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From Prince Philip’s heart condition, the Queen Mother’s fractured hip, and how King George VI’s lung cancer was kept a secret even from himself: After Charles’ shock cancer diagnosis, the health battles faced by the royal family over the years

Sabir Ansary — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:43:54 +0000

Although surprising and concerning, the King’s cancer diagnosis is by no means the first health trouble the Royal Family has had to deal with.

News of His Majesty’s affliction was released by the Palace yesterday, just days after the King left hospital following treatment for an enlarged prostate.

It came as the Princess of Wales continues to recuperate from what has only been described as ‘abdominal surgery’.

Charles’s openness about his diagnosis is itself a sharp contrast from the final months of King George VI, who passed away on this day 72 years ago after suffering from lung cancer.

The condition was kept secret from the King himself, who died five months after having part of his left lung removed.

In the final decade of his life, Prince Philip had several stays in hospital, the last of which was to treat a pre-existing heart condition. He died in April 2021, just a few weeks after leaving hospital for the final time.

The Queen Mother also battled health issues. She suffered persistent ulcers on her left leg and fractured her left hip in 1998, three years after having her right hip replaced.

Although surprising and concerning, the King’s cancer diagnosis is by no means the first health trouble the Royal Family has had to deal with. Above: The King and Queen Camilla attending church at Sandringham last Sunday

Prince Philip

Prince Philip, who died aged 99 in April 2021, enjoyed remarkably good health until the final decade of his life.

He did a break a bone in his left ankle in 1961 after a collision on the polo field and in 1963 suffered a gash to his arm that needed stitches.

The Duke also fell from his pony in 1964, pulling a ligament in the process.

His first publicly reported surgery was to remove a cyst from his wrist in 1967, whilst in 1987 he was hospitalised to repair a hernia.

He also had a small benign growth removed in 1997.

Prince Philip, who died aged 99 in April 2021, enjoyed remarkably good health until the final decade of his life. Above: Prince Philip leaving hospital in March 2021. He died the following month

It was at the age of 90 that the first serious health news emerged about Philip, when he was rushed to hospital in December 2011 after suffering from chest pains.

The Duke had surgery to treat a blocked coronary artery and spent four days in hospital.

In June 2012, Philip went back to hospital for six days after developing a urinary infection during the river pageant to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The following year, he spent 11 days in hospital for abdominal surgery to treat an undisclosed condition. He spent his 92nd birthday in hospital.

In June 2017, the Duke of Edinburgh was back in hospital as a ‘precautionary measure’ for an infection arising from a pre-existing condition.

In 2013, Prince Philip spent 11 days in hospital for abdominal surgery to treat an undisclosed condition. He turned 92 while being treated. Above: The Duke of Edinburgh leaving the London Clinic following his treatment in 2013

In April 2018, he spent nearly a fortnight in hospital following a successful hip replacement.

And in December 2019, Philip was again treated in hospital for his pre-existing but undisclosed condition.

His longest hospital stay, which began in February 2021, turned out to be his last.

Prince Philip underwent a procedure to treat a pre-existing heart condition and ultimately spent four weeks in hospital.

He was pictured waving to well-wishers when he left in-patient care but then passed away on April 9, just two months before his 100th birthday.

The Queen Mother

For much of her life, the Queen Mother remained remarkably robust.

But in the twilight years of her life before her death aged 101 in 2002, she did suffer from a series of ailments.

As well as persistent ulcers on her left legs, she suffered problems with her hips which made walking difficult.

This led to an initial hip replacement in 1995. In 1998, she had to have her other hip replaced after breaking it in a fall.

In the year 2000, she fractured her collar bone after tripping and falling at Clarence House .

For much of her life, the Queen Mother remained remarkably robust. But in the twilight years of her life before her death aged 101 in 2002, she did suffer from a series of ailments. Above: Leaving the King Edward VII Hospital after having surgery to replace her left hip

And in July 2001 she was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital and given a blood transfusion after being diagnosed with anaemia.

The health problems in her final years came after she was confined to her bed for a week in September 1942 while suffering from acute bronchitis.

In February 1964, the Queen Mother was admitted to hospital for an emergency operation to treat appendicitis.

In November 1982 the royal had another stay in hospital to remove a fish bone from her throat.

She spent a further three nights in hospital in May 1993 to remove a piece of salmon that was obstructing her throat.

The condition forced her to cancel a planned visit to Canada and a tour of New Zealand and Australia.

The Queen Mother also had her own private cancer battle. This was revealed in historian William Shawcross’s 2009 biography of the royal.

He told how she had to have a tumour removed from her colon in 1966 and in 1984 had a cancerous growth removed from her breast.

In July 2001 she was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital and given a blood transfusion after being diagnosed with anaemia

In February 1964, the Queen Mother was admitted to hospital for an emergency operation to treat appendicitis

Queen Elizabeth II

The late Queen generally had robust health throughout her life.

She was diagnosed with coronavirus in February 2022 and in the months before her death there was increasing concern about her mobility after she missed the State Opening of Parliament.

In October 2021 she spent a night in hospital for an undisclosed reason, after cancelling a planned visit to Northern Ireland.

Buckingham Palace said at the time that she was admitted for ‘preliminary investigations’.

The late Queen generally had robust health throughout her life. She was diagnosed with coronavirus in February 2022 and in the months before her death there was increasing concern about her mobility after she missed the State Opening of Parliament

It was her first overnight stay in hospital in eight years. The previous time was an admission for gastroenteritis.

Author Giles Brandreth told in his book, which was released shortly after the Queen’s death, that he had heard Her Late Majesty was suffering from a form of myeloma – bone marrow cancer.

He said this may have explained her tiredness and ‘mobility issues’ that the public were often told about.

However, esteemed royal writer Robert Hardman revealed in his recent book that the Queen slipped away peacefully from old age.

The Queen spent time in hospital in 2013 to treat a bout of gastroenteritis. Above: The monarch leaving hospital in March 2013

King George VI

Although King George VI was in largely good health for most of his reign, his heavy smoking ultimately took a toll.

In September 1951, he had his left lung removed for was referred to at the time as ‘structural abnormalities’.

In reality, it was due to cancer, but the King’s doctors kept this diagnosis both from the public and the monarch himself.

Although King George VI was in largely good health for most of his reign, his heavy smoking ultimately took a toll

King George VI talks with his younger daughter Princess Margaret as the pair head to Balmoral in May 1951

Although he did seem to be recovering from the procedure, the King died suddenly from a coronary thrombosis – or blood clot in the blood vessels or arteries of the heart – five months later, in February 1952.

Before he was treated for lung cancer the King also grappled with issues with his arteries which in 1949 nearly saw him lose his right leg when he developed an arterial blockage.

This led to the postponing of a planned tour of New Zealand and Australia.

George’s death was a shock to the public and the Royal Family.

He had waved goodbye to his 25-year-old daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, just a few weeks before as she left to visit Kenya.

News of her father’s death, and her immediate accession to the throne, reached the Queen while she was on safari.

In September 1951, he had his left lung removed for was referred to at the time as ‘structural abnormalities’. In reality, it was due to cancer, but the King’s doctors kept this diagnosis both from the public and the monarch himself. Above: The bulletin put up by Buckingham Palace staff when the King had part of his lung removed

Princess Margaret

Queen Elizabeth II’s sister, Princess Margaret, suffered from poor health in her final years.

