Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is dead aged 99

[Chris]

A number of people in my life personally knew Prince Philip and/or know the Queen, so I'll keep this brief: he will be sorely missed by those who knew him, respected him, and appreciated his service.

 

[Tao]

I don't really care.

Not in an "I hated him and think he's lame" way, but in an "I don't personally know him and his death makes nigh absolutely no difference to my life" way. He could be alive right now, I would still be waiting for my Amazon delivery same as now.

I don't care for the royals in general. I'll give due respect for the things they've done and deny respect for those same reasons, just like anybody else, but I don't give an ounce more sympathy or respect to them than I would any other randomer walking down the street...That said, he tended to be talked about for many a wrong reasons.


Fun fact though: he came to my town 2 or 3 years ago to look around the Beans factory.

Philip was born nearly 100 years ago....

So?

My Grandad was born nearly 81 years ago now, not far from 100. Realistically, that isn't a huge difference as social trends and beliefs didn't change all that much back then. I can understand that things have only started progressing so drastically relatively recently with the rise of the internet, hence why so much obviously bad crap has existed for hundreds of years and is only coming to light and changing now in the space of a couple of years. Hence why those mindsets are still engrained into many including the generations pushing for that well needed change.

My Grandad however was not a massive racist, neither is my grandmother who is obviously in the same age range (though slightly younger).

Age isn't an excuse for poor behaviour and dated harmful beliefs. It isn't "too late" to admit fault and start treating people decently. Sure, I expect somebody who has had those beliefs drilled into them for 100 years to let the odd remark slip once or twice out of habit, nobody is perfect, but I also expect they would apologise if they truly meant no harm, not have the rest of their family apologise on behalf of their backwards grandad as they waltz off and continue to do it.

The only difference is mindset and clearly Prince Philip had the mindset of "I do not ruddy care!", maybe not helped by there being near no consequences for his actions. If the husband of the Queen of England can't be held to a higher standard and fails to hit a higher standard than some random dudes grandparents, well, I would say he shouldn't be in that position of power and influence at all...But I guess he's one step ahead of me there...

 

[nintendofan85]

I am not a monarchist and I don’t like the idea that people can be born to privilege and power, but I feel for those who are mourning his passing. My main issue is that, as someone who was not head of state but rather a consort-why is it that he is being given 8 days of mourning when thousands of the ordinary citizens died in 2020 from COVID-19? Where is the recognition?

It's a double standard that governments have. We had a president here in the United States that told us to care more about Hunter Biden than people dying from the coronavirus.

 

[Bcat]

Late, but my heart aches for the Queen. I can’t imagine how devastating it is to lose someone who’s been by your side for 70+ years.

Regardless of how you feel about him personally or the royal family as a whole, he was still a husband, father, and grandfather who was greatly loved and will be missed.

 

[duckykate]

GOOD RIDDANCE RACIST **** LMAOOOOO

 

[0ni]

I'm from the uk and I'm not a monarchist in the slightest but it does choke me up a bit when I think about it from the point of view of a woman losing her husband of over 70 years. My gran is still alive, and I remember what it was like when my grandpa passed away. She basically became despondent - really quiet and contemplative. She just retreated into her head and barely opened up anymore. It has been a few year now, and she is better, but it never goes away - not after all that time together.

So yeah, down with the monarchy and all that, but from the point of view of people losing loved ones: it's horribly sad and I can't imagine what it must feel like.

 

[nintendofan85]

Did anyone watch the funeral?

 

[tomatospooks666]

i... don't know who he is.

like... people die every day. but we're supposed to be mourning this dude... because he's royal?