the post seemed obvious and irrelevant, I am as intrigued as the rest of you and am trying to work out the situation like the other members.
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donkeykong
right, sit down and think seriously for a minute, you lot know the news better then i do :

a: Have most of the presenters gone into near all somber colours before a big story breaks?
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Matrix
I'm really not sure whether to read too much into this, but if this is and it is increasingly looking like the death of a royal. The D o E would therefore be a high probability.
donkeykong posted:


a: Have most of the presenters gone into near all somber colours before a big story breaks?


That is custom, Yes.
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JamesWorldNews
Anjali Rao on Sky News is continuing with the black attire theme. Cannot be such a coincidence.
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beery
To be honest I would have been dissapointed to hear about Maggie Thatcher passing away....I would have much preferred to witness the event live - with full razzamatazz.
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Andrew Founding member
It's definally not 'wear black to work day' today is it, with sponsorship going to some sort of charity?

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