HRH the Duke of Edinburgh: a rant.

 Prince Philip, who has died recently at the age of ninety-nine, was a magnificent man. He was very intelligent and brave and energetic and handsome. His death is a great loss to the world.

Prince Philip was also known both as a man of ready humour, and as a man not to suffer fools gladly; and so what he would have made of a certain national newspaper offering up-to-the-minute news on his passing under the heading LIVE UPDATES we cannot know.

But personally, I think he'd have laughed.

Word To Use Today: duke. This word comes from the French duc from the Latin dux, leader.