Prince Philip is DEAD TO ME!

He did his duty and supported his sovereign magnificently for 74 years.

This is the official thread because OP used the correct format

Yeah..watching Good Morning America. I knew a datalounger would be on it..starting a thread. 99 is a long life. RIP.

Thank you, R2. We must uphold DL traditions in these uncertain times.

This is the official thread because OP posted a minute sooner than the other fuckwit.

When might we expect news of the will reading?

Can I have his stuff?

He had a good run; hard to remember he was such a handsome young man. No wonder QEII was crazy about him, even if he did say crass & awful things.

We must pay tribute to him with DL’s version of the 21 gun salute

One minute of the Diana Dead Scream!

What was on his iPod?

NO ONE HAS ASKED HOW I AM!!!!!!!!!!

Will Harry be allowed to attend his funeral!

I hope the Queen will be ok.

It may be impolite to ask this question during the period of mourning, but who gets his dukedom? I

Funny guy...” Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, a science which I have practiced for a good many years,” he was quoted saying in 1960.

A year later, Philip would tell the Scottish Womens’ Institute that “British women can’t cook.”

He once told a group of deaf children gathered near a Caribbean steel drum band in 2000, “Deaf? If you’re near there, no wonder you are deaf.” And, when a British Sea Cadet told him she worked at a nightclub in 2009, he asked, “Is it a strip club?”

His cringe-inducing comments went on for decades, including on trips overseas, like asking a group of Indigenous Australians “Do you still throw spears at each other?” in 2002 and telling the President of Nigeria, who was dressed in traditional robes, “You look like you’re ready for bed!” in 2003.

Oh no! Sad for Lilibet.

'Kill the negress!'

R14 Actually Edward will inherit the title the Duke of Edinburgh

[quote]but who gets his dukedom? I

Supposedly the youngest son Edward, Earl of Wessex. But that's all to be decided.

Hilarious R15!

He had BDF and therefore could not have been that bad.

Time for that catchup, Phil...

So young

I’m so excited for the pomp of the funeral, although everything will surely be sparse due to COVID.

Fuck that old piece of shit.

Now we're supposed to praise him?

no way

he wanted a private funeral

Did he have a hot ass? Photos, please (from his youth, preferably).

I hope they all say Stuff Corona and give the DofE a huge lying in state and send-off.

I'm genuinely saddened by his death. I didn't agree with a lot of his comments and assertions, but he was a characterful and interesting man and the Queen adored him. He set up the Duke of Edinburgh Award, too, which I completed at school; it taught me a lot and I had some amazing experiences.

[quote]I’m so excited for the pomp of the funeral, although everything will surely be sparse due to COVID.

Agreed; if there is one thing the BRF do well, it's pomp. After the stress of COVID & Brexit, surely the brits could use a good cry

He was a German

So, does that, like, make me Queen yet?

Off to hell, then, is he?

Sounds like Prince Philip suffered no fools.

BREAKING NEWS: Prince Phillip has sadly passed away at at age 99 - the exact cause is currently unknown but the experts are blaming Meghan Markle

I predict that both William and Harry enter a truce and that both Meghan and Harry will be invited to a private and/or public service.

Markle will somehow make it about herself. Ok..back to Philip's death.

How long until Meghan finds a way to make this about her?

Where to hide that voodoo doll.....

In spite of Harkle-mania, I kind of hope the british press just ignores the Harkles and gives Philip a proper send off (I don't think that will actually happen, but it would be nice).

Remember Smegs is very pregnant & since she's no spring chicken, travel is probably ill advised; I see Harry showing up & skulking around the whole time while everyone ignores him

[quote] Why then be concerned about the conservation of wildlife when for all practical purposes we would be much better off if humans and their domestic animals and pets were the only living creatures on the face of the earth? There is no obvious and demolishing answer to this rather doubtful logic although in practice the destruction of all wild animals would certainly bring devastating changes to our existence on this planet as we know it today...The trouble is that everything in nature is completely interdependent. Tinker with one part of it and the repercussions ripple out in all directions... Wildlife — and that includes everything from microbes to blue whales and from a fungus to a redwood tree — has been so much part of life on the earth that we are inclined to take its continued existence for granted...Yet the wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.

Prince Philip, 1969

He was certainly ahead of his time

[quote] I see Harry showing up & skulking around the whole time while everyone ignores him

Even better; a brohug in front of the coffin, in that no hard feelings kinda way.

Meghan will have the baby induced the morning of the funeral to steal his thunder!

Thinking about an AU where Phil doesn’t marry Betsy, and instead stays in the Forces and eventually leads the Navy. He would have been a terror on the high seas, and probably would have gone down decades ago in a blaze of guns over-hotly defending British fishing rights or something.

He was working an oil rig off the coast of Scotland. He was 99!

Too bad he couldn't have held on for another month, when he would have turned 100.

Damn, I was hoping he'd make it to 100. He was only three months away. I know the Queen is a very strong, stoic woman. I hope she is able to carry on for a while after this loss.

Cringey line from Boris's speech: "Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he steered the royal family and the monarchy"

oops...3 months, not a month..

r15, In 2017 he said he was stepping down from his duties because he could no longer stand up.

I'll bet the tributes and the anecdotes are going to be brilliant. Imagine the things he said off camera after a few drinks.

If that Markle woman is allowed to attend the funeral services, I will be there to boo and heckle her. I might even bring some eggs to throw. I will not be alone.

BREAKING NEWS: Prince Phillip has sadly passed away at at age 99 - the exact cause is currently unknown but the experts are blaming Meghan Markle

Can I have his stuff?

So was his surgery really necessary? I wonder if it added a few weeks.

[quote] Cringey line from Boris's speech: "Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he steered the royal family and the monarchy"

Uh....

KiLlArY DID IT!

r47 Fuck oath one is, one has to eliminate Markle

Am being sped over to Rodeo Drive for a fitting as I type.

I'll make this dead-ass funeral of dusty nobodies into a must-see EVENT!

Age 95: Just take the FUCKING picture!

Damn, I bet he's glad after all THAT living. He's passed on to that even bigger place in the sky. God Bless Phil, and many happy returns.

[quote] 99 is a long life.

103 would’ve been better.

NO! I liked him. He lived a long and amazing life. We should all be so lucky! Edward is the new Duke of Edinburgh now.

[quote]So was his surgery really necessary? I wonder if it added a few weeks.

It might have been to alleviate pain or make it (somewhat) easier to breathe; even if you're not a duke, the surgery they do on old people is crazy

Do Dior do black maternity wear?

[quote] Supposedly the youngest son Edward, Earl of Wessex. But that's all to be decided.

Please forgive my ignorance on the hierarchy of the British monarchy, but who exactly gets to “decide” who the next Duke will be?

Well, that’s BBC Radio and Television sorted for content for the next month. It isn’t like they’ve got any other relevant and interesting content.

I am actually less moved by this news than I thought I would be. Perhaps I will be when I read an obit. When the Queen goes, however, I will be sad. Mostly because it will be the final passing of an era that I share with my deceased parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents.

At the time of writing, he’s the longest-serving, oldest-ever spouse of a reigning British monarch, and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family besides.

Wonder if any of the future royals will manage to beat his record?

Was it ... suicide?

BBC News on Radio 2 are talking about his life as an exemplar for championing ‘the primacy of the individual, subsumed in service to greater society’. Can’t argue with that.

His Mother was as cool as chips. So was he.

[quote]Please forgive my ignorance on the hierarchy of the British monarchy, but who exactly gets to “decide” who the next Duke will be?

R65 The Queen. The title Duke of Edinburgh was bestowed on Phil the day he married Lillibet by her father George V. It wasn't a hereditary title. So the Queen gets to decide who gets it. There has been talk for years about Eddie getting the dukedom. But I'm sure HM won't be in any condition to think about piddly stuff like who gets the title for a while.

^^^ George VI ^^^^^

What was on his iPod?

[R14], Prince Edward assumes the title Duke of Edinburgh.

Shame. Sad. Tragic, even.

So, this means I'm off the hook for a bit longer, doesn't it?

I wonder how he will insult Peter at the Pearly Gates?

At least the roads will be safer.

R75, He may assume it at some stage, but it is incorrect that he "assumes" it for now.

No pomp and ceremony for this one. Phil forbade it. Just a nice, quiet family funeral. Now, the Queen's final send off? You drama queens are in for a rip-roarin' sorrowful mournin' time!

Officially, doesn’t the Dukedom have a remainder to the body of his eldest heirs male? Of course it was never the plan for Charles to substantively carry the title, and it was announced that it would be recreated for Edward.

R74 This

Perhaps the greatest royal who ever 'married in'. How awful that the worst one might be flying in from LA for the funeral. I hope not.

If Smegs and her marketing teams have any brains she and Archie will join Harry for the trip back and BYGONES the hell out of this. Surely she'd also love the opportunity for a melodramatic grief show.

They mentioned on the news (either CNN or BBC News, I forget which), that a funeral likely wouldn't be for a couple of weeks. That gives Harry time to come back to London and do a quarantine. Meghan will not come, but will blame the pregnancy. Actually, it's not wise for air travel during last quarter of pregnancy, so even if she was on good terms with The Firm, it wouldn't be a good idea.

I am deeply, deeply depressed and suicidal over the death of my grand father in law Prince Peter, we were very, very close. I will now enter a period of mourning until further notice, whence upon i will take the throne of Great England and become grand Queen Duchess, once everyone has asked me how i am. #deadprince #harrysdeadpa #meghan #queenmeghan #meghan #meghan #meghan

Thanks, [R75]. I always thought it was automatic.

[quote] Oh no! Sad for Lilibet

Don't be. At least I won't have to send him a telegram next year.

It’s bringing back memories of my mother forcing me to do the DofE expedition/volunteer schemes, which I did not want to do and had no interest in, as a way to prop up my application to Cambridge University, a school to which I did not want to go. Completing the Gold Award, I almost toppled off a rainy mountainside with full pack on my back, and though I survived had twisted ankles, hives and blisters for months afterward, then massively fell out with a friend with whom I had gone on the expedition.

