Official: Prince Philip is Dead, 9th April 2021

[not-bono-ever]

These presenters are really having to scrape the barrel to fill in what he actually achieved in his life. It’s basically “he was around a lot”

 

[Argonia]

Fucking hell looks like they've pulled Headhunters on BBC Two, what is the fucking point of putting the same shit on all the fucking channels?

 

[Orang Utan]

Fucking hell looks like they've pulled Headhunters on BBC Two, what is the fucking point of putting the same shit on all the fucking channels?

They did this when Diana died too

 

[not-bono-ever]

I would like to have seen him pass on surrounded by his family. In a cellar. At gunpoint

 

[eatmorecheese]

Come on Sir Elton, get writing something mawkish.

Weeks of this bollocks now.

 

[Smangus]

Thanks god for Netfix

 

[TopCat]

Dare I turn the tv on today? Is it a stream of mawkish arse licking and tonguing from a steady stream of no marks?

 

[Epico]

Definitely a day to avoid social media. The hand-wringing will do my fucking head in.

 

[klang]

Johnson quietly celebrating I reckon. He is off the hook for a few days with the entire UK media preoccupied with this. The conspiracy theorist in me suggests they were waiting for the right moment to pull the plug.

you reckon he had to be connected to the mains to stay alive?

 

[Raheem]

Johnson's tribute is that Phil "inspired the lives of countless young people". Like as if he was a noted aphrodisiac.

 

[krtek a houby]

R4 anthem disturbed by Amazon delivery driver arriving. Broken Britain.

marty1 on his Trojan horse?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Hardly part of the establishment, but even Radio Caroline has acknowledged his death & gone to non-stop music until 2pm, probably because the presenter is worried about laughing.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

They did this when Diana died too

Makes you wonder what they'll do when the Queen dies?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Harry is already getting it from some (well one person on a Maidenhead, oh sorry, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Facebook group )

"RIP Phillip. The poor Queen. I hope her family give her the true love and respect that she needs right now. Especially Harry."

 

[Sue]

Makes you wonder what they'll do when the Queen dies?

Two BHs...?

 

[Nine Bob Note]

what is the fucking point of putting the same shit on all the fucking channels?

ITV have been doing that for years...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

My dad, fervent anti-royalist, may actually have imploded if he was watching TV/listening to the radio when this was announced. Watching him in the build up to the birth of one of the royal babies was hilarious. He can't even be in the same room as the royals being discussed. The time leading up to the funeral is going to drive him insane

I empathise with this.

 

[Quote]

They did this when Diana died too

Yeah, 24/7 grief-fest.

Gotta hammer it home how much he did for us and how grovellingly grateful we should be for it.

 

[tony.c]

It's double Corrie and an Eastenders tonight, they better not cancel those.

 

[Orang Utan]

Makes you wonder what they'll do when the Queen dies?

Two days off. Queen displayed in state in a Perspex train carriage travelling the country

 

[Wilf]

Nauseating obit from the guardian, the fucking cowards. Full of stuff like 'a life of relentless duty'... 'youthful good looks'... 'immersed himself wholeheartedly in national life, carving out a unique public role'. They manage to say 'the duke could be blunt and outspoken to the point of offensiveness', but can't bring themselves to use the word racist. Well, actually, maybe not cowards, just actual monarchists. Fucking hell.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99 | Prince Philip | The Guardian

 

[Orang Utan]

It's double Corrie and an Eastenders tonight, they better not cancel those.

They did when The Queen Of Hearts died. I was so livid I actually complained on the phone

 

[billy_bob]

Why do the good always die young?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Fucking hell looks like they've pulled Headhunters on BBC Two, what is the fucking point of putting the same shit on all the fucking channels?

Aye, BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC Parliament & BBC Scotland all switched to BBC News channel, bloody ridiculous.

 

[Sprocket.]

These presenters are really having to scrape the barrel to fill in what he actually achieved in his life. It’s basically “he was around a lot”

And the Greeks fucked him off at the first and second opportunity.

 

[Argonia]

Prince Philip's gaffes from decades on royal duty

After the Duke of Edinburgh steps down from duties, we take a look back at some of the infamous remarks he has made while in the public eye.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Artaxerxes]

The collective amnesia* over much of the British upper classes and political sphere being firmly on the Nazis side until 1939** is one of those things that doesn't get reported on nearly enough.


*Willful propaganda

**And a fair few beyond it

 

[Sprocket.]

It's double Corrie and an Eastenders tonight, they better not cancel those.

Imagine the chaos if he dropped on Sunday just before Line of Duty!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Two days off. Queen displayed in state in a Perspex train carriage travelling the country

I won't accept anything less than a full play of The Smiths' classic album The Queen Is Dead on every BBC radio station.

 

[Sprocket.]

What’s the chance of his funeral being held on St. George’s Day? I hear the Coop funeral service are booked up.