Kenny 283 Posted April 19, 2021 On 17/04/2021 at 10:31, DevonDeathTrip said: My son wants to know the odds of the Queen remarrying, but none of the regular bookmakers seem to be offering quotes. The odds are non-existent because the most likely candidate, Sir Covid Tom Moore, carked before Phil the Greek. A more pertinent question is that did the wake have shish kebabs rather than sausage rolls? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted April 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Kenny said: The odds are non-existent because the most likely candidate, Sir Covid Tom Moore, carked before Phil the Greek. Leslie Phillips? Abdelaziz Bouteflika? Maybe even Gorbachev? Jimmy Carter and Dilip Kumar are taken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted April 20, 2021 12 hours ago, arghton said: Leslie Phillips? Abdelaziz Bouteflika? Maybe even Gorbachev? Jimmy Carter and Dilip Kumar are taken. Surely the national treasure that is Sir David Attenborough... 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted April 22, 2021 On 04/03/2021 at 11:03, Dying Probably said: *insert iain image here* I think the image may be referring to you my friend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted April 30, 2021 On 15/01/2020 at 11:19, Kenny McCormick said: I stand by my previous prediction that he will die annoyingly close to his 100th birthday. Couldn't find OC, but this'll do... Recently remembered that I predicted this, what do I win? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted May 5, 2021 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-philip-cause-of-death-b1842297.html Death cause revealed (spoiler: it's "old age", the coroners probably didn't figure out which organ went first) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny 283 Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, arghton said: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-philip-cause-of-death-b1842297.html Death cause revealed (spoiler: it's "old age", the coroners probably didn't figure out which organ went first) Or a cover-up? Cue the David Icke conspiracy theories on lizards etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted May 5, 2021 3 hours ago, arghton said: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-philip-cause-of-death-b1842297.html Death cause revealed (spoiler: it's "old age", the coroners probably didn't figure out which organ went first) If I'm not mistaken that is a downgrade from the Queen Mother's cause of death which was listed as 'Extreme Old Age'. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted June 8, 2021 Would've been his 100th birthday day after tomorrow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, arghton said: Would've been his 100th birthday tomorrow. No it wouldn't. His birthday was the 10th June. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 302 Posted June 8, 2021 'Tactical, yet somehow pointless, edit.' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted June 8, 2021 Mixed the day of death (9th) and the day of birth (10th) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miranda lass 98 Posted June 13, 2021 What way did it help to cancel our programs to announce his death? Coulda just announced on the regular 1.30 news program. We didn't benefit in anyway to find out any soober 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted June 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, Miranda lass said: What way did it help to cancel our programs to announce his death? Coulda just announced on the regular 1.30 news program. We didn't benefit in anyway to find out any soober Its called a tribute and mark of respect, idiot features. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted September 16, 2021 Now we will never know who he left his Big Book of Racist Jokes to. Prince Philip's will to be secret for 90 years - BBC News 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,745 Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Bentrovato said: Now we will never know who he left his Big Book of Racist Jokes to. Prince Philip's will to be secret for 90 years - BBC News I was just reading this. I'm curious who the full list of 30 sealed wills are. I haven't done any digging into whose wills were published or not but presumably among the 30 are: Prince Philip, Queen Mum, Princess Margaret, Diana?, Earl Mountbatten, George VI, Queen Mary of Teck, George V, old Duke of Kent, old Duke of Gloucester, Francis of Teck, maybe Edward VIII? Even then, that's less than half. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted September 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: I was just reading this. I'm curious who the full list of 30 sealed wills are. I haven't done any digging into whose wills were published or not but presumably among the 30 are: Prince Philip, Queen Mum, Princess Margaret, Diana?, Earl Mountbatten, George VI, Queen Mary of Teck, George V, old Duke of Kent, old Duke of Gloucester, Francis of Teck, maybe Edward VIII? Even then, that's less than half. Diana's is in the public domain already. You will have to wait until the intended annex listing them is published. If that ever happens of course. Presumably they are all quite high up the line. Wives/Husbands might also count I suppose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mollyafox 455 Posted September 22, 2021 Prince Charles discusses the last conversation he had with his father. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnchoredStarling 0 Posted October 29, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 22:38, Kenny said: The odds are non-existent because the most likely candidate, Sir Covid Tom Moore, carked before Phil the Greek. Hey, don't forget that Sir David Attenborough is still around . . . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted August 2, 2022 Death Notice for Lady Myra Alice Butter (nee Wernher), a cousin of the late Duke Of Edinburgh and a descendent of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, aged 97: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/258709/butter She gave an interview with The Sun last year: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14604368/queen-lost-without-prince-philip-duke-cousin/ and her wedding to Major Sir David Butter in 1946 was attended by the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth), Princess Margaret and Queen Mary, along with the Mountbattens etc etc: http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2010/11/myra-werner-marries-major-butter.html British Pathe footage here: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAEI1Y9SYN8JS9QCZQDEBC9045Z-WERNHER-AND-BUTTER-WEDDING-AT-ST-MARGARETS-CATHEDRAL/query/MARRIAGE+AT and it is stated that Prince Michael of Kent was the page. Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_de_Torby Sir David died in 2010: https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-major-sir-david-butter-kcvo-mc-2442387 (I thank you). 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 10, 2023 Couldn’t find a thread for the new Duke of Edinburgh. I thought Prince Edward was looking quite gaunt in the photos from today. He has certainly lost a lot of weight since his mother died. It has been suggested The King wanted to keep the Edinburgh title for Charlotte. Could it be the case he has given it to his brother for his lifetime in the knowledge that might not be as long as we think? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 525 Posted March 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Windsor said: Couldn’t find a thread for the new Duke of Edinburgh. I thought Prince Edward was looking quite gaunt in the photos from today. He has certainly lost a lot of weight since his mother died. It has been suggested The King wanted to keep the Edinburgh title for Charlotte. Could it be the case he has given it to his brother for his lifetime in the knowledge that might not be as long as we think? From what I understand, this is in line with the wishes of both the Queen and Philip. It would have been unprecedented, in the modern era, to give a child such a high title... And against the wishes of the previous holder to boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,580 Posted March 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Windsor said: Couldn’t find a thread for the new Duke of Edinburgh. I thought Prince Edward was looking quite gaunt in the photos from today. He has certainly lost a lot of weight since his mother died. It has been suggested The King wanted to keep the Edinburgh title for Charlotte. Could it be the case he has given it to his brother for his lifetime in the knowledge that might not be as long as we think? Through Sophie would still be Duchess of Edinburgh until she either died or remarried. Charlotte will more likely be Princess royal as Anne is likely to die a while before Sophie in the event that Edward is Ill anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted March 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Windsor said: It has been suggested The King wanted to keep the Edinburgh title for Charlotte. Could it be the case he has given it to his brother for his lifetime in the knowledge that might not be as long as we think? No. The issue was that Charles wanted to keep the Edinburgh title close to the family. If you look at the other Royal dukedoms of Kent and Gloucester, they are drifting away from the immediate family. Once held by sons of the monarch, they were inherited by cousins of the Queen and the next heirs will be second cousins to Charles. The same would have happened with Edinburgh if it was given to Edward. This has been solved by making it non-hereditary, a life peerage. When Edward dies it won't go to his son James but will return to the Crown. Instead James now has his father's old title of Earl of Wessex. Possibly Edinburgh will be regarded as a title awarded on merit, like Anne's title of Princess Royal which is also non-hereditary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted March 11, 2023 5 hours ago, The Old Crem said: Through Sophie would still be Duchess of Edinburgh until she either died or remarried. Charlotte will more likely be Princess royal as Anne is likely to die a while before Sophie in the event that Edward is Ill anyway. On Edward's death she would be The Dowager Duchess of Edinburgh 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites