UlstermanAbroad
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Yes, Anne has to be there.Does that include the horses?
Yes, Anne has to be there.Does that include the horses?
I had the joy of meeting him 40 years ago when the Queen came without any announcement to open the library I was working in. There were flowers everywhere for the royal visit. He broke away from the royal party, walked over and spoke to a group of us. I remember him saying "I bet these flowers were not here yesterday"RIP always liked his no nonsense approach had a good inning's though.
I'm not a Royalist. Nor am I a Republican. I lie somewhere in between.
I'm saddened by some of what I've read here. Prince Philip has earned our respect, not least because of his unstinting public service, lasting from 1939 when he entered Dartmouth Naval College, until he stood down from public life, aged ninety-six. The country owes Philip a debt, for many reasons. Here I'll touch upon just one.
He served in Royal Navy warships from 1940 until the end of hostilities in Japan. His wartime service was spent mainly in the Mediterranean. I'm no historian. But I do know that the Mediterranean was a killing ground as vicious as any other during World War II. He didn't have to serve on the front line in any theatre of the conflict. He chose to serve as close as he could to his own country of Greece and that meant serving in the Med for four and a half gruelling years.
Men who served with him held him in high regard. Both officers and ratings. He was Mentioned in Despatches. An honour earned by a significant act of bravery and / or self sacrifice. Our Armed Forces don't hand such things out like many others do, just for turning up. Relatively few men returned from the Mediterranean with their good humour intact. Philip did.
With the surrender of the Axis countries, Philip would've been entitled to take life easy. But that wasn't in his nature. How many of us will achieve so much in our lives, if we'd had the formative years that Philip had.
Show me another country that has been better served and for longer. I can't think of one.
I'm not a Royalist. Nor am I a Republican. I lie somewhere in between.
I'm saddened by some of what I've read here. Prince Philip has earned our respect, not least because of his unstinting public service, lasting from 1939 when he entered Dartmouth Naval College, until he stood down from public life, aged ninety-six. The country owes Philip a debt, for many reasons. Here I'll touch upon just one.
He served in Royal Navy warships from 1940 until the end of hostilities in Japan. His wartime service was spent mainly in the Mediterranean. I'm no historian. But I do know that the Mediterranean was a killing ground as vicious as any other during World War II. He didn't have to serve on the front line in any theatre of the conflict. He chose to serve as close as he could to his own country of Greece and that meant serving in the Med for four and a half gruelling years.
Men who served with him held him in high regard. Both officers and ratings. He was Mentioned in Despatches. An honour earned by a significant act of bravery and / or self sacrifice. Our Armed Forces don't hand such things out like many others do, just for turning up. Relatively few men returned from the Mediterranean with their good humour intact. Philip did.
With the surrender of the Axis countries, Philip would've been entitled to take life easy. But that wasn't in his nature. How many of us will achieve so much in our lives, if we'd had the formative years that Philip had.
Show me another country that has been better served and for longer. I can't think of one.
History!Oh Dear what is it with you lot and the French
So that complete to$$er Prince Andrew wants to dress up as an Admiral for his fathers funeral, what a self centred little man he is.
If I were Queenie I would tell him to wear a plain black suit and sit at the back.
People like to complain - especially after Covid - and the BBC has to have a system that makes complaining easy. The fact that a few people missed some dodgy home improvement and antiques shows is hardly important. The UK has lost a true ambassador.sad day today and just cant believe the sad old * that complained about BBC coverage , just gobsmacking, this top bloke gave up his career to serve the country and has given so much, if they didn't want to watch BBC then just fook off to one of the 150 plus freeview channels, simples
"BBC responds after 110,000 complaints over Prince Philip coverage"
People like to complain - especially after Covid - and the BBC has to have a system that makes complaining easy. The fact that a few people missed some dodgy home improvement and antiques shows is hardly important. The UK has lost a true ambassador.
Mixed feelings about the old bugger , Kudos to him fo being his own man an all that , loved every single one of his ( sorry i'll read that again moments ) but he had a blessed life and never really did a stoke of work in his life , and then when it was apparent that he was being adulterous to our Liz , my view totally changed about him ...............but his life however kushy cant of been easy playing second fiddle all the time RIP Pip
sp: remunerationbut the renumeration is very good.