Prince Philip has died.

So sad for the Queen and all the family. And anyone who admired Prince Philip.

She met him when she was 13 years old. They fell in love through corresponding by mail over several years. That is an 82 year long relationship. Many of us don’t even live that long. I can’t imagine her heartbreak.

www.foxnews.com/media/ap-obit-prince-philip-hits-racist-remarks.amp

I think it’s poor taste but then again I’m also a big believer that if you want to be remembered well don’t behave like an asshole throughout your life. Prince Philip said a lot of racist things. I got into a big row with my personal trainer when Kobe Bryant died about this very topic. I talk bad about the dead so sew me 🤷🏾‍♀️

Another poor taste thing I’ve been seeing in the comments is the insistence “outsiders” care about and or observe “protocol”....that’s y’all thing. Why would one need to type out husband of Queen Elizabeth after his name when I don’t buy into the whole Royal family. It would be like me insisting a British pea refer to Beyoncé and Queen Bee.

I'm so sad to hear this. Yes, he lived to a grand old age, but still - it's very sad.

Ohhhh , tears sprang to my eyes when I read this. I'm so very sad for the Queen and his whole family. Rest in Peace, dear man.

Honestly, I am a citizen of a Commonwealth country, and I wouldn't write 'husband of Queen Elizabeth II' after his name. It isn't part of his official title, and I think everyone knows who he's been married to for the past 74 years.

I am saddened to read of HRH Prince Phillip’s passing but I can’t stop remembering an article about the Queen and him roaring with laughter on the floor. Literally ROTF. That makes me think of a fun granddad and great grandad to all his children’s children. I am so UK Peas. We will miss him too.

How sad for the Queen, the royal family and the UK.
70 years together is a long time. My parents had been together a little longer, not married, but they lived on neighboring farms and had been playmates since mom was a baby, school mates in a 3 room school house until dad graduated 8th grade then was bused into town to high school. But they still socialized/dated since they lived close to each other. His passing devastated her. This will be so very hard on the Queen. My heart breaks for her. 

That is just someone on a power trip. I wouldn't do that either.  

Perhaps the following will set you straight as to the "un-comfort" of his early life.  cbc.ca

Philip was born a prince of both Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921, on the dining room table at his parents' home in Mon Repos, on the Greek island of Corfu.Despite his birthplace, he had no Greek ancestry. His family tree includes members of the royal families of Denmark, Germany, Russia and Britain.

The Greek royal family was forced into exile in 1922 when Philip was 18 months old.

His father was Prince Andrew of Greece, whose own father was the grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark. Philip's mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and the sister of Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

For Philip, it was an unstable, unsettled childhood. The family broke down, with his mother ill periodically and in a sanitorium. His father went off to Monte Carlo with his mistress.
As a boy, Philip attended schools in England, Germany and Scotland before joining the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, England, as a cadet, in 1939.

Through his uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the 18-year-old Philip was introduced to British royal circles. At that point, he met a 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, his third cousin: both had Queen Victoria as a great-great-grandmother.

When the Second World War broke out, he focused on his naval career and quickly rose through the ranks. At just 21, he was appointed first lieutenant (second in command) of the destroyer HMS Wallace, which took part in the Allied landings at Sicily. During the Second World War, while he was serving with the Royal Navy and his German brothers-in-law fought for the Nazis. His sisters were not invited to the wedding as they were married to German princes who had been involved in the Nazi party during World War Two.

YES, Prince Phillip was fighting AGAINST the Nazis!

When he returned home in January 1946, Philip, who had kept in touch with Elizabeth, began courting the young princess. Their engagement was announced 18 months later.

Although most of the public embraced the union, some were unhappy with Philip's un-British origins, and many began referring to him as "Phil the Greek." He silenced those critics when he became a British citizen in 1947 and renounced his Greek royal titles. He became Lt. Philip Mountbatten.
 
He and Elizabeth were married on Nov. 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey in a wedding that helped boost British spirits still recovering from the war. He was designated a royal highness, created a knight of the Garter and awarded the title Duke of Edinburgh.
 
Although his active role with the navy was finished, he continued his involvement in the armed forces. He was appointed admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, colonel-in-chief of the Army Cadet Force and air commodore-in-chief of the Air Training Corps. In 1953, he also had the duties of admiral of the fleet, field marshal and marshal of the Royal Air Force.

I just wanted to quote the picture. It makes me smile and also makes me more sad for her.  Rest in peace Prince Philip.

Very sad news.

I admire, that the Prince and the Queen were married for 70+ years. In this day and age, that in itself is a remarkable accomplishment.

May the Prince Rest In Peace.
May the Queen find comfort, in the memories they shared.

Even at 99. it's still sad for his wife & family, even when you think you are prepared, you discover that you weren't really.
He was obviously a big personality and had strong opinions within the family and no doubt they will miss that - although those things did get him into trouble at times.

Barak Obama had some particularly nice words to say about him, and he could easily have just given the standard condolences if he didn't genuinely like him, so it seems he probably wasn't the evil racist some would like us to believe


I think it was clear that the extended hospital stay meant this was the getting close to the end for him, and then he came home to die. I'm glad that means his immediate family would have had the opportunity to spend time with him away from the public spotlight.
Sad & very telling that Harry didn't make the effort to see his Grandfather again before he died.


I think he'd be glad he didn't. It was reported a number of times that he wasn't gong to attend any 100th birthday celebrations and that he had said he "didn't want any fuss" The same reason that (in pre covid times) he'd already decided he didn't want a state funeral.

Very sad news indeed.