RIP His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
 

Palace has announced he passed away peacefully this morning. RIP

A rock to the Queen. I wonder how long she will last without him by her side.

Just saying to a friend yesterday, will the Queen send him a telegram for his 100th...

Liked the old bugger... RIP.

Likewise. RIP Sir.

Ending of an age. RIP

As above, liked the way he said it as he saw it.

RIP Sir

Had the pleasure of showing him around at a Mil-related event. He was in his element talking about life in the services! :ok:

Absolutely down to earth and simply would not leave - which was not a problem at all! Finally, after considerably over-running his planned visit, he sadly observed "Well, I better be off. "You know who" will be wondering what I've been getting up to!". His Security team were having kittens too!

RIP, Your Royal Highness

As other have posted. Always liked him for being himself.

RIP sir

There was a story about him going trans-Atlantic in an RAF Comet - as was his wont, he spent most of the flight chatting on the flight deck. After a lengthy period, one of the crew reached over and adjusted a knob on something, autopilot, radio, whatever. "Crikey" said the Duke, "it's all go up here isn't it?"

Not just big stuff with wings...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5a44e1a439.jpg

A sad loss. He seemed a very likeable man.

Not sure how accurate this is, I've seen it a couple of times.
His log books would make interesting reading...

RIP DoE...

Very sad.. Commiserations to all the family. A WW2 veteran who got a 'Mention in Despatches'

A great loss, RIP

It is incredible for how long he served his country. And being No. 2 in style.

A remarkable, loyal and supportive subject. Thank goodness that HM had his strength and love for so many years. RIP your Royal Highness, and sincerest condolences to Her Majesty and the members of the Royal Family.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award (for youths) did a power of good to several generations

I would like to echo the above posts, a remarkable man.

I was lucky enough to bump in to him on horse back in Windsor Great Park early one morning many years ago and got a cheery; "Good morning" from him. He was some distance away before I realised who he was. He just looked like a thoroughly normal chap out for a morning ride. Which of course, he was, only with an extraordinary job which he carried out to perfection.

RIP

RIP Sir and sincere condolences to Her Majesty and the Royal Family.

RIP Sir.
We were on holiday in Braemar late '60's which is near Balmoral and walking down the high street actually bumped into a tall man and after the apologies not looking etc realised it was the Duke. He was out buying sweets. Looked round for security and none to be seen so had he sneaked put for a quarter of Weathers Originals? Had a short nice chat and he was off Salmon fishing, and no I did not wangle a invite 😐

The only time I was within earshot of Her Majesty the Queen, at the opening of a building in the City of London, her major question was "Where is Philip?"
Such a sad loss for all of us.

never met him but several people I know have - all the way from the military to the Award Scheme - they all reckoned he was intelligent, to the point and genuinely interested in what people were doing

Married for 73 years, lived to be 99 years old and died at home with his family.

If only we could all be so lucky.

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Not a bad end to an interesting life, and a far better end than many for sure. RIP

RIP Prince Philip. The man who modernised the monarchy and got kids to become self aware and self sustaining with the Duke of Edinburgh scheme which seems to have had over 2 million participants globally since starting in 1956.

Would he have hated all of this sobriety?

He’d probably hate all the TV coverage, I know I do.

So there were 59 types in his logbook.
Anyone have a list?
From a quick surf around I found:
Turbulent
Harvard
Chipmunk
Heron
Wessex
Whirlwind
Andover
B757
Concorde
VC10
Andover
Slingsby T42b
AH64 Apache
Trident
Westland WG30

Can anyone add to the list?

Beagle Pup?

+1

I'm sure he would be asking what all the fuss was about, after all he was 99 and most of us will be long gone before then. As for the "royal watchers" and people leaving floral tributes, what is that all about. Have we gone totally soft as a country.

God is my help, RIP sir, a example for all of us to follow

Nige321, perhaps the Comet?

Did he fly the Basset?

May he rest in peace. A man who did his bit in World War 2 and was mentioned in dispatches. A man who ended up doing a job he did not want to do but stood up to the mark and gave it his best. A real man not afraid to say what he thought.
The DoE Award scheme has done an enormous amount of good and helped thousands of people me included. If that was his only legacy then that alone would be something to be proud of.
I shall raise a glass to him tonight.

https://edition.cnn.com/uk/live-news...df3479bde7551f

Does anyone else find that a strange thing for a Grandson to leave his Grandad, Thank you for your service!
It all just sounds so impersonal.

Absolutely bizarre.

I noticed a bit of a mix-up in several online articles: HRH Prince Philip carried out a flying tour of South America in 1962 during which he flew a lot of the legs himself, alongside Peter Middleton, but that was on a BEA Dart Herald. Several sites illustrate this story with a photo of HRH arriving at Heathrow after a 1966 visit to Buenos Aires in a BUA VC10. The flight out and back for that trip were both regular services with an added first class compartment for HRH. He may well have flown the VC10 at some point (can't confirm nor deny that right now) but if you've used these articles as your source, they are most likely incorrect.

Perhaps it will bring Harry back to his senses.

RIP, a most loyal servant.

Strange?? What makes you think it's Harry's words?

RIP Prince Philip - a fine man.

What, subservience to the UK press? Don't think so.