# Prince Philip has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670 "2021-04-09T11:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/41 "2021-04-09T14:35:44Z")
Which of his songs will Elton John butcher for the funeral. I hope it’s “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/42 "2021-04-09T14:51:50Z")
I think _I Just Can’t Wait To Be King_ might be more likely. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/43 "2021-04-09T14:55:53Z")
Sitting here in London, I feel oddly dislocated, but that’s probably simply because the familiar broadcasting schedules have been upended, at least on the main channels, with the BBC switching all channels to a single obituary-plus-talking-heads programme. And one of the other channels seems to have dropped ads, just showing an animated version of its logo (not surprising, most of the ads in the afternoon are for funeral insurance and prepaid cremations - I’m wondering if they’ll have dropped the re-runs of Waiting for God). ---
**Author:** ![DeathPool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DeathPool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathPool)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/44 "2021-04-09T14:59:13Z")
That or Crocodile Rock ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/45 "2021-04-09T15:04:20Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > You may be interested to know that I work for a national broadcaster (one of the major ones in the UK, I won’t say which though). You will not believe how many meetings and how much work is going on behind the scenes right now. All the plans we already had are being put into place but all the ad hoc stuff we need to do is ridiculously complicated and involves a large set of processes. We’ve had several false alarms and “it could be any day now” moments in the last year, but even knowing this was inevitable there’s so much still to do. Checking every script, every minute of programming, rescheduling shows, reviewing marketing messages, adjusting billings information, replanning comms on digital platforms, PR changes, working out the knock on effects of the rescheduling of programmes, etc etc. It’s never ending. I remember seeing an interview with a BBC newsreader who said that one of the very first things on being hired was going out and having a black suit tailored, and then leaving that in the office, just in case. And wasn’t there a hullaballoo when the Queen Mother passed and one of the newsreaders wore a dark blue tie rather than a black one? I get the impression that there are formal etiquette rules that are expected to be followed. (And to be honest, I’m sad that we’re not going to see the massive ceremonies that would have been held if not for covid restrictions.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/46 "2021-04-09T15:21:42Z")
And they’ll now have to update the obits of the Queen and some of the other royal family members plus also reviewing the processes for their deaths. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/47 "2021-04-09T15:22:01Z")
There is a history program on her. I watched it on YouTube. She was fascinating! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/48 "2021-04-09T15:28:38Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Which of his songs will Elton John butcher for the funeral. I hope it’s “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”. - > [@DeathPool](#): > > That or Crocodile Rock- I’m Still Standing. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/49 "2021-04-09T15:43:15Z")
Indeed! Amazing life history. And reading about the death of her daughter Cecile, Phillips sister, in a plane crash is incredibly tragic. Traveling to a wedding with her family while pregnant then giving birth on plane and it crashes, damn it’s terrible. Sad news for the Windsors, sympathy to their loved ones and countrymen ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/50 "2021-04-09T15:54:42Z")
He served his adopted country bravely and well as a naval officer during WWII. There aren’t that many left. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/51 "2021-04-09T16:10:17Z")
And he had to give up his career for his wife. He likely would have made admiral had he married anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/52 "2021-04-09T16:11:21Z")
_Goodbye, Phillip of Rhodes_ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/53 "2021-04-09T16:15:21Z")
yes, black ties are standard. the presenter wore a red tie. red tie! i’m a bit surprized he wasn’t taken to the tower. [The Secret Plan for Prince Philip’s Death: Operation Forth Bridge Explained - TLDR News - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTDwsXCoGE0) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/54 "2021-04-09T16:30:34Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Which of his songs will Elton John butcher for the funeral. “I wish he’d turn the microphone off.”      – Prince Philip, listening to Elton John at a Royal Variety Performance, 2001 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/55 "2021-04-09T16:30:55Z")
Not to worry. Prince Philip is a god: > **[Prince Philip movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Prince Philip movement is a religious sect followed by the Kastom people around the villages of Yaohnanen and Yakel on the southern island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It is a cargo cult of the Yaohnanen tribe, who believe in the divinity of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), once consort to Queen Elizabeth II. > According to ancient Yaohnanen tales, the son of a mountain spirit travelled over them. He was sometimes said to be a brother to... ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/56 "2021-04-09T16:35:22Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Not to worry. Prince Philip is a god: It’s mentioned in the movie _Tanna_ (2015) – well worth watching on its own merits. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/57 "2021-04-09T16:36:35Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > yes, black ties are standard. the presenter wore a red tie. red tie! i’m a bit surprized he wasn’t taken to the tower. > > [The Secret Plan for Prince Philip’s Death: Operation Forth Bridge Explained - TLDR News - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTDwsXCoGE0) So this website’s alternative to reading a news story is offering a nine-minute long YouTube video? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/58 "2021-04-09T16:40:32Z")
it also gives one an idea of what can be expected funeral wise, and a handful of interesting facts. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/59 "2021-04-09T16:44:15Z")
Sorry, just thought it funny that a site called “Too Long, Didn’t Read News” had such a long report. Nine minutes is enough time to read quite a long written news story. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/60 "2021-04-09T16:49:47Z")
This is why I don’t understand the mania for video over the written word - who’s got the time? I actively avoid clicking on videos in news and social sites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670.md?page=4)