Etudiant, please just stop your provocative guff and recognise HM Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as a force of good within the UK, both civil and military, for the past 70 odd years! If you want to denigrate an outstanding officer and individual, then start a new thread instead of hijacking this one. Your comments do not reflect the opinions of many of those who have served in the military and have been inspired by the DoE. This is not the place for your republican rantings to foment ill-feeling on PPrunemil.