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Taylor1
It was combat officers like Prince Phillip who saved England from a Nazi victory.If the Nazis had won the war perhaps there would have been no Rolling Stones
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Taylor1
It was combat officers like Prince Phillip who saved England from a Nazi victory.If the Nazis had won the war perhaps there would have been no Rolling Stones
Arguably true.
There is though considerably irony as the Prince had four older sisters, three of whom were definitely closely associated with the Nazi Party.
If you don't believe that, Google it for yourself.
According to an article in the New York Post, a couple of his sisters were married to Germans either in the Nazi party or associated with them.Queen Elizabeth and Phillip are mostly of German not English descent.Elizabeth has very little English in herQuote
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Taylor1
It was combat officers like Prince Phillip who saved England from a Nazi victory.If the Nazis had won the war perhaps there would have been no Rolling Stones
Arguably true.
There is though considerably irony as the Prince had four older sisters, three of whom were definitely closely associated with the Nazi Party.
If you don't believe that, Google it for yourself.
I don't disbelieve that at all. It wouldn't have a baring on my view of the late Duke of Edinburgh, though. Families are often divided during conflict. You cited the American Revolutionary War earlier in this thread: families were split during that time, with some fighting for freedom; other members loyal to the Crown.
According to an article in the New York Post, a couple of his sisters were married to Germans either in the Nazi party or associated with them.Queen Elizabeth and Phillip are mostly of German not English descent.Elizabeth has very little English in her[/quote]Quote
Taylor1
I don't disbelieve that at all. It wouldn't have a baring on my view of the late Duke of Edinburgh, though. Families are often divided during conflict. You cited the American Revolutionary War earlier in this thread: families were split during that time, with some fighting for freedom; other members loyal to the Crown.
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Big AlAccording to an article in the New York Post, a couple of his sisters were married to Germans either in the Nazi party or associated with them.Queen Elizabeth and Phillip are mostly of German not English descent.Elizabeth has very little English in herQuote
Taylor1
I don't disbelieve that at all. It wouldn't have a baring on my view of the late Duke of Edinburgh, though. Families are often divided during conflict. You cited the American Revolutionary War earlier in this thread: families were split during that time, with some fighting for freedom; other members loyal to the Crown.
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That image is pretty heart-breaking. I don't understand either and, for want of any better explanation, I drew the same conclusion as you, i.e., that maybe that's how she wanted it.
That said, I think that photo may have been taken before the rest of the family arrived, but even then she was 2 metres apart from the person nearest to her. Whoever it was, it wasn't one of her children as far as I could tell.
The whole thing was very meticulously planned and executed. We are told that Prince Philip had quite a hand in the planning and even came up with the idea of a false tower for the official photographer so that he could click away without being seen!
There were some nice touches, like his hat and gloves on his carriage, and the singing in the chapel by the woman especially was so beautiful.
The Queen will be 95 in a few days, on Wednesday. I doubt she'll feel much like celebrating. I'm no royalist but I can't help feeling sorry for her.
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Yes, that Land Rover hearse was quite something - as were the manoeuvres involved in lifting the coffin on and off. If it were me, I would have been petrified of dropping it!