PRINCE PHILIP - A NOBLE EXAMPLE OF LOYALTY IN ROYALTY WORTH EMULATING
April 9, 2021 | News
With the official announcement of the unfortunate exit of Queen Elizabeth II husband, Prince Philip, who died at the ripe age of 99years, I must say it is indeed a great loss not only to the Queen of England, The Royal family and the people of Great Britain, but also to the commonwealth and the world at large.
PRINCE PHILIP - A NOBLE EXAMPLE OF LOYALTY IN ROYALTY WORTH EMULATING
With the official announcement of the unfortunate exit of Queen Elizabeth II husband, Prince Philip, who died at the ripe age of 99years, I must say it is indeed a great loss not only to the Queen of England, The Royal family and the people of Great Britain, but also to the commonwealth and the world at large.
Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, was actually the longest-serving royal consort in British history, who was at the Queen's side for more than her six decades of reign. He supported the Queen without putting himself forward, and earned his respect as the husband of the most respected Monarch in the world. Talk about being loyal as a royal. According to the BBC's royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, he said it was "a moment of sadness" for the country and "most particularly, for the Queen losing her husband of 73 years - a bigger span of years than most of us can imagine. He went on to say that Prince Philip had made "a huge contribution to the success of the Queen's reign", describing the Duke as "utterly loyal in his belief in the importance of the role that the Queen was fulfilling - and in his duty to support her. It was the importance of the solidity of that relationship, of their marriage, that was so crucial to the success of her reign." This is something that is not common across the world, especially within the families of Royalty.
His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, in my opinion, was indeed a great Prince of England, and a gentleman to the core, who was never noisy in meddling with the affairs of the United Kingdom, or flouting royalty expectations.
He was one who kept to the rules and guidelines of the British Monarch and traditions, even though his wife, The Queen, was more recognized as the Head of State of about 15 countries including UK. He was not known, in my own opinion, to have stepped out of the rules and traditions of the British royals and their customs and laws. And he was a highly disciplined gentleman, regardless of the fact that he was of a 'royal blood' from Greece and Denmark.
I express my sincere condolences to The Queen of England, the entire British Royal Family, the Government of the United Kingdom, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, and the British people, for this huge loss of their great Prince Philip, who left them at the ripe age of 99 years and Ten months old. He would have clocked hundred years in June 2021.
Without a doubt, Prince Philip had lived a fulfilled life. Nigerians of his status, would have oppressed the poor masses and the down-trodden, and damned the consequences due to their "power drunkenness." Someone of Prince Philip status in Nigeria would be robbing his status on people's faces, and his followers and subjects would have clapped for him for doing the wrong things.
The Nigerian Royals should learn from the British Royal Family, which I personally respect. I don't intend to be a citizen of the UK, or any foreign country for that matter. I am proud to be a Nigerian. But my only wish is for our various leaders at levels to start acting more civilized and humane in the discharge of their statutory responsibilities. That is my take!
Zik Gbemre.
April 9, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
With the official announcement of the unfortunate exit of Queen Elizabeth II husband, Prince Philip, who died at the ripe age of 99years, I must say it is indeed a great loss not only to the Queen of England, The Royal family and the people of Great Britain, but also to the commonwealth and the world at large.
Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, was actually the longest-serving royal consort in British history, who was at the Queen's side for more than her six decades of reign. He supported the Queen without putting himself forward, and earned his respect as the husband of the most respected Monarch in the world. Talk about being loyal as a royal. According to the BBC's royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, he said it was "a moment of sadness" for the country and "most particularly, for the Queen losing her husband of 73 years - a bigger span of years than most of us can imagine. He went on to say that Prince Philip had made "a huge contribution to the success of the Queen's reign", describing the Duke as "utterly loyal in his belief in the importance of the role that the Queen was fulfilling - and in his duty to support her. It was the importance of the solidity of that relationship, of their marriage, that was so crucial to the success of her reign." This is something that is not common across the world, especially within the families of Royalty.
His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, in my opinion, was indeed a great Prince of England, and a gentleman to the core, who was never noisy in meddling with the affairs of the United Kingdom, or flouting royalty expectations.
He was one who kept to the rules and guidelines of the British Monarch and traditions, even though his wife, The Queen, was more recognized as the Head of State of about 15 countries including UK. He was not known, in my own opinion, to have stepped out of the rules and traditions of the British royals and their customs and laws. And he was a highly disciplined gentleman, regardless of the fact that he was of a 'royal blood' from Greece and Denmark.
I express my sincere condolences to The Queen of England, the entire British Royal Family, the Government of the United Kingdom, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, and the British people, for this huge loss of their great Prince Philip, who left them at the ripe age of 99 years and Ten months old. He would have clocked hundred years in June 2021.
Without a doubt, Prince Philip had lived a fulfilled life. Nigerians of his status, would have oppressed the poor masses and the down-trodden, and damned the consequences due to their "power drunkenness." Someone of Prince Philip status in Nigeria would be robbing his status on people's faces, and his followers and subjects would have clapped for him for doing the wrong things.
The Nigerian Royals should learn from the British Royal Family, which I personally respect. I don't intend to be a citizen of the UK, or any foreign country for that matter. I am proud to be a Nigerian. But my only wish is for our various leaders at levels to start acting more civilized and humane in the discharge of their statutory responsibilities. That is my take!
Zik Gbemre.
April 9, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes