It’s kind of crazy to believe that just after the Queen’s death it was announced that there wasn’t going to be a bank holiday for us to pay our respects to her, but just as soon as one was granted a guy called John Harris is trying to get a permanent one installed into the calendar too.

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And he isn’t the only one, as over 130,000 people have signed his petition on change.org and I can imagine that many more are going to do so over the coming days. Here’s what John’s petition had to say about the situation:

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Queen Elizabeth II is our longest reigning Monarch, and arguably the Nations, and the World’s most popular ever Monarch.

In the words of President Macron, “to you, she was your Queen, to us, she was THE Queen…The most constant symbol of Great Britain. She was indeed, an inspirational woman.

Britain has fewer bank holidays than most European countries; France has 11 compared with our 8, Spain has 14.

I believe we need a new public bank holiday to mark our greatest Sovereign’s lifetime; a Queen Elizabeth Day.

A day for our Nation to come together and celebrate both the life of the Queen, and our gratitude for the institution of our Royal Family.

Yeah, I don’t know if he’s taking the piss here or he’s actually serious, but given the outpouring of emotion all over society and similar sentiments being echoed by the government and those in charge, you kind of think that they’ll have to give it to us when he puts it like that.

How could they not? It’s what she would have wanted surely?

For more of the same, check out how long the queue to see The Queen’s coffin is right now. Absolutely bonkers.