What did Prince Phillip mean to you?

tickingbird are you referring to the “usual hate filled bunch” that bog on about Harry and Meghan?

Alegrias1

One thinks of those who had/ have aspirations to be Prime Minister.

Can we just get something off the table right away? Complaining about the standard of people who have recently wanted to be Prime Minister doesn't mean we can dismiss ideas of democracy. It's a non argument.

Right, let's move on.

When I was a teenager I joined the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) and did some fundraising. When I realised that its president was Philip, who was known for shooting animals and birds, I resigned. It really opened my young eyes to hypocrisy.

Not for me Alegrias1 no different to comparing those with aspirations to be Prime Minister to those with aspirations to be
President, and I said had/have, I did not say recently .

In recent polling more people would like Wills to be king ha instead of Charles.

Not me! I don't want either Charles or William to take over when the Queen dies. I'd prefer a low-cost purely ceremonial elected head of state like in Ireland, where they choose great humanitarians as presidents.

Grany This kind of polling makes people think they have a choice when actually they don’t. A hereditary monarchy means no choice, you get Charles whether people want him or not.

The President of Ireland was the Labour Party candidate , you are a strong supporter of him Grany, would you name a different president with no connections to any political party ?

Please, no, not the "name me someone who could do it" debate again, please.... ??

I have to suppress a laugh when monarchists say that they should skip over Charles to William. I mean, in a monarchy, you get who your given, there's no choice, that's literally how it works.

I wasn’t referring to the death of Prince Phillip, just the usual bitter, hate filled bunch that descend on the RF threads to spread their vitriol

Just a teeny bit OTT ? Are you referring to posters who spread vitriol about Meghan and Harry ? Or some other bitter, hate filled bunch ? ?

it is the norm that if after a RTA an elderly person agrees to give up their licence, then no further action is taken.
it is the most cost-effective resolution.

Maybe we should have a Vent My Spleen section for when we are feeling cross?

He meant nothing to me, I didn’t know him.

....the usual bitter, hate filled bunch that descend on the RF threads to spread their vitriol.

What a grossly unpleasant description of fellow Gransnetters. I agree Lucca, it’s OTT.

Defenders of Meg do get nasty and attack posters who criticise
Meg

Anniebach. If you are grieving, cannot afford the funeral, have no heating, little to eat etc. then having money would make things seem a bit better surely?

No Esspee , money cannot ease grief , and I speak from experience. Not speaking of wealth but having enough money for your list.

Anniebach

No Esspee , money cannot ease grief , and I speak from experience. Not speaking of wealth but having enough money for your list.

This is your opinion based on your experience and cannot be assumed to be true for everyone.The point others are making is that lack of money may make grief worse not that the presence of money may make grief less. It’s a subtle but important distinction.

Anniebach

Defenders of Meg do get nasty and attack posters who criticise
Meg

Whereas .....

anniebach for a moment thought you meant me, did I miss something.....????

So sorry Megs36* ?

suziewoozie grief is grief , and no pound sign makes the pain easier.

You say I speak from my experience and cannot be assumed to be true of everyone, same can be said of someone of wealth,

Anniebach

suziewoozie grief is grief , and no pound sign makes the pain easier.

You say I speak from my experience and cannot be assumed to be true of everyone, same can be said of someone of wealth,

You still don’t seem to appreciate the difference between making worse as opposed to making easier.

Badly done to suggest that it is in some way easier for rich people to bear grief. Your grief is based on your love for the person who has died, not on material things or circumstances. Guilt, anger, physical discomfort and other factors will make you feel terrible of course, but I don’t think they are part of the grief itself, nothing can make that easier for anybody who has loved and lost.

Absolutely nothing!