For the past 2 hours BBC1 has been dedicated to covering HMQ being ill. The entire family, including the prodigal grandson and his wife, is either en route to Balmoral or already there. The reports, as expected, don't say that she's seriously ill or even if she's still alive. However, having the entire RF on its way, post haste, to Balmoral might signal that the end might either be nigh or already have happened.

She has been Monarch for longer than I have been alive. That is true for the vast majority of the population. Two years longer in my case.

Is this the end of an era? If so, I hope she doesn't suffer and passes peacefully.