Tributes paid following death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

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1. The news about this is well over the top! Yes, I feel for the Queen, but her husband was 99, and lived a privileged life! Like about half the population who couldn’t give a jot about royalty and an unelected head of state, and all her offspring, and minor royals, I detest their inherited wealth, mostly obtained by their predecessors, by war, and exploitation of the poor! Enough! Some of us are physically sick over all this nonsense, royalty are only their to divert attention from all the mess that passes for government in this country!

   • I agree with you, Dumpton. Although I have reservations about your last sentence, as royalty was established in Britain long before a more democratic form of government was developed.

     There were 20 pages about the royal family in the I yesterday, and normal programming on Radio 4Extra was suspended for two days. Was that really necessary?

     I should think most people will feel sympathy for the bereaved family-politics doesn’t come into that.

     • True Marva, and what a mess they made of it! All those European wars, mostly due to royal families squabbling between themselves, William the Conqueror was related to Harold wasn’t he? Modern politics only started to come about when power was wrested from the King, and it cost millions of lives, including possibly 20% of the British population during the civil war. Not so much due to battles, but because warring armies lived off the land, stealing food from the poor who died of starvation, and disease! It was only when it was realised political parties were necessary, that power was taken from the King that government became more accountable (but not democratic!)

       • Crickey Dumpton! You remind me of my back gate – unhinged!!

         • Dumpton is correct. Magna Carta happened because of the monarch’s shortcomings.

2. R.I.P. your Royal Grace.

   • Peter Checksfield I will join you in saying RIP. I also say to Dumpton you must be a very bitter and twisted old man. Still cheer up summers coming and hopefully you can have a beer with all your mates and have a hug and maybe discard your mask.

     • Peter and Laurence – I concur with what you say. Dumpton is obviously very bitter and sad person. Some of us are old school and read with distain some of the comments here. As for a radio programme suspended for a day, I give up Marva!!!

       • A whole radio channel suspended for two days, plus a lot of disruption to other radio and tv channels. Was this really necessary? The BBC could simply have devoted BBC1 and Radio 4 to programmes about royalty.

         • Marva Rees. Why don’t you stop whinging about tv and radio being not to your liking this weekend. I suspect it’s more to do with your views on the monarchy.

   • I didn’t know Phillip was ordained Peter!

3. A full life well lived, one of a kind. Probably did a great deal more good than many of us could ever dream of. Kept the nation entertained over the years with his in offensive , offensive quips ( depending on your view). Worlds a lesse place with his loss.

   • LC – very well spoken. As you say, a man who did a great deal of good that many of us good never achieve.. I have never heard a bad word about him with regard to his work with D of E scheme and In my younger days I was an instructor. Kept many a young person on right path in life. Pity some of the feral youth of today in Thanet were not subject to this scheme., although I doubt looking after themselves in mountains would be beyond them!!

4. My last comment should read ‘ I doubt feral youth of today could look after themselves in mountains on camping expedition as it would be beyond them!!’

5. Royalists will never understand they are being conned! A bit like Trump really, how can one man, an adulterer, child abuser, pathological liar (30,000 fact checked lies in 4 years!) a persistent bankrupt, con 77 million people into voting for him? He did nothing during his presidency, unless he could personally benefit from it! A bit like Royalty in this country, they do nothing for the people, but live a life of luxury, never even having to turn a light switch on, as others do that for them. They are a con trick, and all their wealth was stolen from the poor by their ancestors!

6. I was expecting a lot more grief than what I got! Prepare yourselves all you Royalists, this weekend will be just as nauseating for the funeral! The BBC received more complaints about their over the top coverage last week, than there ever has been in the past for any event! I don’t know what being “bitter” means, I am never bitter, but I do feel sad for all those people who lead such shallow lives, they have to venerate a little old grey headed lady, who passes as our Head of State! Royalty, they are just mental chewing gum for the ignorant, ill informed, and plain thick!