(VIDEO)In Britain mourning, and somewhere joy: Fans celebrate the death of the Queen by singing a terrible song

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II reverberated in the sports environment.

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Condolences poured into Britain from around the world, and the events that followed were preceded by a minute’s silence. The fans from Ireland behaved a little differently, they did not pity the deceased ruler.
Elizabeth II died yesterday evening at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was the longest reigning ruler in the history of Great Britain. Her death touched the whole world, including the sports community.

The meetings of the English clubs in the European cups on Thursday were accompanied by a minute’s silence dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth II. However, this information was not well received everywhere.!
On the occasion of the Conference League match between Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers and Sweden’s Djurgården, fans of the home team chanted a song expressing their joy at the death of the Queen.
“Lysis in the box”, which can be translated as “Elsia is in the coffin”, echoed in the stands. The very diminutive of the Queen’s name can be read in Great Britain as an insult to Her Majesty.

The scandalous behavior is due to the turbulent history of relations between Ireland and Great Britain. The Irish-British conflict dates back to the early 16th and 17th centuries. It intensified in the 19th century when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom.
Its inhabitants, however, were not treated as citizens of the same category, and the Irish still resent the British for the murders of their countrymen and the great famine, during which 1.5 million inhabitants of Green Island perished with the passive attitude of the occupiers.

After a long struggle for independence, the country regained it in 1921, although Northern Ireland was then separate and remained under the control of the monarchy.
Ireland stopped recognizing the sovereignty of the British ruler only in 1949. This does not mean, however, that the bickering between the opposing sides is over. In 1968, a conflict broke out in Northern Ireland that was not resolved until 30 years later with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Both sides then made concessions, giving up certain demands.

The Irish Times illustrated the attitude of the Irish to the monarchy. “Having a monarchy next door is a bit like having a neighbor who likes clowns a lot. His house has murals of clowns, he has a clown doll in every window, and he has an insatiable need to listen and talk about clown-related topics Specifically, for an Irishman, it’s like having a neighbor who loves clowns a lot, and at the same time, the Irishman’s grandfather was killed by a clown.”

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