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Press are reporting he has sadly died.

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BBC has it now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11437314

:(

That really is the end of an era.

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Very sad news. He has been so much a part of our Monarchy for so many years. My heart goes out to his family.

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RIP "Phil the Greek" a sad loss for the family.

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For 73 years a absolute rock for The Queen.:(

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A great couple, sad news.

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RIP.

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Very sad, especially for the Queen. It's hard to lose someone so close for so long. I do believe that her faith will help as she knows that death is not the end, just the end of the beginning.

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Fine naval career including being mentioned in dispatches before becoming a royal.

RIP.

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Indeed, you are exactly right.

I wonder if his children or grandchildren will have to guard his body until the funeral as was protocol for the Queen Mother?

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He was the only senior Royal I never encountered in real life, but I admired him the most amongst the males.

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R.I.P. a great man, very sad, but, had a good innings.

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R.I.P Sir your duty is done

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I don’t wish to be a doom seeker but I can’t help feeling the Queen won’t be too far behind. I know there’s no health issues, but they have been together so long, she’s known him since she was 13.

When people have been together that long they can’t, and don’t want to, live without each other. It’s possible to die of a broken heart there are lots of example where long term life partners have sadly passed within a short time of their partner going.

As for the Duke, in the words of his grandson,” he’s a legend.”

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Very sad indeed :(

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His condition is currently described as 'stable' if that's any help.

Very sad when anyone dies, but he lived to 99 and had a better quality of life than most.

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It will be because both country & Queen have now started eight days of national mourning and the BBC exists by Royal Assent. During a period of national mourning the Monarch doesn't carry out any official business and Parliament doesn't send any bills for her to sign.

BBC4 programmes have been suspended completely as a mark of respect.

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Yet full of disrespect.

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Masterchef Final - once a year.

Death of U.K. Monarch’s Consort - first time in 160-odd years a Monarch’s Consort has died whilst Monarch is still alive.

You’re missing Masterchef, the titular head of our country is missing her husband of 73 years.

Priorities?

(not a huge Royalist, but understand/sympathise with those who are)

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Not a Royalist at all. I watched Netflix

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We watched "The Gentlemen"...

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Streamlined complaints process at the BBC just insert your email and they’ll send you the stock reply once ready.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/death-...#/Notification

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RIP.He’s been part of British life for a large part of 70 plus years. His worth to the Monarchy and country is beyond measure.

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If you think this is bad at least we're not going all Queen Victoria on it.

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Hope you have a DVD for tonight;)

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Meant to say Royal Charter.

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Nothing on the Radio Times site except on Channel 4 so Casualty should still be on thankfully

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Unless it becomes a casualty.

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Doubt it. The UK public demand hourly updates on the Prince's condition. He won't be improving.

Our obsession with a few rich inbreds is bizarre. Apart from the Queen, they've continually let us down in recent years with their self indulgent cobblers. Its sad, but there are bigger issues both in the world and in our own lives.

Even my footy has been delayed by 2 minutes ! :(

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You and Seph should get together and form a club - Crotchety Old Cantankerous Killjoys Society... ;)

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I thought that was the Admin and Moderator team hehehehehe

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;)

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Well at least we all got a fair idea what we can expect when her Majesty passes.

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God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.

Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.

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She's still alive, I think.

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No one ever goes for the third verse do they?

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Those are verses 1 and 3. It's verse 2 that usually gets missed:

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!

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Can't see why anyone would miss that one out ;)

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At least when we have Queen Camilla we can revert to God Save the King.

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I would rather watch wall-to-wall coverage of the DoE that the toilet water that BBC & ITV fill our screens with on the weekend

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I don't think that she thinks that he is up to the job and that's why she's hanging on until the bitter end.

Sadly, I also don't think it will be long before the Queen joins her husband. When one part of an elderly couple passes over, it's often the case that the remaining partner soon follows.

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Didn’t stop her mum.

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Just been on the news that Harry is to attend the funeral. Meghan has been advised not to fly by a doctor because she is pregnant so will not be able to attend.

