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Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by chanmad29 »

JohnHaugeland wrote: post #261
chanmad29 wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Deserved or not, the coverage he gets has been a balancing act to all the generally sympathetic coverage that Diana gets.

Please be serious. He's not even the worst treated person in the British royal family, and Diana has been off of the television for decades The Prince was largely irrelevant even on British television, let alone the rest of the world If he was the worst treated person on TV, we'd have heard a whole lot more about his Epstein time

You're right. Meghan appears to have been treated worse than PC. My understanding is that there is an overall negative image of PC, but he does not constant coverage, so that helps his case I guess.

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Post by steve_gh »

andrepd wrote: post #252
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Queen holds a weekly audience with the Prime Minister. It's unlikely they make chitchat about the weather. The monarch also vets laws while they're being drafted and can make suggestions for changes if they affect their interests. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette... The Queen isn't just the head of the armed forces - they swear an oath of loyalty directly to the Monarch, not to the peo…

You don't even need to go into secret meetings. In her public speeches at parliament she interferes and sets a direction for her government (it's hers, not ours). Like calling for more and continued austerity amid the crisis, I don't call that being apolitical (also the irony of calling for austerity from a golden throne shouldn't be lost oje anyone).

The only speech the Queen makes in Parliament is "The Queen's Speech" at teh State Opening of Parliament. In it she set's out the Government's Agenda for the next session of Parliament.

It's written by the Government; she reads it out. She has no part in its preparation.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by yakubin »

s_dev wrote: post #203
nindalf wrote: post #91

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I think it’s interesting that you’d blame this family for the horrors of colonialism. They haven’t had a say in British policy for around 2 centuries. Although the monarch meets the Prime Minister every week, they cannot tell the PM what to do, unless it affects the royal family personally. The PM listens to what they have to say but charts their own course. If you’re looking for someone to blame, Churchill deserves…

>I think it’s interesting that you’d blame this family for the horrors of colonialism. Heres the opening for Patrick Freyne in the Irish Times on the British Monarchy: "Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news storie…

The royal family, including current members, also has a history of some sympathy towards Nazism.

[1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/royal-family-nazi-...>

[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/19/queens-nazi-...>

[3]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4170083.stm>

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by cookingoils »

JohnHaugeland wrote: post #285
cookingoils wrote: post #272

“The official website of the Royal Family is temporarily unavailable while appropriate changes are made.“ Nicely poetic approach to put the website in a sort of mourning state. Curious what changes need to be made.

They've been ready for years. None.

So it's just symbolic? Seems odd to not have a click-through then.

Edit: Just checked some subpages and they forward to the announcement. I guess they really mean unavailable.

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Post by zentiggr »

limograf wrote: post #220
pta2002 wrote: post #205

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What does this mean?

The Forth Bridge is a very long bridge that is permanently being painted. "Like painting the Forth Bridge" is a job that (feels like it) will never end. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+like+painting+the+Fo...

Thank you for this - the most interesting comment of everything I've read in this thread

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by greedo »

phantomathkg wrote: post #264
andrepd wrote: post #244

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Wow, why should I respect that this unelected aristocrat "wielded great influence beyond his station"?

Compare to other unelected autocrat around the world? The house of Windsor earn their respect by being modest.

I think "modest" in conjunction with royalty is inherently in conflict.

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Post by sweezyjeezy »

533474 wrote: post #241

99 years of tax subsidies, he surely had a good life without many regrets. It's beyond my comprehension why humans still keep these hereditary regimes, constitutional or absolutist, alive

Because a lot of people get enjoyment from it (e.g. my mum), and removing it wouldn't save much money.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by 74d-fe6-2c6 »

bergheim wrote: post #190

This is an actual honest question; why is this on hacker news?

Because HN is going yellow press ... I mean there are all the time debates about what belongs here and what not. Bottom up - if something reaches the front page it belongs here. Top down - this definitely does not belong here. It's simply irrelevant. You say because he did something with computers once - great - then we'll have obituaries about every body soon on here.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by 45ure »

pta2002 wrote: post #205
mothsonasloth wrote: post #41

The codename for his death is : "Operation Forth Bridge"

What does this mean?

It is a unique codename for the plan to be enacted, in the event of a death of a senior royal. A long read but worth it -- illustrates the complexity and planning required.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens...

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