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bbc still not reporting, that's weird..
edit to add, that's a shizzer - i liked Phil. rip
Operation Forth Bridge
Breaking news now
BBC have it now. RIP.
Just interrupted the BBC radio broadcasts for it. RIP.
Just announced on Radio 6. Currently listening to the national anthem, bit surreal.
The country is falling apart and now Phil has gone, what next?
RIP I guess
Good innings.
bummer missed out on his letter from his mrs.
RIP.
Crikey, why does it feel surreal? RIP
He'd be annoyed at just missing out on that telegram.
I feel sorry for any family who loses a loved one, and this is no exception. For anyone to lose their partner of 74 years is immense loss.
But its ruining my Radio 6 listening for the day.
Good innings.
+1
When I heard the words "The BBC is interrupting it's scheduled programming to make the following announcement" I had my fingers crossed for an alien invasion.
I'll have to settle for this.
Damn, was hoping he'd make it to get the letter from Lizzy. Going to miss his random gaffes and the legacy he leaves through the Duke of Edinburgh Award will live on.
Public holiday soon? He's allowed a state funeral I think too.
I reckon he died years ago but they didnt tell him
Expert carriage driver according to BoJo.
Rip.
RIP - a great innings and working till his late 90's. But it will be interesting seeing the tensions between Prince Harry and Meghan Markel and the rest of the Royal Family at the funeral!
Very sad loss for the Queen - losing a partner will never be easy.
Interesting conundrum for the Royal family though - hold a full bore royal funeral to which I'd argue he is perfectly entitled too. However how would that fit within the current covid world we live in with social distancing / no big gatherings etc?
PMSL at sharkattack...
A state funeral with only 30 people will be interesting.
RIP – a great innings and working till his late 90’s. But it will be interesting seeing the tensions between Prince Harry and Meghan Markel and the rest of the Royal Family at the funeral!
they may go for the due to COVID.... and not invite them.
the legacy he leaves through the Duke of Edinburgh Award will live on.
No doubt his faults will be picked over, but the DofE award is an amazing legacy
A devastating day for the Prince Philip worshipping folk of Yaohnanen
Do we get a day off for the funeral?
But its ruining my Radio 6 listening for the day.
Indeed. Old man dies after very long and unbelievably privileged life. Condolences to the family and all that but cancelling all programmes for this?
Can we have MAH back now, please.
were they SRAM!?
Do we get a bank holiday?
Yes surreal, I'm not a Royalist in any way, I'm not even a patriot, the very idea has always been odd to me. This shouldn't mean any more or less to me than any other passing of a elderly person at the end of their life, but somehow it does. I'm important to me, but I can't offer a rational reason why.
RIP Prince Philip, aka Phil the Greek, aka The Casual Racist.
Meghan got in first then.
Definitely no more Kraftwek.
RIP – a great innings and working till his late 90’s. But it will be interesting seeing the tensions between Prince Harry and Meghan Markel and the rest of the Royal Family at the funeral!
No it won't.
I’m not a Royalist in any way. This doesn’t mean any more or less to me than any other passing of a elderly person at the end of their life, who I don’t know and doesn’t appear that likeable anyway.
RIP Prince Philip, aka Phil the Greek, aka The Casual Racist.
Thanks for saving me some typing P-Jay
20 quid says the sun are blaming Harry and Meghan by the end of the week.
No it won’t.
It'll give De Pfeffel an opportunity to push the rioting in NI further down the news agenda, though.
It will also give him an opportunity to have a crack at a tribute act to Blair's 'Queen of Hearts' effort. With more than a casual nod to our less progressive era.
I'll be needing collate all the buckets we own to try to contain all the icky sick.🤮
does it really need to be on all 5 terrestrial channels!?
missing bargain hunt ffs
No it won’t.
Exactly.
Crikey, why does it feel surreal?
Well, if nothing else, it's led to things like...
Can we have MAH back now, please.
...which no-one would have ever expected hearing or asking before.
Is it safe to turn the radio back on without needing a vomit bucket
IHN +1
does it really need to be on all 5 terrestrial channels!?
I just had to check this. I can't believe it, what a load of bollocks. Fortunately the Freeview channels between ~15 and 100 are still showing Heartbeat and Life in the Country.
EDIT just tuned into Six Music to experience this first hand. Hoollleeee shit. You gotta love the 'Sincerity of the Royal Correspondent' though.
But its ruining my Radio 6 listening for the day.
Same here. I know it's BBC but still taken back that they've interrupted the scheduled programming
Suspect there's some govt sychophancy flag shagging going on
Unfortunately this is a prime issue that'll get subsumed into culture war
Nurses' pay or flags and bangs to honour a life-long parasite and racist? I bet Starmer is already polishing his hair.
Does seems to have ****ed up the music choice on the radio. Reminds me of when they canceled all Saturday morning cartoons when Princess Diana was killed.
A very old and privileged person has died.
Who really GAF?
Could he not have waited til Monday so we could go and hide in the pub to avoid the sycophantic drivel from all and sundry on the TV and radio
Suspect there’s some govt sychophancy flag shagging going on
A co-incidence that 2 weeks ago UK Gov ordered all public buildings to fly the Union Jack?
I did write to the TPA a while back about an entire family on benefits who live in a massive state funded house...funny how it's okay for some and not others though, isn't it. I'd be quite happy to see the monarchy abolished along with the gongs and privilege that goes along with it.
To be fair to Phil, he did fight Nazis though, there's that in his favour.