It takes six days for a boat to get from America to the UK, so I doubt this excuse will wash, but it is for the best that she stays away.

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Least she might be safe to drive or be chaffered now ;) ...

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Its not very good really is it ? Rather have 'Jerusalem' or 'Land of Hope and Glory'.

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A day off hopefully

Better not be like the selfish Diana getting buried on a Saturday... Everyone in the office was more gutted about the day chosen than her death.

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It won't wash with the racists and xenophobes who have had it in for her from the start.

We are in a global pandemic. She's in an at risk group. Only 30 people can attend from what is large extended family.

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Which is the one with “rebellious Scots do crush”? Or is that a myth?

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No wonder English national identity is in crisis if nobody knows.

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Lord grant that Marshal Wade, May by thy mighty aid, Victory bring. May he sedition hush, And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush, God Save the King.

Google is my friend. Added during the Jacobean uprising and removed at some point. There was moves to get it added back but it was denied

Or it could still be there as the 6th verse but never sung

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all 6 verses here https://jdaviesx.wordpress.com/2012/...-all-6-verses/

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No Cruise ships are sailing at the moment - the CDC has banned cruise ships from sailing in US waters.

They live on the West coast, and it takes three and a half days by train from LA to NY, and the seven days (the Queen Mary timetable, if they were sailing) from NY to U.K. - so about 11 days, and the funeral is in seven days.

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Or cares, we don’t walk in circles as we’re not carrying massive chips on our shoulders.

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It exists, but it’s a myth that it was ever part of the anthem.

It was sung in the coffee houses of London by sniggering wags during the Jacobite uprising, and there’s an example of it published in a society magazine, but it’s never been found in any official printing of the anthem.

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Really? :D

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Agreed. :clap:

Lol. :D

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At least we got a day off for Wills and Kate getting married.

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It's getting clearer all the time ;)

2020: English, British and European
2021: English and British
2023? English

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The advice seems to be related to the ability to fly whilst pregnant. This is what the NHS say about pregnancy & covid:

'Pregnancy and your risk
There's no evidence that if you're pregnant you're more likely to get seriously ill from coronavirus. But pregnant women are in the moderate risk (clinically vulnerable) group as a precaution.

This is because you can sometimes be more at risk from viruses like flu if you're pregnant.

It's not clear if this happens with coronavirus. But because it's a new virus, it's safer to include pregnant women in the moderate risk group.

It may be possible for you to pass coronavirus to your baby before they are born. But when this has happened, the babies have got better.

There's no evidence coronavirus causes miscarriage or affects how your baby develops in pregnancy'.

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You don't want her to be there anyway so I'm unsure why you are pressing the issue.

No evidence of something is not equal to evidence that there isn't a risk - hence the precautionary principle being applied. As I said she is in what has been defined as an at risk group.

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She’s already lost one baby to a miscarriage last year - her doctor’s advice will be based on minimising any risk of a re-occurrence.

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I see, I didn't know that. It's probably better for all concerned if she doesn't go anyway, it's going to be a difficult enough day as it is for the Queen & her family.

I think it's clear now that Prince Philip went home to die with his family. I do feel that it wasn't at all appropriate for his grandson & her to air their familys dirty washing in public (In exchange for a fee) whether it be true or not. This must have really hurt both his grandparents.

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You mean this anti-Jacobean verse from about 1745 that was never oficcially adopted?

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the King.

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see post 54 hehehe

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It would have been noticable if written in verse form but hey-ho.;)

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Sorry, but this National Anthem stuff does remind me of this:

Billy Connolly - National Anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nnnM-__JQ

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It would have been noticeable if you kept up or followed the link to the full 6 verses which was clearly marked. Not my fault you missed it versed or not. Hey ho

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He's so right!

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Feel sorry for our Queen, And all the family,

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BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation. It's their job to FULLY cover major events. The British public need to remember this.

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And to get a grip.

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How does showing the same content on four channels and turning off a fifth serve the British public?

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100%

It's the stuff of tinpot dictatorships.

Saying it's the British Broadcasting Corporation as a justification for that level of sycophantic nationalism we would mock the North Koreans for is no justification at all.

