His grandfather was the Danish import, married to a Russian. His father was born in Greece but the lot ended up in exile first in Switzerland, and later for a 2nd time in France.
Prince Philip checks out
- (rcareaga)
- (17)
- April 9, 2021, 11:17:25 AM EDT
Some good articles are appearing about him.
- (static)
- (5)
- April 10, 2021, 05:26:09 AM EDT
I'd never heard that about him
- (drook)
- (4)
- April 10, 2021, 10:49:16 AM EDT
Twitter dick_nixon has some tidbits, Obama had some comments.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- April 10, 2021, 01:02:37 PM EDT
You do know Nixon died in 1994, well before Twitter? :)
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- (1)
- April 11, 2021, 09:53:08 PM EDT
Unpossible!!
- (Another Scott)
- April 11, 2021, 11:15:54 PM EDT
oh yeah he was so well known for it they faked a cameo of him in the orginal brit sandford son movie
-NT
- (boxley)
- April 11, 2021, 09:13:19 PM EDT
You'd never know, from looking at the UK news media
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (7)
- April 12, 2021, 02:20:11 AM EDT
I thought they were obsessed with the royals? Or is it only the young, pretty ones they care about?
-NT
- (drook)
- (2)
- April 12, 2021, 12:29:44 PM EDT
Not only do Americans not get irony, they apparently can't do sarcasm, either.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- April 13, 2021, 01:57:42 AM EDT
Somewhat obvious in retrospect, I suppose
-NT
- (drook)
- April 13, 2021, 08:15:41 AM EDT
And the public doesn't seem bovvered by it either
- (malraux)
- (3)
- April 13, 2021, 10:28:01 AM EDT
Re: And the public doesn't seem bovvered by it either
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- April 14, 2021, 12:21:09 PM EDT
When the network already has the eulogy package produced and queued up ...
- (drook)
- (1)
- April 14, 2021, 01:33:37 PM EDT
Tony Jay on Balloon-Juice says...
- (Another Scott)
- April 14, 2021, 03:11:07 PM EDT
Fucking xenophobic, those Greeks -- or is it just the Guardian's writers?
- (CRConrad)
- (2)
- May 18, 2021, 08:02:59 AM EDT
Well ...
- (drook)
- May 18, 2021, 09:56:55 AM EDT
The tenure was a bit short
- (scoenye)
- May 18, 2021, 10:09:57 PM EDT