Shame....but a damn good innings.

Phil.

A Sad loss.

An era is drawing to a close...
I wonder if any of the 'automatic' 'anti-Royalists' will actually READ his obit? You don't get that level of commitment to 'service', now.

Quote from: Big Insect on 09 April 2021, 03:58:04 PM
Would the coronation of King Charles III lift the spirits of the nation at these troubled times, or would it mean ECWII ?

As has been noted his death does begin to signal the end of an age. Technically, should it happen, It would be ECWIV I believe. 

Quote from: Big Insect on 09 April 2021, 03:58:04 PM
Would the coronation of King Charles III lift the spirits of the nation at these troubled times, or would it mean ECWII ?

Quote from: d_Guy on 09 April 2021, 05:58:36 PM
As has been noted his death does begin to signal the end of an age. Technically, should it happen, It would be ECWIV I believe. 

Well the monarch is currently alive and one might hope she will remain so for many years.

I understood Charles was going to go with George VII, assuming he becomes monarch in the distant future.

Yep, he's going to be George VII, assuming he chooses to take the throne. Given the issues with Charles I & II, choosing to be Charles III probably wouldn't be the best move.

My grandfather met him on a couple of occasions during his time in the Army and held him in quite some regard.  One story he told was about some official event with two long-term 'rival' regiments present who had arranged themselves on opposite sides of the room with a large swathe of 'no man's land' across the centre.  When Prince Philip arrived and was briefed on the situation he got the officers from both sides in the middle, spoke to them for 2 minutes and the two sides came together for the rest of the event.

Quote from: d_Guy on 09 April 2021, 05:58:36 PM
As has been noted his death does begin to signal the end of an age. Technically, should it happen, It would be ECWIV I believe. 

In the alternative reality 5 years in the future y the invasion/liberation ( depending on one's viewpoint) led by Harry has started

He was the Colonel of the Int Corps. He still held that title at death.
He had a standing brief that he would make someone laugh before he left each room he entered on official business. If no one laughed he got ruder and ruder until he put his foot in it.
They said he was as sharp as a tack until the end, and had a wicked sense of humour. Interesting to hear today that he tried to reconcile with Diana before her death.

Not a fan of the royals, but am a fan of a man so committed to his job he spent 70 years doing it.

DMX apparently a legendary rapper that in my ignorance I had not heard of

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/09/entertainment/dmx-rapper-dies/index.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/04/09/spiritual-succession-islanders-worshipped-prince-philip-god/

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 09 April 2021, 10:45:03 PM
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/04/09/spiritual-succession-islanders-worshipped-prince-philip-god/

That is funny because if Phillip was still alive he would probably have asked them if they still chucked spears at each other

Quote from: Steve J on 09 April 2021, 09:00:55 PM
Yep, he's going to be George VII, assuming he chooses to take the throne. Given the issues with Charles I & II, choosing to be Charles III probably wouldn't be the best move.

Better mad than Catholic, as the Archbishop of Canterbury regularly reminds him.

I know that some of them were same, but how well will George play in terms of Commonwealth cohesion?

Quote from: flamingpig0 on 09 April 2021, 10:41:56 PM
DMX apparently a legendary rapper that in my ignorance I had not heard of

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/09/entertainment/dmx-rapper-dies/index.html

It's generally a poor publicity move to name yourself after a children's bicycle.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 09 April 2021, 11:29:46 PM
It's generally a poor publicity move to name yourself after a children's bicycle.

Wasn't that BMX?

Quote from: hammurabi70 on 09 April 2021, 08:26:49 PM
Well the monarch is currently alive and one might hope she will remain so for many years.

Unfortunately The death of a lifetime spouse at the age the Queen is often has a detrimental effect on the longevity of the surviving spouse.