A co-incidence that 2 weeks ago UK Gov ordered all public buildings to fly the Union Jack?
I think even Phil would have drawn the line at the swastika, though.
I'm looking forward to seeing the govt turning away from northern Ireland for the next few weeks and focussing on those UK hating liberals who are showing insufficient deference.
A very old and privileged person has died.
Not going to argue but there is another version of that.
A lifelong public servant, one of the few remaining WW2 Veterans and loved family member has died. Someone in the public eye for everyone's lifetime, that is why people GAF.
I’m looking forward to seeing the govt turning away from northern Ireland for the next few weeks and focussing on those UK hating liberals who are showing insufficient deference.
This is a huge opportunity to bury/ignore/hide bad news for the Government.
Is it too soon to quote one of my favourite David Badiel sketches...
'The Duke of Edinburgh scheme - what's that all about. Does being Greek, shouting at foreigners and never shagging your wife get you a gold award...'
Old man dies of being really old shocker. Feel for his family but it’s very OTT.
I’m looking forward to seeing the govt turning away from northern Ireland for the next few weeks and focussing on those UK hating liberals who are showing insufficient deference.
A million times this.
You have to envy De Pfeffel's sheer luck, at least.
Not going to argue but there is another version of that.
A lifelong public servant, one of the few remaining WW2 Veterans and loved family member has died. Someone in the public eye for everyone’s lifetime, that is why people GAF.
A public servant?
How much money and resources has he took from the UK in his 99 years?
Imagine being the Queen and realizing that you're going to have to put up with Johnson wiffle-waffing at you on behalf of the government. Christ, she must have the patience of Job
This is a huge opportunity to bury/ignore/hide bad news for the Government.
Just as there was some genuine pressure building on fat wad. Now he can do a statesman address with his sad face on and repeatedly back scuttle a union jack and use it for wiping up
How much money and resources has he took from the UK in his 99 years?
Wait, does this mean an income tax reduction is on the way?
I think one or two of you claiming he was a life long parasite living a life of privileged luxury might want to learn a little bit of history, his early years weren't and he actively served in WWII with distinction. Even after marrying the queen he used his privileged position to work for the country and has left a legacy in the DoE award amongst other things. He was a product of his times, yes a casual racist but many of his generation were. I bet our grand kids will look back on many of us as casually homophobic or unable to understand transgender issues (or indifferent to climate change).
He'll have his moment in the news cycle, whether people like it or not he has had a big part in the this country for the last 80 years. He's done a lot more than some of the Royals (Andrew for example and probably Harry if he continues in his current path, or God forbid even Diana).
Good innings, let the Beeb have it's week or two of mawkish sentiment and then we can all move on.
Imagine being the Queen and realizing that you’re going to have to put up with Johnson wiffle-waffing at you on behalf of the government. Christ, she must have the patience of Jude.
I imagine she thinks he is a ****, just like most people with more than two brain cells do.
But she has to stay apolitical (and I imagine she is pretty happy with that given the forces these current strokers have unleashed in our society).
You have to envy De Pfeffel’s sheer luck, at least.
Its insane how he rides his luck. Surely surely it has to end at some point.
If the old man wasnt 99 yo then I'd be buying into Johnson's shadowy backers offing him in order to divert all the attention away from all this trouble in the provinces
it’s very OTT.
It's really not. He was the Queen's Consort for decades, in a country that has a very visible and active Monarchy. The marking of his passing in this way is exactly as you would expect for a figure of that seniority. Other countries do similar when their Heads of State die.
What you are arguing about is whether we should have a monarchy at all, or if so what role and significance they should have in the life of the UK. But I'd say that's a discussion for another day, we do, and right now a figurehead of it has passed away.
As well as a father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Best leave it at that.
does it really need to be on all 5 terrestrial channels!?
missing bargain hunt ffs
Just glad they waited until after "Homes under the Hammer" to break the news
, his early years weren’t
Even if that’s true and I’m not sure he was on the breadline, educated at Gordonstun (sp?) etc, he certainly made up for it.
This is a huge opportunity to bury/ignore/hide bad news for the Government.
Yep. A whole Pandora's Box of shite is coming our way.
It’s really not. He was the Queen’s Consort for decades, in a country that has a very visible and active Monarchy. The marking of his passing in this way is exactly as you would expect for a figure of that seniority. Other countries do similar when their Heads of State die.
Err....it’s already been said but, Bargain Hunt FFS.
Exactly as you would expect, not me, I think it’s a bit much and that’s why I said so. Opinions and all that
Racist old rich man dies. Meh.
But
the legacy he leaves through the Duke of Edinburgh Award will live on.
You know he had bugger all to really do with that, don't you? Other than giving out the awards.
It's comments like this which make me laugh:
Just glad they waited until after “Homes under the Hammer” to break the news
😀
Swanning about on a battleship in the Indian Ocean. Loads of able seamen in the merchant fleet (ie delivering food and gold for the war effort, largely unarmed and unprotected) were sunk or 'discharged at sea' with no pay and certainly no medals, to get to shore and then back home if they were lucky. That's the history.
Do we get a day off for the funeral?
What @stumpyjon said.
How long now before the Queen hands over to Charles? And how long will he serve before handing over to Wills?
I wonder what the papers will say about any of us when we die.
RIP and condolences to the family
How long now before the Queen hands over to Charles? And how long will he serve before handing over to Wills?
Hopefully it will all fall apart long before Wills gets a look in
GCN and Netflix subs FTW!