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