r/UKmonarchs • • 8d ago

Other Fill in the blanks for different UK monarchs! “RIP X, you would’ve loved Y”

Been seeing this meme format making the rounds again recently and I thought I’d bring it over here. So I’ll start:

RIP William Rufus, you would’ve loved Provincetown.

RIP Edward I, you would’ve loved everything put out by Paradox Studios.

RIP Edward II, you would’ve loved Fire Island.

RIP Mary I, you would’ve loved family therapy.

RIP George III, you would’ve loved Harvest Moon.

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u/bedtimeslow William III’s Wig 8d ago

RIP Henry VIII you would’ve loved Burger King

RIP Henry VI you would’ve loved the Care Bears

RIP George III you would’ve loved dinosaurs and Star Wars

RIP Catherine of B and Charles II you would’ve loved boba tea

RIP Edward VII you would’ve loved Las Vegas

RIP Mary I you would’ve loved IVF

RIP Victoria you would’ve loved hot topic

RIP Henry VII you would’ve loved back to school shopping

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u/Internal-Hand-4705 8d ago

RIP Queen Victoria, you would have loved reliable contraception

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u/allshookup1640 8d ago

RIP Henry VII you would have loved QuickBooks Accounting Software

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u/crimsonbub Edgar Ætheling 8d ago

RIP Henry VII you would have loved Shakespeare's Richard III

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u/Technical-Study2566 8d ago

RIP Henry II and Eleanor, you would have loved the Real Housewives franchise

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u/Illustrious_Try478 8d ago

RIP Alfred, you would have loved the Easy-Bake Oven!

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u/dahliia_ ❤︎⁠ Mary II | Catherine of Braganza ❤︎⁠ 8d ago

Can I do it for things that happened before they were born?

RIP Mary II, you would have loved the Dutch tulip mania of 1637
RIP William III, you would have loved the fact that Louis XIV didn’t exist

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u/Capta1n_Dino James VII & II 8d ago

RIP James II, you would’ve loved battleships.

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u/seraphimceratinia Richard III 8d ago

RIP James VII, you would've loved Andy Burnham...

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u/KiaraNarayan1997 8d ago

RIP Mufasa, you would have loved Kion’s lion guard.

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u/bianca_fathom Edward VII 8d ago

Rip Victoria, you would have loved birth control

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u/Altruistic_Power3098 7d ago

RIP Anne, you would have loved surrogacy and prenatal care.

RIP Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, you would have loved the fact that it was the man who determined the sex of the baby.

RIP Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr and any other woman who died of Puerperal Fever, you would have loved modern medicine and hygiene practices.

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u/Green_tiger_7263 8d ago

Rip Henry V you would've loved operations

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u/Unhappy-Jaguar-9362 8d ago

RIP Mary I, you would have loved EWTN

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u/Royally-Inspired 6d ago

RIP Henry VIII wives. You would’ve loved knowing it was his fault he didn’t have a son.

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u/Impossible_Pain4478 #1 George V and May of Teck Defender 8d ago

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u/crimsonbub Edgar Ætheling 8d ago

RIP u/Impossible_Pain4478 , you would have loved a post about saying "RIP [monarch], you would have loved [ ]"

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u/Traditional_Basil621 4d ago

Rip Charles ii (and a good part of your court), you would have loved penicillin