Prince Philip has passed

[monica]

very sad news indeed ,your poor queen stay strong without her right hand ,a great lost to the UK,and the rest who he
had helped over the years,will be sadly missed
woke up the the news on the ABC hear this morning at 3am to the sad news

[Guest]

I have always since a small boy just loved the Royal Family through & through. Watched as a youngster the Queen & Dukes Marriage & the Queen's Cornation.
To me they are the heart of our society.

I do not have problem if people do not follow my views.

What cracked me up are the tributes which have come in. Reading them was very emotional not only from those leaders in the world but the ordinary people in the British Isles & the world.

Not forgotten that one third of the world's people are members of the Commonwealth. Prince Phillip had a remarkable input into keeping these people together.

He also put his life on line for his adopted country be coming more British than British. He was a much needed man & a great loss.

Very sad in deed but he has left a lovely caring family.

Laurie

[Tim Marlow]

I’m no royalist but the man did his duty and left the world better than he found it. What more could we ask. Love the Spanish royal family telegram though, more heartfelt than most.

[Guest]

Just add that he terrified me in his later years. I watched him in the carriage & horse competion going through water up banks.

Absolute determination on his face. Scary. But a great memory.

Lauri

[Tim Marlow]

He made me laugh as well....he had a nice touch with people.

[rtfoe]

I remember when I was just nine and our school participated in lining the Federal Highway with us holding little Union Jacks to welcome their Royal Highnesses on their Commonwealth visit. As the motorcade passed I could see the Queen very poised where else the Prince had his head nearly out the window waving to us. He had the most sincere smile.

[Guest]

And here he is on that horse & cart. That was him in at the deep end all the time.

Laurie

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[BarryW]

He was a great man and will be sorely missed.

[Del640]

Having the privilege of escorting the Royal Family for near on 20 yrs I got to know them.

Phillip was the rudest of them all, very blunt and straight to the point. He didn't suffer fools and told it how he saw it.

He had an incredible engineering brain and I had a few conversations with him, always instigated by the motorcycle I was on.

He was blunt, and very sweary but a very genuine and lovely man.

Godspeed Sir.

[Defiant911]

im not really a royalist although I like the fact that the UK has a royal family.
In many ways it’s the royal family that gives us the British identity around the world. I think their behaviour very much reflects how other countries see us.
Odly, for a Greek born man he better portrayed the quintessential English man more than many born of this country.
A man with morals and values, respect for the environment, the future and all culture no matter what their creed or social standing.
Todays generation have a lot to live up to.

[Guest]

A remebered bit. Philip & Elizabeth about 45 years ago visited Jersey. They passed the end of our drive.

That was on the end of a corner where they had to slow down to negotiate.

Our eldest son was standing on a dwarf wall at the end of the drive he was about 12/13. He had inherited his mother's
very large curly hair & which was longish huge curls. His hair was bright ginger. His dace was coverd with freckles which
intelocked with each other.

Phillip focused his eyes on Mark this apparition with a curious look on his face. Pauline & I & the other 3 children justfell about laughing

Laurie

This is Mark catching fish by hand.

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