RIP: Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh.
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He did a good job, can’t say that for most of the people today, feel sad for the Queen. RIP
RIP! A superior individual, a man of his time. Warrior, politician in the best sense of the word, and, from what I understand, his own man with a terrific understanding of his life's role. A life well lived!
Anymore religious talk on this thread, and I'm fucking banning everybody.
Sent my condolences to the family. Modern time and all, they are on instagram. Last of the great generation. Long live the Queen.
He had an avuncular and curmudgeonly charm in his role as consort. Indeed he was the longest serving royal consort. Born on Corfu Greece, he actually considered himself a Dane. The assassination of his beloved uncle Louis Mountbatten by the IRA was devastating to him. Long love story with the Queen. Both he and the Queen are great grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Sort of a odd trivia fact just like the fact that the King, Kaiser and Czar were all the grandsons of Victoria.
When he and the Queen met Stephen Menary, an army cadet blinded by an IRA bomb, and the Queen enquired how much sight he retained, Philip quipped: "Not a lot, judging by the tie he's wearing." Menary later said: "I think he just tries to put people at ease by trying to make a joke. I certainly didn't take any offence."
A very funny guy
A very funny guy
He may have had a mean streak, but I think he lived in such pomp and circumstance with so many protocols and restraints, sometimes when an inappropriate thought crossed his mind, he just let it out. When the former head of the IRA went to visit the queen, he asked her how she was, and she said something along the lines of, at least I'm alive. So she had the same trait, just more directed and under control.
It's been written and, from much I've read, he didn't suffer fools politely. I admire that in a person. There simply isn't enough time in life to cater to all the emotional needs of the masses. Sometimes ... one must simply say what needs to be said without stilted language or apologies. He shunned his Nazi supporting sisters, faced the enemy in his destroyer and earned the right to be brusque and outspoken. I suspect that many times he voiced what Her Majesty was thinking but, through necessity, was unable to voice.
He was a good man and a strong man. Not many like him in public life these days, I don't think. He combined confidence with humility, seriousness with humour, gentleness with toughness, decisiveness with patience, action with self-control. I've always thought of Philip as a man of great character. I don't know if Elizabeth could've wished for a better man in her life. I'm sad to see him exit the stage.
Not sure if he was appreciated as much as he should have been.
Great sense of humour - my favourite quip " beer is the greatest waste of water this country has known - you drink one pint and flush two gallons"
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