What is the plan for British and Commonwealth money after the Queen passes?
So, I was at a Pink Floyd cover band concert last night and the best part was the video. They showed a lot of images of British money during the sax solo from, well, ‘Money.’ And I got to thinking about what will happen to the paper currencies of Britain and plenty of other Commonwealth nations that feature the Queen on their bills.
I know this will have been addressed in the past, but there’s surely more currency in circulation now than during earlier changes.
Does anyone know what will happen? Is there a plan?
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New currency enters the system every year in the uk. Notes circulate much faster than coins.
The plan in the event of the queens death would be to replace her image on the coins and notes in the next natural cycle of printing and minting, but to leave any coins and notes with her image in circulation until there natural lifespan had run out.
Until decimilisation in the UK it was fairly common to find coins with previous monarchs on them.
Yes, it is only because all of our physical currency was replaced during the decimalisation, beginning in ‘71, that all the coins in circulation today feature the same monarch.
The issue is whether her daft son Charles will be heir or Charles’ eldest son William. HRH Queen Elizabeth may hand on until Charles has predeceased her. Her Mother lived to age 92, I believe. Charles is not highly regarded among living British subjects. His wife, Lady Camilla Parker-Bowles is seen as the royal home wrecker (whore) Her previous divorced.status is a barrier for Charles to ascend the Throne.
No plan exists. Her passing will mean little.
@Dr_Lawrence I actually have a lot of respect for Prince Charles regardless of the whole Camilla thing (I’m actually glad they married, he obviously loves her enough to stick by her even after all the abuse and stick he got from the media and the public). I’m not saying that I think he is the best person to take the throne once the Queen passes but I certainly don’t think he’s a bad bloke.
@Leanne1986- I always liked Prince Charles until nearly twenty years ago. Prince William was under-going emergency surgery for a near-fatal head would and Charles left the hospital while his son was under the knife to go to the opera. That did it for me.
Prince Charles has used his position and the public purse to do some good things.
I am not convinced he possesses either the intelligence or personal charm of his mother.
He has shown both duplicity and persistence. You may enjoy the “against all odds” love story between Camila and Charles. She neglected and mistreated Diana and failed to stand by her when the Windors ganged up on her after the wedding when she insisted on thinking for herself.
Yes, the Queen mother, Elisabeth did survive to 102.
My dear Grandmother is that age as well.
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