It will come as no surprise to anyone that I am no great supporter of the Royal family. I could care less whether they exist or not. Having said that, when it comes to loyalty, honesty, support and duty, there is no doubt that the late Prince Philip could teach our government and particularly Boris a thing or two about how to behave! As someone else wrote on Twitter once the Queen and David Attenborough go, we say goodbye to the adults! Naturally the outpouring of tributes, obituaries and the many other pages of print that has already appeared is a bonanza for the media. It is a rare occurrence when somebody of this stature dies and we will be swamped! I will confess I had a sneaky admiration for Philip, he spoke his mind and as a man of his generation, it could not have been any picnic being a consort. The royal family are privilege personified, not one of them have any real idea of the lives of the people. They can’t help their birth or that privilege it gives them. Which is why the Harry and Megan situation is such a joke. They certainly have a somewhat hypocritical way of avoiding the spotlight as they profess to want to do!
The end of an era and from a purely human perspective your sympathy must go out to them but nearly 100 is not a bad innings!
Day four in the new place and it is coming on in well if not leaps and bounds, it is progressing. Already we’ve realised that we should have thrown more stuff out before the move and that it needs further culling. Lot unpacked and still quite a few boxes left to go.
Stay well
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