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.

After 74 years she must feel lost and alone. I would probably die of a broken heart. He looked so ill when he came out of hospital.

@mrshoho
I know the origins of term. In fact I have Irish family and I know that literally no one in Ireland today would find it offensive. So your point is BS. It’s just an expression and in fact was not unique to Ireland (the pale) even historically. Again, literally no Irish people find it offensive in the least but if you don’t believe me there’s plenty of discussion of it online . You trying to make equivalence between a widely used expression and stuff like “slitty eyes” I find very odd.

I’ve wondered whether the Queen’s health would go into decline after his death. Not that she’d ‘die of a broken heart’, but she’s 95 this month and this will hit her hard.

@Longdistance

I’d say the newsreaders had fair warning as they’re all wearing black already.

When a newsreader gets the job they are sent straight to Saville Row for a sombre suit. It then gets kept in a locker ready for use. They rehearse for this sort of thing several times a year.

Thinking of HRH at this sad time.

Poor Prince Philip. Just two months short off his 100th birthday.
I can’t imagine being married to someone for over 70 years and then they are no longer around. I feel for the Queen. This must be so difficult for her.

Its sad that people feel the need to be nasty but thats social media for you. Some people could start a fight in an empty room as my Gran used to say.

@BeenAsFarAsMercyAndGrand

He was ill and probably in pain. Death is often a release in such circumstances, despite the sadness felt by the family.

Life's not about what you want.

I agree, the last picture of him being driven home was of a frail, and slightly confused old man. I am pleased he had a few weeks at home in familiar surroundings , I feel sorry for the loss his family are feeling , but he was an old man, with health problems and I hope his end was gentle. It is all any of us can hope for.

@littlepeas

I know they have the obituaries ready and said do in my post, it’s the speed of it appearing I find in poor taste. It really wasn’t very long ago we’d have had to wait until tomorrow’s papers. Why does everything have to be instantaneous?

Surely "we interrupt this programming..." has been a thing since the dawn of radio?

Butwasitthedriveway - ah great debating skills, telling people you don't agree with to 'sshh'

They were an incredible couple. I can’t imagine how the Queen is feeling. Prince Phillip was an extraordinary character from our greatest generation.

and probably because social media would have got hold it it first otherwise

And I wish all the people leaving flowers would send the money to a charity, maybe one he was connected with. Florists are benefitting (not a bad thing I suppose) but the flowers are not going to offer any condolence to the RF , especially not to the DoE(!) , and the money spent could be put to far better use.

The brilliant George Telfer and his portrait of the Duke.

'Leave one will.'

Little known fact - he was born on a dining table (in Corfu)
As a child he 'went out for a walk and when I came back she was gone' (on his mother being taken to an asylum)

Christ I’m filling up here...... 😢

The poor queen. I bet she feels alone now bless her heart ❤️

@Ponoka7

"A racist is a racist" You'd be hard pressed to find someone born in 1921 who didn't have some bigatry and make inappropriate comments. That includes people of all ethnicities.

Agreed. He was a product of his generation.

It's a pity he didn't quite make 100 but he had a grand life, he did a lot for the UK and he seemed like a down to earth 'normal' - in as far as a royal can be normal - man. I have no time for royalty, but I do respect what he has given in his life time.

At least all the speculation & waiting had died down & he took his own sweet time. I hope he received good palliative care at WC and passed peacefully. He did look dreadful when he left hospital, poor soul.

RIP.

They have both been such a constant presence in our lives and Long Live the Queen.

1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

@stalachtiteorstalagmite

I am sorry for the Queen, they seemed to have such a happy marriage. I love this photo of them.

I do too, they always seemed to be having a private joke, heartwarming to see.

@Adultingin2021

I certainly hope that there isn’t a deterioration in the Queen’s health now Philip has gone. You do see it often when one life partner has died, the one still living often has a rapid decline sadly.

The Queen is 94 years old, if her health deteriorates that might also have something to do with it!

As others have said she puts duty above all else.

I'm sorry for anyone who loses their spouse but that's a good innings by anyone's standards.

Of course she should attend

Harry will want to be at the funeral, and will want his wife there to support him, and I think that is right and proper - his need to grieve his grandfather matters more than how we feel about him and Meghan and their dealings with the royal family.

I hope that, if they do go, they behave in a way that doesn’t make things harder for the Queen and the rest of the family.

Harry has lost his Grandad, so this isn’t the time for side swipes at him and Meghan. He was very close to his grandparents, so he will be grieving and Meghan will be supporting him.