Prince Phillip's funeral
Is anyone going to watch it? I hope to see snippets.
shareYes - I plan to start watching at 9am EDT.
shareI watched it, very sad but elegant.
sharewhy does Prince Phillip get an elegant funeral, but DMX doesn't?
shareOh Good grief, but everyone will remember they died the same day. Just like Farrah Fawcett and MJ, or Johnny Cash and John Ritter.
shareYeah, watched it, sad.
shareTrue, I am not a royalist, but have an interest in them. Even I shed a tear. I felt for his kids as well, especially Charles. From reports, all his life,he and his dad had a rocky relationship. I am sure there are a lot of regrets.
shareYou might also find this article interesting because of the way couples who have been together for many years (like the Queen and Phillip) also tend to die within a close time frame of one another:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2015/jan/09/why-elderly-couples-die-together-science-broken-hearts
In other words, the FUNERAL of the QUEEN within the next year or so could also be a result of the DEATH of PHILLLIP (if she isn't able to overcome and rise above the GRIEF that she feels at his absence).
Many are predicting that. Not just spouses, look at the cases of Natalie Cole's son, and Bobbi Christina. In addition to Carrie Fisher and her mom. I would not be surprised if Harry and Meghan vow to visit often despite restrictions, since Harry senses his time with grandma is coming to an end.
Actress Dana Plato's son killed himself years after she died, due to grief over losing his mom. In addition to Y&R star Kristoff St. John and Carroll O Connor. They lost their sons tragically. Ana Nicole died a year after her son as well.
Since The QUEEN'S mom also made it past 100, she's also got good genes on her side if she can also find a good GRIEF therapist to work with.
PLUS she's also got to be a pretty tough cookie to have made it through WW2 and all of the other stuff that's happened through the years.
So all we can do is sit back and wait to see what happens ...
And who's going to take her place???
Will it be CHARLES or WILLIAM???
I thought they said it's already been decided her grandson will be the next KING, but during the funeral they kept suggesting Charles might become the next ruler???
I have to say the thought has crossed my mind about the queen and how much longer she'll live. As you said, genes are on her side, and she's a tough cookie.
I'm no royalist either, but I just assumed that Charles would be next on the throne unless he predeceases his mother. Or I suppose he could step aside???
I thought I'd heard something on the news a few years ago about how the QUEEN had already decided that WILLIAM would take her place (because she may also have the ability to decide the issue)???
And her decision may also have something to do with rules that say a FUTURE MONARC isn't allowed to be DIVORCED or something (which may also have something to do with HENRY the 8th and all of his wives that he had in a desperate FAILED effort to try and produce a SON to replace him)???
I don't know, because like the case is with you, I'm also not someone who closely follows whatever it is that takes place in the lives of ROYAL FAMILIES either.
Also Found this:
Prince William Should Succeed Queen Elizabeth - Sorry Charles!
https://www.ccn.com/prince-william-should-succeed-queen-elizabeth
Sep 28, 2020 · Who Should Replace Queen Elizabeth? Prince William? Prince Charles? Neither! According to Republic CEO Graham Smith, the successor to Queen Elizabeth shouldn’t be decided by royal succession, but rather a vote by the British public: I think we need to move away from people sitting back as spectators being told who their head of state is going to be.
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Ah. I hadn't heard anything about the queen preferring that William succeed her rather than Charles. I guess we'll see...
shareI recall something in films about a MONARC getting to choose who will replace them after they die, but a search indicates that might not be the case for the QUEEN, due to the way it also says her OLDEST son Charles will replace her before William.
So it must have been something I heard about how a MONARC or FUTURE MONARC can't marry someone who's DIVORCED, but then that also brings us right back to the way that the current wife of CHARLES is also a DIVORCEE.
They do have some weird rules about succession.
shareThe next ruler will be Charles. Diana wanted Charles to be skipped, but that's not happening.
share The moment the queen dies, Charles becomes king. No if's, and's, or but's about it. Only Parliament can remove someone from the line of succession.
Upon becoming king, Charles could abdicate and then William would become King, but it is HIGHLY unlikely that would happen.
The think he will make a decent king. From what I have read, William nor Harry are interested, but that could change with age. Lord knows, they got time. Harry is too far down the line anyway.
shareThere's also the possibility that there's another RICHARD III type lurking around somewhere in this ROYAL FAMILY TREE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England
Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 after his brother ascended the throne as King Edward IV.
When Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's eldest son and successor, the 12-year-old Edward V. Arrangements were made for Edward V's coronation on 22 June 1483. Before the king could be crowned, the marriage of his parents was declared bigamous and therefore invalid. Now officially illegitimate, their children were barred from inheriting the throne. On 25 June, an assembly of lords and commoners endorsed a declaration to this effect and proclaimed Richard as the rightful king. He was crowned on 6 July 1483. Edward and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, called the "Princes in the Tower", were not seen in public after August and accusations circulated that they had been murdered on King Richard's orders.
So apparently all someone needs to do is declare WILLIAM and HARRY not to be the sons of CHARLES, and then take their place the same way as RICHARD did???
That may sound HIGHLY UNLIKELY to happen, but before JAN the 6th people in the US would also have assumed it was just as UNLIKELY that someone could claim a LEGIT ELECTION had been stolen and then proceed to try to stop the person elected to office from taking office.
So keeping that in mind, one just never really knows what could actually happen even if it SHOULDN'T.
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You really have an over active imagination.
shareMaybe that's also a part of the LITERARY training that I've had -- that's also a result of taking all of those courses that one was required to take -- and from reading all of those stories that one read while attending the university???
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