honour the queen
, there’s been no shortage of memorials celebrating her life. However, as is custom when public perception points are up for grabs, corporate brands have also joined in. Here are our favourite out of pocket examples of brands attempting to with… mixed results.
Macca’s, or as those weirdos in the UK call it “McDonald’s”, went for the truly rogue “in memoriam ordering station”. It was, in a word, a choice.
This self-checkout screen was spotted at a McDonald’s franchise in the UK and instantly went batshit viral. It netted over 184,000 likes at the time of writing.
Diverting from its usual posting schedule of “here’s our latest hamburger”-style Tweets, McDonald’s’ followers couldn’t resist poking fun at another extremely earnest break from tradition.
But just when you thought Macca’s UK was the weird one, Maccas New Zealand made a late charge for the “most cursed” award.
It’s the golden arches flag at half-mast for us.
In a similar vein to McDonald’s, Domino’s UK posted an in memoriam message on its Twitter.
It also changed its colour scheme to black and white. How considerate.
You have to wonder: did brands have these planned in advance? How far in advance?
Who decided the apparent Pretty Little Thing “Remembering Her Majesty” edit was appropriate?
Up next in our list of cursed corporate queen memorials is this effort by Ann Summers, a UK lingerie chain.
TBF, this one’s probably just down to web design. We’ve all been there we guess.
Meanwhile, over in London’s West End theatre district, two shows posted gushing memorials without a single sliver of irony.
For context, is a musical about to overthrow and achieve independence.
is on the June Rebellion where French Republicans attempted to overthrow their own ruling monarchy.
promptly deleted its tweet after being called out online, but of course there are still #receipts.
Some brands were roasted for their queen memorials simply ‘cos it was wild they did a tribute in the first place.
One such example is toy manufacturer Playmobil which tweeted what is apparently (?) a figurine of the queen (??) in tasteful black and white (???).
But perhaps the wildest memorial tweet of all was this gem from the one and only Crazy Frog.
Who on EARTH at the Crazy Frog PR team thought “heck yeah, let’s weigh in on this one. This is our moment. Ring ding ding ding ding ding”.
Don’t even get us STARTED on the candle emoji. It’s giving “Press F to pay respects”. We kinda love it.
Okay, that’s just about enough corporate queen memorials for one day. Gonna play some Crazy Frog and chill out.
If you’re keen for a bit more corporate cringe, check out our .
Put this image in an art gallery pic.twitter.com/untap95Jud
— Peter Ryan (@_PeterRyan) September 9, 2022
Bring the Breakfast Wrap back, it's what she would of wanted!
— Sam Vipond (@SamVipond90) September 9, 2022
The fucking McDonald's flag at half-mast pic.twitter.com/TgY2jpMwFn
— Soph says Efeso 4 Mayor (@marxwasright__) September 9, 2022
— Domino's Pizza UK (@Dominos_UK) September 8, 2022
I can’t believe I downloaded the app to check this but…
— Brett Staniland (@TwinBrett_) September 9, 2022
PLT ACTUALLY HAVE A “REMEMBERING HER MAJESTY” EDIT!!!
pic.twitter.com/EJGnsI3O4J
Open for a surprise pic.twitter.com/MZ24tD5Dcd
— Summer Ray (@SummerRay) September 8, 2022
Hamilton US settlers fighting British rule Les Misérables loosely based Les Miswhat are these musicals about again pic.twitter.com/csjf70GCle
— sophia (@musicallaneous) September 8, 2022
Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 pic.twitter.com/eou217S8SZ
— PLAYMOBIL (@playmobil) September 8, 2022
Pride Month corporate cringe compilation hereR.I.P. The Queen
— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) September 8, 2022
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