It’s not easy for soft-footed teenagers, and doing it gave me much greater respect for soldiers and for wilderness rangers/paramedics etc. Dukey was clearly a rugged and spritely fellow who enjoyed stretching his physical limits.

In the end I fell at the last hurdle of Cambridge interviews, too, so it was all for naught.

Actually, I should clarify what I said:

The news said that the funeral may not be for a couple of weeks.

It's MY prediction that Meghan wouldn't attend due to her pregnancy.

I realize that my statement in R85 makes it sound like the news said she wouldn't attend, and that is not true.

R7 = Meghan Markle

Meghan has a cast-iron excuse not to attend the funeral - it's too late in her pregnancy to fly

He seemed okay from the yankee side of the pond. Yes, he was probably entitled and often said stupid things. But with a reign that long, he’s only human, and bound to err.

Watching the obituary on the BC right now. He was so hot when he was younger. I'd seen photos but not video

Thanks, r72!

Vale, Philip. I enjoyed your lack of filter.

This makes me very sad. I liked Philip, and yes he was hot as hell way back when. Even sadder that he won't even get to have the dignity of his own thread to commemorate his death without it being hijacked by Markle trolls and Anti-Markle trolls. Fuck off and make your own thread.

[quote] Prince Philip is DEAD TO ME!

*Prince Philip SCREAM!!*

Damn in Camilla, the wrong one died

Will Harry name his daughter Phillipa?

Riots tonite in Belfast and Derry to celebrate!

R100 Great minds. Beat me to it. Really hope he doesn’t.

The obituary that just aired on the BBC wasn't quite as hagiographic as you might think. Heavy hinting at infidelity in the 50s, references to his racist gaffs, footage of the time he complained the royals didn't have enough money, etc. Still pretty synchopantic on the whole

Rest easy HRH

Thoughts with HM The Queen.

[quote]What was on his iPod?

I'm very sorry, a real loss for The Queen

The bio of his war exploits reads like a 1940s comic strip of derring-do. Gunning down Nazis left and right!

On his iPod? Why, The Sex Pistol's God Save The Queen, of course!

R103 - "synchopantic"

Oh, dear.

Political campaigning suspended for the Scottish, Welsh & local elections.

R100 R102 - Was just thinking the same. As it happens, that is Pippa Middleton's real first name, I cannot imagine Meghan putting up with that.

And besides, Meghan knows Philip disapproved of her and tried to dissuade Harry from marrying her.

No, they'll go for something trendy but work in "Diana".

[quote]Gunning down Nazis left and right!

Many of whom he was related to by marriage.

[quote] If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it

Dying 😂

And, r109, what exactly is wrong with being synchopantic?

So as the new Duke of Edinburgh, Edward will become his mother’s husband?

You wacky Brits.

Replies like R78 and R88 exemplify why I love the DL.

[quote]*Prince Philip SCREAM!!*

No, in honor of Prince Philip, everyone should say some very tone deaf & insensitive thing like "you're very attractive for a fat person" (or something like that).

I'll give BBC World News credit as the news has been 100% Prince Philip & the Queen - they haven't gone down the tabloid road talking about Harry/Meghan, William/Kate, or even Charles/Camilla and their 'reactions'. They've mentioned world leader's reaction, but thankfully no celebrity reactions, yet.

No, fuck you, R25, you sad twit.

R77 - "Were you born in that outfit or did you get in a shop off King's Cross?"

He was a man of his time and place more than any other in our collective consciousness.

[quote]The bio of his war exploits reads like a 1940s comic strip of derring-do. Gunning down Nazis left and right!

More like "thoughts and prayers" for all his Nazi relatuves.

That’s a long life. He was once very handsome. Very.

"He was a German"

No, R31. He was Danish.

R118 the BBC for their sins vehemently pretend that the Markles don’t exist. If only every other rag and telly channel would adopt the same attitude.

[quote]No, [R31]. He was Danish.

No. He was far more German than Danish. His maternal mob were all Battenburgs.

R124 I thought he had Greek heritage links.

R101 pop a Vicodin and have a sit down, Johnny Raw-Jaws. You’ll do yourself a mischief.

He’ll to pay in Montecito

He had both, R127.

Rot in hell you nasty evil decrepit corrupt Nazi cunt fuck.

The world seems purer this morning.

ONE of his 16 great-grandparents was Christian IX of Denmark, a man whose ancestry was mostly German.

R127 - His immediate forbears were "elected" to head Greece's monarchy. He was Danish-German-Anglo, and in fact one of Queen Victoria's descendants and the Queen's cousin several times removed.

I always thought it spoke well of the Queen's private side that she was so hot for him she refused to marry anyone else and wore her father down over several years. And, you lot do know right, that she was well rewarded for her steadfastness in the sack? She took to sex like the proverbial duck and Philip ended up complaining that he couldn't keep the young Princess out of his bed, until his father-in-law took him aside and told him to shut it?

The Queen is a countrywoman who bred horses and dogs - and, thus, far earthier than her public role allows.

I hope she's gratefully remembering her years in the sack with him now . . .

[quote] ONE of his 16 great-grandparents

Who has 16 great-grandparents?!

You Brits and your lineage.

Philip entering his hew destination....What the bloody hell?

R131 Is Meghan.

She was a good girl. May she RIP.

R135 he won’t have any fun in Hell.

So who were all these women he was cheating with? We are nothing here at DL without salacious details.

Klan Grannies' tears could fill the swimming pool at Montecito.

R101 - Yes, I imagine they're all gleefully recalling how the IRA murdered his uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who, ironically, was the most outspokenly pro-Irish member of the family, also killing two teenage boys with the bomb.

Because, as we all know, Prince Philip was Ireland's real problem.

R128, I think you must be using the link below for your Cork slang, as Johnny Raw-Jaws doesn't show up elsewhere. Also, "do oneself a mischief" is a British saying, not an Irish one. Lastly, Derry and Belfast may as well be a million miles away for all the political similarities between them and Cork.

R131 - Ohhhhhhhhhh look, it's our very own Klan Granny Troll!

The world be purer when you finally overdose on all that medication you need to take to control your psychotic breaks.

R141 and I just got engaged.

If you’ve got a husband already, tell him to pack his bags and get to steppin’.

^*will be purer

Anyone hungry?

Archie can be the next Duke of Edinburgh.

R118 Well it is the BBC. They have prepared to this news for a long time. BBC still has some quality. They have their top anchor and reporters on.

Long Live

The RACIST OLD CUNT

I'm watching on BBC World News. Feels proper to hear all the tributes in English accents.

R143, what did I do to deserve this honour?

This post should have been here rather than on the other incorrectly named thread, so I am reposting it here:

Philip once said that his wife was "a great deal closer to my mother than she was to her own". Elizabeth was alleged to have loved her mother-in-law very much. Pss. Alice had a rough life, a rough marriage, became very deaf early on, and spent much of her "post-royal" life in religious dress helping the poor. She lived quietly with her son and daughter-in-law in a small suite in BP, I believe, or perhaps it was Windsor, where the Queen visited her regularly.

The Queen has an odd capacity for emotional denial, one of her most destructive traits, which I think she inherited from her mother. She may have already insulated herself from the prospect of her husband's death - he has, after all, looked like a walking corpse for several years. Her parent's marriage was very, very close, yet her mother was a widow for longer than she had been a wife, and regained her rather well known gusto for life after her beloved husband's death. But then, the Queen Mother was widowed at 53 or so. HM is 95.

We shall see.

If the Harkles have half a brain between them, they'll be carefully courteous and shut up for a decent interval.

Listening to the radio here in London and the royal experts and even Boris are crying as they speak. The funeral will be a time of mass grieving here, especially in a year of so much bereavement.

Nazi, R131? Get a grip, you silly twat. He helped fight against the Nazis.

Why are the Meghan obsessives mentioning her over and over? Have some respect for the recently deceased and the grieving queen.

I feel a great disturbance in the force.

Archle coming back for his crown 👑

[quote] The Queen has an odd capacity for emotional denial, one of her most destructive traits

Rather think it may have helped her to govern effectively..

I really wonder how Charles feels. Philip was a total shit to him.

A word from Susan Dey would be nice.

Thanks for the fun times Phil

Feeling good about yourself, Oprah?

Philip died at the wedding anniversary of Charles and Camilla.

I stand by a feeling I've held for the past several years: The Queen will be following him within the next 12 months. It's horrible to think about, but couples who were married for a long time frequently die within a short period of time as each other.

R158 - Yes, I imagine it was very helpful when she had to play host to so many corrupt and unpleasant world leaders on the orders of the Foreign Office and Downing Street.

But in terms of governing her family - it was quite destructive.

And Jonathan Price’s contract just hit the shredder.

This is way to big for Susan Dey. The Queen’s not going to be sitting around waiting on her ass!

They’re are going to go to that proud trans woman of royal color!

Who gets his stuff?

I've always that Liz would live to 100 but that means 5 more years.

R167 They are*

One will be going nowhere for as long as that Markle woman is a member of this family.

R166 they arent going anywhere near 2021. The farthest the Crown might go is 2012 but that's doubtful.

I wonder what the "appropriate changes" will be? I assume messages from other members of the family?

And then there's the small matter of Philip's personal fortune, estimated at £24 million or so.

Usually, the terms of their wills are made public on the web site. Likely he left it all to the Queen, trusting her to carry out bequests to individuals.

How delicious would it be if he left absolutely nothing to Harry but broke it up into trust funds for Anne's, Edward's, and Andrew's kids, and William's children?

The Balmoral Instagram account posted a black square, without comment.

He was always dapper.

Oops meant to say thought. Btw Elizabeth doesnt seem the type to die right after her spouse and not all couples do that.

R162 - LOL. More to the point, is Harry feeling good about himself this afternoon?

Frankly, I doubt either one of them gives a tinker's curse. That's how corrupt she is and how far gone he is.

Finally

R173 grow the fuck up.r176, no one calls the Queen, Elizabeth, it's just not done.

Good riddance, fucking parasite. Too bad he couldn't take the rest of them with him.

What did the BBC say about PP's infidelities? That he lived life with gusto? That he had a great eye for feminine pulchritude?

Fuck me, but there are some very funny responses in this thread.

