Beautiful memorial service for Prince Philip

crooking his arm

Anniebach

Lucca difficult for some, not all, republicans to understand,
there were many who wanted to see and hear the memorial
service and not because they wanted to mock the bereaved.

The mocking and criticism on this thread is brutal and a link
to the Daily Mail, a newspaper scorned on this forum is now
applauded , so hypocritical.

Nobody has mocked the bereaved apart from one comment. One.

Princess Anne would have been a good choice to accompany her mother. Anne is popular because it seems, what you see, is what you get. She is also rather like her father.

The Queen rarely puts a foot wrong but, choosing to walk in to the service with Andrew was an unnecessary mistake. If Andrew had any regard for his mother, his children and wider family, he’d have said thanks mum for thinking of me but, in view of the ‘recent publicity’ I don’t believe it would be to your advantage. I’ll come and sit at the back, why don’t you get Anne to walk with you

Anne was escorted by her husband.

Gilly3

While on the subject did anyone else notice the comforting smile Aunty Beatrice gave a bewildered little Charlotte during the service? Sweet.

First cousin once removed, not Auntie

Anniebach

Anne was escorted by her husband.

? But she didn’t have to be !!

But maybe she wanted to be. I imagine the family got together and decided how they wanted the service to be, and who would sit where, who should escort the Queen, etc.

We have no idea what the family did, although some seem to think they know !

The press were saying that Charles and William didn’t want Andrew to have such a high profile duty at the service, but the Queen overrode them. Maybe it’s true, who knows.

Yes, who knows what is true from the press

The press were saying . . . ???

The press are truthful about everything re Andrew

The press lie about Megan and Harry

It was the same with Charles and Diana

Always has to be a saint and a sinner

Not everyone believes in saints and sinners, or in the extremes printed in the press.

The press present their view of the truth, usually biased towards the side they think will encourage most readers. That can change from day to day.

And in the Daily Mail, from article to article in the same days news

Iam64 Saints and sinners are extremes