[Closed] Prince Philip admitted to hospital.

Wont be so impressive a funeral under COVID rules...
Bet they keep him on life support (or lie) until this is over.

A royal funeral will still attract all sorts of crazy gammon to London even during a lockdown.

Sometimes they can shed part of their tail to escape death.
Makes ya think.

Anyone else come in expecting some weather-related bridge content and disappointed it's just a load of people mocking someones possibly dying husband/dad/grandad/great-grandad?

I love this song.

Anyone else come in expecting some weather-related bridge content

I'm just here to make a "time to build a fifth one, then" gag. I'm certain that's totally original and never been thought of before.

I'm currently making a lecture on bridge stability and the effect of wind action,so you can imagine my disappointment when I opened the thread.

Is disappointed by thread title change...

Is not disappointed by thread title change…

I love the Forth Bridges 🙂

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down

I’m assuming they’ll just reanimate him again. I’m sure he’s been dead for years.

I struggle to care but then I remembered that Harry and Megan are expecting another child. Phil The Greek dying will bump them down the news agenda even more which will make them even absolutely furious. Wonderful stuff.

Prince Phillip, aka Phil the Greek aka The Casual Racist has been on the DeathList, usually near the top for most of the last decade. He's put away some heavy hitters in his time.

I think it's fair to say he gets whisked off to the nearest Private Hospital at the merest sniffle, such is his Privilege. It seems counter intuitive to me, but life expectancy, even without the special care he gets is around 2 years at the age of 99.

"Does anyone know what will happen when he passes away?"

If it's thought he will die shortly, it's likely we'll all be notified to prepare ourselves for such terrible news.

I think in normal times, the News will show a lot of pre-recorded messages, and video until we're all sick of hearing it. He'd lay in state for some time to give anyone who's never seen a Corpse at chance to see him, then a period of national mourning and a large state funeral. Some Royal commentators (why do they always act like they're Royals who commentate, rather than Commentators who follow Royals, they're a weird bunch) think The Queen will pass all duties to Charles, but stay on the throne, some say she'll retire, some think her distrust of old Charlie is so strong she plans to try to out-live him.

He’d lay in state for some time to give anyone who’s never seen a Corpse at chance to see him

He's looked dead for at least a good 10 years, so maybe they can skip that bit to speed things up a bit.

Sorry, can I ask for an explanation of the original thread title?

Phil The Greek dying will bump them down the news agenda even more which will make them even absolutely furious. Wonderful stuff.

Weird, I like them, anyone that thumbs their nose at the British Press the way they did earns my respect.

Operation Forth Bridge is the code name given to plans for his death.

Apparently the code for the Queen dying is “London Bridge has fallen”. The corresponding code for Philip is “Forth Bridge has fallen”. No idea if it’s true or a myth.

Actually, I should clarify that. It's the plans in the event of his death, not like Operation Paris Tunnel.

I think in normal times, the News will show a lot of pre-recorded messages

The BBC has an archive of pre-recorded announcements ready to roll for when people like Phil check out. I've heard part of the Queen's, years ago. It's kinda weird that she's outlived her eulogy by at least 20 years. (I assume they update them periodically.)

My old business partner was BBC radio presenter and he assured me they had access to quite a library of announcements for all manner of folk. He spent a lot of time eventually at a local station and they even kept an updated bio on local 'people of note' so nobody would have to wing it.

I like them, anyone that thumbs their nose at the British Press the way they did earns my respect.

yet they issued pictures of them lounging under a tree to let everyone know that they were having another baby. i suspect that the need another one because they h have lost first one. it was nowhere to be seen in a recent picture of them lounging under a tree barefoot.

edit, by lost, i mean misplaced and not anything tragic.

No idea if it’s true or a myth.

I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you...

Brother in law is one of the geeks behind our news spreading processes for multiple global news channels.

Let's just say they've have two checks of the process/coding/messaging for a Royal death this last 12 months. Before that it was a once every few years mention in a meeting as AOB basically...

