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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 4 May 2017

    BBC Breaking News Retweeted @PeterDGPHunt

    This was Prince Philip yesterday at a London event. Buckingham Palace has announced his retirement from royal duties http://bbc.in/2qC7onA https://twitter.com/BBCPeterHunt/status/859774598828752896 …

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    0:26
    @PeterDGPHunt @PeterDGPHunt
    Prince Philip, 95, at Lord's cricket ground, uttering one of his favourite lines: pic.twitter.com/pltAwfbhai
    2:18 AM - 4 May 2017
    • 447 Retweets
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    53 replies 447 retweets 823 likes
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      2. Paul!‏ @Paul_beIN 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        So he's not dead then?? But @TheSun said he was dead?? Is that not the case?? I refuse to believe that they've got it wrong.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Adam Coppin‏ @Dwarfedgiant 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Paul_beIN @BBCBreaking @TheSun

        Where do they say that?

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Adam Coppin‏ @Dwarfedgiant 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Dwarfedgiant @Paul_beIN and

        Just checked, and they didn't, so where did you read that?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Paul!‏ @Paul_beIN 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Dwarfedgiant @BBCBreaking @TheSun

        Calm down Adam. Here you are...https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-philip-dead-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-sun-mistake-buckingham-palace-emergency-meeting-royal-a7716861.html%3Famp …

        3 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      6. Paul!‏ @Paul_beIN 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Paul_beIN @Dwarfedgiant and

        Any other questions champ?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Adam Coppin‏ @Dwarfedgiant 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Paul_beIN @BBCBreaking @TheSun

        Nope, just that one.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. Paul!‏ @Paul_beIN 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Dwarfedgiant @BBCBreaking @TheSun

        No problem m8, have a good one! Bloody great weather innit!

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      9. Adam Coppin‏ @Dwarfedgiant 4 May 2017
        Replying to @Paul_beIN @BBCBreaking @TheSun

        lol yes it ispic.twitter.com/droOpYihNH

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      10. End of conversation
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      2. Vicki Heselton‏ @VHeselton 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        HRH deserves the rest. Brilliant ambassador with a great sense of humour!

        2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      3. Steve Morrison‏ @smorrison85 4 May 2017
        Replying to @VHeselton @BBCBreaking

        If you count casual racism and sexism as a good sense of humour

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Vicki Heselton‏ @VHeselton 4 May 2017
        Replying to @smorrison85 @BBCBreaking

        Hardly no I don't. Easy to find fault but whatever your personal view is mine is that he's 95 and represents our country generally well 😀

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. JB 👻‏ @CouvreFeuFire 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        I'm not his greatest fan but retiring at 95 is worth a mention

        3 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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      1. Steven‏ @stevebrownlie27 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BartongibNigel @BBCBreaking

        You need to start work before you can retire - just a technical point

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      1. Clifford Saunders‏ @CMichisan 4 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Time the BBC is able to distinguish the difference between news and sycophancy. I am already disgusted by the pro-May bias. Be OBJECTIVE!

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