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The Royals have no say in the situation and avoid commenting on anything.
If they spoke things would change, they speak when they want to.
The Royals have no say in the situation and avoid commenting on anything.
If they spoke things would change, they speak when they want to.
They avoid any controversies.
Not when they want to.
I try to renounce violence. But damn it to Hell. If that were my son I would riot. I would lead a mob into that hospital, take my son, and take him to the Italian helicopter. Or I would die trying. Even as a distant third person my rage at something like this is barely containable.
Examples?
This morning Her Majesty said her "thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire and the many people who are still critically ill in hospital".
It's worse than even socialized medicine- it's about the gov owning your child.![]()
Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies
Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old toddler at the centre of a High Court legal battle, has died, nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn.
The boy from Merseyside, who had a degenerative brain condition, died at 02:30 BST, his father Tom Evans said.
On Facebook he wrote: "My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings... absolutely heartbroken."
Alfie's parents lost legal challenges against a High Court ruling allowing the hospital to withdraw ventilation.
The boy had his life support withdrawn on Monday after being in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year.
The legal campaign, launched by Mr Evans and Alfie's mother Kate James, attracted widespread media attention and saw them clash with doctors over the child's treatment.
A statement from Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where Alfie was treated, said staff expressed their "heartfelt sympathy".
"All of us feel deeply for Alfie, Kate, Tom and his whole family and our thoughts are with them. This has been a devastating journey for them."
Alfie, who was born in May 2016, was first admitted to Alder Hey hospital the following December after suffering seizures, and had been a patient at the hospital ever since.
His parents, who live in Bootle, wanted to fly the toddler to a hospital in Italy for treatment, but this was rejected by doctors who said continuing treatment was "not in Alfie's best interests".
The hospital said scans showed "catastrophic degradation of his brain tissue" and that further treatment was not only "futile" but also "unkind and inhumane".
The court battle between Alfie's parents and medical staff lasted for four months.
The couple heavily criticised medical staff, with Mr Evans suggesting his son was a "prisoner" at the hospital and had been misdiagnosed.
Hospital bosses were backed by the High Court, which ruled in their favour on 20 February, after accepting medical evidence that there was "no hope" for the youngster.
Alfie's parents contested the ruling, but the Court of Appeal upheld it, and attempts to argue the case at the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) were rejected.
Alfie's case brought swathes of international support including from Pope Francis, who tweeted support for the family and asked that "their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted".
Earlier in April Mr Evans visited Pope Francis in Rome, pleading with him to "save our son".
Alfie was granted Italian citizenship on Monday, with the country's ministry of foreign affairs saying it hoped the toddler could have an "immediate transfer to Italy".
His parents then began a further appeal against the order stopping them from taking him to Italy however judges at the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling preventing the toddler from travelling abroad after life support was withdrawn.
Alfie had been in a semi-vegetative state and scans of his brain had shown that almost all of it had been destroyed.
After accepting that their options had been exhausted, Alfie’s parents sought to build bridges with medical staff and pledged to work alongside doctors to give him “the dignity and comfort” he needed.
Evans said on Thursday: “We ... thank Alder Hey staff at every level for their dignity and professionalism during what must be an incredibly difficult time for them too.
“Together we recognise the strains recent events have put upon us all and we now wish for privacy for everyone concerned.”
Alfie's father had traveled to Rome earlier this month to meet Pope Francis, who had expressed his backing for their cause, and a hospital in Rome offered to treat the toddler.
However, a subsequent visit to Alfie and consultation with his doctors led the Roman doctors to conclude that the child's condition was irreversible and untreatable, according to a statement from Alder Hey.
Alfie's father had traveled to Rome earlier this month to meet Pope Francis, who had expressed his backing for their cause, and a hospital in Rome offered to treat the toddler.
However, a subsequent visit to Alfie and consultation with his doctors led the Roman doctors to conclude that the child's condition was irreversible and untreatable, according to a statement from Alder Hey.
Three specialists from Bambino Gesu had flown to Liverpool and examined Alfie. According to the president of Bambino Gesu, "a positive outcome would be difficult, but the baby's suffering can be alleviated."
The Royals have no say in the situation and avoid commenting on anything.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-diana-legacy-20170829-story.htmlTwenty years after the death of the princess, Diana’s legacy lives on in ways both large and small. A red scallop, a heraldic symbol of the Spencers, was included in the design of the royal coats of arms granted to her sons. Her image appeared on a commemorative 1999 5-pound coin, proceeds of which went to fund other memorial projects. Her famous gowns toured the world. Her iconic sapphire and diamond engagement ring reappeared on the hand of Catherine Middleton when she became engaged in 2010 to Prince William. A memorial fund created in Diana’s name gave 727 grants to 471 organizations totaling 112 million pounds (almost $145 million). And her sons and daughter-in-law continue to promulgate and support humanitarian and charitable causes that meant much to her.
http://www.britishroyals.info/diana/biography7.htmlPalliative Care
The Diana, Princess of Wales Fund supports palliative care. Palliative care is an approach to caring for people who are dying. It is a holistic way of enabling people to die with dignity and to support the families through the grieving process.
The couple heavily criticised medical staff, with Mr Evans suggesting his son was a "prisoner" at the hospital and had been misdiagnosed.
Your list shows that political comments by the Royal Family are indeed rare events.
I could find more if I wanted to let you waste my time.Your list shows that political comments by the Royal Family are indeed rare events.
In the first place we aren't talking about "political" statements, we are talking about controversies, second I never said they weren't rare I said they speak up when they want to.The Queen's "political statement" following the fire- according to your link?
In the first place we aren't talking about "political" statements, we are talking about controversies, second I never said they weren't rare I said they speak up when they want to.
We all say that.
We all hope we will have the courage to do so.
We all, almost universally, fail to do so.
This $#@! happens every single day, medical fascists condemn us death, cops kill our loved ones and pets with impunity, government unleashes hellfire and missiles around the globe indiscriminately killing men, women and children, theye take our lives our property our families our dignity and our liberty daily.
And not one in a thousand so much as raises their voice in protest, much less strikes back with righteous, calculated and well applied force.
If we were one tenth of the men that the revolutionary colonists were, our oppressors would be hanging by their entrails from every streetlight in every capital city across this country.
But we are not.
So here we sit.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.