Who cares what they call her? I'm American. Shes not my queen. I'll call her old crotchety Liz if I want.

R157 - Not a crown, a coronet. Only the Sovereign wears a crown. British princes wear a coronet, which is basically a crown without the (you should excuse the expression) arches.

And the Queen has to die before he gets that.

R175 - I actually think he looks divinely hot there.

R182 = The Usual DL Class Act.

We can't cover this now. We must cover everything about George Floyd 24/7 for months and months, then produce the first documentary: George Floyd: The Early Years.

Try "Brenda." It's what Private Eye calls her, R182. And Charles is "Brian."

Will Megan beg off going to the funeral? Harry will have to go. Messy!

"How delicious would it be if he left absolutely nothing to Harry "

Really, Mary R173? Get over it.

R18 That's the child-raping son he raised?

Every one of his sisters were married too SS soldiers one of them even lunched with Hitler on the regular and named her son Adolf.

I am dyeing my hair black for the duration.

I was getting tired of platinum anyway.

Before MM came on the scene, there were so;e very funny pictures of Harry and PP together. They looked as if they were sniggering at dirty jokes.

Watch people squeal watching the broadcast as She Who Must Not Be Named (SWMNBN) curtseys to ERII at the Abbey. She'll take the knee, but grind her little porcelain caps all the while.

Will Betty do her casket dance?

R188 - Harry could beg off, citing COVID and his heavily pregnant wife. And, because of COVID, it's going to be a far less grand and private affair than it might have been. Philip (like most of the senior royals) make funeral plans long before time. I would wager the old boy wanted a more private affair, anyway.

It could cut both ways. The less grand affair would make it possible for Harry to attend without all those photographers waiting to see whether the family cold-shoulders him; or it could make it possible for him not to attend at all without seeming to endorse the view that the family don't want him back at all.

This is how you do it properly, Cunt.

I hear he quietly returned to the Greek Orthodox church in his later years and private services were regularly said for him. His mother became a Greek Orthodox nun.

I'm glad he died in an apostolic church and not a Protestant.

Wonder if the next royal grandchild in California will have Phillipa somewhere as a name?

What a lovely thought. Phillipa Blackie.

On his looks alone...he was a very handsome and dapper gentleman.

R190 - Andrew is not a paedophile. For that, he'd have had to fuck girls under 12 years old, and there isn't the slightest suggestion he did so. Do look up the word? The woman in question was 17 at the time, of legal sexual age in New York State.

You could open a dictionary now and then.

Andrew is an amoral amoeba and a pompous twat, and it was the Queen who spoilt him, not Philip. But neither is a paedophile.

Confirmation, please, R198? It would be quite the story if the Supreme Governor of the Church of England left the church.

R191 None of Philip's sisters were invited to his wedding to Lillibet in 1948. That's all the Royal Family needed, still in the grips of WWII aftermath; a mob of Nazis turning up for the wedding.

Windsor locals are milling about drinking in the street already. Sometimes I love this ridiculous country.

***** BREAKING NEWS*****

Piers Morgan won’t let Tyler Perry’s fleet of private jets land on English soil!

Stupendously hung. His gay valet told friends: "The first time I saw His Royal Highness in the nude, I feared for our dear Queen's life."

R198 How could anyone possibly give a fuck about this, to the point of posting it here? You're happy the Nazi wasn't protestant?

[quote] and even Boris are crying as they speak.

The guy who posts here?!

[quote] Every one of his sisters were married too SS soldiers

Oh, dear!

But he wasn't a Nazi, silly cunt R208.

Now would be a good time to begin purging the country of these leeches.

This is nuts. Do the news anchors have black clothes around at all times just in case?

My mum is convinced that in actual fact HRH died this time last year, and that his passing was kept hushed up by Westminster due to COVID-19. It is rather convenient, that lockdown ends the very same week this news breaks...

R203 - He wasn't the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, his wife was/is.

[Quote]And then there's the small matter of Philip's personal fortune, estimated at £24 million or so.

How did he get this money? He was known as a penniless prince before he married Elizabeth. Duchy of Lancaster proceeds funneled from Elizabeth?

This is just between you and me, so don’t say anything. But Liz plans to lure Meghan back to England for the funeral. At the gravesite, Meghan will lean over to throw a flower on the casket and at that moment will unfortunately lose her footing. Liz has already figured out how quickly 500 pounds of dirt can be shifted to fill a hole.

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His coat of arms featured a half-naked caveman with a large club. (See R207.)

[quote]Do the news anchors have black clothes around at all times just in case?

Yep, same as the Royal Family. Always take along a set of black clothing, in case someone dies, so you don't look like a dickhead in bright pink when you're suppose to be in mourning.

R213 - Yes. It's common practice.

And the royals take black clothes with them on foreign tours, just in case they have to return quickly in the event of a death in the family.

Elizabeth was in Africa with Philip when her father, George VI, died in 1952. She arrived home appropriately clothed in mourning. You will note the PM made his announcement from Downing Street in appropriate black suit and tie (although his disgraceful hair made a charmingly disheveled contrast, and his tie was askew).

Style of thing.

R213 Yes they have and video footage and reports waiting for the moment.

R203 Philip was not Head of the Church of England, his wife is. There is precedent. Anne's husband remained a Lutheran after his marriage to her. No one doubted her headship of the CoE.

It’s interesting that Brits have so little to say about their own monarchy that their hatred of Meghan can so easily hijack an event like this.

Nowhere does that say Philip was a Nazi, fool R218. He fought in WW2 for the UK against the Nazis. Stop being ridiculous, Nancy.

[quote]This is nuts. Do the news anchors have black clothes around at all times just in case?

Muriel in her noir crepe caftan and genuine Newcastle jet giandrole earrings is a vision. A VISION.

R215, thank you for the correction! I was typing in haste and left out the crucial words "the spouse of".

This is a perfect honeypot thread for FFing and blocking Meghan obsessives.

R224 it’s not us going on about it.

[quote] This is nuts. Do the news anchors have black clothes around at all times just in case?

But of course. Don’t you?

Oh, you gauche Americans.

Bishop Michael Curry has been asked by Meghan to give the Eulogy.

Nicola Sturgeon was just on the box, giving a statement. For all her nationalistic bluster, she doesn’t have a qualms about simpering over the Crown.

No, R229, it'sall the DL queen bees are buzzing around this morning, in a tizzy about Sparkle and "Nazis."

He was just racist as hell and came from a family of Nazi’s thanks for clarifying

R226 - Oh, dear.

[quote] But Liz plans to lure Meghan back to England for the funeral.

Any chance she’ll be stopping over in France?

Welcome, Mary R234. Btw, his mother hid Jews.

R228 - Unhappily for you, dear Pet, it's also a perfect thread for the rest of us having a splendid time dishing despite all your FFs, about which we care not one jot.

Will Lilibet invite all the mistresses to the wedding? Or are pews limited?

As well as that, R225, I seem to remember reading that Philip pressured the government during the war to decline asylum to various bits of his extended family, because of their connections to the Nazi regime.

[quote] Nicola Sturgeon was just on the box,

Oh, I do love lesbian drama.

Er, funeral.

Oh SNAP, R239!

[quote]How did he get this money? He was known as a penniless prince before he married Elizabeth. Duchy of Lancaster proceeds funneled from Elizabeth?

He wrote a lot of books over the years. Don't know about British publishing, but that's worked out VERY well for the Obamas, Bernie, Pete, etc.

[quote] Lilibet

Someone bring me closer to my fainting couch!

Harry and Meghan are probably thanking God they selected a female embryo via IVF so they DON'T have to recognise Philip in the girl's name.

Meghan would put the kid up for adoption rather than name it Phillipa, like Kate's sister.

And I would wager a year's pension that Meghan would no more be invited to this funeral than Gayle King or Oprah. She knows perfectly well that she will never be welcomed by this family again.

Do Harry and Megan dare show their faces in the UK?

R237 in a gas chamber!!!

The Queen is far from deluded, R246.

Ooh, R241 went there!

R244 - I don't know what the source would have been. I assume some emoluments were invested and that's the source. Certainly the dukedom didn't have revenues attached.

[quote]Nowhere does that say Philip was a Nazi,

R228 promotes the official spin, which has been embellished over the years. The House of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha spent decades removing their German taint after WWI, and went to extraordinary lengths to play down/hide Philip's Nazi sisters and in-laws during/after WWII. Keep in mind that Philip was a young 22, 23 year old third- or second-in-command lieutenant during the war. How much fighting he actually did, to say nothing of his feelings about his in-laws, is open to discussion.

R221 Off-topic. Why *does* Boris’s hair look like that? An affectation can be the only explanation. How hard is it to use a comb? Does he purposely ruffle it up every morning? I’ll admit it’s been a good gimmick.

R175 I simply must know what role he played in that school production. I’d guess at Macduff or Duncan, from the costume?

No, R248, at her home in Greece, and at great personal peril. She was a true WW2 heroine.

Meghan’s rival stepsister is giving a foul mouthed press conference upon landing at Heathrow.

I think Edward, R14.

Took a while to find the official thread. It's never the first thread, because your dotty old bitches have to have "dead to me" as if it were ever truly DL tradition.

Didn't expect the thread to be a bunch of people bitching about Meghan or accusing the Duke of being a Nazi, though. I assume our knowledgeable DLers left a long time ago.

Philip was very close to his mother, a war heroine.

Ah, why must all the good dick die young?

[quote] dotty old bitches

😂😂

Addendum R252 is for R225.

The Balmoral Castle Instagram account will need to update its recent Staff Vacancies posting.

R253,

Boris's entire MO is to play the buffoon, so that people don't take him seriously. He is actually very clever, utterly unprincipled and, quite frankly, a cunt.

Just didn’t have what it takes!

R262, he still fought in the war against the Nazis.

My Mum said he was the 'most handsome bounder" she ever met.

You're right, R264. Boris is a HUGE cunt.

We are back on the market bitches!

[quote]If the Harkles have half a brain between them, they'll be carefully courteous and shut up for a decent interval.

So, asked and answered.

[quote] Btw, his mother hid Jews.

