I had an idea this news was on its way. He did his duty most admirably, made a few politically incorrect gaffs along the way but for a man of his age and with the ever changing ideas in political correctness that was bound to happen.
RIP......Old Chap.....RIP.
The below message was from a friend of mine:
Can’t deny his years of service to the monarchy, but my abiding memory of Prince Philip was meeting him at the Duke of Edinburgh awards ceremony. I was part of group of 8, and we were all of a BAME background. Upon meeting us, he stated "Your parents must have had a torrid time raising 8 boys!” We were all unrelated. Simpler times.
In 1992 I met him when he and the Queen visited my workplace - I didn’t meet the Queen, but he wandered over to my desk, and asked who I was, what I did, and if played any sport - I said football, cricket and squash - he then spent 5 mins chatting to me about the England cricket team - really nice bloke, very down to earth
And here is the proof !!!
The lady in the middle was my manager, who quickly came over to make sure I didn’t say anything unacceptable (which I am prone to doing)
I'm a small "r" Norn Irish republican, but he deserves respect for much of the life he led.
He may have used, shall we say, "unfortunate" language at times, but many whose lives were formed in the 1920s and 1930s do (try reading descriptions in an Agatha Christie novel), I never thought there was any active malice behind it.
We probably would not have got on if we'd met, but, if it were for nothing else other than his wartime service and the Duke Of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, I would consider his passing worthy of respect.
When he was made Duke of Edinburgh, prior to his wedding 74 years ago, he was also given a welsh title of Earl of Merioneth and an English title of Baron Greenwich, His association with the borough included being a member of the board of the National Maritime Museum and closely associated with bringing the Cutty Sark to the borough. RIP
I accompanied a previous boss (he's ex forces, I'm not) to pay respects to a guardsman who had lost his life in Afghanistan or Iraq (I can't remember which), and while we were waiting outside the guards chapel for the funeral to start, a lone land rover Discovery pulled up, and out got Prince Philip to pay his respects, which I was later told he did for every fallen guardsman at the time.
Pretty cool thing to do if you ask me.
RIP - what ever you think of the man, he was also someone's husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
In 1992 I met him when he and the Queen visited my workplace - I didn’t meet the Queen, but he wandered over to my desk, and asked who I was, what I did, and if played any sport - I said football, cricket and squash - he then spent 5 mins chatting to me about the England cricket team - really nice bloke, very down to earth
And here is the proof !!!
The lady in the middle was my manager, who quickly came over to make sure I didn’t say anything unacceptable (which I am prone to doing)
Your boss has got a very worried looking smile.
She was a lovely lady - sadly died far too young - heavy smoker in the days when you could smoke in the office - looked after me and looked out for me when I was a bit of a nightmare / jack the lad in my late teens / early 20’s
She was a Special Constable at Bexleyheath Police Station - worked most Friday and Saturday nights in Bexleyheath
I will never forget her calling me into her office one Monday afternoon - she closed the door, offered me a fag and a Gin and Tonic (those were the days !!!) - and then said she had seen me from her Police van on the Saturday night just gone in Bexleyheath - I immediately knew what she had seen - me and my mates had been in the Drayman and it kicked off with another bunch of blokes outside (one of my mates chatting up a girl, not knowing her boyfriend was in there)
There was a bit of a ruck, punches thrown etc - I was in the mix - but it was all a bit handbags to be honest
She said to me that if ever she was in Bexleyheath and I got arrested, she would not be able to help me, and would I please not go out in Bexleyheath
I took the advice on board, as I respected her so much, I didn’t want to embarrass her
She was petrified when the Duke decided to speak to me, but so relieved I behaved
I still work for the same bank - joined Jan 1987 !!!
I accompanied a previous boss (he's ex forces, I'm not) to pay respects to a guardsman who had lost his life in Afghanistan or Iraq (I can't remember which), and while we were waiting outside the guards chapel for the funeral to start, a lone land rover Discovery pulled up, and out got Prince Philip to pay his respects, which I was later told he did for every fallen guardsman at the time.
Pretty cool thing to do if you ask me.
RIP - what ever you think of the man, he was also someone's husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
I sense an unease to say anything good about him. He’s made a few verbal gaffes- I suspect with no malice intended- but he’s done a huge amount of good public service and is undeniably a war hero.
When he was made Duke of Edinburgh, prior to his wedding 74 years ago, he was also given a welsh title of Earl of Merioneth and an English title of Baron Greenwich, His association with the borough included being a member of the board of the National Maritime Museum and closely associated with bringing the Cutty Sark to the borough. RIP
I didn’t know the stuff about Greenwich either. Just been a large segment on Greenwich on the news about the Cutty Sark snd his role. Very interesting.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying out his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
RIP, Sir.
Are you one of the two Moustache'd fellas?
Ha, not quite mate. The guy on the bottom far left was the 'steward', the fella bottom far right was the co-pilot.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
RIP, Sir.
Ere, you'll never guess who I had in the back of my cab plane the other day...
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying out his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying out his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
During my RAF career, I was honoured and privileged to be selected to serve on 'The Queen's Flight' at RAF Benson between 1992-95 (before the flight then lost its autonomous status, disbanded, and amalgated with 32Sqn at RAF Northolt).
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying out his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
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Can’t deny his years of service to the monarchy, but my abiding memory of Prince Philip was meeting him at the Duke of Edinburgh awards ceremony. I was part of group of 8, and we were all of a BAME background. Upon meeting us, he stated "Your parents must have had a torrid time raising 8 boys!” We were all unrelated. Simpler times.
RIP.
You just know that these compilations of best gaffes/comments of Prince Philip were ready to go.
Some of these have had me proper laughing out loud.
He may have used, shall we say, "unfortunate" language at times, but many whose lives were formed in the 1920s and 1930s do (try reading descriptions in an Agatha Christie novel), I never thought there was any active malice behind it.
We probably would not have got on if we'd met, but, if it were for nothing else other than his wartime service and the Duke Of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, I would consider his passing worthy of respect.
RIP.
RIP
Pretty cool thing to do if you ask me.
RIP - what ever you think of the man, he was also someone's husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
She was a Special Constable at Bexleyheath Police Station - worked most Friday and Saturday nights in Bexleyheath
I will never forget her calling me into her office one Monday afternoon - she closed the door, offered me a fag and a Gin and Tonic (those were the days !!!) - and then said she had seen me from her Police van on the Saturday night just gone in Bexleyheath - I immediately knew what she had seen - me and my mates had been in the Drayman and it kicked off with another bunch of blokes outside (one of my mates chatting up a girl, not knowing her boyfriend was in there)
There was a bit of a ruck, punches thrown etc - I was in the mix - but it was all a bit handbags to be honest
She said to me that if ever she was in Bexleyheath and I got arrested, she would not be able to help me, and would I please not go out in Bexleyheath
I took the advice on board, as I respected her so much, I didn’t want to embarrass her
She was petrified when the Duke decided to speak to me, but so relieved I behaved
I still work for the same bank - joined Jan 1987 !!!
RIP
RIP.
Simple really. Although one thing is for sure, none of these people are happy or successful people.
Ding dong ‘hello, are you my Dad’
😱
I was extremely lucky to have a role that involved me regularly flying with members of the Royal Family.
My 'big' tour (if you like) was with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994; 3 weeks touring India and Pakistan when he was carrying out his World Wildlife Fund role.
This is the end of tour 'crew photo' that was taken during a refuel stop at Muscat airport.
RIP, Sir.
I'm the 'youngster' on the steps, 3rd one down.
Out of interest - what is the plane ?