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RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:55 am
by OBI-wan
The Prince and the Rapper.
Re: RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:47 pm
by Duncan Edwards
I know nothing of the rapper but I'm sure he's just as missed by those around him.
As for Prince Philip - He's one more gone of a generation that we likely will never see again. People make light of the British Monarchy but it represents the people instead of the day's government. In this nation we combine the head of government with the head of state in the Presidency and I'm not sure that's always the best solution. Whichever, the Prince was a person of substance who represents much more than the momentary celebrity of the pop culture we are accustomed to. I'm afraid his heirs may have become part of that. Let's hope not.
Re: RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:37 pm
by Villein
"And in news just to hand...? Prince Phillip, still dead at 99."
If you have any bad news you are obliged to release to the public?
Yesterday was the day to bury, I mean release, it.
Re: RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:04 pm
by Das
OBI-wan wrote:The Prince and the Rapper.
Who woud have ever thought that these two would have something in common?
It just goes to show that we are all equal in the end.
Das
Re: RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:45 pm
by Tim Kelly
I was present at the Duke's visit to Westminster City Hall in 1997; he was greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of Westminster in his ceremonial uniform (looked like a Royal Marines Bandsman's; red trousers, blue jacket, white pith helmet, and cavalry boots with spurs), and the Duke noticed that one of his spurs had dropped off, and said,
"Good God man, you're only wearing one bloody spur! The bloody horse is going to go round in bloody circles!"
Re: RIP Prince Philip and DMX.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:48 pm
by Tim Kelly
Duncan Edwards wrote:I know nothing of the rapper but I'm sure he's just as missed by those around him.
As for Prince Philip - He's one more gone of a generation that we likely will never see again. People make light of the British Monarchy but it represents the people instead of the day's government. In this nation we combine the head of government with the head of state in the Presidency and I'm not sure that's always the best solution. Whichever, the Prince was a person of substance who represents much more than the momentary celebrity of the pop culture we are accustomed to. I'm afraid his heirs may have become part of that. Let's hope not.
Diana used to call him "Stavros" (after Harry Enfield's character in "Saturday Night Live", a Greek Kebab shop owner, a shout-out to Battenberg's allegedly Greek (actually Danish) Ancestry)