19-10-2022, 06:26 PM
(19-10-2022, 06:04 PM)Jon Wrote:"Knew" is very subjective. They didn't "know" for certain until a few minutes before we did. Yes, most of us who had any knowledge or experience of old people dying could see this coming a mile away, but that's not the same thing as knowing for certain. There was still a sliver of doubt about this. We know from the death certificate the Queen didn't actually pass away until 3.10pm, so it was impossible to have several hours warning. Liz Truss was not told until 4.30pm. The community radio station I volunteer at didn't have any prior information before the official announcement was made. We had to respond to the situation literally as it was announced. The BBC didn't have much more prioir knowledge than we did.(19-10-2022, 04:03 PM)aaron_scotland Wrote:The point is they knew, even if they hadn’t had confirmation.(19-10-2022, 03:24 PM)Jon Wrote: They had several hours warning, they just didn’t know when they’d have to break the news.
I really wish this would stop coming up, they did not have several hours... They had about 5-10 minutes, And I mean for the actual death announcement.
Sure you could see what was coming for a bit but no one knew 100% in the media until 5-10 minutes before.