[rktman]

Stiff upper lip and all. Even 'royalty' is "subject" to someone else. Pretty long run eh.

[Kriggerel]

Seeing as Philip was worshipped as a god by cargo cultists on Vanuatu, I suppose it’s only fitting that HRH The Duke dies several times today, instead of just once. :P

[proust]

c-covid?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

There are some good longevity genes in that clan. I suppose the best that can be said for him would be that he was polite, harmless, avoided controversy, and didn't meddle in things.

[Shadylake]

I’ve seen it IRL many times, long marriages where one dies and the other follows pretty shortly. Hope that’s not the case here.

[Locomotive Breath]

I just finished reading a bio of Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979). He died when blown up on his boat by a bomb planted by the IRA.

There’s a great family tree inside the front cover.

Louis Mountbatten was the uncle of Prince Philip by way of Louis Mountbatten’s older sister Princess Alice (1885-1969) who married Prince Andrew of Greece (1882-1944). Together they had five children and the late Phillip was the youngest.

The really interesting fact I got from the family tree is that Queen Victoria (1819-1901) is the great great grandmother of BOTH Price Phillip AND Queen Elizabeth.

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Mountbatten
Philip Ziegler
Alfred A. Knoff, New York, 1985

[pfflier]

Somehow this will all turn into a story about harry and markle.

[Billthedrill]

RIP. 99 is a pretty good ride.

[xp38]

RIP.

[Demiurge2]

Wondering if this will be the event that prompts Elizabeth to finally abdicate.