Prince Philip 1921-2021

[cloughie]

See #43 and #44 above/below ..... some people are a disgrace to The Pit Heaps .......

...and think what they might do to monkeys!

[antongould]

...and think what they might do to monkeys!

Exactly .........

[Bryn]

I take it you mean Her Majesty (tugs long-disappeared forelock)

What about the Princess Royal, she's HRH. Probably got a few good years in her yet, though.

[eighthobstruction]

Indeed. Though from a highly selective sample, only two of my close friends died in the past year, both from COVID-19. Another survived it without extended hospitalization but has 'long covid' which has triggered severe type 2 diabetes which is not responding well to treatment. See https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us...es-coronavirus

....sorry to hear that Bryn....

[eighthobstruction]

Inept as you say(have they now corrected things?) but I have been astonished, particularly recently(during the time of HRH's hospitalisation) by the number of folks - including some who should know better - who think that HRH is the correct title when referring to HM The Queen. If the 'country of origin' can get it wrong so often then not surprising elsewhere can make a mistake?

....I find it easier to call her the Queen....

[eighthobstruction]

See #43 and #44 above/below ..... some people are a disgrace to The Pit Heaps .......

...I am certainly a disgrace to the unwashed Weds washing up....

[eighthobstruction]

....a quick change around....woooosh....<<Duke of Edinburgh, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, is a substantive title that has been created three times for members of the British royal family since 1726.

The current holder is Charles, Prince of Wales, who inherited the title on 9 April 2021 upon the death of his father Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. >>>

[eighthobstruction]

.....my normal minimum of research has acquired....<<His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Order of Australia, Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu, Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Lord of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Councillor of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom[4] >>>....8th O son of Engineer, downwardly mobile, complete Wacko, Weary traveller, Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor fan, Lord of all in his trousers (paint splattered 2nd Class)....

[Nick Armstrong]

What about the Princess Royal, she's HRH. Probably got a few good years in her yet, though.

It was pretty clear anton wasn’t talking about Anne!

[Nick Armstrong]

...8th O son of Engineer, downwardly mobile, complete Wacko, Weary traveller, Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor fan, Lord of all in his trousers (paint splattered 2nd Class)....

[cloughie]

....a quick change around....woooosh....<<Duke of Edinburgh, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, is a substantive title that has been created three times for members of the British royal family since 1726.

The current holder is Charles, Prince of Wales, who inherited the title on 9 April 2021 upon the death of his father Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. >>>

However he will only hang on to it until the Queen’s death when it will be passed on to Prince Edward.

[vinteuil]

....I find it easier to call her the Queen....

... a pedant might insist on The Queen - certainly the case in Her Maj: The Queen


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[vinteuil]

.....my normal minimum of research has acquired....<<His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Order of Australia, Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu, Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Lord of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Councillor of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom[4] >>>....

... I am most surprized that you omitted - "Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with six bars", awarded 11 October 2016

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[eighthobstruction]

... I am most surprized that you omitted - "Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with six bars", awarded 11 October 2016

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....top trump that one....(I've been fairly well behaved myself - only one 'bound over to keep the peace' 1987)....<and of course the state of my trousers - shoddy. It is they [the trousers] that should get the long service accolade>....

[Ein Heldenleben]

For those interested this is Peter Sisson’s eyewitness account of the events following the last major Royal demise. The final paragraph does tend to back up the “it’s all over the top” brigade.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349871/Peter-Sissons-BBC-bosses-ordered-downplay-Queen-Mothers-death.html