As a result of being a heavy smoker, she needed surgery in 1985 to have part of her left lung removed.

It emerged soon afterwards that no cancer had been found in the removed tissue.

That operation came five years after she was treated at the exclusive London Clinic to have a benign skin lesion removed.

Queen Elizabeth II’s sister, Princess Margaret, suffered from poor health in her final years. Above: Margaret at her mother’s 101st birthday party in 2001. The Queen Mother’s butler, William Tallon (above), was blamed for allowing her to be photographed in such a poor state. She had recently suffered a stroke

In 1993, a bout of pneumonia left her hospitalised once again.

She also suffered from migraines, laryngitis, bronchitis and hepatitis in her final years.

And in 1999 she severely scalded her feet when she tried to get into a hot bath while on holiday on the Caribbean island of Mustique.

But it was a series of strokes that caused the most serious downturn in her health.

Her final one – suffered the day before she died – was her third.

Princess Margaret was treated at the London Clinic in 1980 to have a benign skin lesion removed

King Charles

The King’s cancer diagnosis is believed to be the first serious health condition of his life.

Prince Harry revealed in his memoir Spare that his father suffered from chronic neck and back pain, which he partly credited to old polo injuries.

He slipped a disc in the early 1990s and aggravated the injury two years later when he fell off a horse at Windsor.

His Majesty had to have a non-cancerous growth removed from his face in 2008 and was subsequently seen with a plaster on the right side of his nose.

King Charles’s so-called ‘sausage fingers’ have drawn much attention from royal watchers over the years

In 1990, he broke his right arm after falling from his horse during a polo match. He had to spend three nights in hospital and ultimately needed an operation to fix it.

In January 1998 – the same year he needed keyhole surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his right knee – Charles had another fall from his horse and broke a rib.

He had been galloping across the Welsh countryside with the Wynnstay Hunt when he fell.

And, during a fox hunt in Derbyshire in January 2001, Charles’s horse took an ‘unexpected jump’ and flung him to the ground.

He fell awkwardly and it was thought he had dislocated his shoulder.

A subsequent X-ray revealed he had, in fact, broken his acromion, a small bone on the edge of the shoulder blade.

Charles had yet another fall from his horse in August 2001 following a goalmouth skirmish during a charity polo match at Cirencester Park in Gloucestershire .

Charles broke his right arm after falling from his horse during a match at Cirencester in 1990

The head-first fall knocked him unconscious and he was in danger of swallowing his tongue until a paramedic rushed onto the pitch.

Charles was carried off on a stretcher and some of the horrified crowd, which included supermodel Claudia Schiffer, later admitted they thought he was dead.

In November 2001 Charles reported for royal duties sporting a rather alarming bandage over his left eye.

It transpired the Royal had been sawing a branch off a tree at Highgrove, his Gloucestershire estate, when he managed to get sawdust in his eye.

Charles fell awkwardly from his horse during a hunt in 2001 and broke his acromion, a small bone on the edge of the shoulder blade

The dust scratched his cornea and temporarily affected his vision. After treatment from a local doctor, he was transferred to a specialist and prescribed a day’s rest.

Charles had an operation on a hernia in March 2003, which was reportedly caused by a gardening injury from working in the grounds at Highgrove.

The condition, caused by part of the intestines protruding through an abdominal muscle, left Charles in considerable pain — and the subsequent operation meant he had to cancel his annual skiing holiday in Klosters, Switzerland.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday, former royal press secretary Simon Lewis said that Charles’ openness about his cancer diagnosis has been his ‘style’ as a monarch.

‘I think it’s actually been the style of the King’s first year,’ he said.

‘This is obviously one element of it. But if you think of the book and the access that was given to Robert Hardman, if you think of the documentary, if you think of his whole style as King, I think this is very much in keeping with that.

King Charles had a non-cancerous growth removed from his face in a minor procedure in 2008

‘And I do think his advisors, with this statement I’m sure we’ll talk about it, have actually got it spot on.

‘I think 20 years ago we would have got a very abrupt, short, statement, and that’s about it. And I think they’ve gone as far as they possibly can given that the King has had a diagnosis of cancer and, as a lot of people know, processing that is a pretty tough process.’

Mr Lewis said it was ‘not so much the crisis itself, it’s how you handle the crisis’ that defines it.

‘In this case, what could have been a crisis, has now been put firmly in context.

‘I think he can go about his working life in the knowledge that people have an understanding that he’s having this treatment as well.

‘As I say, so many people around the country are having this kind of treatment. There are so many people who want to continue their working lives whilst being treated for cancer.

‘I think it’s a very, very positive message.’

Daily Mail royal correspondent Robert Hardman told the Today programme there was a ‘great significance’ to the King being so transparent about his health.

In November 2001, Charles sawed a branch off a tree at Highgrove, his Gloucestershire estate, and managed to get sawdust in his eye

‘I think where we are now is, we’ll say so much, but it’s all about precedent,’ he said.

‘If you set a precedent of giving away all the details, all of the time, immediately, for any patient that can be troubling.

‘I think they are going to want to let information out as and when it feels appropriate.

‘There’s a sense that we’ve been open enough thus far, if you need to know more you will.

‘That’s where we’re standing for now. We want to hold something back, because everybody does.’

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Philips suspends sales of ventilators in the US after a recall

Sabir Ansary — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:15:34 +0000

Philips Respironics announced Monday that it would stop sales of all its ventilators in the United States after reaching a settlement with the Food and Drug Administration over ongoing problems with the devices.

Millions of the company's ventilators and CPAP machines, used to ease breathing at night, were recalled after reports they blew chunks of foam and potentially toxic gases into consumers' airways.

Under the settlement, Philips said it would have to meet a list of standards in a “multi-year plan” before it could resume operations in the United States. The company said further details would be announced when the deal was finalized in court. But it added that it would continue to repair existing devices and provide service to people who use them.

The company initially began recalling millions of devices in June 2021 and halted sales of new sleep therapy machines to the United States, said Steve Klink, a spokesman for Philips. At the time, the company and the FDA raised the possibility of serious injury or permanent damage from the potentially cancer-causing chemicals emitted by the devices.

The company has since released the results of additional testing, saying the devices were “not expected to cause appreciable harm to patient health,” and said it was continuing to conduct tests. The FDA has pushed back on some of the company's updated claims, at one point calling them “unpersuasive.” Philips has also faced continued scrutiny and issued more recalls in its efforts to upgrade the devices.

Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA's device division, said the agency could not comment until the agreement was finalized and filed in court.

The first recall affected about 15 million ventilators produced since 2006, although about five million were still in circulation as of mid-2021.

Because replacements were not immediately available, the recall caused confusion and upset among many doctors and patients. Many struggled to weigh the risk of continuing to use a defective device against the danger of sleeping with impaired breathing.

Millions of people suffer from sleep apnea, or interrupted breathing, which is associated with increased rates of strokes, heart attacks and possible cognitive decline. Recalled machines included CPAP machines, or continuous positive airway pressure machines; BiPap devices; and fans.

Philips, based in Amsterdam, announced that it had reached an agreement, or consent decree, reached with the US Department of Justice and the FDA, along with the release of its fourth quarter results. The company said it has recorded approximately 363 million euros in connection with the costs of completing the settlement requirements. The stock, which trades in the United States, fell about 7 percent Monday morning.

The company said it would continue to sell its products in other countries.

