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Prince Philip Dies

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fox_up_north

fox_up_north

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I didn't "meet" him but was in his presence once. Family friends work in the royal household. I'm not sad but I feel some sadness, just mostly for the family and obviously the fact the Queen must just feel like she's getting it on all sides right now. 

UpTheLeagueFox

UpTheLeagueFox

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1 minute ago, TiffToff88 said:

It's amazing (yet hardly surprising) just how ready all the news site were for this. She'd loads of ready prepared articles and obituaries. Somebody must have been sat there just waiting to press "publish" for a couple of years now

Newspapers and media outlets have lots of obit material lined up for those of a certain age so they can react quickly.

urban.spaceman

urban.spaceman

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1 minute ago, TiffToff88 said:

It's amazing (yet hardly surprising) just how ready all the news site were for this. Shed loads of ready prepared articles and obituaries. Somebody must have been sat there just waiting to press "publish" for a couple of years now

Broadcaster/press usually have obits prepared for practically everyone, no matter the age, just in case. Quite often they get published accidentally, and the alleged deceased has to make a Pythonesque statement that they're not quite dead yet.

goose2010

goose2010

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2 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

It's amazing (yet hardly surprising) just how ready all the news site were for this. Shed loads of ready prepared articles and obituaries. Somebody must have been sat there just waiting to press "publish" for a couple of years now

Listened to a podcast not long ago and they interviewed a person regarding it as there job was to write them. Its something crazy like everyone over the age of 60 in the public eye has one prepared and they are just added to if anything changes. 

goose2010

goose2010

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Just now, UpTheLeagueFox said:

And so it begins on social media...

 

 

honestly some of the comments on twitter already are shocking, but that's Twitter for you I guess. 

TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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2 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Newspapers and media outlets have lots of obit material lined up for those of a certain age so they can react quickly.

Must be quite morbid being the person responsible for writing obituaries for people who are still alive

Jimothy

Jimothy

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5 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Newspapers and media outlets have lots of obit material lined up for those of a certain age so they can react quickly.

They also do practice runs for them in the news studio.

 

I heard that when Diana died a cleaner walked on the back of the set because she thought it was a rehearsal for a royal dying, not the actual thing.

stripeyfox

stripeyfox

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My favourite Prince Philip anecdote was when he was onboard the royal train headed for Balmoral. The line was blocked by snowfall and so the train had to make an unscheduled stop at a remote train station. The station master, unprepared for this arrival did his best to welcome the Prince, but the cranky Duke was not so amused. The station master apparently said "Your Royal Highness, if you'd like to follow me I will entertain you". To which Phillip responded "what are you? A fcucking juggler?"

 

lol

 

 

Kopic

Kopic

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13 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

And so it begins on social media...

 

 

The comments are awful but that is a terrible tweet (and app notification that I received) from sky sports. Just ****ing tell us.

Guest Manini

Guest Manini

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17 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

It's amazing (yet hardly surprising) just how ready all the news site were for this. Shed loads of ready prepared articles and obituaries. Somebody must have been sat there just waiting to press "publish" for a couple of years now

One of my tutors at uni, their first job in the press was writing obituaries for a national paper. The first one he had to look at was for George Best, this was in something like 1995 - his response was something like “**** off, when did he die?!” - not knowing that they regularly just keep certain obits ticking over for famous people. The news room was in hysterics apparently. 

tom27111

tom27111

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24 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Newspapers and media outlets have lots of obit material lined up for those of a certain age so they can react quickly.

Exactly this.

 

A lot of very famous celebrities and people in the public eye will have obituaries ready to be published at a moments notice, they're also updated very regularly. 

ALC Fox

ALC Fox

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For anyone who saw it, I thought the BBC newsreader who broke the news did a superb job (Martine Croxall of Hinckley and formerly of RL and EMT). What a story to break.

martyn

martyn

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6 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

For anyone who saw it, I thought the BBC newsreader who broke the news did a superb job (Martine Croxall of Hinckley and formerly of RL and EMT). What a story to break.

ITV one was the most dramatic. You'd be wondering what terrible thing had happened for about 15 seconds.

 

https://youtu.be/NdNUe24Retg

Leicesterpool

Leicesterpool

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I have to confess not a royalist and not really a big fan of his. But thoughts for the queen not nice to lose a husband whose been by your side for so long. I'll thank him for his heroics during the second world war. 

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bovril

bovril

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Just now, martyn said:

ITV one was the most dramatic. You'd be wondering what terrible thing had happened for about 15 seconds.

 

https://youtu.be/NdNUe24Retg

Jesus wept. 

 

"We are bringing you an announcement from the royal household....

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...we have received a significant statement....

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....it reads...

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...it is with deep sorrow, that HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.....

....

...

...announces the death of her husband"

 

UpTheLeagueFox

UpTheLeagueFox

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16 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

For anyone who saw it, I thought the BBC newsreader who broke the news did a superb job (Martine Croxall of Hinckley and formerly of RL and EMT). What a story to break.

 

 

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RoboFox

RoboFox

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Social media is the fvcking worst when stuff like this happens.  

 

Need to log off for a couple of days to maintain a semblance of faith in our doomed species.

 

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