Here's My Thought....

@HootyTheNightOwl will he be sorely missed... by some suppose ?

His scheme was a seems to help many but he was not the greatest father and his children did not turn out great...

@Justme264 Yes, it seems that only few people will miss him and remember him fondly.

No, he wasn't perfect, but:-

1) The day of his death was hardly the ideal time for anyone to have been stating that. I get that he was 99 and he looked like death when he came out of hospital that last time - but he had looked worse than that on other occasions and still managed to pull through... you can't blame some people for being shocked by the news of his death particularly when every indication was that he was going to live to be 100 years old - which would have been a once in a lifetime event for some of us commoners to witness. Even now, I still have to wonder how the celebrations for that would have been managed, considering the pandemic and the fact that gathering is still frowned upon.

2) Show me someone who is perfect and I will show you a liar.

At the end of the day, we are all products of our own environments - and Buckingham Palace is hardly the most ideal place to be raising children anyway. Being a parent had to come second to being a monarch. For all we know, the upbringing they gave their children is the mirror image of the upbringing that they had themselves.

@HootyTheNightOwl he had a difficult if almost non existent family upbringing. It probably made him who he was

None of us is perfect I agree.... and I won't speak ill of the dead...

Best Wishes to you

@NotJamieM I get that. I also get that you're an American, so I guess that for you he hasn't been 'visible' as he has over here in the UK....

😔

@SammyJo that's true. I hear about the Queen and some of the others, but never him. I had a grandmother who made it to 101, and while it was sad when she passed, I probably had 20 more years of her being around than I rightfully should have expected. So I was grateful for that at the same time as being sad, if that makes sense.

@NotJamieM Yes, makes total sense....but, here's the thing; what with the pandemic people have been estranged from their families; people in care/nursing homes have had limited contact with family members...and many have died....I know a few individuals who haven't been able to see their grandparents/parents as they have been in a care home....and unable to be with them as they take their last breaths...and their recent tears have, I feel, been over more than just the Duke's passing....

Understand?

SJD xx