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Prince Philip in Hospital

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Tyredofallthis1 · 17/02/2021 14:46

I hope he's alright. I suppose at his age it's always a worry. I thought that when he retired a few years ago that he may have health worries, so I wonder if stuff has caught up with him.

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Suzi888 · 17/02/2021 18:16

BlueTimes
@oakleaffy he said: “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation

He didn’t, did he Shock🤣🤣🤣🤣

ancientgran · 17/02/2021 18:17

@partyofsixteen

I can’t get hysterical about a 99 year old being unwell. He’s lived an incredibly pampered and mollycoddled life whatever happens. He’s been lucky. It’s a privilege to last that long.
He left Greece in an orange crate as a baby following a coup, had a sad lonely childhood with his mentally ill mother in a sanatorium, his father off having fun in the South of France and his older sisters married and in Germany and him shipped off to a foreign country to go to boarding school. Then he fought in a war.

Oh that we were all so pampered and mollycoddled.

Billandben444 · 17/02/2021 18:25

@partyofsixteen
I can’t get hysterical about a 99 year old being unwell. He’s lived an incredibly pampered and mollycoddled life whatever happens. He’s been lucky. It’s a privilege to last that long.
Nobody on here is getting hysterical but there is a lot of empathy swilling around and your pov seems to be in the minority.

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RickiTarr · 17/02/2021 18:28

@ThatDoesntBelongInAIBU

Didn’t take long for the perpetually offended to pop in
That’s just another way of saying “nobody must object or wince no matter how crass or unpleasant it gets”.

Bit old hat now, too.

FinallyHere · 17/02/2021 18:30

I was walking with a group of brownies and guides on the great park in the 90s. He drove past well through us and suggested in unrepeatable language that we should not be on the path we were on.

We were all a bit upset but then, a few minutes later he came back and apologised quite handsomely for being out of order and letting his trouble out on a blameless group of walkers. Spend a couple of minutes in pleasantries and continued.

He went up a lot in my estimation for bothering to come back and for the apology.

derxa · 17/02/2021 18:33

He left Greece in an orange crate as a baby following a coup, had a sad lonely childhood with his mentally ill mother in a sanatorium, his father off having fun in the South of France and his older sisters married and in Germany and him shipped off to a foreign country to go to boarding school. Then he fought in a war. Oh that we were all so pampered and mollycoddled. Precisely. Walk a mile in another's shoes and all that.

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 17/02/2021 18:37

I hope he's comfortable and resting up. But then, he is nearly 100 and may just be very tired and feel it's near his time- I don't know.

What is certain is that he is getting the very best care and I hope that all the other poor old souls in hospital right now are feeling as well cared for. My heart goes out to all of them and the amazing people who support and care for them every single day and night.

HeadNorth · 17/02/2021 18:48

@Suzi888

BlueTimes *@oakleaffy* he said: “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation

He didn’t, did he Shock🤣🤣🤣🤣

What a vile thing to say - especially when he contributed to the overpopulation with 4 children who consume far more than their fair share.

A highly privileged unpleasant racist. I don't wish him dead, but I will certain turn off the endless fawning tributes we will be subject to when the inevitable happens

partyofsixteen · 17/02/2021 18:54

@ancientgran you’re absolutely right, he’s only had 70-odd years of being incredibly pampered, overindulged and mollycoddled 🙄

Bangable · 17/02/2021 18:57

@HeadNorth

At last a sensible comment. So many toadying and oleaginous comments from the forelock tuggers about a rather unpleasant man who certainly doesn't deserve so much flattery.

TheBouquets · 17/02/2021 18:57

It is not just about him as the person who is HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip or the Queen's husband.
It is the generation that he represents, those who willing fought in WWII and had 6 years of war. They were made of stern stuff. He had the escape from Greece in an orange box and a cold severe schooling in remote Scotland. Others of his age group had difficulties of parents dying when kids were young and no comfort in their homes like baths which we all now take for granted.
I think he represents a generation.
I hope that Prince Phillip will get the treatment he needs and is around to have his 100 th birthday with the family and the special card from the Queen

PicsInRed · 17/02/2021 19:12

Others of his age group had difficulties of parents dying when kids were young and no comfort in their homes like baths which we all now take for granted.

