Posted on 04/09/2021 8:25:55 AM PDT by rktman
Philip was also the great-nephew of the last Empress of Russia, and more distantly related to the Tsar. He said about the Bolsheviks, “That bloody lot killed my whole family!”
HE'S A GERMAN!!
Mountbatten is a direct Anglicisation of the German Battenberg (literally Batten Mountain), a small town in Hesse. The title of count of Battenberg, later prince of Battenberg, was granted to a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, itself a cadet branch of the House of Hesse, in the mid 19th century.
RIP.
Victoria was known as Europe’s Grandmother. Her children married across European royalty, including Prussia and Russia. Unfortunately they carried the gene for Hemophilia
The Queen doesn’t come across as a sit around and sulk type.
Didn’t the Mountbattens adopt him, I though Philip was Greek.
It’s so hard to keep up with these things.
If you mean by "mending the fences" that William kicks his a*.
I watched the first season and part of the second of “The Durrells of Corfu” and there was nary a mention of Phillip. The Durrells were Brit expats too
Wondering if this will be the event that prompts Elizabeth to finally abdicate.
I wonder if he will be buried under a parking lot like their ancestor Richard III was?... : )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England
Philip’s mother was a Mountbatten; he adopted his mother’s family name.
Inbreeding made some royals gaga.
When the Queen met Nia Vardalos the creator of My Big Fat Greek Wedding she said to her she had some experience in marrying Greeks.
#12 It will be awkward for them when or if they show up for the funeral !
His father was a Greek prince.
The press will thrive on that rather than the purpose.
Probably not. Suspect even though the Commonwealth has put their stamp of approval on Chuckles last year, she’ll try to outlive him. Hoping she holds strong and true.
In 1947, she said, “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”
Again, in 1953, she devoted her life, “I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust. In this resolve I have my husband to support me. He shares all my ideals and all my affection for you.”
Betcha Oprah is begging for a seat on that plane. Barf.
He was known for his comments to the press, which were colorful, laugh-out-loud witty, and cheerfully trashed the idols of political correctness. He was a champion of Western culture and civilization.
R.I.P., M'Lord!
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