I wanted Prince Philip to make it to 100 to get a letter from The Queen

[JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil]

Losing your DH after such a long marriage must feel like losing an organ. RIP.

Yes, Princess Alice’s admirable WW2 actions — considered embarrassing evidence of her mental illness by her family for years — are having to work very hard indeed. Do they compensate for the fact that three of her daughters married prominent Nazis too?

I don't think Philip should either take the credit for his mother's actions, or the blame/guilt for his sister's actions. They are all their own people, to be judged on their own merits. Philip lived long enough to be judged on what he did himself, and not his family.

@Keyring

I think it's entirely fitting they give over the evening's programming to the D of E. I for one will be watching!

So did you watch the continuous reel, on repeat? Did you learn something new every go-around? What can Nicholas Witchell tell us now? Oh. Like he did 2 hours ago....

I am a bit of a news junkie - so yes, embarrassingly or oddly - feel free t take your pick - i can watch things on a loop.

@jessstan2

I agree.

Meghan has come in for enough shit, it's time to call a halt. Let's face it, she has done no harm.

Back to the late Duke of Edinburgh.

I can only see one programme featuring him tonight and that is a repeated episode of the 'The Royal House of Windsor' on Channel 4. I've seen it fairly recently I think, it was quite good and I may watch again if nothing else takes my fancy.

well H&M together have done great harm via their involvement in the Ow interview.

I must admit I’m actually quite sad by this news.
I admire the Queen and feel so sad for her.
I had an awful childhood, so cling to tradition, structure, routine and he was just always ‘there’.
I admire how long he served our country too.
The soft power the royals can wield is not to be underestimated.
They often lightly step where politicians can’t.
Anyway, I’ve been watching the bbc on a bit of a loop, just getting some comfort and feeling less alone in this national tragedy.
I get that some may think that’s odd, but I suppose emotions sometimes are complex and a bit odd.

@Keyring

I am a bit of a news junkie - so yes, embarrassingly or oddly - feel free t take your pick - i can watch things on a loop.

Having read other posts of yours, I imagine you can.

How's the canonisation going? 😉

How's the canonisation going? 😉

:) :) a little joke of mine!

Philips passing has hit me hard. My Nan died before Xmas and it has brought it all back.
I really hope the Queen finds the strength to carry on for a good few years yet. I think I felt like the Queen and Philip were like my grandparents and I’m feeling this loss like losing a grandparent.
I can’t watch the Queen or Charles talk about him, just the thought makes me cry. I get that he wasn’t a perfect man, but who is. His goodness outweighed any bad. I am disgusted by people making derogatory remarks about him and the Royal family as a whole. It’s completely disrespectful especially at a time they are grieving.

just getting some comfort and feeling less alone in this national tragedy

I am not going to make derogatory remarks about Prince Philip but please let's not call this 'a national tragedy'. It is not.

A tragedy is destruction, distress and a horrendous catastrophe. A 99 year old man dying (hopefully) in the arms of his loving wife of 70 years is not a tragedy.

It belittles the word to say so.

@Chamonixshoopshoop

I must admit I’m actually quite sad by this news. I admire the Queen and feel so sad for her. I had an awful childhood, so cling to tradition, structure, routine and he was just always ‘there’. I admire how long he served our country too. The soft power the royals can wield is not to be underestimated. They often lightly step where politicians can’t. Anyway, I’ve been watching the bbc on a bit of a loop, just getting some comfort and feeling less alone in this national tragedy. I get that some may think that’s odd, but I suppose emotions sometimes are complex and a bit odd.

Absolutely this

@Cam77

Interesting to watch the original video of his reported racist comments about Chinese people, which he made in 1986. Even in 1986 the news reporters knew the comments were beyond the pale. The comments he made weren’t denied, instead the Royal spokesperson said it was just “all good fun” or something.

As others have said, probably just best not to talk about the good stuff vs bad stuff right now, just talk about his general role as husband to the Queen. But if you are going to talk about the good vs bad stuff, well the bad stuff was nasty racism and a privileged imperial mindset. Racism, not “gaffes”. Don’t sugarcoat racism. We knew what racism was in 1986 and we certainly do in 2021.

Oh get over yourself. Talk about being on your high horse.

@Keyring

How's the canonisation going? 😉

:) :) a little joke of mine!

LOL.

However nobody thinks Philip was an icon, in fact his obvious humanity is more endearing than if he had been. He was a 'real person'.

I lost my husband to cancer four years ago, after forty years. We had been together for virtually all our adult lives. The same is true for the queen and for nearly twice as long as my own marriage. The pain of her loss will be indescribable and my thoughts are with her and her family. I hope she can take a little comfort from the outpouring of emotion coming from her people.

'I lost my husband to cancer four years ago, after forty years. We had been together for virtually all our adult lives'

@pam290358

I lost my husband to cancer four years ago, after forty years. We had been together for virtually all our adult lives. The same is true for the queen and for nearly twice as long as my own marriage. The pain of her loss will be indescribable and my thoughts are with her and her family. I hope she can take a little comfort from the outpouring of emotion coming from her people.

I agree. I was married nearly thirty four years and my husband died too, less than two years ago. I only wish we had been married as long as the queen and duke!

Bless you, pam.

I'm so pleased he died at home with his wife,so many peopal have been denied that recantely dieing in hospital alone. He was a rembcbell man from a rembcbell generation,I too fealt checked when I heard

Sorry about Prince Philip. I hear that he was very kind also gentle man. He has gentle smile. He will always be in my prayers. Sorry again Queen Elizabeth

He was someone she could one hundred per cent depend on and trust.
How do you know?

Well he's not been on the Winfrey woman's show for a start, airing his version of events.

Being married for a long time doesn't automatically equate deep love

No it doesn’t, obviously, but by all accounts theirs was a loving marriage. According to people who know them a darned sight better than we do anyway, so I’ll go along with their version personally.

Either way, it’s a massive change for the Queen to go through at 95 this month. And from what those close to her have said, it has hit her hard.

You seem strangely keen to argue that their marriage might not have been a happy one. Why is that? We all know that long marriages aren’t always happy, after all, it just doesn’t appear that this was the case here.

I agree, OP, I really don’t like the way PP’s death is being used as an opportunity to attack Harry and Meghan.

I read earlier the Qanon conspiracy lot are going nuts because he passed on the 99th day of the year, at 99, on the 9th day of the month and a few other 9s here and there - something to do with this actually being 666. Yes mind boggles.

...but what I will say on hearing the above was wow - passing at 99 on the 99th day of the year strikes me as impeccable timing. As a man of spiritual curiosity part of me thinks he might have found that a bit 'woo' and been intrigued/ comforted about that in some kind of circle of life way.

Certainly gave me a little bit of woo

Village magazine has some intriguing articles on Philip, if anyone is interested.

@Mittens030869

I agree, OP, I really don’t like the way PP’s death is being used as an opportunity to attack Harry and Meghan.

Is it though, in real life? All I've heard people saying is they hope he will come for the funeral (which apparently is going to happen), and how good it will be for him to see family again. I have to come on here to get the venom!

Harry has arrived, I understand. This will give him the 5 days for shortened quarantine with testing.