Prince Philip dies at age 99

[The Doggos Free Land]

She would have been with him at his side while he was on his deathbed, so I think she would have known before this was "news"...

Somehow someway, this is making me want to cry.

today is a bad day for the english , another reminder of the uk's former glory through the royals is gone.
only one more is left.

[Drongonia]

He wasn't just a man. He was a living legend and institution who made the world a better place.

How so?

Well, although some were quick to point out that he was bestowed with quite a bit of wealth from being royalty, he used a decent share for good causes. For example, he founded the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award which is active in 144 countries, recognising young people's contributions to society and encouraging them to act positively within their communities. Basically, the youths advance themselves and use the skills to help others as part of the programme. I have no idea how many young people have been through the programme, but there are about 9,000 registrations per year in New Zealand (a country of 5 million), 300,000 in the UK annually, and more 775,000 young Australians have gone through since its inception.

[Nutbush City Limits]

And just the other day I was thinking about how he probably doesn't have much time left, being older than the oldest and longest reigning British Monarch ever. Crazy coincidence.

I think we all thought that tbh

[San Lumen]

She would have been with him at his side while he was on his deathbed, so I think she would have known before this was "news"...

Somehow someway, this is making me want to cry.

Same. I got emotional when I saw the news he had died.

[Giovenith]

You believe the words of whiny face herself?

Why would she say it for no reason? It dosent make sense.

Its probably him.

And why would meagan lie? why?

She dosent have beef or anything.

As someone who is coloured, I am happy he is dead. Racist people shouldnt exist in this world

Dial it back, please.

Unfortunately, she is immortal.

When's his pedophile son gonna die of kiddie AIDS tho. He's the one that's better of dead.

*** Warned for Trollbaiting ***

[Greater Miami Shores]

lol, I support the environment too. This has nothing to do with the Right Wing Media.

Why does his views matter? The man just died. Can you show him some respect?

S L You must not have read my Posts on Prince Philip, they all praise him.

[The New California Republic]

If they ever build a fourth Forth bridge they should announce that it will be called "The Fourth Bridge", while sporting a shit-eating grin.

Technically there is a fourth Forth bridge; since 2008, there's even been a fifth Forth bridge.

And a reminder that East Fife 4 Forfar 5 finally happened (on penalties) in 2018 (and Forfar 5 East Fife 4 all the way back in 1964).

Yes been across both very frequently, as an aside I've always wanted to have a nosy in the control booth of the Kincardine Bridge.

As for the footie scores I bet the commentator feels like they've had a stroke when the teams are playing each other.

[The Dodo Republic]

Somehow someway, this is making me want to cry.

Same. I got emotional when I saw the news he had died.

I got teary eyed myself and im not British

[Forsher]

How so?

Well, although some were quick to point out that he was bestowed with quite a bit of wealth from being royalty, he used a decent share for good causes. For example, he founded the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award which is active in 144 countries, recognising young people's contributions to society and encouraging them to act positively within their communities. Basically, the youths advance themselves and use the skills to help others as part of the programme. I have no idea how many young people have been through the programme, but there are about 9,000 registrations per year in New Zealand (a country of 5 million), 300,000 in the UK annually, and more 775,000 young Australians have gone through since its inception.

Yeah, the Duke of Edinburgh awards are pretty big here. I did them myself but my school referenced them all the time, for example.

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[Ifreann]

You should see the hammer and sickle graffiti he left behind in St. Andrews, painted the town red he did.

That and the manifesto he posted on the door of the Royal and Ancient calling for common ownership of the means of production and support of a world revolution led by the Fourth International as the inevitable outcomes of Marxist dialectical materialism.

My brain is now nothing but Sultans of Ping.

Prince William knows Karl Marx
Met him eating mushrooms in the People's Park

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Fascinating to see how American right wing media has influenced people into feigning passionate love and respect for Prince Philip.

Clearly people only like the royals because of American right-wing media. Not because they like, live in the UK or the commonwealth or anything and actually respect the monarchy. How could anyone be a monarchist without FOX telling them to, amirite fellas?

See above.

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Fascinating to see how American right wing media has influenced people into feigning passionate love and respect for Prince Philip.

fascinating to see how the left wing american media has influenced people to have no symapathy whatsoever over the death of a war hero.

I have as much sympathy for Prince Philip's family as I would for the family of any other recently deceased public figure to whom I had no particular emotional attachment. That I think that there ought not be such a thing as princes any more doesn't change that. In the highly unlikely event that I bump into the Queen any time soon I'll offer her my condolences. It is very sad for her to have lost her husband of so many years. We can only hope that his passing not being a total surprise has allowed her to prepare, as much as a person can, to manage her grief.

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To be clear, I don't mean people who actually have positive opinions of him. I mean the people who want to turn this thread into a screaming match about Harry and Meghan, who want to loudly and publicly tout the greatness of the late Duke, not because they are familiar with the things he achieved in life and feel he earned such laurels, but because the battle lines of their culture war happen to have shifted that way. I don't mean to suggest that all expressions of respect and admiration are insincere, but there is a feel of plastic to some of them.

Well, I actually agree with you on most of that and I don't think dragging up the Sussexes' drama here is really all that respectful of the late Duke of Edinburgh, so I formally withdraw my snark. I hope you know me well enough by now to know that my expressions of respect and admiration are absolutely sincere, or I really have been wasting my time on here for the last decade.

Of course, I would never have thought otherwise.

[San Lumen]

Same. I got emotional when I saw the news he had died.

I got teary eyed myself and im not British

Im not British either and I found the news very upsetting.