Philip's mother hid a family of Jews. The Cohens. 5 people. Considering that the rest of the Greeks were rounding up Jews to turn over to the his mothers sons-in-law, I guess that's something. It earned her a place among the Righteous Gentiles and a grave next to her aunt in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Jerusalem.

He was a perfect example of only the good die young, lived to 99 and it is widely believed that he is the one that ordered the hit on Diana.

[quote]Btw, his mother hid Jews.

Are Megan Markle’s whereabouts from earlier today known?

R266 Yes, you keep repeating. But he kinda had to, officially at least. He was an officer on a British ship. To say nothing of Uncle Dickie's campaign to fob him off on Princess Elizabeth of York. STILL doesn't change the fact that his personal feelings about Nazis, considering his kinship to many of them, is open to discussion.

[quote] it is widely believed that he is the one that ordered the hit on Diana

R272 she hed to be squibbed orf!

[quote]He was a perfect example of only the good die young, lived to 99 and it is widely believed that he is the one that ordered the hit on Diana.

Insane conspiracy theorists count no more at times of loss than at any other.

R271 and that was like the Studio 54 in 1977

Ask anyone asked Megan how’s she doing?

To survivors of the Lockerbie terrorist atrocity, in 1993: ‘People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle.’

Talking to a British student in China in 1986: ‘If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed.’

Using Hitler’s title to address German chancellor Helmut Kohl in 1997, he called him: “Reichskanzler.”

“I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.” 1988.

“In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation,” The Telegraph quoted Philip saying at the time.

Every news org and public figure is breathing a sigh of relief this morning that the statement (or obituary) they prepared regarding his death years ago is FINALLY of some use.

[quote]who gets his dukedom?

Right over here.

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This is Kate’s moment. Will she finish her off with a weeklong multimedia pile drive??

Will Elton John re-write a crappy version of one of his songs for the funeral?

Will this compromise the opening of the Buckingham Place Gardens this summer? Was it just a carrot they dangled earlier this week to snatch away now that the palace will be in mourning for the next year?

R283 OMG 😱 no wonder the mother had to hide the Jews!

R283 You've now posted it for the THIRD time.

Me? I shall always remember Phil in joyous, happy times. Nothing gave him more pleasure than letting it rip whilst posing on the balcony with the other memebers of the RF. The Queen's face says it all, and perhaps Harry's is saying too much.

"STILL doesn't change the fact that his personal feelings about Nazis"

You don't know anything about his personal feelings, R275.

R283 That was his sister's funeral. not a Nazi funeral. She had married a German aristocrat and there were a couple of men in official (ie. Nazi at that time) uniform there. It wasn't a 'Nazi funeral'. Philip served with distinction in the Royal Navy during the war. Nice try.

Well, this thread had a nice run. Pity it will now descend into anti-Semitic nonsense, peppered with the usual BRF/MM nonsense.

He was 15 in that photo at R283.

R283 is a clown.

I will be very upset if QEII doesn’t wear all black for the rest of her life. The BRF is all about protocol and that’s what Victoria did.

R283 maybe it’s not actually him 🙏🏻

Ignore the trolls. and if you think about it, back in the day, I doubt Phillip's sisters had very much say in who they married. His father was a cruel, hateful man. He treated his wife, Princess Alice shamefully. Thank goodness her brother, Louis took Prince Phillip under his wing and gave him a life.

Gone too soon. R.I.P.

I just got her as I woke up late, apparently, what did he die of?

Is anyone else thinking his youthful schooling, interests, and associates have a somewhat homoerotic cast?

Particularly his bond with Lord MountbattenC his admiration for his old headmaster, and his partnerships in sailing and carriage-driving.

[quote]You don't know anything about his personal feelings,

And neither do you R290. Given the close family connections/history, it may not be as hostile as you assume.

Meghanitis.

Wait, is the photo at r283 of him at his sister Cecile's funeral? He didn't have any say in who was attending.

He was going to a school run by a Jewish man in Scotland at the time, it was the founder of the school he originally attended. He followed the Jewish founder to his new school, rather than stay at the one the founder had to flee.

In the afterlife, marriage is dissolved upon arrival, right?

R300 do tell us more

No, R301, but there are the facts of a person's history. Something you choose to ignore.

Reports are that Andrew is frantic. He's been hanging around Windsor and the out buildings and rummaging thru his father's stuff looking for the vintage porn Phil had hidden away..

Ffs, he served in the British navy and fought Germany in WWII.

[Quote]Btw, his mother hid Jews. Philip's mother hid a family of Jews. The Cohens.

R300 seems the sort who gets hard peeling carrots.

I’m sure Harry’s ecstatic he doesn’t have to walk behind the horses drawn hearse for ten miles trying to look glum.

Well, he sure did have a hot ass when he was played by Matt Smith. Tobias Menzies, not so much.

R305 - In our collective dreams, LOL.

Prototype of Hetero.

R109 - I make one typo and now I've broken my seven-year reign of never getting an "oh, dear" from DL

R308 I’m so sure that’s what finished off the Nazis!

Somebody’s very special wedding at Westminster Abbey is going to be really fucked this week.

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The sky over Windsor is sunny, clear and warm, today.

Wonder if HRH & HRM had a pleasant time in the final days and months?

R295 - Stuff and nonsense. Of course, the Queen won't wear black for the rest of her life, and that isn't protocol, or her mother would have done the same after George VI died, and the Queen Mum clearly didn't.

Does this mean it's safe to come back? Because I've been on this bloody island for nearly twenty-five years and that a long time with anybody, let alone Elvis.

R252 - He was mentioned in dispatches. Is that open to discussion? Long before he was engaged to Elizabeth.

R306 Ignore? No. Take a more realistic, less blinkered view? Definitely.

And let's add this image which the Royal Family kept well hidden for decades.

R236 - If it's beyond UK borders, it's MI6.

[quote] Somebody’s very special wedding at Westminster Abbey is going to be really fucked this week.

Royally fucked, one might say.

R319 But they weren’t Queen Queen, they were Queen consort.

R324 - Actually, the Cambridges were married on the 29 April. But it would have been a quiet celebration, anyway, because of COVID.

What I do wonder is whether William will still be hosting the BAFTAS? I think all his participation was pre-recorded, though.

R321 Yes. Philip served in the British Navy in WWII. But that's not the issue under discussion. His personal feelings about his Nazi sisters and brothers-in-laws is.

Yet R322 you can't prove in any way Nazi symathies in this man.

Watching the coronation footage is curious. Both HRM and HRH look bewildered and reluctant waving the people. They were still rather young at the time, too.

Do you think Phil thought his life was over when the announcement came to Tree Tops?

Even though we've been cut off financially, I had Meghan send Granny a fruit basket.

R311 - It wasn't ten miles.

It's customary for the males to walk behind whilst the women go ahead hidden in vehicles.

Given the lockdown, my guess is we're looking at a short drive to St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

The protocol used to be that the senior Royal Family all wore black for a year after the death of the monarch or their consort. Victoria took it to extremes because she was a depressive. IIRC the current Queen reduced it to 3 months after the death of her husband, with the full support of both the Queen Mother and Queen Mary of Teck.

Has the BBC reported on his BWC?

Jamaica's mussy is about to explode in memory of the Royal Dong.

R331, wasn't it revealed a few years back that Prince Philip had expressed a very strong preference that his funeral be a private affair?

Ok here come all the deification stories in reading:

Did Meghan and Harry cause stress for Phillip and hastened his death (right, a 99 year old). Why couldn't Phillip be called king? (Poor Phillip couldn't have the title but was basically a king and lived as such in everything but title) Phillip had sharp wit (yeah the non white commonwealthers whom he made racially insensitive comments about would see it differently)

I'm not dancing on his grave. I wouldn't throw a party over his death, may he RIP and condolences to Elizabeth but COME ON, this man was 99 years old and lived a privileged life for 80 years of it.

R328 And you can't prove what his personal feelings were, including the degree of sympathy with his Nazis sisters and brothers-in-laws.

[quote] The protocol used to be that the senior Royal Family all wore black for a year after the death of the monarch or their consort. Victoria took it to extremes because she was a depressive. IIRC the current Queen reduced it to 3 months after the death of her husband, with the full support of both the Queen Mother and Queen Mary of Teck.

Sigh. I meant after the death of her *father*. Obviously. Eejit that I am.

Just announced: due to Covid, there will be no large public Nazi funeral.

R336 yes, I agree completely.

IMO some of the comments made on the BBC special today are disrespectful toward HM, by implying that she simply couldn’t govern or even live without him.

So it's speculation on your part, R337, and that's all it is. Rolling my eyes.

Now when Henry (his real name) comes back for the funeral he can stay.

Will Andrew be attending the funeral with one of his young special “friends?”

Meghan has hired a choreographer to put the final touches on her casket dance.

The Queen is in mourning over the loss of that enormous cock.

The Nazi talk has become very boring.

[Quote]Just announced: due to Covid, there will be no large public Nazi funeral.

Damn, my suit was dry cleaned and all.

R341 Just as it is on yours. At least I'm keeping an (unblinkered) eye on the reality of Philip, his history, his siblings and and his relatives. Something you keep overlooking with your fatuous but . . . but . . . he fought the Nazis.

I'm curious as to what Phillip and Diana thought about each other.

A Philip video.

No one gives a shit, R348. Flog that dead horse all you want, but you can't pin being a Nazi on him. Period.

He probably tried to fuck her at some point, R349.

Here are some more concrete hints of the funeral plans, courtesy Robert Jobson in the Evening Standard:

R334 you dumbass. St. Vincent is not Jamaica!

I can’t wait for a mini series about his life. He can be portrayed by Idris Elba.

Many German princes supported the Nazis, thinking they would restore the monarchy. Many became Nazis themselves and joined the military, but Hitler ordered them to be removed after several lost their lives, which unleashed a level of monarchical support amongst the populace.

Philip was not a Nazi. His mother (a religious maniac) helped save a number of Greek Jews and is recognized as among "The Righteous of the Nations" by Yad Vashem.

Don't forget much of the Royal Family is German in origin and by blood.

