RIP HRH Prince Philip

bloodandtears

sad.. wonder if this will trigger the Queen to step down

robinbowes

Perhaps the whole lot of 'em will step down?

DiscoStu

Pip has popped. It's not a great surprise given his recent health.

EricTheWeary

Am on a Teams meeting and just had it interrupted to tell us this.

I'm certainly not a royalist but obviously sad for his family.

bloodandtears said:

sad.. wonder if this will trigger the Queen to step down

With the pandemic going on feels like it would be an odd time but I don't know when would be a not odd time. Maybe she doesn't want to be on the throne as Boris breaks up the Union.

  

Greatape

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-philip-death-queen-duke-edinburgh-b1721690.html

Heartfeltdawn

The other adult in the house got the email through from her team with the newspaper. Suffice to say her working weekend is now going to be very different. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

That's the story line for Season 6 finale of The Crown sorted then.

RobDavies

Meghan Markle has just asked what shade of grey he was, when he died.  

mrkb

Greece will be in mourning.

Greatape

We have a slightly odd perspective on death. The guy had 99 years of living as a royal, with all the luxury and privilege that entails. I'm sure he had a grand old time. Living on at 99 years old is no walk in the park..

Dominic

My late Father-in Law served under him as Chief Petty Officer on a Destroyer in the late 50s when younger Phil was Captain.
Apparently he made a mistake and ran the ship aground on a sandbar......the Admiral with the fleet at the time was Bonham- Carter who apparently gave him a hell of a dressing down .

robinbowes

Dominic said:

My late Father-in Law served under him as Chief Petty Officer on a Destroyer in the late 50s when younger Phil was Captain.
Apparently he made a mistake and ran the ship aground on a sandbar......the Admiral with the fleet at the time was Bonham- Carter who apparently gave him a hell of a dressing down .

I didn't realise the extent of her talents!

Kittyfrisk

I have absolutely zero interest in the royal family & would happily see them all gone, but he gave a great deal of public service & did some very good works such as the DoE awards.
So, to a fellow human being that is leaving a grieving family, RIP.

Philtre

He lived a long life.

robinbowes

Kittyfrisk said:

I have absolutely zero interest in the royal family & would happily see them all gone, but he gave a great deal of public service & did some very good works such as the DoE awards.
So, to a fellow human being that is leaving a grieving family, RIP.

That just about summarises my feelings. I have no personal grievance with the Royals as individuals, but I'd like to get rid of the whole lot of 'em.

#vivelarepublique

Sassafras

The island of Vanuatu where he was revered as a god will have to rethink their beliefs.

scrumhalf

As the Queen's consort he's been very officially number two for seventy years. There have been rumours of his behaviour for years and we will probably never know the truth, but you have to admire the support he gave the Queen over such a long and incredible period. 

Philly_Q

Funny how whenever there's a royal family story we all feel the need to state how we feel about royalty generally before saying anything else.

Me too....  I wouldn't call myself a royalist, but I've nothing against them and I certainly don't want to get rid of them.

He was an interesting character, made a lot of gaffes but did more than his share of public service.  I think this is sad news.  Shame he didn't quite live long enough to get the telegram from the missus.  RIP.

chillidoggy

RIP, Philip.

They’ve been a couple for so long, I feel so sorry for The Queen, and I hope this doesn’t affect her too badly.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Sassafras said:

The island of Vanuatu where he was revered as a god will have to rethink their beliefs.

To be fair, today is Friday so there's still a chance he could be resurrected on Sunday, thus affirming his God-like status. Vanuatuans(?) can then just have their 'Easter' weekend the second weekend in April every year!

Dominic

robinbowes said:

Dominic said:

My late Father-in Law served under him as Chief Petty Officer on a Destroyer in the late 50s when younger Phil was Captain.
Apparently he made a mistake and ran the ship aground on a sandbar......the Admiral with the fleet at the time was Bonham- Carter who apparently gave him a hell of a dressing down .

I didn't realise the extent of her talents!

Her Grandfather I think