God Bless UK, RIP Duke of Edinburgh

[gxnn]

We, regardless of ideological difference, are expressing our deep mourn and condolence to the royal family of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, Prince Harry and his brother, etc.

Mr. Boris Johnson, the prime minister of the UK, after the alleged extramarital affairs, with a dishevlled head, made a condolence speech on this sad news, but such an image of a slovenly downtrodden man should have been changed, it was not decent, nor good and was even a humiliation presented to a state leader who just passed away.

We also wish Prince Charles the best and that he can be the new king in future.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

RIP


Also, fuck china!

 

[JackLuis]

The world will miss Phillip. However he had a good and long life. Not bad at all for a Greek boy who married well.
RIP Phill!

 

[jaF0]

Who??

 

[oggbashan]

The world will miss Phillip. However he had a good and long life. Not bad at all for a Greek boy who married well.
RIP Phill!

As I have said on the other thread, it was established (25 years after his marriage and naturalization as British) that he had had British citizenship from birth as a descendant of Queen Victoria (and further back).

But so had the German Kaiser and Russian Tsar!

 

[pointless]

fuck him.

 

[Ramone45]

fuck him.

fuck him? no, F U C K Y O U!

 

[oggbashan]

fuck him.

Are you into necrophilia?

But fuck you anyway. He was a good man who desevres to be celebrated.

 

[pointless]

fuck him? no, F U C K Y O U!

no, it's "fuck me? *gunshot* fuck you." you need to rewatch dead man.

or, you know, develop a new schtick beyond base contrarianism.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Are you into necrophilia?

But fuck you anyway. He was a good man who desevres to be celebrated.

He's Palpatine. He'll come back as a clone in about 30 years.

 

[KeithD]

He did his bit, and it gave a bit of stability to us all. RIP

 

[Bud_Spencer]

As I have said on the other thread, it was established (25 years after his marriage and naturalization as British) that he had had British citizenship from birth as a descendant of Queen Victoria (and further back).

But so had the German Kaiser and Russian Tsar!

It's bewildering to us Yanks. At one point, IIRC, nearly half of the major realms of Europe were ruled by, essentially, cousins in the same familiy, no?

 

[Philthy_Phil]

It's bewildering to us Yanks. At one point, IIRC, nearly half of the major realms of Europe were ruled by, essentially, cousins in the same familiy, no?

The tides are bewildering to about 70 million yanks...

 

[oggbashan]

It's bewildering to us Yanks. At one point, IIRC, nearly half of the major realms of Europe were ruled by, essentially, cousins in the same familiy, no?

Yes. The First World War was described as the war between cousins.

The English King, the German Kaiser, the Russian Tsar and the Austro-Hungarian Emperor were all related as were monarchs or rulers of other European states.

Most were related to Queen Victoria.

It was just as true in earlier centuries which is why Henry V could make a (probably spurious) claim to the Crown of France.

Way back in my maternal history, I, like many other long-established English families, can claim descent from a royal - Henry II for me through a younger daughter of a disgraced nobleman. She married a yeoman farmer when her father was stripped of his land and titles. But because her father was noble, his ancestry is a matter of record back to Henry II and the Counts of Provence.

Everyone else on that line were just farmers - not farm workers, but farm owners.

PS. George Washington was descended from royalty too:

George Washington's ancestry points back to England, as did many of the people living in colonial America during his time. His earliest ancestors include several members of the English royalty, the most significant of whom was the great king Charlemagne.

https://www.georgewashington.org/an...ficant of whom was the great king Charlemagne.

 

[2021Noobie]

?? Was he Greek or a descendant of the German royalty loaned to Greece?

Wonderful form of government! Power bestowed by “watery tarts” or some such as Monty Python explained in “The Holy Grail”

 

[oggbashan]

?? Was he Greek or a descendant of the German royalty loaned to Greece?

Wonderful form of government! Power bestowed by “watery tarts” or some such as Monty Python explained in “The Holy Grail”

He was German/Danish and a Greek/British citizen. He was the son of the exiled Greek King. But he was descended, as many European royals were, from Queen Victoria.

 

[oggbashan]

An oddity.

Since the death of the Duke's father in 1944, Prince Philip has been the exiled King of Greece.
Hhis eldest son, Prince Charles, is the new exiled King of Greece. Now, he can keep his marbles.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Yes. The First World War was described as the war between cousins.

