Some heartbreaking posts on here and my sympathies are with you all. This week marked the 1st anniversary of when my Dad passed away, sadly that happened at home by himself and we never got the chance to say goodbye to him. What I do know is that if I could go back to that day knowing what I know now, I would have been there with him and that's something I really struggle to come to terms with, I was the last to see him alive and unfortunately it was me who found him the next morning.
BoroMart is a very, very good poster, very knowledgable and very fair. I always enjoy his posts and by and large we share the same views on things and I think we need to hold back a little on the grief he is getting. From information I have picked up on the board over the years he has been through an awful lot more than most of us will ever experience.
For what its worth I personally have no issues with Prince Charles going to see his father if its because he is in his finals days and hours and can't see that any of us could reasonably object to that. *IF* it is ultimately shown that Philip was only mildly ill and never in any danger then I will completely understand why some are annoyed that there seems to be different rules applied to different people. However, at this point we simply don't know.
Now isn't the time to argue whether the visit should have been allowed as we simply don't have enough facts as to Prince Philips condition, I'm sure that if these are indeed his final days then all of us, inclduing BoroMart, will accept it was a fair and just decision to visit his father. Equally, if Phililp recovers and was never in any serious danger then we will almost universally agree that it underlines a different set of rules for the priviledged
Let's draw a line under this and be patient and understanding, we've all been through the mill over the last year or so and we all seem capable of arguing for the sake of arguing, and is symptomatic of 12 difficult months for us all. We should all take a deep breath and count to 10 before we post (and I include myself in that, as its something I'm guilty of not doing on occassion) because we are pretty much all good people on here and we need less division amongst us not more.