Just heard it. He was 99, and died of a broken heart because Markle called him a racist. Well, that's what the American media thinks.

I care so little about it that I’m gonna waste my time telling you i don’t care.

#mannlicher

He appeared to be a good man of a generation not to be seen again. RIP.

Be a very good bet that is not the answer then.

He had a pretty good run:

Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles, became a naturalised British subject, and adopted his maternal grandparents' surname Mountbatten. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the style His Royal Highness and created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was made a British prince in 1957.

99...
Good run....

Yep, the British royals tend to be long lived. All the infant blood they drink. LOL.

But seriously, RIP. He seemed a decent royal type.

The very best medical care would help, and not flogging their bodies to pieces earning a crust wouldn't hurt either.

Check out his full name w/titles, et al:

What is Prince Philip’s full title?

Today Prince Philips has 19 official titles to his name. There are an incredible 133 words in all his titles.

The full list of titles is: "His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Order of Australia, Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu, Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Lord of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Councillor of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom."

On the morning of his wedding in November 1947, King George VI bestowed on Philip the official title of His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh. He was made the Baron of Greenwich the Earl of Merioneth.

What's the over/under on the news cycle? Will it be longer that Kobe Bryant's?

I have very little concern about the Royal Family, but I do not think it's right for the American media to constantly slam them, based entirely on what a half-breed Negro says.

Well, yes. Royal funeral with lots of pomp and tradition.

Touché!!

“Who da fook is that guy?”


In my best Conor McGregor voice

I didn't even know he was sick.


Fought 2 wars so we didn't have to worry about the comings and goings of the Brit royals.

Love my Brit and Irish friends but don't give a toss about their aristocracy

Never as beloved as the Queen herself, I’m wondering if she will step down now.

Regardless the big question for the Brits is prob’ly gonna be if the already seventy-something Prince Charles assumes the throne at last, or if it’s gonna be his son Prince Edward, the overwhelmingly more popular choice in England.

Interesting education and military service:

In 1933, he was sent to Schule Schloss Salem in southern Germany, which was run by educational pioneer Kurt Hahn. But within months, Hahn, who was Jewish, was forced to flee Nazi persecution.

Seafaring tradition

Hahn moved to Scotland where he founded Gordonstoun school, to which the prince transferred after only two terms in Germany.

Gordonstoun's Spartan regime, with its emphasis on self-reliance, was the ideal environment for a teenage boy who, separated from his parents, felt very much on his own.

With war looming, Prince Philip decided on a military career. He wanted to join the Royal Air Force but his mother's family had a seafaring tradition and he became a cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

While there he was delegated to escort the two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the college.

According to witnesses, Prince Philip showed off a great deal. But the meeting made a deep impression on the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth.

Philip quickly proved himself an outstanding prospect, passing out at the top of his class in January 1940 and seeing military action for the first time in the Indian Ocean.

He transferred to the battleship HMS Valiant in the Mediterranean Fleet, where he was mentioned in dispatches for his part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941.

As the officer in charge of the ship's searchlights, he played a crucial role in this decisive night action.

"I found another ship and it lit up the middle part of it, whereupon it practically disappeared instantly under a salvo of 15in shells at point-blank range," he told BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

By October 1942, he was one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, serving on board the destroyer HMS Wallace.

Charles will be King, but someone's going to have to pry the Scepter from her cold, dead hand.......................

I don't think she will 'give it up' .............

Charles is thought of as a dolt by most brits and would like to see him skipped, but it ain't gonna happen...........


IMHO

Salute.

Always thought his brother Lord Mountbatten was the last limey of any importance with a set.

The Irish certainly seemed to think so.

So can the Queen shack up w a rap artist now?
That'll upstage that Markle gal.

Good. One less evil globalist on the planet.

Yup!

I'll just leave this ...Phil says

Uncle actually IIRC. Had two ships sunk out from underneath him, and ended up as maybe the best British General Officer in WWII for his work as CIC in SE Asia. Which is a pretty neat accomplishment for a Naval Officer from Germany.

Thanks for correction. Hence my comment. I thought they were more Greek?

He served his country in the military, more than most of our politicians do.

Rest in piece.

After his little run in with the IRA, more like rest in pieces.

Lord Mountbatten that is! 😉

That dude was busier'n hell up till a few years ago.

I am surprised he survived the partition of India to tell you the truth.

That made him fewer friends.

IIRC Mountbatten was related to both Elizabeth and Phillip, so I guess they were related to each other as well, which is probably why Charles' eyes are so close together. The Battenbergs changed their name to Mountbatten and then (at least Phillip) again to Windsor to clean the kraut off of themselves for their subjects. Phillip was from some branch that had wandered off and intermarried with Greece at some point.

Just looked it up, Mounbatten's sister married into the Greek royal family. Between Queen Victoria and there it was pretty much Deutschland Uber Alles.

Thanks Rufus. Knew the Boche connection. Couldn’t remember where the greek blood came from.

