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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2025-01-18 at 19:29

Confession #328 of a long-time royal watcher.

There's one thing I miss about the late Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. His sharp tongue. For example, this is what the royal second fiddle said upon leaving a plane, when asked by a particularly unimaginative journalist what the flight was like:

 "And how was your flight, sir?"

 "Have you ever been on an aeroplane?"  

 "Yes."

 "Well, it was like that."

Anyway, here's a picture taken out a plane window in 2012, using the Retro Phone app on an HTC Sensation... a phone possesing a battery life so short it would die faster than a cordless Magic Wand.

[#]photography #CellPhonePhotography

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Written by Denis 🌏 on 2025-01-18 at 19:31

@BobHorowitz "die faster than a cordless Magic Wand"

😂

That's a strangely specific simile.

(and great photo btw)

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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2025-01-18 at 19:36

@constantorbit One thing I learned about science is that everything is more easily understood when it is measured using a familiar frame of reference.

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Written by BigD on 2025-01-19 at 00:13

@BobHorowitz

I always try and get a seat behind the wing. It gives a perspective of being in a bird-like creature. It also allows great shots like yours.

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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2025-01-19 at 00:18

@BigD Window seats behind the wing are the best. I daydream during flights, looking out the window, especially on cross-country trips. It helps to focus for 6 hours on something other than my tablet.

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Written by BigD on 2025-01-19 at 00:25

@BobHorowitz

The dipping and flex of a wing is quite a fascination to me, especially on landing.

Also, flying from one island to another, especially on a homeward flight.

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Written by Elliot on 2025-01-19 at 01:05

@BobHorowitz I enjoyed The Crown version of him

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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2025-01-19 at 01:41

@elliots Yes, all four versions of Prince Philip were well done... Although it was hard to watch Mat Smith without thinking of him as Doctor Who.

I loved The Crown, even with its fictionalized inaccuracies.

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Written by Tip on 2025-01-19 at 05:44

@BobHorowitz

At he didn't answer with another racist remark.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/8/13/the-priceless-racism-of-the-duke-of-edinburgh

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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2025-01-19 at 06:19

@tip Aye, the article is spot on. The Duke was a horrible person... a caricature of an aristocrat in every damned way possible. He was also a terrible father, shitty husband... you get the idea.

Royally privileged beyond imagination, his station brought (bought?) him privacy that was rarely breached. So we only saw the tip of the iceberg (an iceberg that was very, very white).

The life he almost had in Greece, as a child, and then married into in the UK, was fascinating. And not generally admirable.

Royals. 🙄

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