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.

How nice for you

Appalling behaviour there

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

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".

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

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

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 .

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

Spill

No nothing


Code Words for Fools

It's Smithys Fake news Thread

Right 8AM


If not is it 9AM


or 10AM



or 11AM?

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

...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...

...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 ...

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


Ideal for some posters

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.

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

...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...

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