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My grief has been waiting for this day.

A (formerly) living god and the author of some of the sickest burns in history has finally died at age 99.

He was superb warrior in his youth, who captured the heart of a queen, a living god to many in the Pacific and an outsider who helped modernize the monarchy and whose dire hatred of Tom Jones, and other forms of Tomfoolery, was a guiding light to us all.

Not bad for a kid who had no country, whose family was murdered by the Soviets and Nazis. Who made his own way and said whatever came to mind.

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Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Charles will accede to Philip's godhood with the people of Vanuatua.

Islanders Who Worship Prince Philip as God Will Now Idolize Prince Charles Instead


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As the United Kingdom and the world mourns the death of Prince Philip, there is one community in the South Pacific that's expected to be deeply affected by the Duke of Edinburgh's passing.

A tribe in the village of Yaohnanen on the island of Tanna in the nation of Vanuatu believe Prince Philip to be a god. It is estimated that 700 people ascribe to the so-called Prince Philip Movement out of the island's total population of 29,000.

The village is in a tropical rainforest with limited communications with the outside world but because of their idolization of the prince, the locals have frequently featured in media reports.

Jean-Pascal Wahé of the Vanuatu Cultural Center told the newspaper that the islanders believe Prince Philip's spirit "will come to Tanna" and that they will worship Prince Charles. The 72-year-old is prince of Wales and heir to the British throne.

The Prince Philip Movement is often compared to the "cargo cults" that arose on certain Pacific islands during World War II where natives came to believe that performing rituals would lead to goods deliveries from more technologically advanced societies.

In 2018, the village of Yaohnanen celebrated the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with dancing and by eating "many, many pigs," according to The Independent.

It may take some time before the members of the Prince Philip Movement are informed about his death.


https://www.newsweek.com/islanders-...ll-now-idolize-prince-charles-instead-1582388
 
"The Duke of Edinburgh's public engagements often produce memorable one-liners that can make some people chuckle and others cringe.

Prince Philip meeting Malala Yousafzai


Prince Philip is renowned for speaking his mind - often explained as his attempt to lighten the mood - and that outspoken nature has at times led to controversy with some of those remarks teetering on the edge of being offensive.
Here are some of his most famous quips.

1966: "British women can't cook."

1969: "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" To Sir Tom Jones after a Royal Variety Performance.

1981: "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed." During the 1981 recession.

1984: "You are a woman, aren't you?" In Kenya after accepting a small gift from a local woman.

1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China.

1988: "It looks like a tart's bedroom." On seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park.

1992: "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." In Australia when asked to stroke a koala.

1993: "You can't have been here that long, you haven't got a pot belly". To a Briton he met in Hungary.

1994: "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" To a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands.

1995: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test." To a Scottish driving instructor.

1996: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" In response to calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting.

1997: "Bloody silly fool!" Referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him.

1999: "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." Speaking to a group of young deaf people in Cardiff who were standing near a steel band.

1999: "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." Referring to an old-fashioned fuse box in a factory near Edinburgh.

2001: "You're too fat to be an astronaut." To 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Prince Philip he wanted to go into space.

2002: "Still throwing spears?" Question put to an Australian Aborigine during a visit.

Prince Philip speaking to Aborigine performers in 2002


2002: "You look like a suicide bomber." To a young policewoman wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

2009: "There's a lot of your family in tonight." After looking at the name badge of businessman Atul Patel at a Palace reception for British Indians.

2009: "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?" To designer Stephen Judge about his tiny goatee beard.

2010: "Do you have a pair of knickers made out of this?" To Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie Pointing while pointing to some tartan in Edinburgh.

2010: "Do you work in a strip club?" To 24-year-old Barnstaple Sea Cadet Elizabeth Rendle when she told him she also worked in a nightclub.

2012: "I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress." To 25-year-old council worker Hannah Jackson, who was wearing a dress with a zip running the length of its front, on a Jubilee visit to Bromley, Kent.

