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Originally Posted by Mick
In the Tuesday appointment of new PM Liz Truss, she did look exceptionally pale, also looked very frail, the difference from July Queen, to her last few days, is massive.
I think her losing, her Husband, Duke of Edinburgh, after being with him for so long, took whatever was keeping her going, right out of her, in her last year.
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You often find that, when one half of an elderly couple passes, the remaining partner isn't too far behind.
I think it is actually possible to 'die' of a broken heart.
Will all the MP's now have to make a new oath to the King or does their existing oath to the Queen simply pass on to him like it does for current and former service people?
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Originally Posted by Sirius
As a veteran my time has passed where i would be called up in time of emergency, However the oath of allegiance i took on signing up for the forces still stands now for King Charles III as it did for Queen Elizabeth II.
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Perhaps this is the actual reason that the oath of allegiance carries on afterwsrds- in case veterans need to be called up again?