Queen Elizabeth II sitts and laughs with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during a ceremony to open the new Mersey Gateway Bridge on June 14, 2018.
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The Wildest Reactions to The Death of Queen Elizabeth on Twitter
In the hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, Twitter became an unending scroll of dark and sharply irreverent humor.
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-ruling monarch in British history, died this afternoon. She was 96 years old. And while her passing was acutely felt in parts of the UK, the grieving doesn't appear to have crossed the pond.
In fact, the Queen's death has inspired some incredibly dark jabs at The Royal Family and their mourning subjects. Some cited Britain's still resonant colonial imprint. Others commented on the stark difference between how Brits and Black Americans are processing the Queen's death. And others took shots at just how long the Queen ruled and how much of modern human history took place while she was on the throne. Then there are those simply being irreverent for the sake of it, which is turning Twitter into an amazing place to spend some time if the Queen's death doesn't mean all that much to you.
To be clear, there's a pretty broad spectrum of sentiments being expressed on social media right now. It's not just resentment and it isn't entirely at the expense of The Royal Family. American celebrities are going through the motions and formalities, extending their sympathies to the UK. But the American public, on the other hand, is having a field day.
Read some of the wildest reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth II to land on Twitter below.
\u201cnot yall rebranding colonialism as long-standing relationship\u201d— a munch\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe (@a munch\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe) 1662665098
\u201cThe seasoned food diasporas are really cutting up on here today\u201d— Ryan Ken (@Ryan Ken) 1662666653
\u201cBritish people: how can you laugh at her death?! \n\nAfrica & Carribbean twitter;\u201d— Double D cups-bearer (@Double D cups-bearer) 1662662249
\u201cIrish twitter right now.\u201d— \ud83e\udd8bPheobe\ud83e\udd8b (@\ud83e\udd8bPheobe\ud83e\udd8b) 1662657966
\u201cPrince Charles seeing his mum on her deathbed\u201d— \u064d (@\u064d) 1662654805
\u201ccouldn\u2019t help but think about when i lost my queen\u2026\u201d— pxt (@pxt) 1662660437
\u201c\u201cQueen Elizabeth has been placed on Medical-\u201d\n\nTwitter:\u201d— \ud835\udcae\ud835\udcbe\ud835\udc52. (@\ud835\udcae\ud835\udcbe\ud835\udc52.) 1662641952
\u201cpour one out today\u201d— HTTP://BTTM (@HTTP://BTTM) 1662659316
\u201cthe corgis seeing their handler walk in today\u201d— lil haiti hollywood baby (@lil haiti hollywood baby) 1662651975
\u201cmy sister lives in North Ireland & just texted saying the neighborhood has started lighting fireworks lmaoooooo\u201d— Jess Whitney (@Jess Whitney) 1662659897
\u201csadly, it is common for the queen to die after colony collapse sets in.\u201d— molly conger (@molly conger) 1662648402
\u201cqueen elizabeth won't see your funny little tweets abt her dying but her 4 year old great grandson prince louis of cambridge will bc I'm breaking into balmoral castle and reading them all out loud to him\u201d— america's lounge singer (@america's lounge singer) 1662657041
None— \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7 (@\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7) 1662676491
\u201cI told my mama the Queen died, she talking about \u201cLATIFAH ????\u201d \n\n\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d girl\u201d— jade \u2728 (@jade \u2728) 1662660120
\u201crest in peace Princess Diana you would have loved this\u201d— Carl Kinsella (@Carl Kinsella) 1662637831
\u201cIt's weird that Britain is ruled by one unelected person with lifetime tenure. In the United States we have nine of them.\u201d— Aaron (@Aaron) 1662665883
\u201cIrish and Black Twitter roasting Queen Elizabeth:\u201d— Jack Russell (@Jack Russell) 1662664087
