THE DEATH OF PRINCE PHILIP
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HUSBAND DIES ON APRIL 9 - 2021-----
PHILIP WAS TO MOST PEOPLE IN THE SHADOW OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. I PERSONALLY DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM, BUT WILL GIVE HIM CREDIT AND GOOD MARKS FOR HIS LIFE-LONG ABILITY TO, AS SOME SAY, "WALK THREE STEPS BEHIND THE QUEEN."
THE NATIONAL--- THE NIGHTLY NEWS OF CBC CANADA, GAVE A PRETTY ROUNDED CAPSUL OF HIM. WHILE GIVING HIM HONOR, THEY DID NOT PULL BACK FROM TELLING ABOUT HIS NASTY, GRUFF, INSINUATIVE AND RACIST COMMENTS, WHICH OFTEN GOT HIM INTO TROUBLE WITH THE PRESS.
YES I THINK "A COMPLICATED MAN" IS A CORRECT PHRASE TO USE FOR HIM.
OBVIOUSLY HE NEEDED TO CUT HIMSELF A PATH THAT WAS HIS, SO HE DID MANY WORKS OF GOOD, TO HELP PEOPLE BE HELPFUL TOWARDS OTHERS, AND GIVE HONOR TO OTHERS.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK HE DID MUCH TO HELP SOLVE "THE ROYAL'S MANY PROBLEMS" OVER THE DECADES-- THE QUEEN'S SISTER GETTING MARRIED TO A MAN SHE DID NOT LOVE, WHILE PREVENTING HER FROM MARRYING THE MAN SHE DID LOVE, AND THE DISASTER THAT HAPPENED FROM ALL THAT FOLLY.
HE DID NOT, OR AT LEAST I NEVER HEARD THE PRESS SAYING HE DID, TO PREVENT CHARLES FROM MARRYING A YOUNG LADY CHARLES DID NOT LOVE, AND ALL THE MESS THAT BROUGHT ON, FOR DIANA AND HER TWO BOYS SHE HAD WITH CHARLES.
THE QUEEN OF COURSE WILL MISS HIS COMPANIONSHIP, WHILE THE CBC NATIONAL SAID THEIR MARRIAGE WAS NOT THE "LOVEY, DOVEY, HOLDING HANDS AND ALL THAT ROMANTIC STUFF, IN PUBLIC."
YES HE WAS A SOMEWHAT MANY SIDED PERSON, AND AGAIN I GIVE CREDIT TO THE NATIONAL IN BRINGING OUT THE NOT SO NICE FELLOW HE WAS.
SO THE HISTORY OF THE ROYALS OF BRITAIN, AND THE SOAP OPERA THEY HAVE GIVEN TO TV SHOWS, GOES MARCHING ON. ONE PERSON NOW OUT OF IT ALL, BUT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE THINGS FROM THIS NOW EXTENDED FAMILY, IN THE YEARS TO COME.
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