Hemophilia marches on!!

🤣

Philip liked to hunt, or shoot as they call it. I read that the queen raised and trained labrador retrievers. She didn't hunt so they'd go out together. She'd work the dogs and he'd do the shooting. When a dog returned a cripple, she'd personally wring it's neck with her queenly hands. I wonder if Kate or Meghan would do that.

Yo bitch, 250 years ago we kicked your ass.

They came back and Ol’ Hickory gave em a second dose of whoop azz.

Not sure but that sounds like a very proper way of saying sloppy seconds...

A great man has passed. God Bless him and the Queen. Edited to add, easy to discern the classless here...

Yeah, the chicken [bleep] IRA blew up a war hero! That's some accomplishment!

Umm....different house of royalty.

You know what I meant, nobody gives a fuqk about all them bullsheit names.

I would love to have met this guy

R I P, good Prince.

The Brit royalty has produced some military men of distinction over the centuries. I hate the idea of being special because of who your daddy was, but they have shown themselves well on the battlefield. Even Orgy Island Andrew served very well in the Falklands. Charles never saw combat but wears a chest full of medals from somewhere. He did serve and train but was never called to combat duty.

Actually, aside from that, they pretty much kicked ass, including burning Washington...

Before the tornado got 'em.

I know Jorge!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

They even killed Zebulon Pike!!!

Talk about marring , Up!

not really:

Although he married into the British monarchy, royalty was in Philip's blood since birth. On June 10, 1921, he was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark – the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, as well as the great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

Philip's deep-seated royal roots placed him in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 countries.

On Jorge!! Lets not forget Bladensburg!!! Navy gunners and Marine detatchment only ones who executed any tactical retrograde activity while others threw down their arms and ran!!

And old fuss & feathers at Lundy Lane!!

OK Jorge, I thought I was making a lighted hearted comment about the wealth of the royals.

In that case you would be 100% correct. I just grow weary of the classless here.. Apologies.

Yes, an unsophisticated bunch.

I'd much rather be a plain old , nobody than to live in a fishbowl like that.

Is that how he endorses his checks??

L.W.

And saved their asses 80 years ago

I see the ignorance continues unabated. Then again, what can one expect of an education system run by female democrats?

Be Well, RZ.

LOL! Reminds me of Constable Dogberry’s lines from Much Ado About Nothing.

Something to the effect, “ Be it written that I to, am an ass!"

( Referring to myself, Jorge! Not you! 😉).

Oh, but I am! (just with class apparently )

I don't know much about him,
Many of the comments here are news to me.

I do know it is in poor taste to speak ill of the dead.
So I will say
Rest in peace
And leave it at that.

I don’t wish to think Prince Philip would have gone all Banastre Tarelton on us. I believe he was probably a pretty nice guy.

A Brit by extraction, but one of the greatest generation; like many of we older gents’ parents.

He cared about wildlife and extinctions .

I really don't think I ever heard him speak.

He seemed ok to me and 99 is a great run.

From what I know of him he seemed to be a real alpha man's man who was placed in a supporting role - by his choice - and did his duty in that role to the best of his ability. Definitely lead an interesting and long life and I guess that's about as much as anyone can hope for.

It's amazing that in the year 2021, people look up to other humans as "royalty." That family is worth $88 billion due to centuries of exploiting the peasants...

..... also we can be sure that Phil never received any preferential treatment and there was never any cover up having to do with "royal fuqk ups"

Cant wait for Charles to be King , he ought to be as popular as Biden, and for the same reasons.

In the old days, if you questioned the royal family, they lopped off your head.

You’re gay.

Bunch of rabble....really. Eh old man?

My wife's father left his job as a coal miner in Yorkshire due to lack of opportunity for those born to a lower "class". He died here a wealthy man of dignity and a pretty classy guy.

In America your rep is earned not inherited. The royals are a parasitic tourist attraction.

#charlesisaroyaljokebuthasclass



mike r

I'll be honest, I just don't have a lot of [bleep] to give anymore, and certainly none for any brit royalty

The man had no choice about his lineage and circumstances of birth. He studied and learned, took responsibility, served well in the armed forces of his country during deadly wartime, courted and married a girl he apparently loved very much, and for more than 70 years performed loyally as a husband and in the very public supporting role. Which part should one not like? May the good man rest in peace. I feel sorry for his wife.

Well said.

Too bad he was a globalist piece of garbage, that probably diddled kids.

Good riddance

Yep.
There’s no class distinction in America.
No favoritism.
No elites.
Equal justice for all.
Everyone is treated the same.

Really nice story, though.

yeah and they burned washington

cccc i agree with you given the british mostly have been trying to hang my family for a long time.
some disagreement about who owns scotland

Well said CCCC. I sincerely doubt that anything Meghan sparkle ass could do or say would have bothered Prince Phillip one way or another. Now Charles would probably have a stroke though. Call him a globalist if you want your right to say what you want but I'd say for sure we got 100 million plus Democrats we don't need right here in the USA.