On this day going forward, when Charles and Camilla celebrate their wedding anniversary, they will also mourn the death of Philip.

Can’t believe he was around for 99 years and we’ve never seen a picture of his huge dick. There must be one somewhere. Maybe the Queen has one on her phone.

Well the Crown has got its new ending.

If 30 guests are currently allowed to attend funerals in England, that leaves room for:

Her Maj

Their four kids and their three spouses (I'm guessing Fergie won't be invited)

Their eight grandkids and five of their spouses (Edward's kids aren't married and Meghan won't be able to fly at this stage of her pregnancy)

Maybe their older great-grandkids?

They should be able to fit everyone in, unless he had any close family left on the Mountbatten side

gee, he died after getting the vaccine....

I think it will end with her death, R359.

He was one of the few interesting and the only good-looking member of the current BRF.

Please keep posting his gaffes--I'm enjoying his unreconstructed old-guy humor.

To be honest, this is the start of a regime change that's been sorely needed. I feel like he and QE should have been allowed to retire at 70 and enjoy some part of their lives.

I know he stopped his duties a few years ago, but damn - it's still a lot of work and travel for someone in their mid-90's at the time.

Royals should have a chance to retire and do what they want at some point.

Has Helen Mirren commented yet?

It’s sad that he passed on- but he was not looking good the past few years (after he got released from the hospital it was looking like “Weekend at Bernies”).

"I feel like he and QE should have been allowed to retire at 70"

R364, no one "allows" or disallows her anything.

[quote]Philip was not a Nazi. His mother (a religious maniac) helped save a number of Greek Jews and is recognized as among "The Righteous of the Nations" by Yad Vashem.

R356 Philip may or may not have been a Nazi sympathizer. What his mother did is completely irrelevant to the issue.

LMAO

[QUOTE] Unhappily for you, dear Pet, it's also a perfect thread for the rest of us having a splendid time dishing despite all your FFs, about which we care not one jot.

Such an old-fashioned vocabulary and prose style. You sound as if you're the same age as Prince Phillip.

R368 knows Philip fought against the Nazis in WW2, but she still likes floating that nonsense.

Someone left their cake out....in the rain

Let's hope he doesn't reincarnate as a deadly virus to wipe out half the populace, as he so wished.

Prince Phillip was just divine.

R354 Whatever, little miss nellie prisspot. It was a fucking joke.

R143 - Are you aright ol' slapper?

His sister Sophie adored Hitler she said he was charming and modest. It’s not trolling it’s a matter of historical fact he was racist with family ties to to Nazis if not an actual Nazi sympathizer himself. He had an affection for his wife but also it was very expedient to marry well just as much so as it was for his sisters. He also was an infamous philanderer and only shared a household with the Queen this past year because of Covid and staff shortages.

I don’t understand all the comments about him being “very handsome” in his youth. He was towards the front of the bell curve for average....what’s with doling out this compliment to mark his passing? There must be something else to comment on at his passing.

Zzzzzzzzzzz, R377.

I'd forgotten about them, R374! They had a natural disaster (maybe a hurricane? Can't remember) the week Philip retired in 2017 and they believed the two things were connected. They won't take this news well.

[quote] He also was an infamous philanderer and only shared a household with the Queen this past year because of Covid and staff shortages.

Not to sound like a Frau, but there really is quite a bit more to marriage and loving companionship than sex.

Ahhhhh shaddap R131. Grow up and get off Twitter.

Lmao r9

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The earth is about to get a jab with a royal.

The British government are requesting that people NOT gather or leave flowers at any of the royal residences. I guess some didn't hear that advice.

The photos below are at Buckingham Palace. I've seen photos of flowers at Windsor Castle as well.

Zzzzzzzzzzz, R384.

The (presumably American) race and Nazism obsessives are just hilariously inconsistent. Philip's own service in the war against Germany and his mother's being a righteous Gentile don't count, but the fact that his sisters and brothers-in-law had Nazi sympathies means that Philip probably shared them.

Has Matt Smith commented yet?

Exactly, R388. Absurd.

Westminster Abbey will toll its bell once every 60 seconds, 99 times, from 6pm this evening.

Where is the best-of compilation of Phil moments and scenes from THE CROWN?

Good old Phil said in the 80s that he hoped to be reincarnated as a deadly virus to deal with overpopulation. So if a new, especially vicious COVID mutation appears in the next little while, we know what happened.

[Quote]Will Elton John re-write a crappy version of one of his songs for the funeral?

I feel like the mantle has passed to Ed Sheeran. I'm tipping he'll modify the lyrics to Castle on the Hill. Or, Shape of You, for a more upbeat, sexy vibe.

They're just trolls, R388.

Can I wear white, girls, or just ivory again?

Two minutes silence at Aintree today. The show will go on this weekend.

The guy going on and on about Philip being a Nazi started out this thread saying "He did his duty and supported his sovereign magnificently for 74 years."

He saw what the troll topic was and changed his tune pretty quickly, in order to maximize irritation.

According to comments he's made elsewhere, he's not American like r388 suggests, but that could be a lie as well.

R388 One should not preclude the other, especially given Philip's position and his (Mountbatten) family's manoeuvering to fob him off on Elizabeth of York.

Philip's sisters and brothers-in-law weren't merely sympathizers, they were hard-core Nazis. Philip's brothers-in-law appear in SS uniforms in R283.

I will forever think of Matt Smith when I think of Phillip. I was just watching the Crown again, and the first two seasons are my favorite part. Olivia and Tobias are both fantastic actors but they did nothing for me. But I love Helena Bonham Carter's Margaret.

As I watched the dismantling of Meg's relationship with Townsend, I realized that what they proposed to do to her is exactly what they have done to Harry. Remember when they finally gave her the option of marrying, and said she would be stripped of all her titles, and her income, and would have to live outside the UK? That's when she decided that , "for the good of the realm," she would not marry him.

Ironic, that if there is a procession, and I do believe one is planned, Harry will not be in uniform, even though he served active duty. He wasn't a pretend soldier. And Philip loved him. They really got on well.

He won't be standing next to his father and brother. The front row will be Anne, Charles, Andrew, and William, all in uniform, with Edward and Harry in the second row. William will have to be beside his father.

I have to wonder if Charles will even be able to walk any distance. They're transferring Phil's body to St. James from Windsor as we speak. So there will be a procession on the day he goes back to Windsor for the religious ceremony and burial.

I predict Meghan will not attend the funeral, but Harry will. They'll blame it on her pregnancy.

R388 Sadly, we have lots of armchair experts who think because they watched one news segment or an episode of the Crown they know All There Is To Know about Philip, his family and his sympathies.

Just as we have no end of posters who have seen MM on TV or read a few articles but with that brief exposure can look into her very soul and know what a goddess/gold digger she was/is/will forever be.

Poor R398. Fascist thread monitor AND reading comprehension problems. Nowhere did I say Philip was a Nazi. But I don't dismiss the possibility either.

prince philip died doing what matters most to the royal family: creating a news story that isn’t about prince andrew & teenage girls

I don't dismiss the possibility that you're a Nazi, R403.

Matt Gaetz is right now negotiating with his father to die suddenly to get some sympathetic press.

This is interesting, from the College of Arms:

[quote] The Duke of Edinburgh was granted the style and title of Royal Highness on 19 November 1947; on the next day, 20 November, he was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London. These peerages are hereditary and on the death of His Royal Highness have passed to his eldest son, HRH The Prince of Wales. In the event of the Prince of Wales or any subsequent holder of these titles succeeding to the Crown, these titles and all others held will merge with the Crown.

So as of now, HRH Prince Charles is the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich of Greenwich, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Feckin' 'ell.

Presumably, since it was made known when Edward was created Earl of Wessex that he would succeed to his father's titles, there will be a Royal Warrant issued after some decent period of mourning, to transfer them to Edward.

Girls! Girls! You're BOTH cunts!

Well, then, R403, you should have reserved judgment on the question of whether or not his support of the Queen was really magnificent - after all, we wouldn't want to praise someone who may have been a Nazi, would we? Because, if he really was a Nazi, then no support of his wife would eclipse that fact.

Wondering how long it would take for the gutter press to blame prince Phillips death on Megan? Less than one hour. That shows some deep-rooted racism and my soho year there.shocking, I know.

He was 99 and looked like death on a cracker!

R401 I predict she’ll worry while he’s there.

It would take more than a piece of baggage like Meghan Markle to kill Prince Philip.

Best obituary

R410, It could also be argued that the fragility to which you refer in your post may have made him more vulnerable to a blow like the one H&M inflicted. Not saying that I believe that, etc. I am more or less in agreement with R412 that only age could wither Prince Philip, not some external circumstance.

The media had been setting up the "Meghan and Harry killed him" story for weeks. They're vultures.

Philip died on Charles' and Camilla's anniversary and they wouldn't dare suggest a connection between those two things, of course.

After everything Philip lived through, we're meant to believe a silly interview in America with Oprah Winfrey was a potential death blow?

Come on.

By all accounts, he was a bit of a cunt.

They can hear Fergie singing, "Here Comes the Bride" from space.

One would like to make an amendment to royal funeral protocol, to be taken into effect immediately; no expecting mothers are to be permitted at any royal funeral. Thankyou, that is all.

So it’s Easter to celebrate Phil’s life, and Christmas to celebrate George Michael.

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Meghan clearly caused this with all the turmoil she created earlier this year! It's well-known that Prince Phillip was an avid reader of my column, no doubt he was shocked, SHOCKED into his deathbed by her feminine malfeasance!

"Champagne for Everybody!"

I'm betting Megs and Harry convinced his grandfather to get a covid vaccine as revenge for having his mother killed in Paris and that's what killed him.

He'll be with Di now. They got along and both enjoyed outdoor activities.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, R424!

Doubt Meghan and Harry's interview affected Philip's health. But it was unquestionably a tacky and disrespectful thing to do.

Yes, for every cloud, there is indeed a silver lining.

RIP, Your Royal Highness.

Great picture of the Queen and old Phil.

Fox News blames Meghan, of course:

Phil's greatest hits:

⁠"British women can't cook," he told the Scottish Womens' Institute in 1961.

