Prince Philip Dies

 

His Royal Highness Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh has left this world. His loved ones have my condolences. That's all I can really say. I don't think they are large in number; the Queen, Prince Charles and other senior royals. Philip was very old, ninety-nine years; and to coin a phrase: "He had a good innings. It was just his time." Generally the British people seem to have a very neutral opinion of Prince Philip and that includes me. There are currently livestreams showing people at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace and I would not describe them as mourners. There are a few dozen bouquets left at Windsor, as well as a horse shaped balloon due to Philip's love of equestrian sports; but I've not seen any tears. Compare those scenes to the ones when Princess Diana was killed, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H1ToOAAsNg. Or even a commoner like Prof. Stephen Hawking, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awT8j1mcCB8. I cover this subject in more detail in this recent Third Rail Radio programme, see:https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2021/04/third-rail-radio-programme-102.html and this HPANWO TV livestream: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2021/04/prince-philip-death-livestream.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/01/crash-of-lizard-prince.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2019/01/prince-philips-car-crash.html.