Meh...the English monarchical system created the most free society to ever grace the earth. Sure, there were class distinctions but they were mostly customary. By the 18th and 19th centuries it was possible for men to raise themselves up from poverty to great wealth and influence. But from the Middle Ages forward people of all classes had a degree of freedom we would find unimaginable today. And the aristocracy and the monarchy played a role in that. To be sure, there were many cases of squandered wealth and useless behavior, but they also provided a class of people who had a great interest in seeing the country and the system prosper far beyond the mere accumulation of wealth.

It’s seems that they really went downhill after parliament got full supremacy in 1911. Since then, they really haven’t been different than any other modern system. I’m not sure how so many of you can sniff dismissively at what they were when you contrast them to what we have here today. Our elites treat us like draft horses caring only about the accumulation of wealth and naked power without even the pretense of caring for the long term well being of the country. They routinely avoid prosecution and shake off scandals that would have forced a 19th century British Aristocrat to leave the country in disgrace.

Like I said, those people aren’t and weren’t perfect, but it sure looks like they were better than what we have now. As Anton Sugar said in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, “ If the rule you followed brought you to this, what use was the rule?” Seems like we should be asking ourselves that question more today than championing our superiority in everything.

Think we could get them to pull that trick again?

I'm supposed to respect this man because he married someone for a lucrative income?

- He had plenty of other choices. He just took the easy one.
- Studied and learned? So what? Why does that merit anyone's respect for living off the public dole?
- Took responsibility? For what?
- Served in the Armed Forces? All Royals do that. Only a few actually place themselves at risk. He never did. His role was symbolic.
- Married a girl he loved? One who just happened to come with a life of luxury and a huge income for very little effort.
- Performed for 70 years as a husband and public figure? I agree that it was a performance, and he was an actor, who was paid "royally" for his role.

Like all Royals, he accomplished nothing more than to be part of an anachronism that served as a tradition and a tourist attraction. It did bring in a lot of money for England though, so he earned his acting stipend I suppose.

Doesn’t anyone know a damn thing about the War of 1812????? Of course they burned Washington BEFORE the battle At Chalmette.

And PLEEEESE do not hit me with that Treaty of Ghent stuff had already been signed allegedly ending the war. Packingham and Jackson both knew nothing of the treaty signing. AND The Senate hadn’t even ratified the treaty, let alone knew it had been signed either!

So if the Brits had been successful at Chalmette think they would have surrendered their gain to the Americans?? Hell no!!!! And I guarantee the senate would not have ratified the treaty had they not!!

Which means only one thing. And that is the brits would have probably burned Washington a second time.

You don’t much about him. His grandfather was First Lord of the Admiralty. The British Navy was a family tradition. He served in the British Navy well before his relationship with Elizabeth and in combat in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. He was mentioned in dispatches for personal bravery and he is generally regarded as saving his ship in the invasion of Sicily.

Whatever else he was or wasn’t, he was generally a man’s man.

Something we're all thinking about right now, I would suggest. Maybe burning down Washington DC every few years would be a good thing.

How many of our politicians have served in the US military?

Inbred goober like the rest of the royal family. What do they do?

How long til Covid gets the blame?

Saddlegun,

You are entitled to your opinion of course.

However, there is almost nothing correct in your post, so you are not really basing your opinion on facts.

Cheers,
John

How many here do you think really give a rat's butt who or what you respect?

One of the Greatest Generation. RIP. Hasbeen

Do you think we could talk them into burning it again...........like maybe next week.

Well I’m all for it. 😉

Kate appears very much to be into it as the queen was. At least one of the boys married well.

https://www.thehuntingnews.com/anti-hunters-blast-kate-middleton-after-pheasant-hunt/

Yeah it seems harry is a bit of a rotter and rake like his dad and mom while william and Kate tow the line and carry the royal load on their backs. But harry isn't the first young man who let his little head do his thinking for him and then let's the woman lead him around by the end of his dick. To bad at that. Mb

Certainly not the former President.

I think Harry was fine until he hooked up with Markle. By all accounts he handled himself well and was well liked in Afghanistan in the Army. He is just relatively weak. Not a bad guy, just pussy whipped and weak. He wouldn’t be the first guy ruined by a piece of ass that no one else can see the charm in.

Always remember...pussy is undefeated.

Well said. Here's a good interview that covers some of his war service, particularly in the pacific

I have no idea about what you are "supposed" to respect or do with regard to the man, and have to wonder why you would think anyone here is trying to tell you what to do. Your suppositions and personal needs do not form any basis for rational and objective discussion. Obviously you are free here to state whatever opinions you wish and make proclamations about the man, even if replete with baseless assumptions and errors. But, how silly to base that on a pretense that someone told you what you should respect.

He served in combat at risk to his life. Seeing as you are in CANADA we will expect to see you take off your hat and bow your head in a few days......

Your last sentence is absolutely Signature Quality !

Make mine a double.