⁠"It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons," he muttered while being shown Ethiopian art in 1965.

⁠"I would like to go to Russia very much, although the bastards murdered half my family," at a very heated period of history in 1967.

⁠"What do you gargle with? Pebbles?" he told singer Tom Jones at the 1969 Royal Variety Performance. Later he added: "It's difficult to see how it’s possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs."

⁠”We don’t come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves," he told journalists in Canada in 1976.

⁠"You are a woman, aren't you?" he said to a Kenyan woman, who was presenting him with a small gift in 1984.

⁠"If you stay here much longer you will all be slitty-eyed," the Prince told British exchange students who lived in Xian in 1986. When asked on his opinion of Beijing, he replied: "Ghastly."

⁠"If it has four legs and it is not a chair, if it has two wings and flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." Again with the Chinese insults, when he addressed a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986.

⁠"I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing," when dismissing claims those who slaughter for meat have greater moral authority than those who partake in blood sports in 1988.

⁠"Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease," when asked if he wanted to pet a koala in Australia back in 1992.

⁠"You can't have been here that long — you haven't got a pot belly," he told a British tourist during a visit to Budapest in 1993.

⁠"Aren't most of you descended from pirates?," he enquired to an islander while in the Cayman Islands in 1994

A forlorn looking Philip goes to heaven and is greeted by Wallis Simpson and Princess Diana. 'That Markle woman was the end of me!,' He mutters. 'And you thought we were a pain in the ass,' they answer in unison.

R431, boy you really give a shit, don'tcha? That's a lot of cutting and pasting!

Well, if Wallis is in heaven it is a heaven Philip will be allowed to enter, I suppose.

But I'd rather see her at the gates than that itch of deception, Diana.

Oh, for Goodness sakes, don’t lose your heads! Worry about that daft old kettle still on the throne!

Miss Winfrey takes no responsibility in the passing of HRH Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Wallis Simpson--now there was a Nazi lover!

He didn't want to live to 100.

Seems like a lot of British youth met him through the Duke of Edenborough awards.

Will Trump get an invite to the funeral?

Does his title Duke of Edinburgh revert back to the crown or get passed to Charles?

R441, officially Charles is now the Duke of Edinburgh. He’s expected to recreate it for his little brother Edward once he accesses to the throne.

Champagne for Everybody!"

—Sarah, Duchess of York r423

Of course I can’t pay for the Champagne, but if anyone wants to shout me a glass !!

Sarah , Duchess of York after looking at her bank account.

R439, yes, and he was a fun old bloke.

[quote][R439], yes, and he was a fun old bloke.

If you were white, wealthy, and his social equal, sure.

I bet Lilibet goes before the end of the year. Broken heart, following him into forever, etc

[quote]The media had been setting up the "Meghan and Harry killed him" story for weeks.

Their problem will be if either the Queen or Charles thinks that.

Right, we'll say it was Philip who said the racist things about Archie and we'll make out he had advanced dementia at the time.

She won't r446. She's already been through a lot in her life, and anyway for the last few years he was living at Wood Farm and she barely ever saw him. This won't fell her.

No one will think Harry and MM killed him. At most, they'll say that it was tacky of them to do that interview while Harry's grandfather was ill.

[quote]I bet Lilibet goes before the end of the year. Broken heart, following him into forever, etc

oh please, her mother went on to live another 50 years after her beloved died. The Queen will soldier on as she always does.

Don't be so sure, R450.

I don't think Harry's interview has anything to do with his death, but it's beyond doubt that Harry deciding to do that interview when Philip was at death's door in the hospital was stupid and thoughtless.

I wonder how Harry feels right now. Not good, I imagine.

God save our gracious Me! Long live our noble Me! God, save MEEEEEE...

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I love that he was the definition of someone who gave zero fucks. He did a lot for the environment and the queen seemed to always get a kick out of him. His fucking around on the queen didn't seem to harm their marriage one bit. He wasn't a whiner and he was a war hero. My kind of guy! Godspeed, ya crusty, old bastard!

[quote]No one will think Harry and MM killed him.

We have several lunatic Meghan-hating trolls who were already saying she killed him before he even died.

We went though this in a number of other royalty threads or DL.

Prince Edward will not "inherit" the dukedom of Edinburgh, that would imply things are automatic which they decidedly are not.

Prince Phillip's dukedom along with rest of his titles were granted by letters patent with remainder to male heirs of his body in order of primogeniture. That would mean Prince Charles gets the lot, but he cannot "give" the dukedom of E to his brother until becoming monarch when all his titles merge back with crown and are thus free to be given out again. Prince William will get Prince Of Wales and that lot, with Prince Edward D of E...

There is nothing stopping HM from speeding up that agreement and taking the d of E away from PC and giving it to PE now, indeed since it is the Queen who is so insistent on her youngest son becoming a duke HM may decide to do so now while she lives than it happening later after her death.

That would be bold, if Meghan were to go. Otherwise they're gonna try to get Harry alone and guilt the hell out of him.

My sister thought the Queen herself was dead, because they announced it with "God Save the Queen" on Radio 1

My straight mate lives near the palace and said the queen is already on Tinder as "Lizzie." He swiped left.

Harry won't go either, R459. Didn't the UK close its borders to international travel?

No one is thinking about Meghan or Harry at this moment. Except some lunatics here and there. All eyes are on the queen and her shock.

Harry is preparing to go home right now, per the Daily Mail.

R275, So, he is responsible for the marriages/beliefs of his relatives? Last time I checked, you don't choose your blood family.

Omg R460 don’t get my hopes up.

Well, beggars can’t be choosers, good news is good news ;)

I am in London and just went for a stroll passed Buckingham Palace where a shockingly large crowd has gathered despite COVID and people being told to stay away. Witnessed a few people crying, others leaving flowers and cards. I think in his final act, he may have save the monarchy in this country.

He'd better quarantine when he gets there, R464. They won't tolerate him being excused from regulations which apply to international travelers.

Nazi fuck.

R463, he was in declining health and age 99. I doubt she's shocked.

R469, LMFAO!!!

Yikes GSTQ is an ugly piece of music.

R453 I don't think Harry has the intellectual capacity to understand anything but Meghan's lips around his cock.

Prince Philip and the Queen were the last two surviving heads of state/consort to have served during the Second World War.

Time To Say Goodbye.

OP is a weirdo.

I know it's been said so many times, but it must be utterly surreal to lose a spouse after 73 years. You'd feel so alone. I know they had a strange marriage, but I'm sure the Queen loved him. And at nearly 95, it would be the ultimate reminder of your own mortality.

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R458,

[quote] There is nothing stopping HM from speeding up that agreement and taking the d of E away from PC and giving it to PE now, indeed since it is the Queen who is so insistent on her youngest son becoming a duke HM may decide to do so now while she lives than it happening later after her death.

I think this is probably what will happen, later this year after she comes out of mourning. The other way it could happen is if Charles disclaimed the titles for himself and his heirs, but that would also require Prince Andrew to do the same. Charles loathes Andrew (for several reasons), and probably wouldn't trust him to do that. I know I wouldn't.

Weren't his family Nazis?

I hope the BRF tell the Sussex Pair to stay home. They don't need any more drama from the turncoats.

Yesssss R475 Phil is letting her know she’s next! Haha

I remember when Diana died that someone wrote that it appeared the whole world needed a good cry; I think there will be a lot of outpouring of grief, not necessarily about Philip per se, but grief about life in general and an excuse to mourn.

As other commenters noted, fair or not - Harry is never going to live down shitting all over the BRF when his grandfather - the husband of the Queen they profess to love so much, was on death's door. Megs may not care in the long run, but it'll break Harry

Less than a minute after the "nobody is thinking about Harry and Meghan" post, we're inundated with the cranky Meghan-haters taking over the thread. Figures.

Am not surprised PP bought the farm, he never looked like living in those photos taken when released from hospital several weeks ago. Why they put that poor old soul though all that I'll never know.

Prayers and wishes for HM and her family. It's falling off the perches starting I shouldn't wonder...

So Harry shouldn't have to follow quarantine rules, R482?

[quote]Less than a minute after the "nobody is thinking about Harry and Meghan" post, we're inundated with the cranky Meghan-haters taking over the thread. Figures.

For all their flaws, Philip & the Queen's dedication and years of service of their country is admirable & appears largely absent from our present day life. You can't help but contrast that with rich people who go on Oprah to complain about their lot.

R481 Agreed, that’s a heavy burden for him. He’ll resent her for it.

Yes, r478.

I did Nazi see that coming.

This thread is full of fat fraus looking for drama.

Alice, Prince Philip's mother, was a Battenberg. Her mother was Victoria of Milford Haven, sister of Empress Alexandra of Russia and Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia. Elizabeth was very religious and founded a convent in Moscow. She and her nun-companion, Barbara, was thrown alive down a a mine in Siberia along with a bunch of Romanovs. Elizabeth's body was recovered and ended up in a Jerusalem Church she and his husband had built there. Alice was with her mother in Russia staying at the Alexander Palace with her mother and aunt and the outbreak of war. Alice was laid alongside Elizabeth in Jerusalem and Philip and Prince Charles visited her body there. Alexandra, Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene and Ernst Ludwig were all daughters of Princess Alice. Darmstadt was in Germany, but they were opposed to Prussia and forced into the unification of Germany. They always considered themselves Hessians. Charles and Philip both venerate Grand Duchess Elizabeth a a saint.

[quote]His fucking around on the queen didn't seem to harm their marriage one bit.

Because you would know.

Do you think the queen will be extra sad because she’s losing both a husband AND a cousin?

R394 - Can someone run out to the hardware store and pick up a can of trollicide as it is badly needed on this thread.

R481 There is absolutely that feeling here in London right now. There is no shock like there was when Diana died (I mean the man was 99) but I think it's the reflection of the times we're living. Philip's death will kind of be an outlet for COVID mourning.

It is a bit eerie how the parallels between Meghan and Wallis keep popping up. Because the Queen Mother for years called Wallis "the woman who killed my husband". And here we are discussing the possibility that another American divorcee who took off with another British royal may have contributed to the stress of the present Queen's very ill husband.

