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Related: About this forumPrince Philip has died
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The Royal Family
@RoyalFamily
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
@RoyalFamily
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
I've just enough class not to speak ill of the very recently dead. All I'll say is that no doubt the bereavement and accompanying ceremonies and retrospectives will serve as a handy distraction from everything else that's going on.
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Prince Philip has died (Original Post)
Emrys
Apr 2021
OP
Celerity
(46,235 posts)1. If I got to within 2 months and a day of reaching 100 years of age and then died, I would hope
someone would be pissed off for me (as I would be dead) for coming so close and not sealing the deal.
geardaddy
(25,348 posts)3. Emrys, Cymro dach chi? n/t
Rwy'n credu ein bod ni wedi siarad amdano cyn nawr.
Dw i jyst wedi gweld dy hen enw ar dy proffeil.