There are kids now who are literally homeless with their mums and/or who don't have enough to eat or adequate heating and go to school literally hungry, malnourished and cold.

No palaces and antique buggy rides for them to look forward to.

Stop with the "they did it so hard look how great it is now". It's not great now. For those without privilege, "now" is fucking terrible.

TheBouquets · 17/02/2021 20:47

@PicsInRed Right now with a pandemic and lockdowns etc everyone is having a bad time.

I have not seen children going about with no shoes and clothes handed down half a dozen times like there were in 1920s.
There are women and children who are staying in refuges or on sofas at a relative or friend's house.

I have seen kids with games consoles and mobile phones. I have seen parents full of drink and drugs. Those are choices of the parents.
I dont say everything is perfect now, it definitely is not. I have a lot of problems of my own but I still think Prince Phillip should be treated with a bit of respect.

everythingbackbutyou · 17/02/2021 20:56

@Devlesko, hello there David Grin

thegcatsmother · 17/02/2021 22:07

' He’s lived an incredibly pampered and mollycoddled life whatever happens.' The conditions on a fighting ship in WWII would have been faily basic, and he wouldn't have been either pampered or mollycoddled. BRNC knocks that right out of you anyway.

www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/28/monarchy.davidsmith might be enlightening.

thegcatsmother · 17/02/2021 22:08

' He’s lived an incredibly pampered and mollycoddled life whatever happens.' The conditions on a fighting ship in WWII would have been faily basic, and he wouldn't have been either pampered or mollycoddled. BRNC knocks that right out of you anyway.

www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/28/monarchy.davidsmith might be enlightening.

MintyCedric · 17/02/2021 22:17

I wish him well but find it hard not to be angry that he gets a GP home visit and admission to hospital at the drop of a hat, whilst my dad, on end of life care, hasn't seen a GP since October and we can't even get the end of life care time to come out and give him injectable pain relief when oral morphine hasn't worked.

There are some very fucked up priorities in this countries that's for sure.

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BlueTimes · 17/02/2021 22:57

@MintyCedric

I wish him well but find it hard not to be angry that he gets a GP home visit and admission to hospital at the drop of a hat, whilst my dad, on end of life care, hasn't seen a GP since October and we can't even get the end of life care time to come out and give him injectable pain relief when oral morphine hasn't worked.

There are some very fucked up priorities in this countries that's for sure.

I’m sorry about your dad. It’s not fair and there are times, like you are experiencing, when the difference between NHS and private healthcare is vast.
pappajonessecretchild · 17/02/2021 23:28

I did wonder if he has been admitted as a deflection to this interview with Harry and Meghan, something to distract.
But it would be good to see him get to 100, anything for a cream tea to celebrate in the garden!

ancientgran · 17/02/2021 23:54

[quote partyofsixteen]@ancientgran you’re absolutely right, he’s only had 70-odd years of being incredibly pampered, overindulged and mollycoddled 🙄[/quote]
He did well to survive the childhood he had, he might have had 70 cushy years but it isn't right to suggest he has been mollycoddled and pampers all his life because that isn't true.

ViciousJackdaw · 18/02/2021 01:39

I know I'm going to hell for saying this but I'm willing to bet the old boy will snuff it the day after lockdown has been lifted, forcing all the businesses to close down again, as a mark of respect.

ParkheadParadise · 18/02/2021 02:08

@MintyCedric

I wish him well but find it hard not to be angry that he gets a GP home visit and admission to hospital at the drop of a hat, whilst my dad, on end of life care, hasn't seen a GP since October and we can't even get the end of life care time to come out and give him injectable pain relief when oral morphine hasn't worked.

There are some very fucked up priorities in this countries that's for sure.

That's awful @MintyCedric Hope your dad gets the care and pain relief he needs. There is definitely fucked up priorities in this country.
RoseAndRose · 18/02/2021 07:14

It's a result of the existence of private medicine. He's not got the local GP making house calls then being admitted to whichever NHS hospital has a bed.

They have private doctors, and he's been admitted to the Edward VII private hospital.

Bluntness100 · 18/02/2021 07:34

Of course he’s not under the local gp, he has a private doctor, that’s always been public knowledge. The senior royals always have. The queen doesn’t pop along to the gp surgery when she’s feeling out of sorts.