There's pre-prepared everything, down to music choices being 'calmed down', comedy programmes replaced (etc) and no, but no, speculation until the Palace make an official announcement, 20minutes after a quiet 'heads up' to trigger the calming process.

So if Radio 1 suddenly starts playing Tchaikovsky....

As long as we don't have weeks of the dross that we had on radio and tv when diana died.
At least we now have Netflix and spotify etc to save us

A rebuttal from Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/16/harry-meghan-media-critics-worse

I'll confess I barely follow the Harry and Meghan story, but on the basis that it upsets the British Tabloids so much I'm guessing they're doing SOMETHING right...

So if Radio 1 suddenly starts playing Tchaikovsky….

I remember waking up to an instrumental version of Seal's "Kiss from a rose" on Radio 1 the morning after Diana's fatal crash, having been oblivious to any news before going to bed, instantly made me think something big had happened.

I had a Sunday paper round at the time Dianna died. I remember hearing the news on the radio before I went to bed then delivering papers the next morning that didn’t have any coverage of the biggest news story. It felt very odd asking the customers for the money when handing over a newspaper that was already old news.

So if Radio 1 suddenly starts playing Tchaikovsky….

Hopefully the one with the cannons. That should calm everyone down.

(12 mins in on this)

He's always in and out of hospital. He'll be back up and running in a few days. He also won't have to put up with the threat of covid in the hospital, like the rest of us plebs

Quick Philip! To the pool!

I remember waking up to an instrumental version of Seal’s “Kiss from a rose” on Radio 1 the morning after Diana’s fatal crash, having been oblivious to any news before going to bed, instantly made me think something big had happened.

I have vague memories of Judge Jules on R1 when the Queen Mum died, seemed an oddly OTT reaction to cancel Friday/Saturday night for the demographic that probably cared least.

As a fairly strident republican (in the anti-monarchist sense of the word) I'm not convinced that the tax avoiding, benefits scrounging, palace dwelling Windsors offer any real benefit to the country. I have several Tory acquaintances who love the idea of the royals willy-waving at the poor (albeit one of royals might allegedly have taken that a little too far), but I find the adulation and fawning all rather grotesque.

I realise that my views aren't popular, FWIW, I'd turn Buckingham Palace into shelter for London's homeless at the drop of a hat.

Let’s just say they’ve have two checks of the process/coding/messaging for a Royal death this last 12 months.

These claims have been made on here before, one I recall is the military practicing the drill for the funeral so he had days to go. The truth is that it’s normal for the military, press and support services to do this.

The only reason to have a royal family is extra bank holidays when one of them dies, has a birthday, gets married or has a baby.

If we don’t get one I begrudge paying for their funerals, weddings and christenings and paying their wages. Might as well not bother with them.

I was coming out of Miss Moneypennys in Brum when Di snuffed it. I was grateful of the day off

I remember waking up to an instrumental version of Seal’s “Kiss from a rose” on Radio 1 the morning after Diana’s fatal crash, having been oblivious to any news before going to bed, instantly made me think something big had happened.

Apparently telling my then girlfriend that “Princess Peabrain is dead” on returning from the garage around the corner with bacon for breakfast and having seen some headline was not acceptable behaviour.

I was recovering from a few broken bones after a bike accident when The Nation's Princess* was assassinated.

**** all on TV for 2 weeks and I couldn't even waste the days playing Gran Turismo (not a euphemism) because my left arm and hand were trussed up. Miserable.

*Gawd Bless 'er.

The BBC has an archive of pre-recorded announcements ready to roll for when people like Phil check out. I’ve heard part of the Queen’s, years ago. It’s kinda weird that she’s outlived her eulogy by at least 20 years. (I assume they update them periodically.)

Sort of, there’s a whole host of obits and pre-recorded items to commemorate the persons life. These are kept up to date as you can imagine.

Should a senior Royal pass away the formal announcement would be done live.

These are kept up to date as you can imagine.

Should a senior Royal pass away the formal announcement would be done live.

That’s a shame, would be quite surreal to see the announcement done by Peter Sissons.

Has he admitted to any racism?

