Duke of Edinburgh admitted to hospital.

What? I know you didn't write it Ellianne . You challenged me to find posts on this thread that were unkind or derogatory to Meghan. I found 2.

What? Are you mixed up as well?
I never wrote that. Look at the author.

Ellianne:

The shenanigans across the pond this time are far worse than Meghan doing her usual 'upstaging.' It's beyond the pale.

So noticeable the Megan admirers and defenders are bossy.

The last one also has the bonus of being indirect criticism! Extra points for that.....

Has it occurred to anyone that M&H are currently fulfilling the role society has always demanded one of the RF play- the bad Royal. Fore runners include the Windsors, Prince Charles (for a bit) Fergie. M&H were incredibly popular at one point arguably rivalling Will & Kate-couldn't be allowed could it? W&K must be good royals. Hence M&H must be bad. The RF learned from the Charles and Diana debacle.

Hatred of a woman who doesn't know her station and has just ruined the son of the People's Princess.
To be fair Alegrias this may be true of other threads, but not on the DofE one. I have just re read my far too many posts here (x17) and apart from the swift response to the OP which was correctly taken as black humour by others, I challenge you to find one comment which points a bad
unkind defamatory finger at Meghan.
I do have a sense of occasion, so will stop any pleas for further discussion here on the Oprah interview until it is released.

Fair enough maddyone, you're quite right, I don't have a right to tell people what to post. As long as they are opinions. If people make up stuff in their minds and post it as true, then I feel I have to say something.

But for goodness sake, we don't own the RF. We don't have a right to post unsubstantiated things about people we don't know and have never met.

I haven't been called bossy for a few years. Made me feel young again.

Not sure what bosdy is though

I think being described as bosdy is usually a good thing for a woman. I would definitely want to be considered bossy if it means asserting my needs and views.

Parsley
Let the old Duke have a dignified end.
No one knows that Prince Philip is at the end of his life.

Alegrias
It is not up to you to tell posters not to express their opinions. This is a country of free speech, and posters are fully entitled to express their opinions on this subject, or any other. If you don’t like the thread, then there is always the option to engage with a different thread.

To put it in a nutshell we know nothing really about what's happening other than what we hear which is probably lies or made up by the media. He's got to 99 which is a long life.

So noticeable the Megan admirers and defenders are bossy.

Ellianne that brutal last line of the Sussex’s statement is enough for anyone to feel much sorrow for the royal family , and shows the couple they will sink. Enough of those two.

I hope and pray Phillip recovers and enjoys his 100 birthday .

Being picky, it’s 73 years of marriage, not 75.

Still a very long time.

alegrias ?? Let the old Duke have a dignified end. His son has visited but his wife may not see him again. Don’t add to the family grief by speculating about his relationship with his family. We are better than that.

Completely agree Alegrias.

From a personal perspective I would like to discuss the possible reasons surrounding the televised interview with Oprah. And of course how it fits into the workings of the media. Nothing to do with racism, hatred, jealousy. That is for the couple to explain.

But it is the mean spirited comments that ensue on here which cause GN to pull the thread every time. This is the reason why the discussion is bubbling on the DofE thread with no real outlet.

I stand by my comments upthread. The Queen Mother was afforded a dignified passing without headline grabbing antics by estranged family members.

Bossy. I like being bossy. Apparently its a girl thing

Your comments are way OTT, Alegrias and very bossy.

I will now take my cue, 'That's not what I said!'

There are elements of this thread that justify more and more my opinion that the way monarchy is treated is a bad thing for this country. Random people on an online forum protesting how terrible a couple are for, basically, making an old man ill. People giving their unassailable opinions on a bunch of people we think we know because the press have told us how to feel about them. Hatred of a woman who doesn't know her station and has just ruined the son of the People's Princess. Faux-indignation whipped up by irresponsible reporting from the press who are clearly following their own agenda.

An elderly man may be nearing the end of his life. His wife of 75 years will clearly be affected by his passing. Painting her as a poor old woman driven to the brink by her errant grandson and his wicked wife does her a great disservice, as does any sentimental concern for her and her husband.

So cue now the people who say "that's not what I said" and "I didn't think that".

Hope he gets better and goes home again. Accord the family some respect and stop making silly comments about their family relationships. But most of all, stop making assumptions and daft one line posts about things you know nothing about.

Good point eazybee. The two are inextricably linked, hence the wanderings/wonderings on this thread.

The Royal Family always issued terse statements about any illness in an attempt to keep their health problems private; it is the actions of Harry and his wife which have promoted so much speculation about the progress of the Duke's illness.

For a man to send such an insulting public reply to his grandmother shows exactly how far Harry has sunk, and I hope the Duke has not heard or read it.

I m sure if Philip is at end of life he will not be thinking about his grandkids lives ...after watching the Princess Anne documentary last night about her many unsuitable love affairs that he mainly didn’t approve of and the Charles and Andrew debacle I should think poor old Harry comes well down the list of his worries

I too hope the Duke recovers, it would be marvellous if he could get that telegram from his wife, but sadly, he might not.

In the past I have read that when the time comes, the Duke himself has no wish for a great, state (royal) funeral, just a very private one. If he were to die now, that would be quite suitable.

Of course, none of us know if that really is his wish, but it sounds very likely.

The Queen must be very sad with all that’s going on.

As for H&M being ‘much loved members of the family’. That applies to Harry and Archie I’m sure.

Meghan? Stretching it a bit I suspect.

The Queen never seems to visit him when he’s on his trips into hospital surely if he’s at the end of his life she would go to say goodbye !

No one,