Thousands of patients have since sued Philips, claiming the machines led to a wide range of respiratory and other ailments, including allegations of deaths from lung cancer. In September, the company reached a $479 million settlement with the plaintiffs, intended to cover financial losses associated with repairing or replacing the machines. Lawsuits over illnesses and medical costs are still ongoing.

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How sex shame minister Profumo helped settle grouse row: War Secretary approved use of soldiers for Prince Philip’s Balmoral shoot

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:34:45 +0000

By Dan Barker

Published: 03:27 EST, December 27, 2023 | Updated: 03:27 EST, December 27, 2023

He was at the center of one of history’s biggest political scandals, caused by an illicit affair with a showgirl 27 years his junior.

But three years before John Profumo resigned in disgrace from Harold Macmillan’s government, the then Secretary of State for War was urged to confront the Queen.

Newly released War Office documents from 1960 reveal that soldiers deployed to protect the Queen at Balmoral were used as grouse by members of the Royal Family.

A constituent raised the issue with Bill Carr, Conservative member of Barons Court in London, who was concerned that soldiers at the Queen’s estate in Aberdeenshire were driving grouse for the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Snowdon, the husband of Princess Margaret.

The outraged voter told the MP: ‘I think it’s a damned shame that fifty Cameron Highlanders – presumably regular soldiers – should be used to wave white flags and act as beaters so that grouse, happy and carefree in the moors, can are raised. straight into the air [Lord Snowdon] can go home with his ‘bag’.

Three years before John Profumo (pictured) resigned in disgrace from Harold Macmillan’s government, the then Secretary of State for War was urged to confront the Queen

Newly released War Office documents from 1960 reveal that soldiers deployed to protect the Queen at Balmoral were used as grouse by members of the Royal Family. Pictured: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Balmoral in 1972

“Please, Mr. Carr, I request that you, as my representative, find out on whose authority and at whose expense those fifty soldiers were deployed for this particular ‘sports event’.”

The Times reported that the MP then wrote to Profumo, saying: ‘I should be very grateful for the fullest explanation I can put to this gentleman who, if I may say so in confidence, is a ‘nasty piece of crime ‘ seems to be. work’ and which I would very much like to reassure in some way in this matter.’

An aide, responding on behalf of Profumo, wrote back: “I so agree with your description of the gentleman you are referring to.

‘I believe it is wise to give him as brief an explanation as his questions require. The troops assigned to guard duties at Balmoral are also available to provide other personal services to the Queen, including working as knockers for shootings on the royal estates.”

The response stated that it would be sufficient if the voter were “informed that this is within the jurisdiction of the War Office and that this will not incur any additional costs to the public.”

Grouse hunting has a long history at Balmoral and has been a regular pastime for the Royal Family since the reign of Queen Victoria, with the sport transforming large parts of the Scottish countryside.

Grouse hunting has a long history in Balmoral (pictured) and has been a regular pastime for the Royal Family since the reign of Queen Victoria

But the 1960 incident was not the first time such concerns were raised. War Office documents show that in 1955 Lieutenant General Sir Colin Barber, the Governor of Edinburgh Castle, said: ‘I understand that the guard has been used in this capacity in the past to shoot parties outside the royal circle.

‘You will realize how undesirable this is, because it could give Labor MPs a tool to ask difficult and embarrassing questions in parliament.’

Profumo’s career ended when his sexual relationship with 19-year-old model Christine Keeler came to light in 1963.

The scandal, made much worse because Keeler also had an affair with a Soviet diplomat, helped topple MacMillan’s Conservative government and became the defining British political scandal of the 20th century.

Profumo died in March 2006, aged 91.

Who was Christine Keeler and what was the Profumo affair?

Born in Middlesex, Christine Keeler moved to London as a teenager and started working at Murray’s Cabaret Club in Soho.

There she met Dr Stephen Ward, a high-flying London osteopath and fixer who ‘procured women’ for leading members of the establishment, who introduced her to Conservative minister John Profumo when she was at a party hosted by Lord and Lady Astor in 1961. organized.

The pair made headlines after a year later, in December 1962, seven shots were fired at Ward’s home in a quiet Marylebone stables by a jilted friend of Keeler.

Ms. Keeler’s other lovers include A-Team actor George Peppard, legendary womanizer Warren Beatty and Prisoner of Zenda star Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Ms Keeler, pictured, met Conservative minister Profumo – 27 years her senior – after leaving her home in Middlesex and working at Murray’s Cabaret Club in Soho.

Ms Keeler, pictured right, in a car with her friend Mandy Rice-Davies, who was also involved in the affair scandal

It turned out that the then 19-year-old Keeler had slept with the former Minister of War John Profumo, then 48, and at the same time with a handsome Russian spy Evgeny Ivanov.

But when the news broke, Profumo lied to the House of Commons about his affair. He was soon discovered and Keeler sold her story to the News of The World for £23,000.

He quit in disgrace in June 1963, amid accusations that Keeler had been asked by Ivanov to find out from the Secretary of War when the West Germans might receive American nuclear missiles to be stationed on their territory.

Profumo had been a rising star of the Tory Party, close to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, a favorite visitor to Buckingham Palace, a war hero and the dashing husband of actress Valerie Hobson, one of the great beauties of her time.

Ms. Keeler, whose other lovers include A-Team actor George Peppard, legendary womanizer Warren Beatty and Prisoner of Zenda star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. his, said in an interview years later that the establishment was much more interested in portraying it as a sex scandal and chose to ignore whispered claims about a widespread spy network.

Christine died in December 2017 at the age of 75.

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‘The Queen’s in a terrible state! There’s a fellow called Jones in the billiard room who says he wants to marry Margaret. And Prince Philip’s in the library trying to change the family name…’ Ten more VERY memorable Royal Christmases down the years…

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 07:40:51 +0000

1956 – PHILIP’S SOLO CHRISTMAS

Philip, wore a tie with a pattern of hearts on and was said to be ‘terribly hurt and very angry’ about the situation.

Queen Elizabeth II poses with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, after their reunion at Lisbon on the royal visit to Portugal, February 1957

The Christmas of 1956 was a particularly upsetting one for the late Queen.

After four years of playing second fiddle to his wife Prince Philip jumped at the chance of undertaking an extended four-month tour of the southern hemisphere on the Royal Yacht Britannia.

This meant he missed his wedding anniversary (though he did send her some white roses and a photo of two iguanas appearing to embrace), Charles’s 8th birthday and the festive season.

Rumours of a royal rift escalated and when the couple were reunited in Portugal it was before the world’s press.

Philip, wore a tie with a pattern of hearts on and was said to be ‘terribly hurt and very angry’ about the situation.’

1957 – A TRAUMATIC BROADCAST

Queen Elizabeth in a photograph taken after her Christmas Day message to the nation in 1957 – the first time it would be broadcast on television as well as radio

A family watches as the Queen makes her first televised Christmas broadcast

In 1957 the Queen decided to her Christmas speech should be televised for the first time.

Once again it was a live broadcast.

The Eastern Electricity Board had to dig up the lawns at Sandringham to lay cables to run a power supply into the house.

The Queen later recalled electricians drilling holes through the walls to let the cables in as well as icy blasts of air which made her shiver more than her nerves did.

To her amusement, make-up girls had to paint huge yellow spots on her forehead, cheeks, and chin to tone down the shine on her skin as well as having to darken the parting in her hair as it would have looked like a thick white line across her head.

