Prince Philip Dies - mod warning in OP. Read it or get yourself threadbanned

Tyrone212

razorblunt wrote: »

This is stated a lot but it's not a true reflection of the tourist effect. The tourist industry would survive with or without the Royal Family being in situ. Balmoral, Buckingham Palace, Windsor will all remain / become attractions.

Look at Edinburgh Castle, makes millions.

The most visited country in the world beheaded their monarchy. Its a load of balls. If anything , it would attract more tourists if they could go inside those properties instead of standing outside a gate all day like a geek.

Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

"Prince Philip will not lie in state and there will be no state funeral after his death
[...]
His ceremonial royal funeral will be televised and broadcast to the country with crowds anywhere to be discouraged.
[...]
It is thought a small, socially-distanced service will take place at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Berkshire."


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6906469/How-Prince-Philip-royal-ceremonial-funeral-Windsor.html

cheers, I was wondering how they would handle it.

Gregor Samsa

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Itv, bbc etc interrupted their broadcast to play the national anthem when news broke he had died.

Two minutes of music isn't really the same as a country run by 3 generations of dictators, though, is it?

JJayoo

Poor Megan hope she is ok

Tyrone212

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Two minutes of music isn't really the same as a country run by 3 generations of dictators, though, is it?

You're right. Must be 30 generations in Britain.

Tyrone212

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Itv, bbc etc interrupted their broadcast to play the national anthem when news broke he had died.

And bars and clubs played the Irish national anthem straight after Maniac 2000!

kildare lad

The queen must be very upset at the death of her cousin/husband

Neyite

kildare lad wrote: »

The queen must be very upset at the death of her cousin/husband

Her cusband.

Monkey arris

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

You borrowed that from Waterford Whispers

Borrowed off a mate, who might have

Tyrone212

kildare lad wrote: »

The queen must be very upset at the death of her cousin/husband

Heard inbreeding can have dangerous consequences for their children. Like not being able to sweat.

buttercups88

Jake1 wrote: »

cheers, I was wondering how they would handle it.

In fairness he had said he didn't want a full state funeral because he "didn't want a big fuss" so I don't think we would have had anything like what was for the Queen mother or princess Diana if covid wasnt an issue

boardise

tdf7187 wrote: »

I am saddened. Only because our own West Brit Cruserite fraternity will be out in force on the airwaves over the next few weeks. Weeks? Scratch that, months. Years, probably.

I do so hope you'll survive the trauma.

As for somebody still hawking around the term 'West Brit' --God help us ...there's little hope.

boardise

Jack Carter wrote: »

Boomer is internet slang for an older person who is out of touch with modern society.

Yet another piece of latterday terminological crap.

begbysback

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Heard inbreeding can have dangerous consequences for their children. Like not being able to sweat.

This could actually be useful in certain situations, ie. taking a lie detector test, not having to replace clothes after sports, no body odour.

RandomViewer

John Bruton will have the black suit on and doing interviews with everyone from Duffy to Seamus the Dog about how he once was in the same building as Phil,

ohnonotgmail

boardise wrote: »

Yet another piece of latterday terminological crap.

if you by latter day you mean from the 1960s then yes.

RandomViewer

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Heard inbreeding can have dangerous consequences for their children. Like not being able to sweat.

Stating you don't sweat while sweating profusely could also be a symptom , wonder where will they put Andrew for the next few days, too grief stricken to attend?

Samsgirl

Jaysus, if it was last Friday he could have reappeared on Sunday.

Lucy8080

JJayoo wrote: »

Poor Megan hope she is ok

She'll be fine. She will be attending the real funeral 3 days before the official one.

JP Liz V1

knucklehead6 wrote: »

I wonder will Harry and Megan travel home?

I'd say so, they were on good terms with him and Queen Lizzy

RIP

RandomViewer

They'll borrow Ant and Dec's big Zoom screen so Micky and Leo can be seen at the back of the chapel

Neyite

Lucy8080 wrote: »

She'll be fine. She will be attending the real funeral 3 days before the official one.

Thanks. I nearly choked on a malteaser when I read this.

knucklehead6

Lucy8080 wrote: »

She'll be fine. She will be attending the real funeral 3 days before the official one.

Neyite wrote: »

Thanks. I nearly choked on a malteaser when I read this.

Yeah, i did one of those bark laughs which got me all sorts of suspicious looks here at home!

breezy1985

razorblunt wrote: »

This is stated a lot but it's not a true reflection of the tourist effect. The tourist industry would survive with or without the Royal Family being in situ. Balmoral, Buckingham Palace, Windsor will all remain / become attractions.

Look at Edinburgh Castle, makes millions.

Versailles still rakes it in.

JohnMcm1

Some of the responses here are incredibly insensitive. Regardless of your feelings toward him a family is currently grieving the loss of their loved one and we should all respect that. What if one of them were to come across some of the malicious comments here?

knucklehead6

JohnMcm1 wrote: »

Some of the responses here are incredibly insensitive. Regardless of your feelings toward him a family is currently grieving the loss of their loved one and we should all respect that. What if one of them were to come across some of the malicious comments here?

Cue Helen Lovejoy "Won't someone think of the Royals"

This one is from an ENGLISH site.
https://twitter.com/newsthump/status/1380486364135895044?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Lennox Gilbey

Sharpyshoot wrote: »

What time is the removal on at?

6pm tomorrow, St. Michael's, Inchicore.

JohnMcm1

knucklehead6 wrote: »

Cue Helen Lovejoy "Won't someone think of the Royals"

This one is from an ENGLISH site.

I assume this is satirical? Similar to the onion.

Kivaro

razorblunt wrote: »

I met him once at a function, he was surprisingly down to earth and very funny.

Was that at a "private members" function?

retro:electro

Lucy8080 wrote: »

She'll be fine. She will be attending the real funeral 3 days before the official one.

Nobody knows that.