BBC1 or 2, simulcast on BBC News would be reasonable.

Canning usual BBC 4 coverage in favour of historical documentaries relevant to his life, but at the same time offering alternative programming to BBC 1, I'd maybe consider reasonable too. There was no justification for a blank screen.

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My wife was annoyed because 'Corrie' was cancelled, she made up for it by spending the next hour or so complaining on farcebook, along with the other sheep in the flock.

Meanwhile in the 'real world', my 376 population village in 'Banished' is progressing nicely, I'm halfway towards the 3rd Boss in 'Valheim', and onto book five in the 'Dresden Files' series. :D :D

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I question who the sheep are the ones complaining they missed Corrie or the ones who follow an outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. ;)

Wonder who sees what I did there

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Apparently, BBC4 was suspended for technical reasons because the other BBC channels were showing the same thing. This caused issues with stat muxing, so it was switched off. You'll probably understand the ins & outs better than me!

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There's two things to pick up on here.

1) There's a distinct difference between QUALITY of coverage & QUANTITY of coverage.

The coverage almost got to the level of how often did he change his socks, did he ever finish 1st in Fall Guys and what was his favourite flavour of Monster Munch (it was spaghetti sauce)

2) The British people don't need to remember anything at all, they're quite within their rights to complain should they wish. Many have done at the coverage of events such as COVID-19 & Brexit (Of which both have had their fair share of over the top sensationalism) And also will have probably had a more direct impact on people day to day lives than the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

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The BBC exists by Royal Charter, which is up for renewal in 2027. They will also feel threatened by the current Government after relatively recent actions by them. Add this to the accusations by some Tories that they didn't show enough deference when the Queen Mother died and you can see why they didn't want to take any chances.

The BBC was also critiscised for creating a special easy way to complain about this, so took down the link.

I suspect that they are pleased that there were so many complaints as it gives them a way to act more appropriately in the future without upsetting MP's as it would be 'the will of the people'.

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Off topic but I need to correct something - the BBC was rightly found lacking for its pro-Brexit coverage in which it gave equal weight to nonsense ideas and by not correcting misinformation. This earned it the name of the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation in some circles in 2016.

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And by that same token, Maggy has the right to complain about people complaining.

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So did Maggy.

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I really don't care. I don't watch a lot of programmed TV. I watch/listen to BBC stuff but on-demand rather than on channels.

If anything interrupting the main schedule with a 'special report' is such a rare event that I find it compelling. Something different to the norm. Add to the fact he was senior Royal, the husband of the Queen and I believe the longest-serving Price Consort then it seems justified to me.

I wasn't forced to watch the coverage and didn't for most of it. There are enough other channels and activities to do in this world that you're not forced to watch it so a day or two of coverage for a unique event isn't unjustified to me.

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I have found out more stuff about the DoE in the last few days than I have in the last 40+.


If this had been reported better at the time, then perhaps this would have had more air time than the negative stuff.


Like he was a guest and rather than spend it with the officers, he spent it with the ordinary sailor eating out it of their mess tin

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:clap::clap::clap:

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Their OTT coverage had zero effect on me.
I havent watched a BBC channel for a very long time.
Any BBC programme I watch (and there are not many) is via my usual means.

As to this thread - it seems to be going way off topic, so lets get back on track.

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Anyway we have returned to normal scheduling and apart from the funeral that would seem to be that.

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There is fully covering, then there is covering something so much you are repeating yourself hourly while adding nothing to the existing coverage.

By Friday evening, I'd argue that the BBC (and other media) were doing the latter, and not the former.

They could have reverted to something near normal programming in the evening without being disrespectful. Perhaps not anything too violent or featuring death, but something.

Still they did the same with Diana, and I thought that was massively over the top as well.

Not that I am complaining. I used the time to catch up with a few other TV shows I've not watched recently, and enjoyed them.

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It didn't last longer than the weekend before we returned to normalish service.

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There are/were a thousand other options if you wanted to avoid the coverage and there will be again this weekend.