Thread: Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal engagements

555 ^ I get your point, Bobo.. I went through a rebellious period, rebelling against my very strict Christian Grandparents and their loyalty to the royal family...

I used to be on your side of the fence mate...I think public opinion is swinging towards your way of thinking and that the royal family and their institution will not survive too much longer. So you guys will have your wish in the end.

Till that day, I'm a loyal royalist 55... have a great day guys.. off to see my Nana, will ask her opinion on this... update soon.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Originally Posted by ENT

when Princess Di was murdered

Mate haven't laughed so hard in weeks.

It was no accident.
Even all the powers in the land couldn't come up with an explanation of how and why the crash occurred.

She was a dingbat anyway no great loss.Same as all royals,inbred retards and a waste of space.

She was an Ocker.

Originally Posted by chassamui

The most dysfunctional of British families epitomizes what it is to be British (with considerable Germanic ancestry).
As a net gain to the country in financial terms, they are a welcome part of the British culture.
No other country in the world has such a stable democratic monarchy. Time to let Europe stand or fall on its own merits.

Britain's not a democratic monarchy, but a constitutional monarchy, as are Oz and NZ who're still under the monarchic thumb.
There's no democracy there at all, only a divide and rule first past the post, winner takes all system of a goose-step oligarchy.

Originally Posted by bobo746

What does a bloke who has never worked a day in his life retire from ?

Let's not bring Buriramboy into this discussion.

Originally Posted by bobo746

What does a bloke who has never worked a day in his life retire from ?

I guess service in the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1952 doesn't count. He's also President/Patron of 780 organisations.

After leaving Gordonstoun in 1939, Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy, graduating the next year from the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, as the best cadet in his course.

During the Second World War, he continued to serve in the British forces, while two of his brothers-in-law, Prince Christopher of Hesse and Berthold, Margrave of Baden, fought on the opposing German side. He was appointed as a midshipman in January 1940. Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies, protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force in the Indian Ocean, followed by shorter postings on HMS Kent, on HMS Shropshire and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). After the invasion of Greece by Italy in October 1940, he was transferred from the Indian Ocean to the battleship HMS Valiant in the Mediterranean Fleet.

HMS Valiant
Philip served aboard HMS Valiant in the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Among other engagements, Philip was involved in the Battle of Crete, and was mentioned in despatches for his service during the Battle of Cape Matapan, in which he controlled the battleship's searchlights. He was also awarded the Greek War Cross of Valour. Duties of lesser glory included stoking the boilers of the troop transport ship RMS Empress of Russia.

He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant after a series of courses at Portsmouth in which he gained the top grade in four out of five sections of the qualifying examination. In June 1942, he was appointed to the V and W class destroyer and flotilla leader HMS Wallace, which was involved in convoy escort tasks on the east coast of Britain, as well as the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Promotion to lieutenant followed on 16 July 1942. In October of the same year he became first lieutenant of HMS Wallace, at 21 years old one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy. During the invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as second in command of HMS Wallace, he saved his ship from a night bomber attack. He devised a plan to launch a raft with smoke floats that successfully distracted the bombers allowing the ship to slip away unnoticed.

In 1944, he moved on to the new destroyer, HMS Whelp, where he saw service with the British Pacific Fleet in the 27th Destroyer Flotilla. He was present in Tokyo Bay when the instrument of Japanese surrender was signed. In January 1946, Philip returned to the United Kingdom on the Whelp, and was posted as an instructor at HMS Royal Arthur, the Petty Officers' School in Corsham, Wiltshire.

^ Lazy bum.

Rock on PP... put ya feet up lad... I'll put the kettle on.