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Prince Charles ,diagnosed with Coronavirus

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Bridgeit Wed 25-Mar-20 10:52:18

Just been announced that PC has been diagnosed with Coronavirus,
AIBU to hope he will receive some empathy from the general public.

westendgirl Fri 27-Mar-20 12:18:32

For goodness sake can't you find something more positive to do?. Some of these rants sicken me.
I find I am turning to Gransnet less and less because of the nasty bitter comments. Surely we should be pulling together and supporting each other.

Gaga1950 Fri 27-Mar-20 12:09:38

Maybe he paid for it as others have managed to do.

Bridgeit Fri 27-Mar-20 12:08:11

Like it or not, yes it is,
Just as my humble abode would be a palace to someone who had No home.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 11:56:44

It’s that “pissing on your grass won’t make mine any greener” thing again .

Bridgeit Fri 27-Mar-20 11:53:39

The problem is that we have all arrived here as dear little babies due to the impulses of our parents.
We ,like all before us have no choice of the circumstances that we are born into.
Some make the most of , some do not, some better themselves, some waste it all & choose a life of destruction, some mean, cruel, some kind thoughtful.
Those who despite their circumstances choose to do what they can for others should be applauded for that.
I will repeat again the RF may be out mode, time will tell, but they are here, so let’s not forget if we get rid of them we also get rid of a means of employment for 100s of people plus the knock on effect of those who can make a living from them by other means.
In my community there are folks who have choosen private health care ,those of us who cannot , if I hate those that pay, I won’t be seen any quicker, and whilst I sit in my warm home eating a meal & watching the News, I see footage of dying starving families , those with nothing not even hope, It is not a one way situated, sadly never has been never will be.
There are People in Power across the World who are deserving of our contempt & for their wilful cruelty to those they rule over.
I cannot put the RF in a category such as that , it may be a flawed out dated concept, but it also has a positive place in society which like it or not does have a purpose, not just for them but for others also.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 11:41:02

I apologise Annie I don’t think you do.

But I can’t see what the amount of bedrooms has to do with anything ? It’s far more than that.

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 11:38:02

No Gilly , I don’t begrudge anyone anything

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 11:35:09

paddyann they are not in hiding, you are not speaking the
truth, they are in isolation as are many in this country.

Your constantly referring to Phillip as the Greek is racist, he is
a British citizen.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 11:33:22

So you begrudge me my second bedroom but not the royals their vast estates and mansions Annie. How strange .

paddyanne Fri 27-Mar-20 11:31:03

thats funny Granny23 cant imagine Lizzie and co dipping into their purses for the subjects front line is SO not their thing .Thats why they're all in hiding .The comments on social media about Charlies jaunt to Birkhall are hilarious and telling .

He's not wanted and they may well find this situation will be the start of the end of the Saxe Coburg (add whichever name applies.even the Greek fathers who hasn't ever been used) ...well we can but hope

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 11:30:40

Gilly you having two bedrooms means you have one more
than me, you can have family to stay , I can’t. We are not the
same, you have more than I have.

The royals have more than you so you say their lives are more
precious, I say no ones life is more precious than anyone else’s, you say the royals lives are more precious because they
have more.

We look at things differently Gilly.

Granny23 Fri 27-Mar-20 11:24:14

I am assuming this is Fake News??

Now that Buckingham Palace is empty, it's to be refitted as a hospital and convalescent home. The Queen is paying for it all by herself; Camilla and Kate are presently being measured for nursing uniforms. Wills is in charge of medivac and the Scots are holding Chuck hostage - they're happy to deliver him up the Thames with the Trident fleet but his Mum's not interested for he's always been a sap and she's glad to see the back of him.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 11:22:10

What on Earth this has to do with bedrooms is beyond me Annie confused

For the record I have 2 . One for me and DH and one for the grandchildren who I would normally have sleeping over at least 2 nights a week .

Iam64 Fri 27-Mar-20 11:14:03

The testing of the illegal immigrants was necessary to protect our public services who have to process and care for them.
People who are desperate enough to do what they did are unlikely to be in the best of health and almost certainly been shoulder to shoulder with others who have serious diseases.
Compassion please.

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 11:11:07

Sorry can’t agree Gilly you do not know they think their lives are more precious than any other lives.

Peoples lives are not all the same, never been so, never will.

I would so like to have two bedrooms in my home, how many
do you have ? More than me ? I have more than someone
sleeping on the streets.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 11:05:05

I think many clearly think they are though Anniebach including themselves .

Being practical doesn’t mean the royals should have their own private physicians on hand just for themselves . While seriously ill people are being told their operations are cancelled or to dial 111 ( and good luck getting through) and some are dying as a result . Can you not see the irony ? We are not all the same, their lives are clearly more precious than yours or mine.

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 10:52:28

Gilly it’s not that two lives are more precious than all other
lives. Let’s be practical?

The Queen is head of state and head of the commonwealth, if
she were to die during this pandemic what a bloody pickle.

Pointless to say we don’t need her get rid of them all , this can’t
be done in a week. The government has more than enough to
deal with without a dead monarch, as do the commonwealth without a head.

eazybee Fri 27-Mar-20 10:40:11

Prince Charles was tested because he had been in contact with many people. The illegal immigrants presumably will be in custody.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 10:29:25

It absolutely is GrannyGravy I’m so sorry. It’s just too soon . Seeing these harrowing photos of people on ventilators is just too much to bear . My DH’s life was saved by a ventilator and the round the clock care of highly trained, specialist nurses and anaesthetists .

GrannyGravy13 Fri 27-Mar-20 10:22:15

Gillybob I truly hope that all this focusing on ventilators or the lack of is not upsetting you unduly after the trauma of the last few months for you and Mr.Gillybob flowers

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 10:19:14

Of course they will have their private physicians with them. I mean why on earth would these highly trained medics want to look after hundreds of people when they can look after 2 who's lives are presumably far more precious.

gillybob Fri 27-Mar-20 10:17:19

I said ….. it wouldn't surprise me if they have a private ventilator on stand by just incase

I did not say he definitely had one, or where it might have come from Annie . The rf have plenty money to buy their own and I would imagine the people who make them would make one for anyone with enough money to buy one.....

but, and its a big but, unless they had one previous to the CV outbreak I think even the rf would struggle to get one at the moment .

A ventilator is not a "plug and play" piece of equipment it needs highly trained medical staff to run it 24/7 and almost always has to be used in conjunction with drugs to induce a coma.

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 10:12:55

Thank you GrannyGravy

GrannyGravy13 Fri 27-Mar-20 10:09:41

It has been on every news bulletin that PC and the Queen have their physicians with them at the moment, not sure about The Cambridges as nothing has been released.

Anniebach Fri 27-Mar-20 10:08:55

So you think this private ventilator was given to him by a hospital ?