(Rumour) Prince Philip has died

[Smithy]

Seeing that people are talking about #forthbridgedown on Twitter which is apparently the code words for his death

Apparently it’s being announced at 10pm

[UserSince2005]

Isnt he out of hospital? If true the vaccine roll out needs to be halted immediately

[Smithy]

Isnt he out of hospital? If true the vaccine roll out needs to be halted immediately

No, he didn’t leave hospital

[UserSince2005]

No, he didn’t leave hospital

Oh no

[Amy Jade]

I saw this too on twitter, not sure what to think though it could be a cruel prank

[UserSince2005]

22:01 -Must be a lie

[Vanessa]

Nothing on the news so far.

[Glenn.]

It won’t be announced until 8am tomorrow if it’s true

[Vanessa]

Buckingham Palace say that he's ok. :suspect:

[Smithy]

10pm news presenter is in black which is apparently the protocol before announcing a death :eyes:

[SherzyK]

Buckingham Palace say that he's ok. :suspect:

Where have they said this?

[SherzyK]

10pm news presenter is in black which is apparently the protocol before announcing a death :eyes:

OMG 👀

[Vanessa]

Where have they said this?

BBCone 10 o clock news.
They said that he's in good spirits.

[Samm]

Better not delay any lockdown easing

[Oliver_W]

That'd be really sad. I love the funny things he comes out with :laugh:

[Smithy]

That'd be really sad. I love the funny things he comes out with :laugh:

Like what? :think:

[Scarlett.]

According to BBC News, Prince Charles visited him in hospital today, current rules say family can only visit people on their deathbed/end of life care

[Niamh.]

According to BBC News, Prince Charles visited him in hospital today, current rules say family can only visit people on their deathbed/end of life careSurely the rules would be bent for the royals anyway though

[joeysteele]

Surely the rules would be bent for the royals anyway though

I would expect that to be so Niamh.

Prince Philip doesn't like having visitors, although Princess Anne visited, a few years ago when he was in.

Prince Charles was only there half an hour anyway.

[Cherie]

Better not delay any lockdown easing

Can you explain why it would :facepalm:

Bojo is giving a roadmap on Monday , he is not going to say ‘it’s all over lads’ :laugh:

If he has to delay by a few days it wont make a difference

[Cherie]

Seeing that people are talking about #forthbridgedown on Twitter which is apparently the code words for his death

Apparently it’s being announced at 10pm

10pm news presenter is in black which is apparently the protocol before announcing a death :eyes:

Pretty sure this rumour circulates every time he goes to hospital or just stays at home

One day it will be true

Forthbridge down :joker: if they are code words for his death why would they be in the public domain

[Scarlett.]

Surely the rules would be bent for the royals anyway though

They shouldn't be bent, it makes a mockery of the sacrifices the rest of the country has had to make this past year.

[Cherie]

They shouldn't be bent, it makes a mockery of the sacrifices the rest of the country has had to make this past year.

It’s different now, which is why Twitter is going off, , close family can visit if there is a concern about the patient dying

[Niamh.]

They shouldn't be bent, it makes a mockery of the sacrifices the rest of the country has had to make this past year.I agree with you 100% but you know different rules always apply to us peasants

[Samm]

Can you explain why it would :facepalm:

Bojo is giving a roadmap on Monday , he is not going to say ‘it’s all over lads’ :laugh:

If he has to delay by a few days it wont make a difference

Nah I wanna hear it Monday. Shouldn’t be delayed because some 99 year old parasite has passed away.

[rusticgal]

Why would they delay breaking the news?....surely it would have been on the 10 o’clock news.

[LaLaLand]

Why would they delay breaking the news?....surely it would have been on the 10 o’clock news.

Protocol I presume.

Things must be done in a specific certain order in events like this iirc.

[Cherie]

Nah I wanna hear it Monday. Shouldn’t be delayed because some 99 year old parasite has passed away.

How nice for you

[DouglasS]

How nice for you

Appalling behaviour there

[LaLaLand]

If the protocol/procedure is anything like what will happen when the Queen passes away then it’s quite the regime. Almost hour by hour precision in a specific order of what happens, who is notified etc.

[Smithy]

If the protocol/procedure is anything like what will happen when the Queen passes away then it’s quite the regime. Almost hour by hour precision in a specific order of what happens, who is notified etc.

Omg plot twist and it’s actually the queen who’s died

[Toy Soldier]

I mean he's 99... I'm afraid it's a fair bet that he's going to die pretty soon, and I just can't see how it would be surprising news. It's like when Captain Tom died. Yes, it's always sad when someone died, but there is an element of "Well no ****, the man was 100 years old".

[Jake.]

It’ll be sad when he goes but 99 is quite an age

[Glenn.]

Not a very nice one though. Isn’t he a vile racist?

[GoldHeart]

I saw this too on twitter, not sure what to think though it could be a cruel prank

Yeah Surely this would be breaking news if it was true , and it would dominate every news channel. So i'm inclined to think it's false .

[Gstar]

Not a very nice one though. Isn’t he a vile racist?

Not sure about racist (although I wouldn’t be surprised) however, he’s made a number of rude/disrespectful remarks that are always swept under the carpet because of who he is

[Elliot]

Nah I wanna hear it Monday. Shouldn’t be delayed because some 99 year old parasite has passed away.

Spill

[arista]

Seeing that people are talking about #forthbridgedown on Twitter which is apparently the code words for his death

Apparently it’s being announced at 10pm


No nothing


Code Words for Fools

[arista]

Why would they delay breaking the news?....surely it would have been on the 10 o’clock news.


It's Smithys Fake news Thread

[arista]

It won’t be announced until 8am tomorrow if it’s true



Right 8AM


If not is it 9AM


or 10AM



or 11AM?

