Beautiful memorial service for Prince Philip

No one has to buy into anything. We can continue on our usual GN way, making the usual snidey comments, which ever side we're on. The subject(s) of the comments will neither know nor care, but it gives us something to do.

PECS

Err..no! A Head of State, on a major State occasion, made a choice to have a recently shamed Duke accompany her in a very high profile way.

If it had been a private family memorial she can do what she likes but as a Queen whose children have to to bow or curtsey to her I don't buy the poor mummy story!

Yes

True Lucca

Plus the OP had plenty to say about harry and Andrew etc !

There is not much else to say if those of us ,who felt it was not entirely 'A Beautiful Memorial Service For Prince Philip' , are not allowed to voice our opinion!

But the role of Andrew was clearly an issue in the memorial service whether you are for or against. Or is this a thread where there are rules of what can be said ?

Sorry my post to eazybee

Or criticisms of Harry ?

It isn’t important, it’s just more for republicans to feast on ,
Andrew should have done a Corbyn ‘ I was there but I don’t
know if I was involved’ at wreath laying ceremony

The title of this thread is *Beautiful Memorial Service for
Prince Philip.*
Better to start a new thread if you wish to discuss, yet again, allegations about Prince Andrew.

Lemsip actually it hasn’t.
This is an all new Royal Family topic; and a very important one, at that

..................................Oh for goodness sake Give it a Rest everyone
so repetative..all been said over and ove

This ^

I'm not a mother so I take that as carte blanche to condemn anybody I see fit.

Err..no! A Head of State, on a major State occasion, made a choice to have a recently shamed Duke accompany her in a very high profile way.

If it had been a private family memorial she can do what she likes but as a Queen whose children have to to bow or curtsey to her I don't buy the poor mummy story!

Yes Mollygo disgraceful that mothers condemn a mother for
being seen publicly with her son at a memorial service for a husband and father.

It’s disgraceful!
Really a mother should do as she’s told and accept the person designated rather than her own choice of a family member whoever we are or whatever the occasion.
I’m sure that if and when we get to that age, we will willingly relinquish any decision making to other people.
After all at nearly 100, women’s minds aren’t as sharp as they once were, are they?

It was obviously the Queen’s decision. She’s still the boss. She calls the shots.

Ain't that the truth.

My take on it, for what it’s worth, is that the Queen wanted Andrew to escort her because, regardless of what Charles and William felt should be done, she needed to feel safe walking into the Abbey.

I don’t believe the theory that the Dean of Westminster was supposed to take her to her seat. Since when has anyone but a close family member been allowed to touch the Queen? It might sound daft but it has always been that way.

If Charles was so concerned that Andrew would muscle in he could have stepped forward after Camilla had sat down.

It was obviously the Queen’s decision. She’s still the boss. She calls the shots.

Secondly why should Prince Andrew be made to sit at the back, he is The Queen and Prince Philip’s second son.

He hasn’t been found guilty, yes he paid a settlement to a USA Court. The legal system in the U.K. is completely different to that of the U.K.

I am not defending him as a sexual predator, as the truth will probably never be known, I am defending his right to morn his Father sitting along with the rest of his family.

He didn't have to escort her.

There's plenty people in that family, I'm sure they could have found somebody else. He could have come in the side entrance on his own, early in proceedings, and sat down quietly.

Then we would have had a TV picture of him and the presenter would have said there's the Duke of York, discreetly attending his father's memorial service.

Jody1234

Oh yes, thank you so much Callistemon21, that's the one. Don't they look lovely together. How beautiful the Queen is.

And the Duke in his RN uniform ?

volver for Prince Andrew to sit at the back after escorting The Queen it would have meant him walking the length of The Abbey.

It’s the media who have blown him being there out of all proportion, he was at his fathers memorial service, other than coming in a disguise/full face mask what could he have done, other than not attend, with all the media storm that would also have created?

Sat at the back?

I watched the service, Prince Andrew escorted his mother from the side entrance of the Abbey to the row where her seat was, and escorted her out the same way.

He didn’t walk the length of the Abbey as the other Royals, he didn’t meet, greet, shake hands with anyone. In fact it was all very discreet.

It’s the media who have blown him being there out of all proportion, he was at his fathers memorial service, other than coming in a disguise/full face mask what could he have done, other than not attend, with all the media storm that would also have created?

Queen's decision Andrew take centre stage

Where does this weird idea come from that the Queen has put duty and country first? She’s defended her position, status and wealth and that of her family at every opportunity, regardless of the cost to the nation. What duty has she served in return?

Unaccountable above the law secretive