I vaguely remember Diana but it was in my drinking and partying days and so for me and the GF it was 'oh?' and then an excuse for another few hours in bed.

The one that is like yesterday for me though was Elvis. I was only 8, in 1977 and my aunt and cousins were staying with us in the summer where my aunt was going through a difficult divorce. I got the paper from the front door, took it through the house to the kitchen where she and my mum were having the fist ciggie and coffee of the day. As I went through I was reading the front page and asked who Elvis Presley was. Why, they asked so I showed them the front page and the sheer disbelief on their faces still stays with me.

I was working in a nightclub (Jaffa Cake in Edinburgh) when Diana died, we found out when the cleaner came in at about 5am in tears. Ancient scottish dude who looked like a walnut, still getting up at every day to go and mop up sick for a couple of quid an hour... So it started out pretty much how it continued for me.

Didn’t find out about Diana until mid afternoon. Me and the lass didn’t have a TV or bother with the radio. Went windsurfing playing CDs in the van on the way, we got out early, sailed for ages and had a tea or two in the van. Mid afternoon we’d had enough, popped into the local sailing club bar and someone asked me “What about Di and Dodi then?” I said “What?”, he said “They’re dead!” And I stood the like a lemon waiting for the punchline...

Woke up on the Sunday morning of Diana's death and went to the gym. First heard the news on the radio, then had the worlds shittiest hour of cardio as that was all the TV channels were showing. There's a lot to be said for exercising outdoors!

She Who Became MrsMC was in Russia that year, where state funerals and national mourning were a proper thing. Her colleagues couldn't figure out why she didn't need to take a couple of days off. She missed the overreaction to Diana's death (and The Spice Girls, and The Telly Tubbies)

Mrs Routes and I were at Donnies Farewell Runrig concert in Stirling on the Saturday night. By the time that ended, we got to the car park and drove back to Edinburgh, Diana's accident was already on the news. At that point, it was that she'd been taken to hospital but there was no suggestion her life was at risk. Of course it was all over the radio in the morning.

I was working evening shifts when Elvis died. Got home about midnight, switched on fade-in/fade-out Radio Luxembourg and couldn't work out why they were playing back to back Elvis tracks until there was eventually a break and the DJ explained.

Elvis I can remember been out for a curry with a mate. He went into his place and I walked off. 30 seconds later he’s running down the road shouting ‘Elvis is dead!,’.
He was a fan...
I remember JFKs death. It was a Friday, one of the 2 times a week we’d go to the village phone box to wait for dad to call when he was working away. It all felt very dark and gloomy that day and mum was really upset.
I was too. TV was only showing a black and white still image (of a rose?) and playing somber classical music. No cartoons.

He's just doing the expedition part of the Duke of Edinburgh in a ward scheme.

© Milton Jones - Twitter

Woke up on the Sunday morning of Diana’s death and went to the gym.

I was doing a road race - some sort of Surrey League or South East Road Race League thing. Early start and we drove down there in a mate's car just listening to cassettes.
Mid way through the race, some guy rode up alongside me and said "Did you hear Princess Diana has died?".

I was like - what sort of shit are you trying to pull here, is this some prelude to an attacking move that i don't know about - stun the opposition with bollocks news and then attack.

Course it was the only thing on the radio on the drive home. Got back at lunchtime and told my Mum. My Mum always had the radio on, it was the first thing she did every morning, come down to the kitchen, put the radio on. Except that day 🙄
To this day my Mum insists it was my sister who told her - she has absolutely no recollection of me walking into the kitchen still in some of my cycling kit and telling her that news.

I was aged 8 and stood in the car park at Boscastle when the Elvis news came over the car radio. It was raining.

There were photos of naked people in the Witchcraft Museum, so the day wasn't all bad.

There were photos of naked people in the Witchcraft Museum, so the day wasn’t all bad.

Way to turn that frown upside down! 👍🏼😀

That is how I intend to console myself when Phil checks out.

Remember Elvis, but to a 9 year old he was old & past it. My Mum was a Buddy Holly fan & Dad Nat King Cole so was probably used to the idea of dead musicians. I was more upset when Gloria killed Marc Bolan a month later.

