I am not English, but have been living here for quite a while. And I just don't get what all the fuss is about with prince Philip.
Every single article I read (there are a lot of them lately...) mentions his unconventional personality and sense of humor. But the thing is, from my experience, this is just cookie cutter behavior of the (especially older male) members of the British upper class. These politically incorrect jokes that kind of just stir the water a bit and slightly off kilter behavior. I just find it weird how in these articles it is presented as something unique about him whereas in reality all these stories are just something that describes essentially his class rather than his personality.
Also I don't know how anybody can take seriously the attempts to paint his life as full of hardships (had to give up his "Navy career" to support the Queen - the only reason he had his kind of career is obviously his background and marriage, etc).
To me, from these descriptions, he just seems to be an extremely ordinary person who literally did nothing special other than existing until age 99...
Is there something I don't get about this?
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Kishkashta · 12/04/2021 14:00
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