All are agreed. He would have been deeply moved and surprised by the outpourings of affection after his death.Really? Is anyone seriously under the impression that Prince Philip was a man given to emoting? Or worse, that he WASN’T a man with a well-honed instinct for the public mood? It is highly unlikely he would have been either moved or surprised.Neither would he have been moved or surprised that the Loyalist Community Council called for a cessation of street riots out of respect to his memory. The young rioters had already left off, to a greater or lesser extent. That…

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