Ironically, the theme of the broadcast was ‘I welcome you to the peace of my own home.’

1959 – MARGARET PUTS THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS

Queen Elizabeth laughs heartily but Princess Margaret looks nonplussed as they leave Liverpool Street Station by car. The sisters were returning to London from Sandringham earlier that year

The Queen pictured in December 1963, following a Windsor memorial service for President John F Kennedy

The Queen was heavily pregnant with Prince Andrew when the family gathered at Sandringham for the last Christmas of the Fifties.

She was concerned about two issues.

Firstly, she wanted to honour Philip by declaring that their descendants would have the surname Mountbatten Windsor.

This upset traditionalists led by the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Secondly her sister Princess Margaret had told her that she wanted to marry society photographer Antony Armstrong Jones which was another shock to the establishment.

When the PM arrived at Norfolk to see the Queen he was met by her red-faced uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, who declared: ‘Thank heavens you’ve come, Prime Minister.

The Queen is in a terrible state. There’s a fellow called Jones in the billiard room says he wants to marry her sister, and Prince Philip’s in the library wanting to change the family name to Mountbatten.’

The princess was given permission to marry but had to wait until the birth of Andrew on 19 February before she could announce her engagement.

1969 THE QUEEN IS A NO SHOW AT CHRISTMAS

Christmas at Windsor Castle is shown here with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip shown putting finishing touches to the Christmas tree

In October 1969 it was announced that the Queen would not make a Christmas broadcast – the time in her 70-year reign that she didn’t make the speech, replacing it with a written message. Prince Philip thought it was getting stale and told a press conference ‘we thought we’d take this year off and scratch our heads and see whether we can do something better. When it returned in 1970 it included photos and film footage of the royals, making for a less formal programme.

1992 – THE ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’ CHRISTMAS

The Queen makes her Christmas Day broadcast in 1992, the end of a terrible year featuring family divorce and the devastating fire at Windsor Castle

Princess Margaret, rear left, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother, centre in blue, are greeted by children at Sandringham, on Christmas Day 1992

The Queen described 1992 as her ‘annus horribilis’.

It saw the marriages of Charles and Diana and Andrew and Fergie end in separation as well as the disastrous fire at Windsor Castle.

The country waited with bated breath to hear what the Queen would say in her broadcast.

They didn’t have too long to wait since The Sun newspaper obtained a leak copy of the pre-recorded speech and splashed the transcript word for word across its middle pages.

The Queen instructed her solicitors, Farrer & Co to threaten the newspaper with legal action.

In the end £200,000 was paid to one of her charities in an out-of-court settlement.

1997 – CHRISTMAS WITHOUT DIANA

Prince Charles, his younger son Prince Harry, his niece Zara Phillips and his sister HRH Princess Anne, behind, walk from Sandringham Parish Church on Christmas Day 1997

Prince William, and Prince Charles attend the annual Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church in 1997

Christmas Day 1997, the first without their mother, was bound to be traumatic for princes William and Harry.

They attended church at Sandringham as usual, with Harry staying close to his father’s side and William next to his cousin Peter Phillips as they walked past a crowd of 1000 onlookers.

Canon George Hall said to the congregation: ‘We thank God for Diana, Princess of Wales, and for all our loved ones who have departed this life.’

In her Christmas broadcast the Queen added ‘we all felt the shock and sorrow of Diana’s death.’

2007 – HARRY’S CHRISTMAS FIGHTING THE ENEMY

Prince Harry talks to aircraft operating over Afghanistan on December 31, 2007 in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Prince Harry spent Christmas 2007 fighting in Afghanistan.

He woke up on Christmas Day on a camp bed in a former Taliban religious school, its walls peppered with bullet-holes following a night in which the temperature had fallen to -8 degrees.

The only washing facilities were icy water outside in a bucket.

Instead of the specially reared Norfolk turkey his relations were tucking into at Sandringham the prince had a scrawny chicken, freshly slaughtered by Gurkha soldiers with their fearsome daggers.

Harry had volunteered to serve at Christmas: ‘I was hoping to come down here for Christmas Day to be with the Gurkhas,’ the Prince explained.

‘I don’t know why, it was just something I wanted to do, just to be with them.’

This year, having missed the Christmas post, the Prince had no presents sent to him.

‘I got nothing for Christmas, most of these guys got nothing for Christmas,’ he said, although, like his fellow soldiers, he did benefit from anonymous parcels sent to all British troops by well-wishers at home.

2011 – PRINCE PHILIP’S HEART OP

Britain’s Prince Charles leaves Papworth Hospital in Cambridge after visiting his father, The Duke of Edinburgh, on December 24

Prince Philip leaves Papworth Hospital to rejoin the royal family at Sandringham

On Friday 23rd December 2011, 90-year-old Prince Philip collapsed with chest pains at Sandringham.

A helicopter was scrambled for him to be flown to Papworth Hospital, Huntingdon, where he underwent an emergency angioplasty to have a stent fitted in an artery to relieve a blockage.

The following day the Queen and four of her children took a helicopter flight to the hospital to see the Duke and on Christmas Day his six older grandchildren spent the day with him.

He was well enough to eat a Christmas Dinner, and he was driven back to Sandringham on the 27th.

Meanwhile a crowd estimated at 3,000 people – three times the normal size – gathered to show support for the Queen as she arrived at church on the royal estate.

2016 – WILLIAM AND KATE ENJOY A MIDDLE CLASS CHRISTMAS

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge attend Church on Christmas Day on December 25, 2016 in Bucklebury

William and Kate broke with royal tradition by spending the festive season with the Middleton family at their Bucklebury home.

It was the second time they had missed a Sandringham Christmas.

The last was in 2012 when Kate had recently been hospitalised with severe morning sickness. One theory is that they were putting their small children first.

At Sandringham royal toddlers and babies eat separately from the adults and are not permitted to go to church.

This year three-and-a-half-year-old George and 20-month-old Charlotte attended the Christmas Day service at the local church and were very much part of the lunch party at the more relaxed Middleton home.

2021 – THE FAMILY GATHER TO SUPPORT THE QUEEN

Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle on December 23, 2021 in Windsor,

The Queen’s final Christmas was spent at Windsor Castle.

The 95-year-old monarch was growing increasingly frail and very much missed her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, who had passed away the previous April.

She was joined by three of her children Charles, Andrew and Edward as well as daughters in law Camilla and Sophie and grandchildren Beatrice Eugenie and five great grandchildren.

William and Kate were at Anmer Hall in Norfolk for Christmas with Kate’s family and the Sussexes were in California.

Sadly, Princess Anne was unable to attend the gathering as her husband, Tim Laurence had tested positive for Covid-19.

In what would be her last, and most poignant Christmas broadcast, the Queen referred to ‘the death of my beloved Philip’ and how ‘that mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him.’

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He seemed as British as they come: a leading figure in the navy, the royal family and one of the most recognizable men in the world. But do you know what Prince Philip’s REAL name was?

Sabir Ansary — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:53:55 +0000

Today he is one of the best-remembered figures in the royal family, a commanding presence in the second half of the 20th century and beyond.

But although he seemed quintessentially British – a wry naval veteran with a practical outlook – Prince Philip was much more than that, as the name he was given at birth might indicate.

For Philip, Duke of Edinbrugh, was actually born Prince Philippos Andreou of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Glücksburg, a Prince of Greece and Denmark, on the Greek island of Corfu.