Saw the news re Di whilst swimming at the gym, catching a glimpse of the TV screens.

At work the next day I had to phone a warehouse in Detroit we shipped goods to check on deliveries and any damages en-route. First thing my contact said was "We're so sorry for your loss". When I asked her to elaborate she referenced Di and was shocked when I said something along the lines of "phew I was worried it was something important and we'd lost a container full of alloy wheels overboard"

@Harry_the_Spider

There were photos of naked people in the Witchcraft Museum, so the day wasn’t all bad.

That is how I intend to console myself when Phil checks out.

So Phil checks out and Harry cracks one out. Each to their own!

Dont really get the whole royal family thing or it's relevance to modern life...super lucky, not particularly bright, racist, old school,not relevant old guy gets really old, gets best healthcare in the world and inevitably dies shocker..

#ForthBridgeDown is trending on Twitter

Hmm.

Charles went to visit him today...makes you think.

Not a fan of the Monarchy, but Liz has put a good shift in.

Despite all the recent shenanagins that have emerged regarding protecting her wealth, I quite admire her for that.

Don't watch or read the news... Is he dead yet?

She has done a proper bit of hardcore political lobbying. She, and the rest of them, can do one IMO.

And a sizable chunk of her wealth has come directly from our pockets. She owns the ****ing seabed around Britain ffs.

Don't wish them any actual harm, but I won't mourn their passing either.

So was Charlie breaking Covid rules with his visit? Or will they say it was affairs of State?

I believe the rules allow a visit if the patient is end-of-life.

So was Charlie breaking Covid rules with his visit?

No, hospitals have set rules for visitors and Charles was the only only one who visited. Travelling for such things is also allowed. The fact the family are all ‘gather around’ does not sound promising.

If he does die it's going to give them a bit of thinking to do. A plebs small scale covid measures funeral to show solidarity with what everyone else has had to suffer or pull the royal card on some spurious national importance reason and further cement the them and us feelings of many of us.

Go back to the second post in this thread. 😁

So was Charlie breaking Covid rules with his visit?

No he wasn't. Unless people want to start yet another pointless internet argument.

I only asked as many people have Not been able to that in the last year.

(Limited) visiting patients who are near death has been allowed for much if not all of the last year. One might imagine that a 99yo, especially a 99yo with the resources to get pretty good healthcare at home but admitted to hospital, who’s son was photographed crying as he left the hospital, would fall into that category.

@13thfloormonk Hyde is great, isn’t she?

Don’t COVID rules only apply to humans?

No he wasn’t. Unless people want to start yet another pointless internet argument.

How so? News has said he is not seriously ill, let alone near death.

All internet arguments can be seen as pointless, BTW.

Charles has either broken the rules, even at private hospital, or they are lying about how sick he is.

I suspect underplaying how sick he is

When he does pop his clogs will the benefit cheques be reduced to reflect the reduction in people and presumably his servants will be made redundant to save the taxpayer some money? Im sure benefits are normally stopped when someone dies

We don't keep people in hospital unless they're too unwell to be at home - it's not the 1950s. There is a significant amount of evidence that well elderly people come to harm in hospital.

My money is on underplaying.

This is of course someone's husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather - wishing him a speedy recovery.

wishing him a speedy recovery.

Or given his age a peaceful and painless passing.

This. If the reports are correct, at this stage of life whatever your politics or opinions, he's just a human and deserves a peaceful passing, and his family deserve our sympathies.

In the end it's the one thing that levels us all.

News has said he is not seriously ill, let alone near death.

I remember when Diana died. The extent of her reported injuries were a broken arm pretty much up until the point they announced her death.

This. If the reports are correct, at this stage of life whatever your politics or opinions, he’s just a human and deserves a peaceful passing, and his family deserve our sympathies.

Indeed.

If the reports are correct, at this stage of life whatever your politics or opinions, he’s just a human and deserves a peaceful passing, and his family deserve our sympathies.

In the end it’s the one thing that levels us all.

Very much this.