So the Queen is single again. Is she dating?

[quote]Alice was laid alongside Elizabeth in Jerusalem and Philip and Prince Charles visited her body there.

So did Prince William, during his visit to Israel in June 2018.

Wow r495 that’s a reach.

R492, since Philip is Elizabeth's cousin in more ways than one can count, given 20+ centuries of repetitive familial inbreeding, it's like she's lost both a husband and an entire pack of relations. A horde of Philips, one might say.

Here's what Philip said about his mother who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust.

[quote] "I suspect that it never occurred to her that her action was in any way special. She was a person with a deep religious faith, and she would have considered it to be a perfectly natural human reaction to fellow beings in distress."

What was on his Victrola?

[quote]This is the official thread because OP used the correct format

There is no traditional correct format, the "requirement" has only come about in the last year or two, apparently out of spite because someone once rightly said it was old and tired. Now a bunch of 60-something brats are insisting that there have to be multiple threads every time someone dies until someone gets it "right." Tedious.

The tag, back during the brief time we had tags on posts, was something like "Dead D-E-D DEAD," which I think is from the Mel Brooks movie "Men in Tights." Prior to that, the only tradition we had was "she's fine, she sends her love" in the comments.

Do we know what color his skin will be at the funeral?

R447

You're correct, only way to speed up Earl of Wessex being granted d of E would be for HM to act before her death. Prince of Wales can agree to relinquish (or not put up a stink) all he likes, but if remainder is to males in order of birth then Prince Andrew comes next. This likely was one of reasons behind the whole convoluted agreement process that gives Prince Edward a dukedom only after both parents are dead.

Is he in the can now?

I never understood why Edward wasn't given a dukedum in the first place.

Well shit @R482, maybe Harry and his wife should have thought of that. But to be fair, who could have foreseen his ill 99 year old grandfather would kick, and that maybe it would look bad to shit talk the family?

* dukedOm

FFS

The vaccine killed him.

[quote]Alice, Prince Philip's mother, was a Battenberg. Her mother was Victoria of Milford Haven, sister of Empress Alexandra of Russia and Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia.

Oh jesus fucking christ. She came from pussy. Same as you, same as me.

Watch the BBC coverage, fellow Americans, unless you enjoy hearing our commentators talk about BuckingHAM palace.

[quote]I never understood why Edward wasn't given a dukedom in the first place.

Dutchess Doris of Dockside

Personally, I would have preferred if Philip had not taken his mother's nom de la convenance politique and applied his paternal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Glücksburg as his surname. No "Mountbatten" or the abominable "Windsor."

That way his and Elizabeth's children could have been known, in a nicely joint way, As Chuck, AnnE, Andy and Teddy Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Glücksburg-Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha.

Meghan would have taken several years to learn it and find ways to fit it onto her "cards" and stationery and bath towels, sparing poor Philip the infuriation of her and her pet hubbin Prince Dimbulb's the repeated outrages that eventually killed him.

I would like to know the last thing he called his grandson's wife. I doubt it was "Meg Windsor."

Regardless of how one feels about monarchies (and the British royals particularly), I was saddened to learn of Prince Philip's death today. He and HRH were a constant presence throughout my life beginning in the 1950s, and for that alone I shall mourn and miss him.

Rest in Peace, Prince Philip.

Oh, dear, R235, it's "girandole."

Some years back now I was told that he had had a long running affair with a gamekeeper. The person who told me, a regular at the local pub, claimed to be a mate of the gamekeeper ( he was straight ). Philip was known in the 50s/60s to arrange meets with actresses. They would get a fur coat after. The gamekeeper affair happened once he had stopped dalliances with actresses as word was getting out. It was, eventually, brought to an end for much the same reason. This was still back when the press did not leak stories but were beginning to change.

The odd thing was the bloke who told me was always very straightforward, never seemed to be a bullshitter, told me the name of the estate and so on ( I’ve since forgotten ) and was very matter of fact about it. Make of it what you will.

R512, Prince Edward is not a county in New York State.

And his being given the dukedom of Edinburgh was the way to secure it as part of the royal family in Philip's honor, and to reward Edward (finally) for managing to "sire" a son. And daughter, too.

The title was worth waiting for, especially since the best ones (Gloucester, Kent, York, etc.) are taken, tainted by deprivation after WWI, or otherwise mouldily meaningless. The first Duke of Edinburgh, after all, was a Prince of Wales.

What an incredibly coddled and privileged life. Disgusting. The French got it right.

He was the literal violence in a world full of special snowflakes. RIP

"I never understood why Edward wasn't given a dukedom in the first place."

We went through that in another BRF thread.

Prince Edward wanted a dukedom that couldn't be granted, so he went for an earldom of Wessex because it came from one of the prince's favourite films; Shakespeare in Love.

HM still wanted her youngest to have a dukedom so the carefully arranged "agreement" was hatched out that gives PE his father's d of E via Prince (then king) Charles.

[quote]Some years back now I was told that he had had a long running affair with a gamekeeper.

Was it Alec Scudder?

BBC Radio 1 is only playing instrumental versions of slow pop songs. All the British soaps have been cancelled tonight. Do not remember this much of a fuss being made when the Queen Mother carked it.

R522 it’s a bit embarrassing isn’t it?

I knew Philip wasn't long for this world after that month-long stay in the hospital. They sent him home to Windsor to die. Another big clue was that his last two great-grandsons both have Philip as part of their names: The family had been told he was going. It also explains Charles' teary expression when he visited his father in the hospital.

Centenarian males are quite rare, though those who do make it to 100 have a better chance of becoming supercentenarians (110+) than centenarian women because they carry exceptional genes. Philip making it to 100 or later would have been quite a feat, but it sounded like he was dreading the fuss over his birthday, and now he gets to have the quiet funeral he wanted thanks to COVID. He really couldn't have gone at a more perfect time.

R85, I'm sure a private jet with a doctor traveling along could make it possible.

R522 I remember the Queen Mum's death and yes all comedy shows and soaps were cancelled until after her funeral. Same with Diana.

R552 No Hollyoaks tonight??? That can’t be right, I’m sure Philip would want the battle between Siena and Summer to go on as scheduled!

Meghan won't come: She doesn't want to, and she has the perfect excuse. Harry will come and stay the minimal possible time. Lucky for all of them, COVID means a very private funeral where there will be minimal media coverage. Harry can look as glum as he likes and blame it on mourning, not on being forced to come back to the country and family he now loathes. The only tricky thing will be the obvious cold body language you'll see between him and the rest of the Royals.

COVID also allowed the Royals to have a quiet wedding for Beatrice with no awkwardness over Andrew or the participation of the Sussexes. The quarantine has worked out well for them from a PR standpoint.

Beautiful tribute from Barack Obama.

The Sussex Shit Stirrers have spoken - and it's nothing special.

[quote]Centenarian males are quite rare

George Burns and Bob Hope both made it to 100 and died a few months later.

Obama is always a class act

I'm sorry to read that he died, and especially sorry for HM The Queen, who has depended so heavily on him for such a long time. I'll miss him. RIP.

I didn't say they were unknown, R531, but they are rare, much rarer than female centenarians. My own grandfather died at 99, and he came from a long line of men who made it into their 90s. They never quite make it over the last hurdle, though. Grandpa's health declined a lot like Prince Philip's: Years of rude good health lasting into his mid-90s, followed by increasing health problems and sudden death after a long stay in the hospital. It's like the body just finally says 'enough.'

R531 Not if those weird morning talk show Smuckers tributes are anything to go by.

R472 - Simon Coburg of Bulgaria is still kicking. There is one to go.

R471 - GSTQ and My Country Tis of Thee is the same music with different words

The Queen asks people to donate to charity rather than leaving floral tributes in memory of Prince Philip.

There is an online Book of Condolence.

Will they cover mirrors and rend garments at Buckingham Palace?

I've moved on.

Odd that the Sussexes chose to use the word "service" as that got them in trouble last time and only serves to remind people of that.

Fuck off, R200.

But what of the Duke of Earl?

She was surprised and I'm surprised Philip didn't say something shocking.

Best wind up so far: OMG OMG "prince philip groomed the queen with letters when she was 13 and he was 18"

No, R329, but I understand that they are changing guards.

This is how BBC1 Radio announced the death of Prince Philip...nothing more British that this.

The Queen is way too committed to the institution of the monarchy to just keel over now that her husband is dead. No matter how many times Prince Charles pokes that voodoo doll, he's going to have to wait his turn.

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R514 is a dear, and I shall not be the one to note he also is an inadvertent MARY!!!

It wouldn't seem respectful.

Nasty how the Sussex fuckers don't use a black background for their 'message', but a fucking sepia-toned one.

One of the memes circulating today.

One of the memes circulating today.

^Sorry for the double post.

Megsy ought to rather watch out that she'll be not the one down soon .... their dumb interview will be perceived as a nail in Philip's coffin.

Supposedly Edward will NOT get the title of Duke of Edinburgh until his mother is also dead.

Harry should have made more of a statement.

Yes, R551. And for a grandson and his wife to "post" this on their "website" is enough vulgarity to match anything coming out of an Arkansas trailer park housing the narcissistic mentally ill with delusions of grandeur. Addressing the dead directly in a display of self-aggrandizing stuntery is as obnoxious as anything they've done until now.

How did he die?

[quote]unless you enjoy hearing our commentators talk about BuckingHAM palace

Actually, I take it back. Harry shouldn’t make any statement at all. At least not until more senior family members have done so. I can’t decide if the post on their website is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t thing.

R557, he'd probably be talking about the importance of menstrual hygiene products (just like he did at a friend's eulogy).

It's a short statement BECAUSE the others in the family have not yet commented. They probably thought they had to say something soon because Americans who follow them would be wondering why they were waiting so long.

A "thank you for your kind words, we'll be making a statement soon" would have been more appropriate, but that would have gotten a lot of complaints, too. There are a lot of people who complain about literally everything they do.

Thank you for your kind thoughts. One is most appreciative.

[quote]There is nothing stopping HM from speeding up that agreement and taking the d of E away from PC and giving it to PE now, indeed since it is the Queen who is so insistent on her youngest son becoming a duke HM may decide to do so now while she lives than it happening later after her death.