He was born on June 10, 1921 in a house called Mon Repos, delivered on a dining room table, it is said.

Prince Philip of Greece, later Duke of Edinburgh, pictured as a toddler in July 1922

Prince Philip took photographs as a little boy with his mother, Princess Andrew of Greece, formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg

As a little boy with his father, Prince Andrew of Greece, and his mother, Princess Alice, on an unknown beach around 1925

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark with his wife in a portrait from around 1915

Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten pose at Buckingham Palace after announcing their engagement, London, July 10, 1947

Philippos was already royal in his own right and descended from the Danish royal family via Greece.

Europe, however, was ravaged by war and revolution, and despite all the theoretical advantages he enjoyed, an itinerant life soon followed.

Philippos would change his name not once but twice by the time he met Princess Elizabeth.

The Greek Philippos went first, replaced by Philp. When the long Danish/German surname was abolished, he adopted his mother’s name, Alice of Battenburg, which was itself translated into English Mountbatten, in keeping with the anti-German sentiment.

Philip was the only son of Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Constantine I of Greece.

However, his paternal family was of Danish rather than Mediterranean descent, as Prince Andrew was the grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark – hence the much hyphenated surname.

Philip’s mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, sister of Count Mountbatten of Burma, and the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg.

And it was through his mother’s side that he was already a member of the British royal family – a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through Victoria and Albert’s daughter, Princess Alice.

Prince Louis – Prince Philip’s grandfather – had become a naturalized British subject. He joined the Royal Navy in 1868 and rose to Admiral of the Fleet and, in 1914, to First Sea Lord.

During the First World War, Prince Louis changed the family name to Mountbatten and was appointed Marquess of Milford Haven.

Prince Philip adopted the name Mountbatten when he became a naturalized British subject and relinquished his Greek and Danish royal titles in 1947.

In the early 1920s, Greece was politically unstable and in 1922 the King of Greece, Constantine I, was forced to abdicate the throne.

Prince Andrew was court-martialled and imprisoned, but was pardoned on condition of perpetual banishment.

Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark checks the tips of his running shoes before taking part in an inter-school sports day in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1935

Philip Mountbatten, centre, newly titled Duke of Edinburgh, sitting with his fellow Royal Navy officers at his stag party at the Dorchester Hotel in 1947. To his right is his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, left, and his cousin Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attend a National Playing Fields Association dinner at the Mansion House in 1948

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attends the wedding of Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia to Princess Margarita of Baden at Salem Castle in Lake Constance, Germany, accompanied by his mother, Princess Andrew of Greece, formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg

King George V ordered a Royal Navy ship to evacuate the family from Corfu, and Philip was taken to safety in December 1922 in a bed made from an orange coffin. He was only 18 months old.

The family settled in Paris, first in the Bois de Boulogne and then in the St-Cloud district, where they lived in a house lent to them by a wealthy aunt.

The Duke of Edinburgh kept his own counsel in such matters – unlike his son Charles – and had no intention of explaining the effect this turbulence had produced on his own, rather peculiar, state of mind.

And by the time he finally passed away on April 9, 2021, baby Philippos, the orange box and the dining table in Corfu had largely disappeared into the mists of time.

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Who was Princess Alice? Prince Philip’s mother ‘lived a thousand lives’ in her eight decades, surviving revolution, exile and Sigmund Freud before becoming a nun…

Sabir Ansary — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:14:14 +0000

She arrived in the world when Queen Victoria was on the throne, treated by Sigmund Freud, exiled from Greece, rescued Jews from the Nazis and eventually founded her own convent.

Princess Alice, Prince Philip’s mother, spanned the eras and lived what some would consider to have been a thousand lives in her 84 years. The anniversary of her death is tomorrow.

Born as Princess Alice of Battenberg in February, 1885, at Windsor Castle in the presence of her great-grandmother, Victoria, she was raised as an English princess.

Her parents, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Louis, Prince of Battenberg, were German.

Princess Alice, Prince Philip’s mother and the in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, lived what some would consider a thousand lives in her 84 years. Pictured: Prince Philip and Alice in 1957

Prince Alice and Prince Andrew of Greece following their wedding in 1903. The pair had met a year earlier at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902

After suffering a nervous breakdown in 1930, her family had her treated at a clinic in Berlin. Pictured Alice with her husband Prince Andrew of Greece in 1903

Princess Alice was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. It means Prince Philip and the Queen were distantly related through their great-great-grandmother

Alice was one of four, the others being sister Louise, brother Louis and George. Louise later became Queen of Sweden.

Louis ‘Dickie’ Mountbatten was Prince Philip’s uncle and mentor – and mentor to Prince Charles – before he was murdered by the IRA in 1979.

The Battenbergs were advised to Anglicise their surname to ‘Mountbatten’ during the First World War to drop the German connection.

When she was a young child, Alice was diagnosed as congenitally deaf, however, could speak clearly and became a fluent lip reader.

Photographs of her as a young woman showed a handsome, elegant woman, often pictured with upswept hair.

She was aged just 17 years old, while at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, she met and fell in love with Prince Andrew, a younger son of the King of Greece.

A year later the couple wed in a German ceremony – where they received at least $750,000 in wedding gifts – Alice became Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark.

The diamonds in Queen Elizabeth’s future engagement ring came from a tiara gifted to Alice on her wedding day from Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.

When the Balkan Wars began in 1912, Prince Andrew was reinstated in the army, while Prince Alice helped assist war efforts by setting up field hospitals.

She was later awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1913 by King George V, the late Queen’s grandfather, for her hard work.

By 1914, Alice had given birth to four daughters – Princesses Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie – with a revolution brewing in Greece, where she was living at the time.

Shortly after her youngest child and only son, Prince Philip, was born in 1921, the Greek royal family were exiled following the abdication of King Constantine I of Greece, who was forced out in 1917.

While he was just a toddler, the future Duke of Edinburgh was placed into a makeshift cot – an orange crate – as his family fled to Paris on a British warship.

Once in France, they lived on handouts from relatives. The stressful period caused strain on Alice, whose ardent religious beliefs had slowly become more eccentric over the years.

After suffering a nervous breakdown in 1930, she began hearing voices and believed she was having intimate relationships with Jesus and other religious figures.

Princess Alice of Battenberg (fifth from the left) pictured with the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on their wedding day in 1947. None of Prince Philip’s sisters were invited to the celebration because of their connections with the Nazi Party

Alice had four daughters – Princesses Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie – with a revolution brewing in Greece, where she was living at the time. Pictured: Her daughters in 1915

Alice was congenitally deaf, however, could speak clearly. Photographs of her as a young woman showed her beauty, often pictured with upswept hair and lace gowns. Pictured, circa. 1945

She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1913 by King George V, the late Queen’s grandfather, for her hard work. Pictured: Princess Alice circa 1910

She was later diagnosed as schizophrenic before being treated by Sigmund Freud at a clinic in Berlin.

Under the advice of the renowned psychoanalyst, her ovaries were blasted with X-rays, which were said to cure her of her frustrated sexual desires.

This treatment is believed to have prompted early menopause. There is also no evidence that Alice herself was consulted about this, or consented to the procedure.

Following the treatment, she was admitted to a Swiss sanatorium where she remained imprisoned for two and a half years.

At the time she was locked away, Prince Philip was just nine years old. He had been taken out for a picnic with his grandmother and when he arrived home his mother had gone.

