Absolutely - me too. That's why I reacted to what I wrongly perceived to be a mocking post.
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[News] HRH Prince Philip has died
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Absolutely - me too. That's why I reacted to what I wrongly perceived to be a mocking post.
smeariestbat
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- May 5, 2012
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That is the duke...it’s an old photo. He’s head of the queens guard and in uniform in this photo. The story behind it is everyone has run for cover because of a swarm of bees. The two are sharing a smile. It’s a lovely photo.
m20gull
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And here too. Another family's funeral gives you a chance to empathise with their sense of loss and a reflection on your own grief at your own losses. The pared down service was a beautiful thing too.
A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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Absolutely, she’s such an amazing person. She looked so alone - heartbreaking.......
make me feel like i’d want to give her a big hug, poor lady now left alone, lost from her life long love.
This.....it's a perfect picture to sum up their relationship - contrary to the article though I'd read elsewhere that he'd basically 'pranked' her - he wasn't supposed to be stood there, and certainly not in that uniform. Either way it's a great picture
Seagull58
In the Algarve
I'm not much of a royalist (i don't hate them either) but I have to agree. I always feel that the Brits really deliver the pomp and circumstance better then anyone else. Whether you agree with it or not is a personal decision but I love watching it.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
What a funeral, if you can say that about a funeral. Presuming The Queen had a lot to say about the event, it was 110% covid safe and nothing, absolutely nothing was done that anybody else having a funeral during this time couldn't do.
I wasn't going to watch, feeling sorry for her Maj and didn't want to see her sat alone, but the TV coverage showed just enough.
One thing, as she arrived, getting out of her car and being met at the side door, did she give a thumbs up as she couldn't speak with the mask on?
Expect the press tomorrow to concentrate more on Wills and 'Arry walking together on the way back.
I wasn't going to watch, feeling sorry for her Maj and didn't want to see her sat alone, but the TV coverage showed just enough.
One thing, as she arrived, getting out of her car and being met at the side door, did she give a thumbs up as she couldn't speak with the mask on?
Expect the press tomorrow to concentrate more on Wills and 'Arry walking together on the way back.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Prince Philip planned it all himself even the adjustments recently to comply with Covid restrictions.
I did lose it a few times, being a Navy brat, and then serving myself. The Royal Marine pallbearers were impeccable, he was piped into the chapel, Eternal Father, the lone piper, Last Post, and then Action Stations bugled as he entered the vault.
Brownstuff
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Absolutely, she’s such an amazing person. She looked so alone - heartbreaking.......
I think she would have liked to have been alone and having the shield of a mask at this difficult time and service. She would have known the eyes of the world would have been looking at everything, and most people don't have to deal with such issues when losing loved ones.
Yes good point. Still very difficult for her.....
Pretty pink fairy
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*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
I am far from a royalist but watching the news I admire the life the Duke has lived & at this moment I just want to give The Queen a hug.
I don’t think she did. I thought she looked and acted just as I thought she would. Sad, proud, noble, a little unsteady perhaps, but broken? NEVER
Icy Gull
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I thought NSC’s ex-RN crew would be moved by all that, I was as a civvie.
Very special.
vegster
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- May 5, 2008
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Bless her, she is 95 and has had a fantastic innings, her sense or duty will help her soldier on, but you can't hold back time. I really can't get my head around a UK without her but, it will happen.I imagine she is broken, I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t follow Philip quite quickly
Baker lite
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Was a beautiful service,done with military precision, the music was very poignant. Must confess,never heard the bugle version of action stations, heard the general alarm plenty of times!
Once again RIP to an old sailor with a life of service.
Today made proud to be British and proud to be ex Royal Navy.
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