announcement / Sun 11th Sept 2022

hi everybody this is mr duncan in england

a big hello to all those watching  around the world maybe you are in the uk

maybe in europe or maybe somewhere else

thank you very much for joining me  today on this special live stream

something very different a few days  ago we planned to do a live stream

talking about a particular  subject we had to scrap that

because of course three days ago here in the uk

a lot of people felt shocked surprised  saddened by the news of the death  

of the queen of england queen elizabeth ii

who had been well the queen of this country  the leader of this country the monarch

there are many ways of describing her

for 70 years she was a part of everyone's life  

i know from my own point of view from  my own experience she was always there

and i suppose a word that many  people used is the word constant

something that's always  with you so for many people

even if they are not royalists or monarchists

and i have to say i am not a  big monarchist or a royalist

however i do find the stability that  is given by having a king or queen

gives some sort of stability

and i suppose reassurance  so so imagine three days ago

the shock when the queen sadly passed away

and now we are in a state of something  called morning morning you mourn someone

and i suppose i should mention now that  yesterday we we lost a member of our own family

and i suppose i should say straight away

before i get too upset that we did  lose a member of our family yesterday

sadly mr steve's mother  passed away yesterday morning

and well i don't think i need to tell you that  we are all in a state of shock at the moment

and mr steve won't be here

steve of course a regular contributor he  is the person who is always by my side

and yesterday we received the news in  the early hours of yesterday morning

that sadly mr steve's mother  had passed away at the age of 91

so i i don't need to tell you that  we are feeling a little bit unhappy

but i had to come here today to let you know

because i know many of you arrange your day

your sunday around my live streams

so i thought it was only  fair to come on here today

and let you know what was happening  the reason why i wasn't here

or should i say the reason why my live  stream is not the same as it normally is

my first thought was to cancel today's  live stream i wasn't going to be here

we weren't going to do anything

but from my own point of view it didn't feel right

it only felt fair to let you know  so this is a very short message

a very short live stream on top  of everything that's happened  

already here over the past three days

and i would imagine that many  people who don't live in the uk

or even have any experience with uk culture  must find all of this rather strange

people feeling shocked and surprised  at the passing of the queen

and also the feeling of  sadness that everyone is having

thank you very much for watching

it's a short live stream i  won't be with you on wednesday

but i will hopefully see  you next weekend next sunday

i will be with you from 2pm uk time next sunday

thank you very much for watching  this is a very short message

and we will be arranging all of the funeral plans  for mr steve's mother over the next couple of days

so we will be busy there will be  no live streams until next weekend

thanks for watching and take care of yourselves

and of course

ta ta for now