On The Passing Of Prince Philip

 In the living flesh never more to be seen

Prince Philip the long term husband of Elizabeth the Queen

Of Britain, Northern Ireland and British Commonwealth Countries in numbers dwindling fast

In what was a great Empire of the past

That Philip had many admirers does go without doubt

But i for one cannot see what all the fuss is about

For one who had died at the great age of ninety nine years

Yet at his passing so many royal watchers shed tears

Husband of Elizabeth the Monarch of  Britain for seventy years of his life

Quite a long time for two people to live as man and wife

That he was a great person his admirers agree

Though he did not seem anywhere near to great to me

So many great people far too many to name

Far greater than Philip ever was who died as strangers to wealth and fame

People who lived at the wrong end of the social divide

The unsung of the cemeteries of Countries Worldwide

So many good things of him written and said

Farewell to Prince Philip he is now of the dead

To his admirers his passing a huge loss to humanity

But to say the least i see it quite differently.