2013: "The Philippines must be half empty as you're all here running the NHS."On meeting a Filipino nurse at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

2013: "[Children] go to school because their parents don't want them in the house." To Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban and now campaigns for the right of girls to go to school without fear.

2017: "You look starved." To a pensioner on a visit to the Charterhouse almshouse for elderly men.
 
As someone who lived in the UK over 50 years ago this is sad news.

The Queen is a remarkable woman and her consort was a huge source of strength for her. They certainly had to deal with a lot of family issues, same as us commoners.
 
He’s right about British women and cooking. Totally different now vs 1966 but back in the day food there was terrible.

Sarah Ferguson was a tart - that’s why Randy Andy married her. He banged Koo Stark after serving in the Falklands and he’s still a horndog.

As for Tom Jones - my great grandmother from Aberdeen had the hots for him just like every other woman over 70 so I won’t disrespect him.

Most of his comments were cringeworthy but if you look at our own recent Presidents from Truman through Biden (i.e. during QE2) a lot of them had chronic athlete’s tongue so we have no room to criticize.
 
As someone who lived in the UK over 50 years ago this is sad news.

The Queen is a remarkable woman and her consort was a huge source of strength for her. They certainly had to deal with a lot of family issues, same as us commoners.
I always thought he had a rough time of it early. He was very much an outsider and disdained by the upper crust of UK society for not only being a bloody foreigner, but also as a man without a country.

From what I can gather from primary sources back in the day, there was a not exactly well disguised belief that Philip was a gutter royal from a weak family who lost their own thrones and who was gold-digging. And that Elizabeth could have done much, much better.

And even after he had proven his worth, there was always the oddity of the only man in Britain whose kids didn't take his last name, and the first husband of a monarch to have no real power at all (as contrasted with Prince Albert). He had a brilliant career in the Navy due to his own merit and would have gone far... but had to give it all up. Of course, now we know far more about the jackasses behind the scenes who made the lives of the Windsors hell, with their stupid rules and out of touch pronouncements of "what is required." That William, and especially Harry and Andrew, were able to serve full careers in the military is mostly due to Philip seeing many of those gatekeepers out the door.

But, he more or less proved all of them wrong. Far from being a worthless gold-digger, he shaped the modern Royal Family (the Same-Coburg-Gothas are always 50 years behind the times) and made them for more accessible and more in tune with the culture at large.
 
I always thought he had a rough time of it early. He was very much an outsider and disdained by the upper crust of UK society for not only being a bloody foreigner, but also as a man without a country.

From what I can gather from primary sources back in the day, there was a not exactly well disguised belief that Philip was a gutter royal from a weak family who lost their own thrones and who was gold-digging. And that Elizabeth could have done much, much better.

And even after he had proven his worth, there was always the oddity of the only man in Britain whose kids didn't take his last name, and the first husband of a monarch to have no real power at all (as contrasted with Prince Albert). He had a brilliant career in the Navy due to his own merit and would have gone far... but had to give it all up. Of course, now we know far more about the jackasses behind the scenes who made the lives of the Windsors hell, with their stupid rules and out of touch pronouncements of "what is required." That William, and especially Harry and Andrew, were able to serve full careers in the military is mostly due to Philip seeing many of those gatekeepers out the door.

But, he more or less proved all of them wrong. Far from being a worthless gold-digger, he shaped the modern Royal Family (the Same-Coburg-Gothas are always 50 years behind the times) and made them for more accessible and more in tune with the culture at large.
King George V knew his eldest son was a worthless shit and wanted Bertie and his daughter Betsy to be the future monarchs. Wallis Simpson was one of the best things to happen to the Royals and their country because she took weak sauce off the board.

Bertie led the British Empire through the war and into the post colonial period, but most of the work needed to be done when he passed. Elizabeth has proven to be a woman with exceptional ability, judgement and ability to adapt to changing times (1952 to 2021) and her first decision to marry Philip was one of her best.

Whatever else may be said of the Queen and her Consort they are / were both strong people. The Queen’s popularity has varied over the decades but she’s very popular now in both the U.K. and the Commonwealth. It will be interesting to see who attends the funeral.
 

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