The Royals
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I can't remember why I didn't get mine in the end as I did all the things. Probably poor admin0
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I had actually avoided a lot of it but had a short listen to the radio. I did not realise the scale of this!
Ok, Vincent by Don McLean is a reasonable choice (let's forget that it's about the suicide of a particular person) but The Power of Love..?
...the Actual Feck?
🎶Cos I'm your Queenie?
And you are my prince? 🎶
The only qualification for that is because it's slightly dirgy? How is it an appropriate memorial song at all??!!We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I hope somewhere they played “In the navy” by the Village people as a tribute.0
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Perhaps you need to put together the most inappropriate playlist you can, but which on the surface appears to be relevant.
Or is it too soon?0 -
It's NEVER too soon1
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That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrdddraver said:Head - Prince (a rich source here)
Macho Man - also from the Village People
Fortunate Son - CCR
You Should See Me in a Crown - Billie Eilish"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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Having seen the listings for what BBC1 put out in prime time tonight, can we have more Phil tributes please?1
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I do like this -
Martin Rowson, Guardian cartoonist, on him and Peter Brooks (Times cartoonists) meeting Philip.
"‘The Times? Bloody Murdoch rag! Wouldn’t have it in the house! Dreadful self-righteous rubbish!’
“At which point I interjected to say that the Guardian was the self-righteous one"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/10/murdoch-rag-martin-rowson-recalls-prince-philips-verdict-on-the-times0 -
One of the few things I knew was that they met when he was at Dartmouth but had no idea he had a remarkable naval career. Now you have planted the seed I will google but previously I have neither read, listened or watched anything about him. My only knowledge is when he has intersected with my other areas of knowledge. I can also tell you where he (they) were staying when her Dad died.rjsterry said:
I thought you might have taken an interest given his pretty remarkable naval career, all in his early twenties.surrey_commuter said:
I hate the idea of royalty and have no interest in them so learned more about him reading The Economist obituary than I had garnered before.rick_chasey said:
I don’t hate the guy. Until the bbc went weird about his death I barely knew anything about him. He wasn’t head of state, just married to them, so I figured he was just some one else irrelevant caught in the trappings of the royals who spends his day doing charitable stuff to justify the royal existence.blazing_saddles said:So, Rick hates the Police because somebody stole his bike and now he hates the monarchy because the DoE stole his music by dying at an inconvenient time.
The NHS better not steal his vaccination or I fear the Cake Stop may not be able to cope.
It’s not a particularly extreme position I’m taking - the coverage and the “mourning” is totally out of proportion to what has happened.
I remember being incandescent when Diana died as they took the World Waterski Championships off the TV. To this day I don’t get why you need the same program on both channels. You learn to impose your own media blackout and it does not bother you so much.
ETA - just googled and could not be bothered to wade through the sh1t although I remain intrigued that his remarkable naval career is not in the headlines that are unmissable0 -
Maybe it was something to do with the BJ?shirley_basso said:I can't remember why I didn't get mine in the end as I did all the things. Probably poor admin
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There's a section on his Wikipedia page.surrey_commuter said:
One of the few things I knew was that they met when he was at Dartmouth but had no idea he had a remarkable naval career. Now you have planted the seed I will google but previously I have neither read, listened or watched anything about him. My only knowledge is when he has intersected with my other areas of knowledge. I can also tell you where he (they) were staying when her Dad died.rjsterry said:
I thought you might have taken an interest given his pretty remarkable naval career, all in his early twenties.surrey_commuter said:
I hate the idea of royalty and have no interest in them so learned more about him reading The Economist obituary than I had garnered before.rick_chasey said:
I don’t hate the guy. Until the bbc went weird about his death I barely knew anything about him. He wasn’t head of state, just married to them, so I figured he was just some one else irrelevant caught in the trappings of the royals who spends his day doing charitable stuff to justify the royal existence.blazing_saddles said:So, Rick hates the Police because somebody stole his bike and now he hates the monarchy because the DoE stole his music by dying at an inconvenient time.
The NHS better not steal his vaccination or I fear the Cake Stop may not be able to cope.
It’s not a particularly extreme position I’m taking - the coverage and the “mourning” is totally out of proportion to what has happened.
I remember being incandescent when Diana died as they took the World Waterski Championships off the TV. To this day I don’t get why you need the same program on both channels. You learn to impose your own media blackout and it does not bother you so much.
ETA - just googled and could not be bothered to wade through the censored although I remain intrigued that his remarkable naval career is not in the headlines that are unmissable1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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If people entering the UK are supposed to self isolate for ten days, and the funeral is on 17th April, how is Harry Markel going to be able to attend it (legally) if he's still in the States at the moment?
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You can still attend a funeral during the isolation period so he'll be ok to attend.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]1
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Harry had better be careful then[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]2
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How is that isolation? I thought you were supposed to stay at a hotel or home, not sure on the requirements from USA.DeVlaeminck said:You can still attend a funeral during the isolation period so he'll be ok to attend.
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Fvck me I did not realise he was a paedo!!! did they have that section on there when he was alive?-2
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You can break your self isolation to attend a funeral of a close relative.capt_slog said:
How is that isolation? I thought you were supposed to stay at a hotel or home, not sure on the requirements from USA.DeVlaeminck said:You can still attend a funeral during the isolation period so he'll be ok to attend.
He'll have isolate at all other times and not share transport to the venue.0 -
Maybe it does not count if you keep it in the familyddraver said:Wrong prince?
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Where is he going to find somewhere to stay?kingstongraham said:
You can break your self isolation to attend a funeral of a close relative.capt_slog said:
How is that isolation? I thought you were supposed to stay at a hotel or home, not sure on the requirements from USA.DeVlaeminck said:You can still attend a funeral during the isolation period so he'll be ok to attend.
He'll have isolate at all other times and not share transport to the venue.0 -
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But very funnyshirley_basso said:0 -
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Actively involved not only with the organisation but also the young people that are provided with opportunity as a result of it.orraloon said:This is an honest question, I'm not on a wind up or trollboting.
How much involvement did Phil the Greek have in the DofE award scheme? Did he initiate, promote, have a role (in earlier days obvs), be active? Or is it a bit like the QE2 bridge, there's the name crack on?
a genuinely sustained over decades and first rate contribution to give young people the tools to be responsible and contribute to society.
And he wasn't involved for soshal meedya adoration or to become an influencer he did it selflessly from what i can tell. totally altruistic. one of the great british institutions and a right of passage for thousands of children and young adults.
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