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Old 11th April 2021, 11:24   #51
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Gentlemans, my deep feeling from Spain for the passed away of His Royal Highness. We have in Spain seen Him allways not only as relative of Her Majesty Queen Sophia , but also as a person that he said what he thought many times, and was popular here for that.
We pray God for his Soul, for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, all the Royal Family
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Old 11th April 2021, 11:36   #52
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Old 11th April 2021, 14:06   #53
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Are you able to say how you met HRH Prince Phillip?

I was a member of the Royal guard when they visited HMS Dolphin for the trooping of the Submarine colours, something that had happened rarely in the past. When they inspected us he was always lagging behind the queen as he constantly stopped to have a chat with most of the guard. I think he felt most at home and at ease when it was a naval duty to perform considering his early career in the service.
Met Diana the year before when she came aboard HMS Trafalgar for a day at sea.
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Old 13th April 2021, 19:26   #54
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Old 14th April 2021, 08:33   #55
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Some not quite on the mark:

On a trip to China in the 1980s, he warned British students: "You'll get slitty eyes if you stay too long."

- During a visit to Oban in Scotland in 1995, he asked a driving instructor: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the (driving) test?"

- In 1999, while on a tour of a company near Edinburgh, Scotland, he saw a poorly wired fuse box.
"It looks as though it was put in by an Indian," he said.

- While touring Australia in 2002, he asked an Aborigine whether they still threw spears at each other.
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Old 15th April 2021, 08:59   #56
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I'm in agreement with his sentiments,however they are perhaps a little hypocritical from someone who hunted now endangered species for sport.
I was always mystified how someone with a dubious history on animal welfare could become president of The World Wildlife Fund.

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Old 15th April 2021, 12:09   #57
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He is occasionally blunt, almost to the point of mockery in a once-upon-a-time gentlemanly manner. Just as I, and many others, have been on here. Those times are as departed as the man himself.

Times change and later assessment warrants a realisation that all things change, sometimes not necessarily for the better. His history now falls hostage to the ‘woke’ industry and an open season (to use his own terms) on generationally established practice.

An example from today’s press which goes quite a way to highlight his succinct and unstated natural courtesy:

‘Norman Tebbit’s late wife Margaret fretted about a state dinner at Buckingham Palace because of her difficulty using cutlery*. She was even more horrified on arrival to find that she had been placed next to Prince Philip. However, the minute the first course arrived he handed his cutlery to the footman and then ate the entire meal with his fingers. Of course, Margaret could then do the same.’

Can anybody care to hazard a guess just how much one’s cutlery at a state dinner is on table?

*Lady Tebbit's difficulties are widely remembered.
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Old 15th April 2021, 13:10   #58
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An example from today’s press which goes quite a way to highlight his succinct and unstated natural courtesy:

‘Norman Tebbit’s late wife Margaret fretted about a state dinner at Buckingham Palace because of her difficulty using cutlery*. She was even more horrified on arrival to find that she had been placed next to Prince Philip. However, the minute the first course arrived he handed his cutlery to the footman and then ate the entire meal with his fingers. Of course, Margaret could then do the same.’

Can anybody care to hazard a guess just how much one’s cutlery at a state dinner is on table?

*Lady Tebbit's difficulties are widely remembered.
Wow, what a great example of his character.
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Old 15th April 2021, 18:44   #59
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He is occasionally blunt, almost to the point of mockery in a once-upon-a-time gentlemanly manner. Just as I, and many others, have been on here. Those times are as departed as the man himself.

Times change and later assessment warrants a realisation that all things change, sometimes not necessarily for the better. His history now falls hostage to the ‘woke’ industry and an open season (to use his own terms) on generationally established practice.

An example from today’s press which goes quite a way to highlight his succinct and unstated natural courtesy:

‘Norman Tebbit’s late wife Margaret fretted about a state dinner at Buckingham Palace because of her difficulty using cutlery*. She was even more horrified on arrival to find that she had been placed next to Prince Philip. However, the minute the first course arrived he handed his cutlery to the footman and then ate the entire meal with his fingers. Of course, Margaret could then do the same.’

Can anybody care to hazard a guess just how much one’s cutlery at a state dinner is on table?

*Lady Tebbit's difficulties are widely remembered.
Time will show us many examples of how he was, things we didn't get to hear will be talked about, and then we'll know the quality of the man that's been lost to so many.
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Old 16th April 2021, 07:07   #60
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No doubt the BBC will be broadcasting the funeral for the next week.
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