Prince Andrew effectively abandoned his wife to go live on the French Rivera with his mistress, despite never getting divorced. He died in 1944 in Monaco.

During this time, young Prince Philip spent his time at boarding school in England and Scotland, being bounced from relative to relative during the holidays, including his uncle Lord Mountbatten.

When his mother was eventually released from the sanatorium in 1932, she drifted between modest German B&Bs.

The mother and son were not reunited until 1937, when they met at the funeral of Philip’s sister Cecilie who died in a plane crash at the age of 26.

During the First World War, she hid a Jewish family on the top floor of her home, just yards away from Gestapo headquarters

The mother and son were not reunited until 1937, when they met at the funeral of Philip’s sister Cecilie who died in a plane crash at the age of 26. Pictured: Prince Philip and Alice in 1960

At this point, Alice wanted 16-year-old Philip to return to Athens with her, following the restoration of the Greek monarchy in 1935. But Philip already had his future etched out in the Royal Navy, so his mother was left alone in Greece.

By 1941, Alice was stranded in Nazi-occupied Greece. Lord Mountbatten sent her food parcels which she handed out to those in need.

During the war, she hid a Jewish family on the top floor of her home, just yards away from Gestapo headquarters.

When the Gestapo became suspicious and questioned the Princess, she used her deafness as an excuse not to answer their questions.

‘I suspect that it never occurred to her that her action was in any way special,’ Prince Philip said when visiting her grave in 1994.

‘She was a person with deep religious faith and she would have considered it to be a totally human action to fellow human beings in distress.’

Following the war, diamonds were used from Alice’s tiara so Philip could present a ring to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen.

Alice sold the rest of her jewels to create her own religious order, the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary, in 1949, becoming a nun.

She went on to build a convent and orphanage in a poor suburb of Athens.

After the war, diamonds were used from Alice’s tiara so Philip could present a ring to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen. Pictured: Princess Alice arriving in London in June 1965

Princess Alice remained in Greece until 1967, when Prince Philip and the Queen flew her back to England, where she spent her final days until she died in Buckingham Palace in December 1969. Pictured: The Duke and his mother in 1957

Prince William during a visit to the Church of St Mary Magdalene to pay his respects at the tomb of his great-grandmother Princess Alice of Battenberg in June 2018

She remained in Greece until 1967, where there was a Greek military coup. Alice refused to leave the country until Prince Philip sent a plane and a special request from the Queen to bring her home.

She spent the final years of her life living at Buckingham Palace with her son and daughter-in-law before she died in December 1969, aged 84.

The princess was originally interred in the royal crypt in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, but she wished to be laid to rest near her aunt, Grand Duchess Elizabeth, at the convent on the Mount of Olives.

In 2018, Prince William undertook a royal tour of the Middle East, which included a stop in Jerusalem. The royal took the time to lay flowers at her gravesite.

William had previously proclaimed his admiration for Alice. In light of her protecting the Cohens, he said: ‘Her story is a matter of great pride for my whole family.’

The last few months of her life were fictionalised in the third season of Netflix’s The Crown, played by Jane Lapotaire.

The series incorrectly suggested she gave a tell-all interview with the Guardian, covering topics about her mental health condition.

Shortly before her death, she wrote a heartbreaking letter to her only son, that read: ‘Dearest Philip, Be brave, and remember I will never leave you, and you will always find me when you need me most. All my devoted love, your old Mama.’

How The Crown fictionalised a ‘tell all’ interview with a journalist

The third series of The Crown claims Princess Alice gave a tell-all interview with the Guardian, stepping in to take the place of publicity shy Princess Anne.

In the scene Anne feigns a cold and excuses herself from the interview and sends her grandmother (Jane Lapotaire) out into the hallway where journalist John Armstrong (played by Colin Morgan) is waiting.

Princess Alice, the mother of the Duke of Edinburgh, proceeds to give the journalists details about her tragic life, including her time spent in mental institutions.

This was all fictionalised, although Princess Alice did live at Buckingham Palace from 1967 until her death in December 1969.

Jane Lapotaire as Princess Alice in Netflix’s The Crown

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King Charles has become Prince Philip’s unlikely double during his reign as he mirrors his late father’s wit, ‘tetchiness’ and even gaffes, experts claim

Sabir Ansary — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:25:31 +0000

Prince Philip was known for being one of the most gaffe-prone members of the British Royal Family, and wasn’t shy of expressing his uncensored and often politically incorrect opinions on a variety of subjects.

While his son, King Charles, 75, might not display his father’s ‘dontopedalogy’ – which Philip himself described as ‘the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, a science which I have practised for a good many years…’ – it’s clear the monarch is more like his parent than perhaps most people realise.

The King has suffered through some blunders during his reign so far – from not one but two frustrations involving a pen, and a seeming irritation when there were carriage delays during his Coronation in May.

He also appears to be a fan of the one-liners and gags, like his late father, who died aged 99 on 9 April 2021, with Charles recently commenting on his own lack of ‘Gangnam style’ when welcoming the Korean President to the UK.

The similarities between father and son will be surprising to some, since to most the image of the King and the Prince ‘is that of opposites’, says royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams.

While his son, King Charles (pictured right), 75, might not display his father’s ‘dontopedalogy’ – which Philip (pictured left in 2013) himself described as ‘the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, a science which I have practised for a good many years…’ – it’s clear the monarch is more like his parent than perhaps most people realise

He tells FEMAIL: ‘As the Prince said himself ‘he’s a romantic and I’m a pragmatist’ and he felt that accounted for their differences in outlook. Certainly the relationship between father and son was often distant.’

But the royal commentator insisted there’s ‘similarities too, less often remarked on’, while body language expert Judi James suggested Charles’ ‘new status upgrade’ has resulted in him using his late father ‘as a guide’ in his role as monarch.

Here, FEMAIL explores the similarities with his father that Charles has displayed during his reign so far…

IRRITABILITY AND GAFFES

While Philip may initially seem like the more openly brazen of the two, since becoming King, Charles has also shown how constantly being on public display can overwhelm him into snapping in public.

‘The spotlight on the King is relentless,’ Richard said. ‘His public mishaps with two pens soon after he became monarch made headlines. He was perceived to be irritated at the reported lateness of the Waleses at the Coronation.’

He said that although Philip and Charles are both ‘devoted to the monarchy’, ‘…neither have a natural feel for public relations.’

‘Prince Philip was from a different era and outrageous enough to say what he thought and have it regarded as a ‘gaffe’, which he called ‘dontopedology’, the art of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it which he frequently did, often causing embarrassment abroad.’

The Prince Consort has famously thrown diplomacy out of the window with a selection of his one liners while travelling the world.

At an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Philip famously quipped: ‘Just take the f***ing picture!’

Viewers of Charles’ historic accession to the throne found themselves distracted when the new monarch suddenly gestured furiously to remove a pot of ink

In 1967 – when asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union – Philip said: ‘I would like to go to Russia very much — although the b***ards murdered half my family.’

In 2000, when being offered the finest Italian wines in Rome, he pressed to ‘just get him a beer’ – he ‘didn’t care what kind it is’. And the royal definitely had his fair share of flare-ups with the press.

At an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, he famously quipped: ‘Just take the f***ing picture!’ And in another instance, while speaking to the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean, he said: ‘You have mosquitoes. I have the Press.’

‘As Prince Consort, Prince Philip was not the centre of attention, the Queen was,’ Richard added. ‘His fuse though, was notoriously short and examples of this appeared in the press frequently.’

Judi also explained how ‘tetchiness’ has seemingly carried on from father to son. ‘Charles has seen his father’s capacity for impatience and tetchiness throughout his life and probably fallen foul of it himself too, over the years,’ she said.

In May, lip readers claimed Charles complained that ‘we can never be on time’ as he waited in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach ahead of his Coronation

‘He also saw how these more “irascible” traits made Philip more popular or legendary, too. The duke was very open about his expectations and was known to “not suffer fools gladly”.

‘Charles has often been seen as softer but since becoming King he has allowed his own tetchy side to air in public, famously with the two leaky pen incidents, and during the coronation itself when he looked impatient when there was a delay as he sat in his carriage.’

Last September, Charles blasted a leaking pen that threatened to ruin his mood just hours after being greeted by wellwishers in Belfast.

Sitting inside the royal residence of Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, the King appeared flustered by dripping ink as he tried signing a book towards the end of his visit.

Charles complained about the pen he was using to sign his name, announcing he ‘can’t bear this bloody thing’ as he appeared to furiously rub the ink from his fingers.

Venting his frustration as the pen begins to malfunction, the King exclaimed: ‘God I hate this [pen]’ as he hands it over to the Queen.

He adds: ‘I can’t bear this thing… every stinking time’.

It came days after viewers of Charles’ historic accession to the throne found themselves distracted when the new monarch suddenly gestured furiously to remove a pot of ink.

As he went to sign the historic Proclamation, the King frantically motioned to an aide to move a pen box from his desk, which viewers described as ‘far too small’ for the huge document and stationery.

And in May, lip readers claimed Charles complained that ‘we can never be on time’ as he waited in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach ahead of his Coronation.

The monarch was caught on camera speaking to Queen Camilla inside the coach after they arrived five minutes early at Westminster Abbey and ended up waiting in their coach outside.

Prince William, his wife Kate Middleton and children Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were said to have been late and ended up having to join the King’s procession through the church because they were unable to overtake to get ahead of him.

Lip reader Jacqui Press, who studied footage of Charles earlier on during the carriage procession, told MailOnline that she believed he said: ‘I’m worried about time, I mean it’s been longer this time and, well, erm, I mean look! I know.’

Another lipreader told Sky News that the King said: ‘We can never be on time. Yes, I’m… this is a negative. There’s always something’.

Elsewhere, Newsweek reported that the King had yet another moment of irritation when it came to keeping on time – during a visit to Wrexham last December, where he and Camilla met with celebrity football club owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

According to the outlet, in a viral clip, a photographer tries to get the Queen to come back for a photo, but Charles exclaims: ‘Please. We need to go! I was trying to wait for her. But she goes on!’

WITTY

Both Philip and Charles are known for drawing an audience in – and royal experts say this is down to the wit carrying through the pair.

‘With his new status upgrade, Charles has become not just head of the UK but also head of his family Firm,’ Judi explained.

‘Role-changes require subtle or even dramatic shifts in presence and body language behaviours and it’s during times of pressure to “get it right” like this that we tend to raid the archives of the memory to decide on an anchor or mentor/role-model to use as a guide.’

She explained that this process is ‘often subconscious’ as we tend to picture our parents as mentors.

Both Philip and Charles are known for drawing an audience in – and royal experts say this is down to the wit carrying through the pair. Charles pictured with President Macron in September

Nigel said Philip would however have been ‘more forthright’. Pictured greeting actress Elizabeth Taylor when he was younger

‘The phrase “You’re getting/sounding/looking just like your father/mother” is a cliché but with the ring of truth to it,’ Judi said.

‘Subliminal mirroring of a parent’s body language rituals will often increase after they die. Sometimes it can create feelings of closeness or rapport or it can be a desire to tap into their own experience and wisdom.’

The body language expert stressed that Philip’s presence in Charles’s life ‘would have made him even more of a role-model than most parents’.

‘He provided a visual blue-print for Charles who will now be following in his footsteps in terms of royal visits and royal duties,’ she said. ‘As a consequence it is possible to see Charles channelling some of his father’s charismatic techniques.’

Nigel Cawthorne, author of I Know I am Rude: Prince Philip on Prince Philip, also explained the slight differences in the way both men approach humour and wit.

‘When handing out honorary MBEs to the members of K-Pop band Blackpink for being climate advocates at the Cop26 Summit in Glasgow, he quipped: “The great thing is that you’re still talking to each other after all these years of working together”,’ he recounted.

‘That could have been taken amiss. Why should they not be talking to each other after rising to be South Korea’s biggest girl group after their debut in 2016?

‘The four girls smiled sweetly and did not say “not like your family then”. Instead singer Jennie Kim said graciously that the MBE was “the most honourable thing for us”.

‘Charles went on to remark in his speech: “Sadly, when I was in Seoul… I am not sure I developed much of what might be called the Gangnam style!”

‘That was worthy of his father, but hard to picture. In casual chat, Charles said: “I was intrigued by your dance routine, I was very impressed.”‘

Nigel said Philip would however have been ‘more forthright’. Nigel also suggested that had Philip praised Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa for their interest in the environment, he ‘would never have missed the opportunity to remark that Blackpink had gone green’.

SIGNATURE POSES

Philip and Charles’ body language has also been compared in recent years, as Judi highlighted ‘suppression techniques’ used by both royals.

‘Prince Philip was known for his signature pose of standing with his hands clasped behind his back,’ she said. ‘It always implied he was on his best behaviour but it also gave him a more commanding look.

Philip (pictured left in 2007) and Charles’ body language has also been compared in recent years, as Judi highlighted ‘suppression techniques’ used by both royals

Judi says that Charles will, like his father, ‘stick an index finger out during one to one conversations to announce his intent to share a quip or a witty remark’. Philip pictured left in 2016

‘As a prince, Charles would often clasp his hands in front of his torso or stuff one hand in a jacket pocket. He also had a ritual of small auto-contact self-calming rituals that involved the cuff fiddle, pocket pat and a mimed search inside his jacket for an invisible wallet.

‘These anxiety rituals have been seen less now he had become King though and in their place he has introduced a very familiar-looking clasping of his hands behind his back.’

The pair also have more than once been pictured with a trademark pointed index finger in photos, often captivated by something said to them by another person in the picture.

CHARMING

While Philip and Charles have attracted both controversy and reverence, their trademark royal charisma is undeniable.

‘Although in the past he has appeared fogeyish, whether in his preference for a classically inspired village like Poundbury or in his conservative way of dress, he has, like his father, enormous personal charm,’ Richard stressed. ‘The way members of the royal family work rooms is highly impressive.’

Judi too remarked on their ‘jovial demeanour’. ‘His father looked permanently partially amused, with a twinkle in his eye as he cracked jokes with hosts and guests during royal duties,’ she said.

Most recently, the King showed off his natural charisma earlier this week, while handing an honourary MBE to the members of K-pop group Blackpink

Royal experts have weighed in on Philip’s natural charisma. Pictured with Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow in 2011

‘Charles does seem to have increased his use of this bonding technique, wearing a wreathed smile more frequently than previously and employing the “pointless point” more, where he will, like his father stick an index finger out during one to one conversations to announce his intent to share a quip or a witty remark.’

