Prince Philip has died...

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Anonymous wrote:So if Timothy is going with Anne that leaves only 4 spots according to UK funeral regulations:

The firm 10 (plus Archbishop):
The Queen
Prince Charles
Duchess Camilla
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Capt. Lawrence
Prince Edward
Countess Sophie
Prince William
Duchess Kate
Archbishop of Canterbury (religious leader)

4 other possibles - Eugenie and Zara both are post-partum in a pandemic. Meghan is heavily pregnant in a pandemic. I don’t think their spouses will show without them.

Holy heck is this what you do for fun?

If it’s a private funeral we won’t know who attends.

If the Queen wants a big funeral then they will delay it.

Harry will be invited. Like the other American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, Meghan Markel will not be invited. Like his great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, Harry will arrive at the funeral without his wife but with all of his grievances.
His marginalization will be evident, just as it was with Edward

Actually Edward attended the funerals as an equal member of the family.

Members of the Royal Family follow the coffin during the funeral procession of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V of England. The procession is taking the remains to Westminster Hall from Marlborough House. Shown are (from left to right): Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II); Edward, Duke of Windsor (son of Queen Mary and former King of England); Henry, Duke of Gloucester (a son of Queen Mary's); and Edward, Duke of Kent (a grandson of the late queen's). (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

If you read any biography of the Duke of Windsor, you would see chapters of complaints about his unequal treatment at the funerals of Queen Mary and King George. He was invited only as a sop to the British public who wanted another chance to flay him after the abdication. He was particularly chagrined at King George’s funeral to know that the monarchy would be lead by his niece who he held in low regard because if her mother’s antipathy toward him.

He wasn't stupid. Of course it would be lead by his niece. It wasn't going to skip to the other brother unless she died.

Seriously what did he think was going to happen? Elizabeth had kids by that point and a sister. He wasn’t going to get another bite at the apple when his brother died.

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Anonymous wrote:Funeral will be lowkey. Not as 'we just escaped the fire with our lives and grandmom's old dress' lowkey as Beatrice's wedding but still...lowkey

They could do a small family only burial now and a larger celebration of life type event later. I think a lot of families have been waiting like that throughout covid.

Or do something televised for the public.

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Anonymous wrote:So if Timothy is going with Anne that leaves only 4 spots according to UK funeral regulations:

The firm 10 (plus Archbishop):
The Queen
Prince Charles
Duchess Camilla
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Capt. Lawrence
Prince Edward
Countess Sophie
Prince William
Duchess Kate
Archbishop of Canterbury (religious leader)

4 other possibles - Eugenie and Zara both are post-partum in a pandemic. Meghan is heavily pregnant in a pandemic. I don’t think their spouses will show without them.

Holy heck is this what you do for fun?

If it’s a private funeral we won’t know who attends.

If the Queen wants a big funeral then they will delay it.

Harry will be invited. Like the other American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, Meghan Markel will not be invited. Like his great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, Harry will arrive at the funeral without his wife but with all of his grievances.
His marginalization will be evident, just as it was with Edward

The best PR move for the BRF is make a show of warmly welcoming Harry and family solidarity. I'm not sure they're smart enough to do that, though, given the bone-headed moves they've made since the interview.

Yes, and to be sure and ask publicly and often how Meghan is feeling during her pregnancy and after her flight over from the U.S.

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Anonymous wrote:So if Timothy is going with Anne that leaves only 4 spots according to UK funeral regulations:

The firm 10 (plus Archbishop):
The Queen
Prince Charles
Duchess Camilla
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Capt. Lawrence
Prince Edward
Countess Sophie
Prince William
Duchess Kate
Archbishop of Canterbury (religious leader)

4 other possibles - Eugenie and Zara both are post-partum in a pandemic. Meghan is heavily pregnant in a pandemic. I don’t think their spouses will show without them.

Holy heck is this what you do for fun?

If it’s a private funeral we won’t know who attends.

If the Queen wants a big funeral then they will delay it.

Harry will be invited. Like the other American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, Meghan Markel will not be invited. Like his great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, Harry will arrive at the funeral without his wife but with all of his grievances.
His marginalization will be evident, just as it was with Edward

Actually Edward attended the funerals as an equal member of the family.

Members of the Royal Family follow the coffin during the funeral procession of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V of England. The procession is taking the remains to Westminster Hall from Marlborough House. Shown are (from left to right): Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II); Edward, Duke of Windsor (son of Queen Mary and former King of England); Henry, Duke of Gloucester (a son of Queen Mary's); and Edward, Duke of Kent (a grandson of the late queen's). (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

If you read any biography of the Duke of Windsor, you would see chapters of complaints about his unequal treatment at the funerals of Queen Mary and King George. He was invited only as a sop to the British public who wanted another chance to flay him after the abdication. He was particularly chagrined at King George’s funeral to know that the monarchy would be lead by his niece who he held in low regard because if her mother’s antipathy toward him.

He wasn't stupid. Of course it would be lead by his niece. It wasn't going to skip to the other brother unless she died.

Seriously what did he think was going to happen? Elizabeth had kids by that point and a sister. He wasn’t going to get another bite at the apple when his brother died.