I don't believe TQ can speed up that process. Charles is now DofE, that is his until TQ dies and those titles then merge 'back with the crown', to be re-created by King Charles for someone else (Edward, most likely). That's the plan.

r132 was he the last surviving great grandchild of King Christian? I believe that must be so. King Christian IX died in 1906, 115 years ago.

As the "fount of honour", the Monarch can bestow or revoke titles at their whim. It would look odd, though.

I am so glad to find that at least ONE media outlet got it right by referring to my late brother-in-law by his true title: THE Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

- THE Princess Margaret, Eternal Royal Princess and Cuntress of Extraordinaire

R556, it's not the statement I'm annoyed with. The statement in itself is ok - what can you say?

What is annoying me is them using a FUCKING SEPIA-COLOURED BACKGROUND instead of a black one.

I mean, wtf is wrong with you two?

[quote]As the "fount of honour", the Monarch can bestow or revoke titles at their whim. It would look odd, though.

She controls Princely titles and HRHs, but ducal titles once bestowed have always been questioned. It's been the point of debate many times here, re revoking the Sussexes dukedom and if that could be accomplished by the Queen.

R477 - I have read in many places that Phillip's favorite children are Anne & Edward. Phillips favorite grandchildren are Harry & Eugenie. Philips favorite great-grandchild is James, Viscount Severn. James, Viscount Severn will end up as the Duke of Edinburgh when Edward dies.

R511 - Another reason Edward had to wait for a Dukedom is because Phillip wanted Edward to receive the Dukedom of Edinburgh.

[quote]I didn't say they were unknown, R531, but they are rare

Obviously you weren't saying that. But thanks for the unnecessary clarification.

I see that the commoners are laying flowers. How soon before we see copies of Mein Kampf?

Our deepest condolences

R536, you remind me of Lady Colin Campbell and her habit of referring to Kate Middleton as Catherine Cambridge and Princess Diana as Diana Wales, etc., all so we think she is/was an intimate of theirs.

R539 - Interestingly enough, and as you probably know, the Royal Family had a tradition of circumcising their sons, and even had a mohel circumcise Prince Charles.

r80 Not until 2030 I hope with the Queen passing at the grand old age of 104!

What do the Twitter dumbfucks think of Obama’s statement? Is he canceled?

So do we think Liz hopped on Phillip's giant hog one last time before he croaked?

Has Susan Dey sent her condolences yet?

*sigh*

Philip was not a Nazi., you idiot He fought with distinction AGAINST the Nazis.

One of the many tasteless memes on the Internet today.

R566 - The Monarch cannot revoke titles at their whim. They revoke styles at their whim.

Prince Charles can voluntarily surrender the Edinburg title to the Crown which is exactly what I believe will happen.

[quote] you remind me of Lady Colin Campbell and her habit of referring to Kate Middleton as Catherine Cambridge and Princess Diana as Diana Wales, etc., all so we think she is/was an intimate of theirs.

It is a bit of a put-on that Lady CC says it, since she is not really in their circle; but that is how people in their aristocratic circle actually refer to them, especially with regards to Kate.

Thank you, R569. I didn't know that. I've gone back and checked my research and you are correct. I was misconstruing the role of the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.

[quote] Meghan has a cast-iron excuse not to attend the funeral - it's too late in her pregnancy to fly

Meghan has insisted that the funeral be moved to California so she is able to attend.

R530 - You're right, it's nearly insulting in its pointed lack of warmth, and lack of any mention that Philip has been Harry's proud and loving grandfather far longer than Meghan Markle has been Harry's bitch of a wife.

R529 Thank you. It is beautiful. And perceptive: "True partnership has room for both ambition and selflessness, all in the service of something greater."

Shade from the Obamas to you know who in Montecito...???

[quote] Phillips favorite grandchildren are Harry & Eugenie.

I've always read that Philip's favorite male grandchild is Peter Philips.

But one think you can say about Philip and the Queen: they were not necessarily the greatest parents in the world (although Anne has attested they were great parents), but they have been unquestionably great grandparents. All their grandchildren adore them, and they all seem to have received lots of affection from their grandparents.

Agree, R583, you could imagine a corporation posting the same. And the use of the word "service" seems like a bit of a go at the Queen, again. They are just awful.

I really doubt there is any possibility of Meghan attending. It's Harry whose presence is questionable.

In my opinion, Harry has already nailed his flag to the Non-Windsor mast, and would best serve both his own and the sensibilities of his mourning grandmother by staying home in California and sending flowers. This time, I'm sure they'll display them.

"Thank you for your service"?!

That's something people say to strangers on Remembrance Day wearing their old uniforms.

They never fail to miss their target. Of course, in this instance, they may have hit exactly the target they wished: "We're not part of you any longer, and we know we have to say something, so here it is."

R582 - Yes, I am aware of the practice; I just found it funny that R536 was referring to an ex-sovereign in that familiar way, as the likelihood of a DLer being on familiar terms with a royal in anything other than their dreams is laughably low.

A relevant story, which unites both the aristocracy and the Nazi obsession of some earlier posters: when Hitler asked Unity Mitford what her father's name was, she said "David Redesdale", to which Hitler (believing Unity to be illegitimate because of the different surnames) responded, "armes Kind!", meaning "poor child".

R570 James is Philip’s grandson, not great-grandson.

r207 He had a gay valet??!!

Westminter Abbey is ringing the bell every 60 seconds, 99 times, from 6 pm.

R587 - I've always read that QEII's favorite grandchild is Peter Philips because he was her first grandchild.

Who really knows???

R582 - And, just as Fergie, whilst married to Andrew, was called "Sarah York" inside the family.

Technically, that is exactly who Kate is: Catherine Cambridge.

When William becomes Prince of Wales, Kate will become HRH Catherine The Princess of Wales, and the kids will drop Cambridge.

Thank GOD I don't love any of my cousins the way cousins Elizabeth and Philip loved each other

So many fraus and gays in caftans in this thread. I hope that entire family dies in a plant crash. Evil motherfuckers.

R591 - Sorry! You are correct! However, due to the age differences, the Wessex kids always lumped together with the great-grandchildren.

[quote] When William becomes Prince of Wales, Kate will become HRH Catherine The Princess of Wales, and the kids will drop Cambridge.

Not necessarily. Prince Charles used to be styled HRH Prince Charles of Edinburgh due to his mother still being styled that way when she was heiress apparent.

Philip should have been a DLer.

Prince Philip, who died on April 9, aged 99, was renowned for speaking his mind. Here, we celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh’s best jokes - and greatest gaffes - from over the years.

"British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966). "What do you gargle with? Pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance). "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969). "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession). "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting). "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988). "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside). "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995). "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout). "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him). "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999). 1/2

"Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band). "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5 per cent). "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman).

"If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (perhaps his most notorious comment - to British students in China, during a 1986 state visit). "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award). "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear). "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993). "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994). "You managed not to get eaten, then?" (suggesting to a student in 1998 who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea that tribes there were still cannibals). In Germany, in 1997, he welcomed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at a trade fair as "Reichskanzler" - the last German leader who used the title was Adolf Hitler. "You're too fat to be an astronaut." (to 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Philip he wanted to go into space. Salford, 2001). "I wish he'd turn the microphone off." (muttered at the Royal Variety Performance as he watched Sir Elton John perform, 2001). "Do you still throw spears at each other?" (In Australia in 2002 talking to a successful aborigine entrepreneur). "You look like a suicide bomber." (to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002). "Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for anorexics?" (to a blind woman outside Exeter Cathedral, 2002). "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?" (to designer Stephen Judge about his tiny goatee beard in July 2009). "There's a lot of your family in tonight." (after looking at the name badge of businessman Atul Patel at a Palace reception for British Indians in October 2009). "Do you work in a strip club?" (to 24-year-old Barnstaple Sea Cadet Elizabeth Rendle when she told him she also worked in a nightclub in March 2010). "Do you have a pair of knickers made out of this?" (pointing to some tartan to Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie a papal reception in Edinburgh in September 2010). "Bits are beginning to drop off." (on approaching his 90th birthday, 2011). "How many people have you knocked over this morning on that thing?" (meeting disabled David Miller who drives a mobility scooter at the Valentine Mansion in Redbridge in March 2012). "I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress." (to 25-year-old council worker Hannah Jackson, who was wearing a dress with a zip running the length of its front, on a Jubilee visit to Bromley, Kent, in May 2012). "The Philippines must be half empty as you're all here running the NHS." (on meeting a Filipino nurse at a Luton hospital in February 2013). "Most stripping is done by hand." (to 83-year-old Mars factory worker Audrey Cook when discussing how she used to strip or cut Mars Bars by hand in April 2013). "(Children) go to school because their parents don't want them in the house." (prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear - October 2013). "Just take the f***ing picture." (losing patience with an RAF photographer at events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - July 2015). "You look starved." (to a pensioner on a visit to the Charterhouse almshouse for elderly men - February 2017) "I'm just a bloody amoeba." (on the Queen's decision that their children should be called Windsor, not Mountbatten). "Gentlemen, I think it is time we pulled our fingers out."(to the Industrial Co-Partnership Association on Britain's inefficient industries in 1961). "Are you asking me if the Queen is going to die?" (on being questioned on when the Prince of Wales would succeed to the throne). "If the man had succeeded in abducting Anne, she would have given him a hell of a time while in captivity." (On a gunman who tried to kidnap the Princess

Royal in 1974). "I hope he breaks his bloody neck." (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree). "If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she's not interested." (on the Princess Royal). "When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife." (on marriage). "It's a pleasant change to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people." (to Alfredo Stroessner, the Paraguayan dictator). "Where did you get that hat?" (supposedly to the Queen at her Coronation).

R597, please catch Covid19 and suffocate.

Cunt.

"plant crash"

Oh dear, R597.

"Nut-Meg" will be no better off under King Charles and even less so under King Will

R597 sitting in his dreary apartment, sourly posting typos.

R599 - The Wales principality is limited to the eldest living MALE child of the sovereign.

QEII never held the principality of Wales due to being FEMALE.