[The Archregimancy]

Some funeral details are now becoming clearer.

It seems that the Duke of Edinburgh will not lie in state in Westminster Hall in central London, but will rather remain lying 'at rest' at Windsor Castle before a 'royal ceremonial funeral' rather than a state funeral; this was at Philip's personal insistence and is not a COVID-related adjustment.

The main COVID adjustment is that there will be no military procession for the funeral as both the Royal Family and the authorities want to avoid any associated events which might attract large crowds.

The plan was always to inter him in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle; and since he died at the castle foregoing a parade is entirely straightforward.

today is a bad day for the english

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

[The Blaatschapen]

Some funeral details are now becoming clearer.

It seems that the Duke of Edinburgh will not lie in state in Westminster Hall in central London, but will rather remain lying 'at rest' at Windsor Castle before a 'royal ceremonial funeral' rather than a state funeral; this was at Philip's personal insistence and is not a COVID-related adjustment.

The main COVID adjustment is that there will be no military procession for the funeral as both the Royal Family and the authorities want to avoid any associated events which might attract large crowds.

The plan was always to inter him in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle; and since he died at the castle foregoing a parade is entirely straightforward.

today is a bad day for the english

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

And the Australians, and the Canadians, etc.

[The Archregimancy]

And the Australians, and the Canadians, etc.

I almost added all of the other Commonwealth Realms, but gave up typing when I reached Tuvalu since they weren't directly relevant to my point even if they are inevitably impacted.

It was more the conflation of 'English' with 'UK' that I was objecting to.

[Islamic Holy Sites]

Some funeral details are now becoming clearer.

It seems that the Duke of Edinburgh will not lie in state in Westminster Hall in central London, but will rather remain lying 'at rest' at Windsor Castle before a 'royal ceremonial funeral' rather than a state funeral; this was at Philip's personal insistence and is not a COVID-related adjustment.

The main COVID adjustment is that there will be no military procession for the funeral as both the Royal Family and the authorities want to avoid any associated events which might attract large crowds.

The plan was always to inter him in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle; and since he died at the castle foregoing a parade is entirely straightforward.

today is a bad day for the english

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

I guess those who want independence would care less, and there are lots of those.

[The New California Republic]

today is a bad day for the english

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

Probably just incorrectly assuming that once you cross the border out of England then everyone turns into teeth gnashing fist waving monarchy haters.

[Hopal]

Some funeral details are now becoming clearer.

It seems that the Duke of Edinburgh will not lie in state in Westminster Hall in central London, but will rather remain lying 'at rest' at Windsor Castle before a 'royal ceremonial funeral' rather than a state funeral; this was at Philip's personal insistence and is not a COVID-related adjustment.

The main COVID adjustment is that there will be no military procession for the funeral as both the Royal Family and the authorities want to avoid any associated events which might attract large crowds.

The plan was always to inter him in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle; and since he died at the castle foregoing a parade is entirely straightforward.

today is a bad day for the english

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

I thought the plan was to inter him at Frogmore Gardens.

[The Archregimancy]

I guess those who want independence would care less, and there are lots of those.

Why would you assume that?

It's the policy of both the SNP and Plaid Cymru to retain the monarchy if Scotland and Wales were to achieve independence, in much the same way that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand remain monarchies. If Scotland were to become independent, Elizabeth II would simply become Elizabeth I of Scotland. And it's not as if there aren't republicans in England.

Northern Ireland is more complicated, but there the issue is unification with the Republic of Ireland rather than independence for the six counties of Northern Ireland.

[Salus Maior]

Fascinating to see how American right wing media has influenced people into feigning passionate love and respect for Prince Philip.

The American media in general is a fan of the Royal Family.

That being said, in my case it's due to my Canadian mother and New Zealander father.

[Islamic Holy Sites]

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

Probably just incorrectly assuming that once you cross the border out of England then everyone turns into teeth gnashing fist waving monarchy haters.

There are some monarchy haters inside London itself... including me

[Islamic Holy Sites]

I guess those who want independence would care less, and there are lots of those.

Why would you assume that?

It's the policy of both the SNP and Plaid Cymru to retain the monarchy if Scotland and Wales were to achieve independence, in much the same way that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand remain monarchies. If Scotland were to become independent, Elizabeth II would simply become Elizabeth I of Scotland. And it's not as if there aren't republicans in England.

Northern Ireland is more complicated, but there the issue is unification with the Republic of Ireland rather than independence for the six counties of Northern Ireland.

Really? i have to check that, and also there are those who want 'Scottish Republicanism'.

[Socialist States of Ludistan]

I’m surprised this is still up.

[Alvecia]

Mostly just impressed he held on as long as he did tbf, but that's no different than anyone closing on on 100.

I was gonna say it's a shame he couldn't hold on to the big 100, but I suppose 99 is pleasing in it's own way.

[Forsher]

And the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish are irrelevant, I suppose?

Probably just incorrectly assuming that once you cross the border out of England then everyone turns into teeth gnashing fist waving monarchy haters.

[insert British teeth joke here]

I guess those who want independence would care less, and there are lots of those.

Why would you assume that?

It's the policy of both the SNP and Plaid Cymru to retain the monarchy if Scotland and Wales were to achieve independence, in much the same way that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand remain monarchies. If Scotland were to become independent, Elizabeth II would simply become Elizabeth I of Scotland. And it's not as if there aren't republicans in England.

Northern Ireland is more complicated, but there the issue is unification with the Republic of Ireland rather than independence for the six counties of Northern Ireland.

In my experience, republicans tend to believe crackpot things like "New Zealand isn't independent" so they would reject this POV.