The English King, the German Kaiser, the Russian Tsar and the Austro-Hungarian Emperor were all related as were monarchs or rulers of other European states.

Most were related to Queen Victoria.

It was just as true in earlier centuries which is why Henry V could make a (probably spurious) claim to the Crown of France.

Way back in my maternal history, I, like many other long-established English families, can claim descent from a royal - Henry II for me through a younger daughter of a disgraced nobleman. She married a yeoman farmer when her father was stripped of his land and titles. But because her father was noble, his ancestry is a matter of record back to Henry II and the Counts of Provence.

Everyone else on that line were just farmers - not farm workers, but farm owners.

PS. George Washington was descended from royalty too:

George Washington's ancestry points back to England, as did many of the people living in colonial America during his time. His earliest ancestors include several members of the English royalty, the most significant of whom was the great king Charlemagne.

https://www.georgewashington.org/an...ficant of whom was the great king Charlemagne.

Just think, without this mind-boggling interlocking of monarchies, we wouldn't have the glorious victory at Agincourt or, more importantly, Henry's St. Crispain's Day speech. That'd be a shame.

 

[Wrong Element]

It's bewildering to us Yanks. At one point, IIRC, nearly half of the major realms of Europe were ruled by, essentially, cousins in the same familiy, no?

Sometimes even the same person. 500 years ago, Emperor Charles V was ruling Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain, which meant he was also ruling the parts of the New World that had been colonized by Spain. And that was all through inheritances, not conquests.

 

[oggbashan]

Sometimes even the same person. 500 years ago, Emperor Charles V was ruling Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain, which meant he was also ruling the parts of the New World that had been colonized by Spain. And that was all through inheritances, not conquests.

And life could get complicated for monarchs. For some parts of the lands they ruled they could owe fealty to another King as did some English/Norman Kings for parts of France. Or a king could owe fealty to another King for one part, and the other King fealty to the first for another part.

Often the Pope had to intercede to sort out the knot. As for the Holy Roman Emperor? He wasn't Holy, nor Roman and most countries didn't recognise the Empire either...

 

[KeithD]

?? Was he Greek or a descendant of the German royalty loaned to Greece?

Wonderful form of government! Power bestowed by “watery tarts” or some such as Monty Python explained in “The Holy Grail”

Wasn't he actually from the Danish house, but born on Corfu and raised largely in England--a Mountbatten--and in the British Navy by age 18?

The House of Windsor isn't English at all, is it? Isn't it German?

 

[oggbashan]

Wasn't he actually from the Danish house, but born on Corfu and raised largely in England--a Mountbatten--and in the British Navy by age 18?

The House of Windsor isn't English at all, is it? Isn't it German?

Yes, and Yes. Prince Philip (of Greece) had to be smuggled out of Greece aged 18 months when his father was condemned to death. He was an officer in action in the Royal Navy during the Mediterranean campaign and in the Pacific.

The royal house changed its name during WW1. It had been:

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - an anglicised version of the German name.

 

[gxnn]

RIP


Also, fuck china!

Show some respect to the dead, if your parents haven't had time to teach you how to be a good man, here I will teach you free of charge.
Shame on you.
do you think that with your limpy small string bean you are able to fuck china?

 

[nowisthetime]

I loved his slick mouth, he had quite the sense of humor.

Lol, I could imagine how the Queen would flinch when he would say something off, you know she found that a bit endearing, they were opposites-she was more quiet, tight-lipped, and he...well he didn't give a damn, he had a bit of an edge to him.

We love that in men, no matter what.

Rest in peace, he lived a long and rewarding life.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I thought this was a pretty apt summary of Prince Phillip's life and times

The kind of racism Prince Philip exuded embodies the spirit of British and European imperialism in its heyday. This is how the British thought when they ruled India, the French when they controlled Morocco, the Italians when they invaded Libya, and the Belgians when they conquered the Congo.

Today, the privileged and aristocratic class learned how to camouflage their racism in various symbols and euphemisms. The kind of fanaticism that Prince Philip exuded is now seen as rude and vulgar, old-fashioned and outdated, presumably categorized and directed towards the lower social classes. Racism, now, should be more subtle, some of them would say.

The unique characteristic of Prince Philip is that he was a royal from the heart of the British (and European) aristocracy. He told it as he saw fit and couldn’t care less about what anyone thought.