I think the PP is talking about biographies written by royal 'reporters' who exaggerate a lot and make up even more. None of the biographies of Queen Victoria talked about just how 'close' her relationship was to her two male companions. They talked about how low-class the men where (literally) and how the courts couldn't stand them. But it was her personal letters (the ones her daughters didn't burn) that revealed just how much she was into these men.

Same with Edward and other royals - the biographers infer.

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Anonymous wrote:The queen will be very close behind. That’s always how it goes. They simply can’t live without each other.

Not this woman. I think she could live another ten years.

+100

Also they were living pretty separate lives since he stepped down with him primarily staying in another property (wood acre or something like that). I was surprised to see he died at Windsor.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I could go. He meant so much to me. I’ve been in tears all morning since I found out.

Is this a joke?

DP. I am waiting for the British Embassy to announce if there will be a book of condolences to sign. If so, I will be there. The first television show I saw was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. I have been smitten by Prince Philip since then. Let we Anglophiles have our day and our tears as they fall

We would certainly extend the same courtesy to you should one of the Kardashians die.

You're hilarious. My first chuckle of the morning.

Some must be put in their place.

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Anonymous wrote:This couldn’t have been a surprise to anyone in the family, once he left the hospital that this was an expected outcome to happen sooner rather than later. And in the midst of this, grandson goes on Oprah to air his grievances with the family. Just Wow! An interview with Oprah surely could have waited.

Yes because Harry knew Phillip was going to die.

Oh, but their story HAD to be told...

You’re right. It was the interview that killed him. Not the fact that he was 99 years old. Someone alert Scotland Yard immediately!

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He always stated he didn't want a big funeral.

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Anonymous wrote:The queen will be very close behind. That’s always how it goes. They simply can’t live without each other.

Not this woman. I think she could live another ten years.

+100

Also they were living pretty separate lives since he stepped down with him primarily staying in another property (wood acre or something like that). I was surprised to see he died at Windsor.

He tried to go back to Wood Farm and live separately again halfway through the 2020 pandemic - the palace courtiers said no because they couldn't have round-the-clock care bubbles for the two of them in two different locations.

The palace staff living within the Queen and Prince Phillip are on 3-week rotations where they isolate entirely from their family and friends.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11706038/queen-servants-three-week-shifts-coronavirus/

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Anonymous wrote:The 15 doesn’t even start til Monday but here’s my list:

Nine who absolutely will show:
The Queen
Prince Charles
Duchess Camilla
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Prince Edward
Countess Sophie
Prince William
Duchess Kate
Archbishop of Canterbury (religious leader)

5 other possibles. Eugenie and Zara both are post-partum in a pandemic. Meghan is heavily pregnant in a pandemic. I don’t think their spouses will show without them.

Harry HAS to go--with or (preferably) without Meghan.

Going without Meghan will help him talk to William alone. It could be a chance for the brothers to smooth some things over. They were very close to their grandfather.

Please. Harry has given no indication that he wants to reconcile with William. He seems completely done with him and barely mentions him at all. Meanwhile William just leaked some story about how he cut off some journalist he was friends with because the journalist was also friends with Harry. Their relationship is DOA. You know what they say “daughter for life, son until he has a wife.”

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Can all the people b-tching about the interview/Meghan go over to the Meghan thread?

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Anonymous wrote:why are people sad this out and out racist died? He never apologized for any of the crap he said. People like him have no business representing diverse multiracial, ethnic, and cultural communities.

Why give him a pass you wouldn't give anyone else just because he married a queen?

I agree. He's dead. Its also ironic the royal family has been forced away from their life of 'pomp and circumstance' for two years now - for weddings, funerals, births, and christenings.

He impregnated the queen multiple times and so the monarchy continued with her kids. He was like a stud horse. He had no other role to play.

The Duke of Edinburgh Foundation

World Wildlife Fund

Twenty books

Over a thousand patronage’s and military services

Noted ornithologist and industrialist

Numerous world tours and appearances in support of British business and the Commonwealth

Founder if several equestrian groups

Worked until he was 97 years of age

Not at all a lie about, much like his wife.

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Anonymous wrote:He always stated he didn't want a big funeral.

For a senior member of the royal family, a big funeral is a 200,000 person funeral tableau with 2,000+ police deployed to contain crowds.

He didn't want that.

He did intend for all of his blood relatives, including the Greek ones he hasn't seen in years, to be able to attend. A small funeral in that regard would have been at the very minimum the 100+ relatives, immediate (including great-grandchildren) and distant.

Here is Zara and Harry at their great-grandmother's funeral. Also foreign royals like the Kings and Queens of Sweden, Spain, and Norway.

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Anonymous wrote:Holy shit its Charles and Camilla's wedding anniversary today

At last Philip did something worthwhile.

Every year the public is going to mourn Phillip's death on this date. EVERY. YEAR. I just...wow.

#Diana’sRevenge

I mean...really. This is insane.

LOVE IT

Camilla is alive and married to Charles who loves her

Diana died unloved by any man at the age of 36

Camilla’s noblesse oblige to the first wife

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Anonymous wrote:Can all the people b-tching about the interview/Meghan go over to the Meghan thread?

Yes please.