RIP Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

Harry, getting ready to attend his Grandfather's funeral...and...while some are stewing about his brief tribute...he will be back in the arms of his family.

He was very wise to say as little as possible.

 

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The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Wessex and Princess Royal would have been, by convention for a royal ceremonial funeral, in full military uniform

In an unprecedented about-turn, a last minute decision, approved by the Queen, has been made that no royals will wear military uniform in order to present a united family front.

Behind the scenes, courtiers have been racked by concern that Prince Harry, who was forced to give up his honorary military titles after he acrimoniously quit royal duties and moved to the US, would be the only senior royal not in uniform. Prince Andrew will be disappointed, he wanted to wear an Admirals uniform.
 
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Prince William and Prince Harry won't walk side-by-side as they follow their grandfather's coffin into the church ahead of Prince Philip's funeral.

The decision should minimise the chances of any awkward moments between the brothers, who are grappling with strained relations since Prince Harry's decision to step away from royal duties last year.
 
mellowyellow said:
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Prince William and Prince Harry won't walk side-by-side as they follow their grandfather's coffin into the church ahead of Prince Philip's funeral.

The decision should minimise the chances of any awkward moments between the brothers, who are grappling with strained relations since Prince Harry's decision to step away from royal duties last year.
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Everything is so separated due to COVID funeral rules. Apparently the Queen will sit alone wearing a mask. Sad.

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mellowyellow said:
Prince William and Prince Harry won't walk side-by-side as they follow their grandfather's coffin into the church ahead of Prince Philip's funeral.

The decision should minimise the chances of any awkward moments between the brothers, who are grappling with strained relations since Prince Harry's decision to step away from royal duties last year.
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I think people are making too much of this .... if they were side by side, does anyone really think they would be giving the evil eye to each other? .. or worse yet, throwing punches at each other? I certainly don't.
 
Warrigal said:
He did cut a dashing figure as a young man, didn't he?
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He did. No wonder she was smitten at first sight. She's blessed to have fallen for a guy who understood the challenges of marrying a queen. I don't know when he began to love her (reportedly carried her photo for several years before their engagement), but it couldn't have been very hard to love a young woman so beautiful and wise.
 
Swedish TV showed a one hour documentary about him the other evening. He came over in a much more positive light than the popular press have often portrayed him. It can’t always have been easy having to be one step behind so much of the time.

Two things stood out for me.

What a pillar of support he was to the Queen.

In some of his speeches you could hear how alike his and Charles’ voices were.

One other incident that had me in tears laughing was when the female TV reporter was doing a commentary on their visit to Malta and he quietly stopped behind her and when she finished talking said with a big smile ”Have you finished?” and they both burst out laughing.

He will be missed
 
yes in reality we've always known or at least I have, that PP was a really nice guy , and a real man, unlike so many today.

My o/h worked with him for a while as well and said the same...

He's going to be buried on my Birthday at the same time as I was born.... just another long line of co-incidences between the royal family and my own...( seriously)

May he R.I.P... I doubt we'll ever see another like him
 
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Bonnie said:
I think people are making too much of this .... if they were side by side, does anyone really think they would be giving the evil eye to each other? .. or worse yet, throwing punches at each other? I certainly don't.
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RadishRose said:
I agree @Bonnie. No one should have to juggle their placement in order to avoid either catching any cooties. 🙄
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This is not to stop a fight or argument, they wouldn't do
anything like that at their Grandfather's funeral, it is just
a message to Prince Harry, for his recent actions and the
unjustified statements that he made in an interview with
Oprah Winfrey, probably to let him know that he really is
a "nobody", as far as the family is concerned.

I think.

Mike.
 
Live Video from Windsor.... the Duke will be brought out around 3pm
The palace has asked that people don't arrive to watch proceedings because of the coronavirus there is no state funeral..

 
Glowworm said:
I was thinking along those lines too but not living in Britain was trying to stay as neutral as possible. Though I do have dual Swedish/British or British/Swedish (whichever way you want to look at it) nationality
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I think we all feel very let down by Prince Harry...we've disowned him. So feel free to speak your mind...you'll probably say the very things that we are thinking.
At least he has done the decent thing and come over for the funeral, hopefully he'll catch the next flight back to the states and good riddance.
 
Most of you are doubtless aware of the family ties between the British and Swedish royal families. Our present king’s paternal grandmother Margaret was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter.

What you may not know is that Prince Philip was a Knight of the Swedish Serafim Order an honour bestowed upon him by the late King Gustav VI of Sweden whose first wife was Princess Margaret (above) and whose second wife after Margaret died was Lady Louise Mountbatten sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten.

At twelve o’clock today at the Riddarholm Church in Stockholm there was a one hour long Serafim chime and flags on the Royal Palace in Stockholm are being flown at half mast both in honour of Prince Philip
 
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