Prince Phillip

Oh dear. Last I heard he was staying at the cottage in Sandringham with the Queen on her way to join him. He hasn't aged as well as the Queen has he ?

he is quite a bit older, no? Probably been ill for a while and the poor Queen had to leave him to go and 'do her job', without pride and with a heavy heart. Feel really sorry for her.

He’s 98y. That's sad as his wife was travelling in the opposite direction. Hope all goes well for him.

I hope she won't have been robbed of being with him if he gets worse - because of this charade.

Such admiration for the Queen, it doesn’t say if he was admitted this morning or yesterday but she did her duty for
the country regardless.

Hope he will be home for Christmas

Doesn’t anyone else feel it’s sad that she’s not stayed in London to at least be near at hand for a visit at least? On second thoughts I suppose this is just how the Royals behave, to me it’s totally alien.

I thought she seemed very tired when reading the speech - no doubt very worried.

I think they said it was precautionary and he isn't one to enjoy being fussed. He has had trouble with the plumbing in the past - I hope he's not uncomfortable and will have Christmas with the Queen.

According to the BBC he was admitted this morning for a planned admission, was not taken by ambulance and walked into the hospital.

When he was in hospital once before, the Queen didn’t visit him. I’m sure she could be with him very speedily if it was thought necessary.

I'm sure if it was serious then she would. But she is also well aware that even though she doesn't want to "make a fuss", her presence anywhere causes all sorts of problems and any hospital really doesn't need that.

He hasn't looked 100% for a while really so maybe he'll be " fixed up " to spend and enjoy this Christmas at least. I hope so.
Realistically, nobody of that age can look too far ahead. Aww.

I gasped when I saw the headline because it's a standing joke in our house that DH always predicts the Christmas/Boxing Day disaster.

A couple of weeks ago we were laughing about it and I asked him what this year's was going to be. Quick as a flash he said, 'Prince Philip!'

I kid you not!

I hope he's wrong.

Not that I'm implying that disasters are a joke of course.

It was a planned admission and he is said to not to like having visitors when he is in hospital. Presumably the idea is to get him home for Christmas.

Nobody lives forever and he is 98.

The queen has her choices and should have /could have retired whenever she wanted, she could have had a few years peace and quiet with Old Phil, she’s the one holding on to the bitter end I think Charles is every bit as safe pair of hands as his mother and she will have to let go at one point if she hasn’t geared him up for his position by now, she never will

She made a vow and is honouring it. She will not have to ‘let go’ until she dies. She could appoint Charles as Prince Regent
if she was not physically or mentally capable.

DH just mumbled something about cryogenics.....

I hope Philip is not suffering anything serious. I suppose at his age every precaution should be taken. The Queen may be criticised for not being with him but I agree with Wildswan that would cause more problems for the hospital.

For heaven's sake, none of us (I presume!) has a clue about what sort of relationship the queen and Prince Phillip have. For all we know, they might hate the sight of each other by now, so I'm certainly not going to either praise, criticise or sympathise regarding the queen's whereabouts while he is in hospital.

Sorry but vows don’t mean you have to still keep going until you drop she could give over and still keep status she’s done more than enough and is it fair to wait till Charles is in his dotage to hand over not in my opinion but of course it is only my opinion

Vows can mean you have to still keep going until you drop. It depends on what the person making the vow understood it to mean at the time they took it.

This has been discussed before, the Queen ‘retiring’. I don’t think she will ever ‘retire’. She will just pass more on to Charles and others to do. Cannot imagine she will just pootle off to Sandringham and not have some sort of role.
My opinion only of course.

I’m sure I read somewhere she intends to stand down in 18 months and make Charles Prince Regent. No one would blame her - it’s been a long reign. I’m not particularly a royalist but I bet I cry when she dies.

The BBC have a codeword like ‘London Bridge’ and every now and again have a practice as to how they plan to broadcast the event. All the male newscasters have a black tie to hand ....
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