i was more upset to hear of dudley moore's death to be honest, the queen mum was 101, she'd had a good long life, what's to be sad about, it was to be expected. i don't see why, just because she was a member of a family that represents an anachronistic and obsolete era of our society, her death is any more important than anyone else's. i'm an anti-monarchist so i don't see them as 'The Royal Family' i just see them as people, and not particularly interesting ones at that, and pretty much ignore them completely because they mean sod all to me - though i did highly dislike princess di.