What happens to British Pound banknotes when the Queen dies?

The same thing that happens to American money when those pictured there die.

Serious question for the Brits here. Do you change the money? I'm sure the old bank notes will still be good to use, but will they start to print new ones with Charles? Will they need to reshape the money so that his ears fit?

We don't print money with living people on it. Grant died 130+ years ago and is the most recent person on our money, not counting coins.

Hopefully they put Meghan Markle on the next series. She deserves it for her philanthropy and all the royals put her through.

You're assuming the Queen will die?

Daenerys Targaryen is my Queen wrote:

Serious question for the Brits here.

I am a Brit.

E-man wrote:

The same thing that happens to American money when those pictured there die.

Absolutely wrong and incorrect, the notes and coins with the current queens image will slowly be replaced after she dies.

Its not just the Brits, the Canadians and Australians etc all put your queen on their money for some reason

Daenerys Targaryen is my Queen wrote:

Her picture is on every single banknote. When she dies, do they need to reprint all of the money to have King Charles on it and then reprint them again when William becomes King?

They’ll issue new notes with the new monarch.

Please send any old bank notes to me and I’ll ensure some funds go to the jamin pre-memorial anti-idiocy consortium. It’s a constant battle, as most posters here are only too much aware.

Hardloper wrote:

Its not just the Brits, the Canadians and Australians etc all put your queen on their money for some reason

that reason being they are cowardly souls who never fought for their freedom!

Soon they will have Prince Charles on their money.

byron evans wrote:

Hopefully they put Meghan Markle on the next series. She deserves it for her philanthropy and all the royals put her through.

Hopefully the fat lying loser will never be seen on our shores again,never mind notes.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Its not just the Brits, the Canadians and Australians etc all put your queen on their money for some reason

that reason being they are cowardly souls who never fought for their freedom!

Soon they will have Prince Charles on their money.

Did they already vote Charles as the next king? I must have missed that election in the news

Bad Wigins wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Its not just the Brits, the Canadians and Australians etc all put your queen on their money for some reason

that reason being they are cowardly souls who never fought for their freedom!

Soon they will have Prince Charles on their money.

I appreciate that your IQ is below 85 so you can’t serve, but you also never even tried to serve. Yet here you are talking about others being too cowardly to fight for their country. Just shut up already. Idiot.

Since Brexit the British Empire is on a steep downhill.

The US dollar will replace the pound soon and they have to drive on the right side.

Wrong wrong wrong wrote:

E-man wrote:

The same thing that happens to American money when those pictured there die.

Absolutely wrong and incorrect, the notes and coins with the current queens image will slowly be replaced after she dies.

U.S. notes and coins are also regularly taken out of circulation in favor of newer ones. Sometimes the images in them are even updated.

The US batting order of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant, and Franklin hasn't changed since 1928. The bank notes are regularly updated with anti-counterfeiting measures but the people on them haven't changed in nearly 100 years. And they were all long since dead before first appearing on money. We do not put living persons on money or stamps.

This reminds me of when I was a kid in England in the 1950s. ( well, from 1952 ) In those days you could put your hand into your pocket and bring out coins with at least six different monarchs' heads. From Victoria to the present Queen.