Beautiful memorial service for Prince Philip

Why did he pay the $12million Anniebach?

(I won't hold my breath waiting for an answer.)

Doing something wrong doesn’t mean breaking the law , friendship with people who have broken the law is not a
criminal offence ,

he had a right to attend the memorial service for his father

Harry is engaged in a court case about his lack of special police protection, (I forget against whom) so he could not prejudice his case by appearing in public.
It also needs to be remembered that the attacks H&M have made against the royal family in print and on film are on public record, therefore people are entitled to express their opinions in response.

Spot on Lucca. If Andrew was concerned about anyone but himself, he would not have walked with the Queen. She rarely puts a foot wrong but that was a mistake.
Is also nonsense to suggest because he avoided a court case by paying compensation, he hasn’t done anything wrong

I have just caught up with this. I was particularly moved by the Dean of Windsor’s tribute - he was not only Prince Phillip’s spiritual advisor but his friend and was visibly emotional at his funeral service, as he was here. Nice to see that Her Majesty, with her mobility issues, eschewed a traditional walking stick in favour of a thumb stick. A country woman first and always?.

Lucca spot on..

Yes Lucca. Perfectly summed up.

Damn autocorrect….behaving ? Behind

I’m not a supporter of harry and Meghan in spite of what some think and say. But:
“We are not interested in Meghan and harry” is nonsense. No opportunity is ever passed by to mention them.

Imagine the scenario. harry and Meghan both come to the memorial …oh it’s the harry and Meghan show.
Harry comes on his own…..oh how disrespectful that Meghan couldn’t be bothered to come.
Harry comes and sits next to William…..surely he should be in the row behaving ?
Harry comes and doesn’t sit next to William…..clearly harry doesn’t want to be with his brother.

I shall be controversial and say that Andrew should not have taken the role he did at the funeral, it wasn’t a private occasion, and he should have stayed very much in the background. Indeed I think he should not have attended a service of national thanksgiving.

Historians in future years will use this thread as an example of how to influence the way people view the Royal Family.

Prince Phillip was a saint, everyone was just being unfair to poor Andrew, M&H are very important in the world AND they are to be vilified at every opportunity and Kate is cute.

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Because the media is relentless and unstoppable in its pursuit of those who are out of favour.

It was a lovely dignified service and a celebration of a wonderful life. I have learned so much about Prince Philip since his death. What an amazing man he was! Also just quietly going about his duties and involvement in so many wonderful endeavours without the need to be in the spotlight. The Queen was lucky to have such a man at her side for so many years. As for Prince Andrew escorting the Queen it was obviously her decision and good for her! He is her beloved son and has not been found guilty of anything except by the tabloid press.

SueDoku

ReadyMeals

With regard to Harry's security problem, he could have got off the plane, been met by Charles or William or even Kate who would automatically have had police protection with them, he could have got into their nice secure car with them, then gone straight to nice secure Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace or even Clarence House which all have security around them. He then just needed to stay put, protected, till the service, and gone to the service with another royal in another secure car, then reversed his journey home again. There was no reason to have his own security team - unless he had thought to go clubbing or to Burger King while he was over here... Basically he didn't want to come to some boring family do.

I agree. Sad to see that he didn't attend - especially after seeing Prince Philip walking beside him to support him at Diana's funeral...
His grandfather (who, like him or not, never wavered in his duty to support the Queen) wouldn't have been impressed ?

... this - up there - is the reason the tabloid media are so obsessed with H&M, to the extent they report on virtually every move the couple make whether it's important or not, and quite often just isn't.

Keeping readers engaged and the advertisers happy!

Harry was conspicuous by his absence, but the reason(s) for it are all pure speculation and gossip. No-one knows why Harry stayed away. If it's true that he speaks regularly with his grandmother, it can also be speculated that she might have wished him not to attend - knowing that the media would go into an absolute frenzy over his appearance, making this occasion all about him instead of Philip. But that, too, is conjecture on my part. Because I don't know anymore than anyone else why he didn't attend.

The memorial service was about Philip, a service to commemorate his life and achievements. Like him or not - and I didn't like him - this event was still about him... not Harry, not Andrew. And now it's turning into a feverish distraction of hypothesising and supposition about H&M - yet again.

Under the circumstances maybe for Meghan's sake it was for the best she didn't come. In the interview she told how at other royal events she cried when the lights went down and felt suicidal. It would be awful to put her through that again especially with so much animosity in the air now. Harry would be very concerned for her wellbeing.

If Harry had come, it just wouldn’t have been such a happy looking, united occasion.

It would have looked plain awkward, no two ways about it.

And even worse if Meghan had come as well.

Definitely for the best they stayed away.

(My opinion only, of course).

ReadyMeals

With regard to Harry's security problem, he could have got off the plane, been met by Charles or William or even Kate who would automatically have had police protection with them, he could have got into their nice secure car with them, then gone straight to nice secure Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace or even Clarence House which all have security around them. He then just needed to stay put, protected, till the service, and gone to the service with another royal in another secure car, then reversed his journey home again. There was no reason to have his own security team - unless he had thought to go clubbing or to Burger King while he was over here... Basically he didn't want to come to some boring family do.

I agree. Sad to see that he didn't attend - especially after seeing Prince Philip walking beside him to support him at Diana's funeral...
His grandfather (who, like him or not, never wavered in his duty to support the Queen) wouldn't have been impressed ?

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

Was it this one, Jodie?

Good to see the Queen, she looked very frail though. There was a lovely picture in the BBC News Feed yesterday that showed her with Prince Phillip when they got engaged, she looked very beautiful with dark curly hair, I wish I could find it and upload it.

Hope you're starting to feel better Madeleine.

Even republicans have TVs

It really shouldn't be allowed.
Whatever next?
They'll be wanting the internet so they can air their republican views on social media

My MiL was a remarkable, dignified lady & determined too. She lived to 98 and lived alone after FiL died, on the top floor of a block of council flats. She also had 1 daughter and 3 sons, two of whom were serving officers in the RAF. She worked hard until she was well into her 60s. She was a loving grandma to her 11 grandchildren.
There are 1000s of women like my MiL.. but we give huge focus to just one woman because serendipity made her the queen.

Deedaa

Seeing the family en masse did seem to underline how irrelevant Harry has become in this country. I don#t think many people will have missed him.

For someone so irrelevant, he does seem to garner an awful lot of media column inches and subsequent comments!

How lovely it was to see the Queen, after such a long abscence, I felt so proud as I watched her with her Son Andrew.The Queen looks so frail, but she managed to walk alone to her seat, its been a long time since we saw her, but she is still a remarkable dignified lady, and determined to attend the memorial service.

And yet we still manage to shoehorn him into every thread that mentions the RF. Often several times...