The world held it’s breathe waiting on the announcement that was set to come from Buckingham Palace this morning. The reactions were pretty hilarious!
The Queen and Prince Phillip have left the internet in waves of annoyance and fits of giggles. This came after an emergency meeting was called at around 3am.
Immediately the internet started speculating what the cause of the meeting was. There were comments that the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip has passed away, that the Queen herself had passed or that the Queen was finally handing over her crown.
All of which was quickly swept under the rug when the official announcement was made earlier today. The announcement was that the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip would be retiring from public appearances. At age 95 we don’t blame him!
The internet however were less than pleased by the fact that leading up to the announcement, there was tons of drama and speculation. Only to receive an announcement that seemed a natural next step within the monarchy. Many posted their annoyances online but others took the announcement as a chance to have some fun.
“When you’d actually rather retire than have a meeting with #DonaldTrump #PrincePhilip #BuckinghamPalace” -@jayrotoole
Prince Philip going to extraordinary lengths to get out of having to meet the Trumps
— Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) May 4, 2017
“This just in … 95 year old man retires from waving.” – @rikdog72
“Elizabeth, I’d like to retire”
“Okay dear but it’s 3am should we wait unti…”
“Call an emergency meeting. Now.” – @Tzanopp
Then the pictures and meme’s started rolling in… Some do contain profanity.
The best tweet I've seen around the #BuckinghamPalace pic.twitter.com/q2mhKRf8s5
— Sanjeev Jasani (@sanjeevjasani) May 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/lumfruit/status/860097018911391744
Me after the #BuckinghamPalace announcement. pic.twitter.com/CTe1cS2w3w
— Mrs Phil Perry MBE (@MrsPhilPerry) May 4, 2017
My favourite tweet about this… #BuckinghamPalace pic.twitter.com/zfyXSof4y5
— Scaredycat (@SamualWarngtm) May 4, 2017
Let’s hope this last one isn’t true!
Prince Phillip setting the trend for millennials by retiring at 95.
— Michael Burgess (@MikeJBurgess) May 4, 2017
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