04 May 2017, 06:40#1
Has a senior Royal most likely Prince Phillip passed a way ?
RORooinek
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04 May 2017, 07:19#2
Not according to Buckingham Palace. They're saying it's fake news.
RORooinek
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RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
04 May 2017, 10:29#3
Seems the speculation started when an emergency meeting was called at Buckingham Palace. No-one knows why the meeting was called but Buckingham Palace have confirmed that it is not because of a death or illness. The meeting is at 10am UK time so perhaps we'll know in about an hour's time. Maybe QEII is abdicating?
CLclevermike
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CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
04 May 2017, 10:55#4
Rooinek
Very unlikely that Queen Elizebeth would abdicate. She was always against the D utch system that allows for abdication and made a scathing remark about it after Queen Juliana phoned her and informed her of her intention to abdicate in 1981.
I do not think any monarch of the UK/England ever abdicated - they die in the job. There is no precedent for that and it would have to be done with a special law allowing for it - like happened in Spain. Parliament has been dissolved and the situation at present does not allow for such a law to be passed.
It may be that the Queen at 92 feels that her mental abilities is deteriorating - but even then the situation would be that a special law would have to be passed, which would only happen next month. They can obviously appoint Prince Charles to act - while the legal situation is being regularized.
There is nothing on the issue on Sky News - so we will have to wait and see what will materialize.
RORooinek
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04 May 2017, 11:09#5
Ou Maaik, Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936.
RORooinek
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RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
04 May 2017, 11:15#6
Okay, so Prince Philip is stepping down from all public duties as from "the autumn" this year . . . that's all it was.
Fair enough . . . he is 95 after all.
CLclevermike
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04 May 2017, 11:16#7
Rooinek
Sorry - I forgot about that one. I think it was not a voluntary one in that case. He was determined to marry Mrs Simpson and was told he cannot do so as Head of the Church of England and he then decided to give up the throne. Virtually forced into that situation with the consent of the Government .
However, a statement has been issued that Prince Philip will no longer take up public duties and will not accept any new invitations to do so in future. At 95 he certainly is entitled to stop working.
Prince Charles is to take over the public duties of Prince Philip until August when Prince Philip will officially retire.
RORooinek
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RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
04 May 2017, 11:20#8
Ou Maaik, Edward VIII had to choose between marrying a divorcee (who was already divorced once and in the process of divorcing her second husband) or remaining on the throne. He chose the gold-digger. It was voluntary.
CLclevermike
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04 May 2017, 11:29#9
And a Nazi sympathizer as well.
MOMozart
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04 May 2017, 14:23#10
Is this a rugby thread? .........not edited ........The content, attitudes and beliefs would have been mainstream at a 1960s Rondebosch ladies' tea party....." he chose the gold-digger". Great balls of fire, this explains everything, once a colonial gossip, always a colonial gossip.
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04 May 2017, 23:40#11
Ah he just looks dead,pre-deceased as it where.I hear Phil the Greek played on the left wing opposite Plato as a sub in the Philosophers XV as shown on Monty Python I think Or judging by the looks of him was there when the Athenian all stars routed the Persian first XV at Platea.Rugby content for ya Moz ! Is it just fake news that you were in the run on side at Marathon ?
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
05 May 2017, 00:53#12
Haha, jeez the battle of Marathon is a little before my time.....the War of the Roses not so much. Marathon by the way is a very disappointing place for such a famous event.