Today's News: The Queen is dead. Long live the King.

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— Maggie Keresteci (@MaggieKeresteci) September 8, 2022

What an amazing number of places she went and people she met! This thread shows many of them:

 [*full disclosure: I met the Queen once, like 35+ years ago, at a reception for journalists on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Somewhere tucked away I still have the nametag and the security clearance from that day.]

Personajes famosos con los que convivio la Reina Isabel II

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1 . Rey de Inglaterra Eduardo VIII
2. Rey de Etiopía Selassie
3. Papa Juan XXIII
4. Presidente de USA Harry Truman pic.twitter.com/AobMdsuRyp

— Oxígeno Soviético 🇲🇽 💙 (@elettrochoc) September 9, 2022

Like father, like son...
PM Pierre Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II
PM Justin Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II pic.twitter.com/EfUGcNBlAZ

— ALFC on Facebook (@FoxVegas) September 9, 2022

Of all the photos ever taken of the Queen, I found this one to be the most moving -- when she had to mourn Phillip alone:

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— James Bowie (@JamesDBowie) September 8, 2022

I know Diana was called The People's Princess, but Elizabeth was no slouch in that department either:

I think Queen Elizabeth had a great sense of humour and she was a good sport. She proved this when she made her grand entrance to the London 2012 Olympics alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond.
This was absolutely magnificent.
#RIPQueenElizabeth #QueenElizabeth #JamesBond pic.twitter.com/T9gKTcQzdU

— The Sting (@TSting18) September 8, 2022

What an exceptionally beautiful thing this was. Thinking of the entire family at Balmoral 😔 pic.twitter.com/OlZXDOBK5q

— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) September 8, 2022

this remains an all-time story about the queen pic.twitter.com/hI2yNUac0H

— David Mack (@davidmackau) September 8, 2022

Today is a reminder of how hilariously disorienting Twitter can be. An endless stream of overwrought tributes to a monarch, jokes about her death & then random brand tweets like "On behalf of the entire Weber Grill family, we solemnly lay down our tongs in her majesty's memory."

— jordan (@JordanUhl) September 8, 2022

Irish Twitter was something today:

they need to go see Irish twitter! them man are having the time of their lives

— bubbles. (@thsmileyone) September 9, 2022

People being surprised about #Irishtwitter and #blacktwitter finding common ground over the Queen reminds me of what a member of the IRA said about being honored by New York City. Can't be any hope for the global fucked of the earth without unwavering solidarity with black power pic.twitter.com/vZVycuvQaq

— post rimbaud 🗡 (@molotovdrunk) September 9, 2022

Irish twitter has been uhhhhhhhh, expressive today. I am quietly reading and learning.

— MWBlues (@52Fury) September 9, 2022

Unite brothers#QueenElizabeth #IrishTwitter pic.twitter.com/WYtd9KOXNo

— Mark☘️ (@Mark_Flood11) September 8, 2022

It was a great tweet. pic.twitter.com/yRwjKGYBeW

— Joshua Black (@JoshBlackLiberT) September 8, 2022

The dichotomy of how people are reacting over the Queen's passing is the best thing I've ever seen on the internet.

As an Indian, I'll just say, I stand with Irish twitter on this one 🍻

— ThatBronzeGirl (@ThatBronzeGirl) September 8, 2022

On behalf of Native Twitter, I would like to extend my congratulations to Irish Twitter on this amazing day.

— turmeric and seagull scromit (@kenniwakwaritaa) September 8, 2022