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9th April 2021, 04:17 AM | #1 |
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99
Well, there's goes the UK TV schedule for the next few days... |
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9th April 2021, 04:23 AM | #2 |
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Oh well.
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9th April 2021, 04:24 AM | #3 |
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I feel sorry for his family (or at least those members of his family who he didn't bully unmercifully) and the Queen in particular, they certainly seemed to find a way to make that relationship work.
One of the advantages of watching everything on catch-up or Netflix or Prime is that the changes to the TV schedule will have little impact on me. If he gets am "in memoriam" programme half as heartfelt as Sabine Schmidt's he'll be doing well IMO. |
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Do we now forget his racist clangers, or can we still quote them?
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9th April 2021, 04:32 AM | #6 |
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Poor chap - if he'd just lasted a few more weeks he'd have got a telegram from The Queen!
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9th April 2021, 04:38 AM | #7 |
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I quite liked the dude.
He was slapper central when young, but sorted his stuff out and settled with the Queen. He said some stuff as jokes which at the time were jokes and now are justifiably not ok, but he was pretty funny. |
9th April 2021, 04:46 AM | #8 |
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As other people have already said this is a sad moment for those of us that still view broadcast TV.
He’s been on the brink a few times but I think it was pretty much sealed that he was dying when one of his sons actually bothered to visit him in hospital. He had a privileged life, one that will probably never be seen again outside states such as North Korea so can’t see any great sadness Not bad for a refugee from Corfu. |
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9th April 2021, 04:47 AM | #9 |
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So, how did Meghan Markle do it?
'Cos you just know she'll cop the blame from some of the UK-ian meejah. |
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9th April 2021, 04:50 AM | #11 |
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Does than mean that we cut the Queen's allowance now there is one less royal leach on society?
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9th April 2021, 04:52 AM | #12 |
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9th April 2021, 05:13 AM | #14 |
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This is, as Lothian already pointed out, a not totally serious comment and is based on what the UK-ian meejah have been saying over quite some time about Meghan Markle, who has copped the blame for everything this side of Covid.
That she is of mixed heritage may be completely irrelevant. However, some of us have encountered our meejah before and are familiar with their MO, especially the more right wing and overtly royalist sections. Did I really need to use some form of sarcasm tag? |
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9th April 2021, 05:20 AM | #16 |
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I liked this guy because he transitioned through the reduction of freedom of speech epoch.
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9th April 2021, 05:27 AM | #17 |
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Widowed after 73 years of marriage. That's gotta suck.
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Does Harry drag Meghan across ?
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And listen to the radio. I drove to the supermarket at lunch time and I thought my car radio was broken, because whatever station I thought I'd tuned it to, I still got the same programme. Took me a couple of minutes to find out who they were talking about, at which point realisation dawned.
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Goodbye to the Daily Mail reader in chief.
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9th April 2021, 06:12 AM | #29 |
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He was very well-regarded by those in the Navy, I'm told by a friend who was in the service.
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9th April 2021, 06:18 AM | #32 |
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Officers?
Remember he was of the generation and class that was given a commission, especially given his guardian. However it does seem he was at least a competent officer so I’ll not argue or try to diminish his navy career. I actually think he was a quite a bit brighter than the rest of the family, which wouldn’t be hard I know -sadly the family seems to have inherited their intelligence from his wife. |
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I wouldn't be surprised though if there were a fair few other married couples who, after that length of marriage, might well live apart if their own houses were huge enough to allow it. Plus retinues of staff to look after each others' needs. I am not a fan of the institution of monarchy (though I don't exactly despise it either), but that doesn't mean I can't admire some of the individuals within it. I think that many of them are on a bit of a hiding to nothing - perhaps the DofE more than many. It'll be awfully strange not having the lying-in-state and state funeral, but rather (apparently) a small family service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Palace - presumably followed by burial either there or Frogmore. But even though that change has been forced by the pandemic situation, I wonder if it might end up having longer-term ramifications for what happens when a non-monarch member of the RF dies. |
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Oh and I wonder also what will happen to the weekend's UK sporting fixtures - most notably the Grand National and EPL/SPL football?
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9th April 2021, 06:35 AM | #37 |
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Fox News in the US blames the Harry and Meghan interview with Oprah: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-an...death?ref=home
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9th April 2021, 06:42 AM | #39 |
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Way to bury the lede OP.
The queen's single folks. Run a comb through your hair and take a breath mint. |
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9th April 2021, 06:58 AM | #40 |
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He was 1st lieutenant on a Destroyer, than was aboard the battleship Valiant and took part in the battle for Crete and was 'mentioned in dispatches at the battle of Cape Matapan . He was transferred to the Pacific and was present at the Japanese surrender.
He finished the war as at the rank of Commander. |
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