Official: Prince Philip is Dead, 9th April 2021

[T & P]

Gotta love the photograph published in the press of 'someone' being transferred into an ambulance yesterday and shielded by aides. Everyone deserves their privacy in such situations, so hats off to staff who blocked the view of the paparazzi with umbrellas.

Speaking of hats off, shame that the employer(s) of the man wearing a posh top hat in that image deemed it absolutely indispensable for him to wear it while carrying out the duty of helping transfer a patient into an ambulance.

 

[brogdale]

as least he will die british, not european

His Greek/Danish parentage certainly means he could have applied for an EU passport, so maybe not?

 

[Pickman's model]

His Greek/Danish parentage certainly means he could have applied for an EU passport, so maybe not?

being as he was exiled from greece i am not persuaded that they'd be up for offering him a passport

 

[Aladdin]

as least he will die british, not european

Greek

 

[Pickman's model]

Greek

being as he was exiled from greece i am not persuaded that they'd be up for offering him a passport

 

[brogdale]

being as he was exiled from greece i am not persuaded that they'd be up for offering him a passport

Technically it was his father, the failed army commander that was banished for life...so, you never know

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Every. Fucking. Time. I. See. This. Thread. Bumped. It. Gives. Me. False. Fucking. Hope.

 

[Argonia]

Christ, the state broadcaster's output is going to be even more intolerable than usual when he carks, isn't it?

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I'm going to boycott it. It's going to be a disaster of Titanic proportions.

 

[Pickman's model]

Christ, the state broadcaster's output is going to be even more intolerable than usual when he carks, isn't it?

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the scenes of lickspittlery will be on a scale unseen since diana's death and quite possibly since churchill's.

 

[pogofish]

so many palaces leads to great confusion among even the royal family

Its a common misconception but Balmoral is not a palace and never has been - It and its estate remain the private property of the Monarch, same with Birkhall. Their management by the same body that manages the other royal properties/palaces is governed by some sort of complex trustee agreement that get renewed each time it changes hands to the next monarch.

 

[Pickman's model]

Its a common misconception but Balmoral is not a palace and never has been - It and its estate remain the private property of the Monarch, same with Birkhall. Their management by the same body that manages the other royal properties/palaces is governed by some sort of complex trustee agreement that get renewed each time it changes hands to the next monarch.

it is palatial => it is a palace. i am not commenting on its legal status

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Gotta love the photograph published in the press of 'someone' being transferred into an ambulance yesterday and shielded by aides. Everyone deserves their privacy in such situations, so hats off to staff who blocked the view of the paparazzi with umbrellas.

Speaking of hats off, shame that the employer(s) of the man wearing a posh top hat in that image deemed it absolutely indispensable for him to wear it while carrying out the duty of helping transfer a patient into an ambulance.

That guy is without question an undertaker. It's just a matter of announcing it now

 

[Argonia]

Come on

 

[brogdale]

the scenes of lickspittlery will be on a scale unseen since diana's death and quite possibly since churchill's.

Which reminds me of my most very favouritist bit of BBC output, evah.

Here, after about an hour (51:58) of the Corporation's review of 1997, they decide to seamlessly segue into the death of Diana by playing Lucky Man (!!! ) by the Verve over a series of other losses that year including Sir Isiah Berlin, 'Big Daddy' (Shirley Crabtree), Stephane Grappelli & Brian Glover...

 

[Pickman's model]

Which reminds me of my most very favouritist bit of BBC output, evah.

Here, after about an hour (51:58) of the Corporation's review of 1997, they decide to seamlessly segue into the death of Diana by playing Lucky Man (!!! ) by the Verve over a series of other losses that year including Sir Isiah Berlin, 'Big Daddy' (Shirley Crabtree), Stephane Grappelli & Brian Glover...

should have played this one

 

[bellaozzydog]

"All is forgiven Harry, please rush back as soon as you can, Philip can't wait to see you! You haven't had any problems with any of your organs lately, have you?"

there may be some DNA match issue there

 

[PR1Berske]

Phil dying before the Oprah interview would certainly be, erm, narrativly convenient.

 

[brogdale]

Any suggestions?

 

[Steel Icarus]

He can't be seen to have died in a private hossy

 

[Pickman's model]

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Any suggestions?

guardian shit thread >>>>>

 

[Pickman's model]

He can't be seen to have died in a private hossy

he must be seen dead by people who will be believed.

 

[Wilf]

To be fair, I'd rather shoot myself in the head than have to attend all of the public events they do. It'd be like sitting through your high school graduation every day for the rest of your life.

Phil always had the added pressure of coming up with a racist comment for each occasion.

 

[brogdale]

needed specialist care not available at the posho hossy?

 

[Ax^]

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Any suggestions?

so he can praise the NHS for his treatment and get some brownie points for the royal family
and tuck into some of the Sir tom stuff

 

[Pickman's model]

so he can praise the NHS for his treatment and get some brownie points for the royal family
and tuck into some of Sir tom

yes, he'll be needing some human flesh if he's going to reach 100

 

[Sprocket.]

Anyone else would be being ragged in The Maul and Express as just another bed blocking shyster.

 

[moochedit]

Anyone else would be being ragged in The Maul and Express as just another bed blocking shyster.

Yes Atos should test him to see if he can still cut a ribbon and tell a racist joke. Then get back to work phil

 

[pogofish]

it is palatial => it is a palace. i am not commenting on its legal status

I believe it has the reputation of being the least palatial of all the royal residences - In fact most of the courtiers/hangers-on/staff hate the annual visit there because it is such a cold, uncomfortable and spartan place with fuck-all to do if you don't like hills or country stuff.

And some of the outlying lodges, where they and their guests spend their days have barely seen a lick of paint since Victorian times - One only got electricity in the 1990s, a couple of others have still to get connected.

Birkhall is much nicer though - Since Charles inherited it from the Queen Mother, he has put a lot of effort into making it a very nice and comfortable home - But they use it a lot more than Balmoral gets used.

 

[stavros]

Anyone else would be being ragged in The Maul and Express as just another bed blocking shyster.

Do the Express like him now? I seem the remember, under the management of Richard Desmond, they printed all kinds of conspiratorial bollocks about Phil scheming to make Spencer deliberately get into a limo with a pissed driver and not wear a seatbelt.

And I had always expected such consistency from our tabloids.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I believe it has the reputation of being the least palatial of all the royal residences - In fact most of the courtiers/hangers-on/staff hate the annual visit there because it is such a cold, uncomfortable and spartan place with fuck-all to do if you don't like hills or country stuff.

And some of the outlying lodges, where they and their guests spend their days have barely seen a lick of paint since Victorian times - One only got electricity in the 1990s, a couple of others have still to get connected.

Birkhall is much nicer though - Since Charles inherited it from the Queen Mother, he has put a lot of effort into making it a very nice and comfortable home - But they use it a lot more than Balmoral gets used.

Am I remembering correctly that Tony impregnated Cherie at Balmoral?