[arista]

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[Josy]

Hmm not sure about this tbh

About the forth bridge down stuff (I wasnt aware that was Phillips code words) but our forth road bridge was locked down by the emergency service and coastguard Friday night due to someone about to jump off not sure if just an odd coincidence though

[Ammi]

...it isn’t a fake news thread to have said it was a rumour if it was a rumour, Arista...It might or might not be accurate but it’s a good faith thread...



...I hope that it is rumours and that Philip recovers...because of his age and who he is, he would always be taken to hospital for close observation so that’ll always provoke rumours and hopefull that’s all it is now...so a ‘fake thread’ would be a good thing../...better to be fake than real...

[Ammi]

...in this age of the Internet and social media and the speed of ‘rumours’ etc...(...I would think..)...that such an important and sad announcement would be made sooner, with very little delay...because something like this can’t be contained as it may have more been back in the day../...pre social media etc...but obviously there is no certainty of that ...

[arista]

...it isn’t a fake news thread to have said it was a rumour if it was a rumour, Arista...It might or might not be accurate but it’s a good faith thread...



...I hope that it is rumours and that Philip recovers...because of his age and who he is, he would always be taken to hospital for close observation so that’ll always provoke rumours and hopefull that’s all it is now...so a ‘fake thread’ would be a good thing../...better to be fake than real...


Bollocks
It's a bunch of Morons on Twitter
having a laugh


Ideal for some posters

[AnnieK]

...in this age of the Internet and social media and the speed of ‘rumours’ etc...(...I would think..)...that such an important and sad announcement would be made sooner, with very little delay...because something like this can’t be contained as it may have more been back in the day../...pre social media etc...but obviously there is no certainty of that ...

There are protocols to follow for Senior Royals so that there would be a delay in releasing to the Public. The PM has to be informed, along with the leaders of all Commonwealth countries. Then the press releases go out. All done over secure lines of communication but I don't think it would be this long if he passed last night.

Hopefully, it is just a rumour but at his advanced age, who knows? Hopefully, the media team at the Palace will have got wind of these rumours and will advise accordingly soon.

[Ammi]

Bollocks
It's a bunch of Morons on Twitter
having a laugh


Ideal for some posters

...you’ve done some ‘fake’ threads as well I think, Arista...:laugh:...ideal for some posters, I guess....

[Ammi]

There are protocols to follow for Senior Royals so that there would be a delay in releasing to the Public. The PM has to be informed, along with the leaders of all Commonwealth countries. Then the press releases go out. All done over secure lines of communication but I don't think it would be this long if he passed last night.

Hopefully, it is just a rumour but at his advanced age, who knows? Hopefully, the media team at the Palace will have got wind of these rumours and will advise accordingly soon.


...yeah...(..I would have thought...)...but I don’t know, that protocol might be a quicker process because rumours fly so much quickly with social media etc...today I guess is when we’re all going to be looking for signs from politicians/media etc...

[Josy]

Bollocks

It's a bunch of Morons on Twitter

having a laugh





Ideal for some postersIt's a thread that's clearly titled with the word rumour Arista, a lot of 'developing' news stories are just rumoured until confirmed officially

If it bothers you then just dont post in the thread.

[arista]

It's a thread that's clearly titled with the word rumour Arista, a lot of 'developing' news stories are just rumoured until confirmed officially

If it bothers you then just dont post in the thread.


Yes that what we need

[Cherie]

But imagine if someone said the same thing about Meghan on here :omgno:

The fumes!

[Beso]

A good faith thread.:shrug:

That's hilarious.

[Cherie]

Hmm not sure about this tbh

About the forth bridge down stuff (I wasnt aware that was Phillips code words) but our forth road bridge was locked down by the emergency service and coastguard Friday night due to someone about to jump off not sure if just an odd coincidence though

That’s enough to send twitter into meltdown


A quick google

Customarily, the public is forewarned that a royal is on his or her deathbed via Palace bulletin, as was the case with Queen Victoria and George V, reports The Guardian.

[DouglasS]

Not sure about racist (although I wouldn’t be surprised) however, he’s made a number of rude/disrespectful remarks that are always swept under the carpet because of who he is

He’s 99... what 99 hasn’t said something rude/disrespectful before? He’s no different to every other 99 year old in that respect :laugh:

We and you will have said things that will be considered rude and disrespectful in 30-50 years time right now, should we all just go ahead and kill ourselves and leave no one alive then? This is ridiculous :laugh:

[bots]

there was a code word for the queen mother dying, because it implements particular protocols across government , palace and news agencies.

I remember when Diana died they were all prepared for it being the queen mother and had nothing in place for Diana

[Ammi]

...the more I think and look at pics of Charles when he left from visiting his father, the more I’m thinking more that ...’in good spirit’ and just precautionary etc isn’t how Philip is at all, I so hope that that isn’t the case at all and the observation of him is true to what has been reported...

[Toy Soldier]

there was a code word for the queen mother dying, because it implements particular protocols across government , palace and news agencies.

I remember when Diana died they were all prepared for it being the queen mother and had nothing in place for Diana

I only know about these "bridge" code words because of the episode of The Crown where they thought Charles had died in an avalanche. I thought it was made up for the show TBH. Probbally is.

[rusticgal]

Well I just read an article that says Charles returned home after visiting his father.....if he was on his death bed he would have stayed in London.

[Nicky91]

Well I just read an article that says Charles returned home after visiting his father.....if he was on his death bed he would have stayed in London.

yes i had read that too

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here a video of that from ITV news

[arista]

Well I just read an article that says Charles returned home after visiting his father.....if he was on his death bed he would have stayed in London.


Yes Great Point