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Couple of very high profile deaths
earlier today, including singer DMX
passing this morning, and Prince
Philip, that one was earlier today.
The Duke of Edinburgh,
husband of Queen Elizabeth II,
father of Prince Charles, and
patriarch of a turbulent royal
family that he sought to ensure
would not be Britain's last.
That's how he's being described by
the news, and
I'm reading that because I I follow
the royal family to such a small
extent that I couldn't
have even given his proper titles.
That said, he passed away at 99,
apparently peacefully.
Obviously, regardless of what you
think about the royal family in
general terms or
specifically what they've been
up to over the past few years,
it's obviously sad for that family,
and for whatever reason,
it is obviously going to be very
hard on a lot of people in the UK
who take this very seriously.
So almost every death is a tragedy.
I'm not going to say every death,
but almost every one,
including this one, very sad.
I'm holding out for a few.
So let's just put it out there for
the next few years.
But anyway, Brett, thoughts?
>> I mean, he's 99, he got to see
the seasons of the crown about him.
So I don't know what more he could
want out of life.
>> He had a good full life.
>> Let's compare that.
A pretty easy one I would say
probably, considering their wealth,
we should all be so lucky.
>> If you watched every season of
The Crown, you'll realize it wasn't
always puppy dogs and
ice cream for him.
It wasn't always roses, John.
It's not easy to be the king
or queen.
The non-king of England, don't you
dare call him a king of England.
It's not that easy.
>> Look, I can only make so
many mistakes, so
people are taking issue with me
refer to DMX as a singer.
I mean, he does music with his
voice [CROSSTALK] I
understand he doesn't sing, and
I actually like DMX more than most
musicians, but anyway.
>> You're really handling this sad
death news really well, John,
you're really nailing it.
>> Well, I'm getting heckled by
the audience right now.
This is one of the downsides of
having chat open, but look,
obviously, it is sad.
It is, the royal family has had a
lot of stuff in the news recently.
It has not been a great period
for them.
I, generally, aside from
not wanting needless death or
something, I'm fairly consistent on
a lot of the negative news I feel
like they brought on themselves.
That said,
I'm sure they have very close
feelings towards this individual.
So let's just put that out there.
>> Yeah. >> Okay.
>> Yeah, it's one of those things
where with DMX, it is very sad.
I know this story's
about Prince Philip, and yeah,
when we compare his experience to
that of other people who have lived
in Buckingham Palace in that level
of power, other ones were murdered
for the crown,
others existed in a time when it
was more than just a ceremonial
head of state kind of job.
So he lived to be 99,
went through some crazy stuff,
witnessed some crazy stuff.
In terms of reigns,
this is a historically long one for
him and his wife.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
Seeing a comment from
Jay Hitchcock, remind me not to
have John do my eulogy.
Look, what do you want,
you want me to be real and
authentic?
I don't have a lot to say about
Prince Philip specifically,
I just don't about any member of
the royal family.
I'm not going to do that.
I would say there have been
eulogies in the past I think I did
a pretty good job, so
feel free to check the archives.
>> How do you how do you feel about
people who, for lack of
a better term, really live and die?
First of all,
do you believe that people in
America actually care that much?
>> Yeah, I believe that many do.
>> So what do you think it is about
the royal family that gets
people to care this much, John?
>> I think that almost any group of
people that become famous because
their lives are dissected are going
to accrue some people.
And their lives are dramatic enough
that you become invested in high
profile glossy weddings, divorces,
betrayals, it is effectively
a reality show but it's actually
a little bit more real kind of.
I can see that, I don't personally
find it interesting in the same way
that I don't find families like
the Kardashians interesting.
But I don't 100% not get it or
think that it's totally a waste of
time, they are big, rich,
powerful people.
That is going to draw some
interest, sure.
>> Yeah.
>> I never can wrap
my mind around it.
I think it's like folks always
liked Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous, they like big,
expensive things.
Royalty is baked into it.
The way that we condition our
young, like Disney is the world
that we use to form our children's
minds through story and culture.
And there is a castle in the logo,
and- >> That's true.
>> The version with him, and
I think it's interesting to explore
the American dream as it relates to
Cinderella.
And Cinderella really seems like
an easier route than what we bang
people over the head with, which is
no, if you just work hard enough,
you'll have that castle, and
you'll buy it on realtor.com.
I think that's it,
and especially with Meghan kind of
revitalizing it.
The first glimpse we had
was Princess Di kind of getting
in there even though she did
like live in a palace before sure.
But with Megan Markel, now it's
like, no, it really is, she really
is a Disney princess who got there.
I just can't, I can also, so I
can't identify with that instinct,
nor can I identify with people who
would ever leave it.
>> Yeah, definitely but yeah,
I think look, how do you become
royalty in Disney a long time ago?
Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella or
you rub a lamp,
it's this sort of miraculous thing
that just sort of happens to you.
More recently, how do you become,
well, like Moana worked for it,
she got on a boat and
she went on an adventure and
she actually.
I'm just saying,
I think that culturally,
I think it's shifting a little bit.
That said, I'm going to lose Sophie
even more soon so we're going to
move on to our next aspect of it.
Look, you want us to be invested in
this, this is how Brett and
I are invested.
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