He lived an extraordinary life. His beginnings were far worse than Prince Woke but he just got on with it.
I hope Prince Woke felt some shame over what he has done to the Royal Family while Phillip was dying.
May he rest in peace.
Over the past year, Her Majesty has handed more and more responsibilities to Charles and William. It is being said that she will never spend another night in Buckingham, preferring to remain at Windsor near her departed beloved.
Although it was her usual seating, was a message sent during the funeral that she was, quietly and by appearances, self-delegating herself to the ‘minor royals’ side (with Andrew and Harry on one side of the aisle), with the lineage side on the other? Will she adopt the roll of Queen Mother to a Charles regency, a goal he has waited a lifetime for? Or will she pick herself up, and carry on for another decade. resident of London or no?