Most recently, the King showed off his natural charisma earlier this week, while handing an honourary MBE to the members of K-pop group Blackpink.

‘Many congratulations, did you survive last night alright?’ he asked vocalist Jisoo Kim, 28, who attended the state banquet at Buckingham Palace with her three bandmates.

‘You’re not too exhausted? I was intrigued by your dance routine, I was very impressed,’ Charles added.

It is not clear whether guests at the banquet were treated to a special after-dinner performance or whether the King had caught up with their act elsewhere.

The band’s energetic routines are fairly suggestive and not normally royal fare.

He added: ‘I hope we haven’t ruined another engagement somewhere you are meant to be doing or rehearsals.

‘I am so glad I was able to give you this with the President and Mrs Kim here.’

The girls must have made a good impression because His Majesty added: ‘The best way would be to see you perform live at some point.’

Earlier this month the King also showed off his more personable side after kicking off 75th birthday celebrations early with a tea party at Highgrove House – where his ‘friend’, The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades was in attendance.

Jay – who attended the monarch’s Coronation – recently called the King his ‘rich friend’ and ‘just a normal geezer’ after the pair formed a bond during Charles’s appearance on the hour-long special The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit.

The friendship between the two blew viewers away, with one writing: ‘The rapport between King Charles and Jay Blades on The Repair Shop is superb.’

Meanwhile, Charles let slip a playful eye roll as guests sang him Happy Birthday ahead of cutting his white and gold cake.

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Sabir Ansary — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 20:23:44 +0000

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How the Crown turned a tragedy into a brutal scandal. Prince Philip’s favorite sister died in a catastrophic plane crash that wiped out much of her family. Yet screenwriters wrongly suggested that the schoolboy was somehow to blame

Sabir Ansary — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:33:37 +0000

Of all the fictionalizations and inaccuracies in The Crown, none has caused more offense than the claim that a young Prince Philip was somehow to blame for the death of his favorite sister, Cecilie.

Princess Cecilie, the third of the five children of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, died in a plane in November 1937.. She had been eight months pregnant.

Cecilie also witnessed the Balkan Wars, in which the Turks were eventually driven out of Europe, and the First World War, which led to her family’s exile to Switzerland and then France.

Prince Philip was the youngest child and the only boy.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s favorite sister, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, was tragically killed while eight months pregnant in a plane crash in Ostend

Prince Philip of Greece, later Duke of Edinburgh, pictured alongside relatives marching as mourners at the funeral of his sister, Princess Cecilie, in November 1937

Cecile, pictured in July 1922, was born in June 1911 and was the third of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of the five children of Greece and Denmark

In 1931, Cecilie married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Rhine, her cousin once removed, and was swept up by the fascist currents of pre-war Germany.

She joined the Nazi Party together with her husband in May 1937.

The princess was pregnant with her fourth child when she boarded a plane in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, on November 16 that same year, bound for London, where she was to attend the wedding of her brother-in-law Prince Ludwig and Margaret. Campbell-Geddes.

But the plane crashed after hitting a factory chimney in the fog near Ostend.

The fatal accident killed Cecile, her husband, her mother-in-law, as well as their sons, aged four and six, their maid of honor and the best man for the wedding.

The pilot and two crew members also died,

While searching through the rubble, firefighters also found the body of a newborn baby, who appeared to have been delivered prematurely when the plane crashed.

The child was found lying next to his mother, leading to the conclusion that the pilot had attempted to land because Cecile unexpectedly went into labor.

Their youngest daughter and Prince Philip’s niece, Joanna of Hesse and by Rhine, who was just over a year old at the time, were deemed too young for the journey and were left at home.

She was the only surviving member of her immediate family and was later adopted by her uncle Prince Ludwig and his wife Princess Margaret. However, she unfortunately contracted meningitis and died in June 1939, three months before her third birthday.

Princess Cecilie with her husband, Prince Georg Donatus and their children, Prince Ludwig, Prince Alexander and baby Princess Johanna

The wedding gathers for a photo at the wedding of Princess Cecilie of Greece to Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse in the Schlosskirche, Darmstadt in February 1931

Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), third child of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece, sister of the Duke of Edinburgh and wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and Rhine, whom she married in 1931.

Due to the tragedy, wedding plans for November 20 were scrapped and the following day, Prince Ludwig and Margaret married in a private ceremony.

The couple then collected the bodies of the princess and her family in Belgium and returned to Darmstadt.

Prince Philip, then 16, was close to his sister, Princess Cecilie, and recalled being told to go to the headmaster’s study in Godonstoun, where he was told the tragic news.

Years later he said it was one of the worst moments of his life. He wrote: ‘I remember well the deep shock with which I heard the news of the accident and death of my sister and her family.’

Cecile was buried with her husband and her three sons in Darmstadt at the Rosenhöhe, the traditional cemetery of the Hesse family.

Photos from the funeral show the young Prince Philip surrounded by grieving relatives, many wearing distinctive Nazi uniforms.

One is dressed in the uniform of the Brown Shirts, while the other wears full SS regalia.

The street in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, was packed with crowds, many giving the “Heil Hitler” salute.

The Crown’s depiction of the aftermath of her death was criticized for wrongly suggesting that Philip had been blamed for her death by his father.

Prince Philip was reportedly upset by the “shockingly vicious” episode in which his father angrily blamed him for his sister’s death in a plane crash, according to two royal biographers.

Princess Theodora, Princess Sophie, Princess Margarita and Princess Cecilie, daughters of Prince Andrew of Greece, pictured together in 1915

The four sisters of Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, pictured together in July 1922

The authors said Philip was hurt by the way Princess Cecilie’s death was depicted in the drama and called on Netflix to apologize and add a disclaimer to the credits (making it clear that the drama.

Hugo Vickers, a royal biographer who has dissected The Crown’s untruths, described the portrayal of Cecilie’s death as “disgraceful”, adding that Philip had been “very appalled” by it.

‘How disgraceful it was [of The Crown] to make Prince Philip a caricatured person – he never did any work in the series. The portrayal was cruel and deeply unfair. The least Netflix could do was warn viewers with a disclaimer.”

How The Crown wrongly blamed Prince Philip for his sister Cecile’s death

Cecile’s death features in the penultimate episode – titled Paterfamilias – of the second series of The Crown, which explores Prince Charles’ unhappy school days in Gordonstoun, interwoven with flashbacks to his father’s time there.

It is suggested – incorrectly – that Philip, then 16 years old, would spend six months in November 1937 with the 26-year-old Cecile, married to Grand Duke George Donatus of Hesse.

This arrangement would work out well for his sister, who was apparently terrified of flying as it meant she wouldn’t have to travel to London for her brother-in-law’s wedding.

But Philip then hits a fellow student and is forced to stay at school during the holidays as punishment, leaving Cecile no choice but to accompany her family to London.

Philip calls his sister in the hope that she will support him. From a German airport, she tells him she agrees with the chief’s decision and says she is now ‘obligated’ to fly to the wedding. The camera then cuts to her boarding the plane.

It is true that Philip traveled to Germany for the funeral. But what happens next in The Crown is pure fiction.

Young Philip, played by Finn Elliot, is presented to his mother Princess Alice and father Prince Andrew at the funeral. His father says: ‘Without Philip and his indiscipline she would never have taken that flight. It’s true, isn’t it boy? You’re the reason we’re all burying my favorite child here. Get him out of here.’

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