Where did you hear this?

The entire royal staff of Queen Elizabeth have reportedly been called to an emergency meeting at Buckingham Palace.

And no one has any idea what's it's all about.

Staff from as far as Balmoral, Scotland have been called back to London and Lord Chamberlain, the highest officer of the household and the Queen's right-hand man, Private Secretary Sir Christopher Geidt, will address the meeting this morning, writes The Daily Mail UK — fuelling speculation that a major royal announcement is imminent.


http://honey.nine.com.au/2017/05/04/11/31/queen-calls-in-royal-staff-called-for-emergency-meeting-in-london

Prince Philip death hoax spreads on Facebook

Rumors of the prince’s alleged demise gained traction on Tuesday after a ‘R.I.P. Prince Philip’ Facebook page attracted nearly one million of ‘likes’. Those who read the ‘About’ page were given a believable account of the British prince’s passing:

“At about 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday (May 02, 2017), our beloved prince Prince Philip passed away. Prince Philip was born on June 10, 1921 in Mon Repos. He will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.”

http://en.mediamass.net/people/prince-philip/deathhoax.html

Although if it is true and he has died, I expect the queen to follow relatively quickly-they've been married for 69 years.

regarding either the alleged meeting or anything about the Prince.

Philip famously told Deutsche Press Agentur in 1988 that "In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation."

And it was no youthful indiscretion. He was 67 at the time, and had been in the limelight for 41 years.

Particularly given his Nazi links as a young man, including all four sisters marrying Nazis.

Nevertheless, if he has indeed passed away, I wish his family nothing but the best. It's always tough to lose a loved one - no matter how flawed.

It's been his thing for decades to say inane stuff

...by saying the state shouldn't be paying people to do nothing...

And then he went off to...er...well....

and catastrophic things like stroke and heart attack can happen very quickly.

I hope it's a false alarm.

Prince Philip not dead, says Buckingham Palace

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is the summoning of all staff to Buckingham Palace? I've never heard of that happening before, but that could be simply my ignorance of such a thing having occurred in the past. Maybe it happens every so often but this is the first time it's been reported.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

All-hands that are called without warning or planning, in the middle of the night, and include all of the households, including the Scottish ones... that's what's odd.

the family appeared in their natural lizard form on the balcony and ate the waiting news crew.

Most have given up waiting and are off to work now.

'There is no cause for alarm about the welfare of Queen Elizabeth or her husband Prince Philip after all senior royal staff were summoned to a meeting at Buckingham Palace, a well-placed source told Reuters on Thursday.

The Daily Mail newspaper had earlier reported that senior aides from across the country had been called to Buckingham Palace for an emergency meeting, leading to wide speculation on social media about the health of the royals.

"There's no cause for alarm," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters.

Buckingham Palace had no comment on the Mail report but the source said such all-staff meetings did occur occasionally.'>>>

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-idUSKBN1800HB

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029013267

(of course, that could be a device to buy time).

Who cares...

Sadly it seems to be happening more and more.

Here's the 'finale,' in case you missed it: Prince Philip Is Retiring. 'He will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/world/europe/buckingham-palace-meeting-uk.html?

he's not dead. So maybe the OP can edit their title.

That was false.

I think the only implication was the simple possibility of death, hence the qualifier, "may."