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Camilla Duchess of Cornwalls brother fighting for his life

HildaonplutoHildaonpluto Posts: 37,697
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/camilla-parker-bowles-brother-mark-3447120

Critically ill after a serious fall in America.
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    HildaonplutoHildaonpluto Posts: 37,697
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    Check out @BBCBreaking's Tweet: https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/459008844472270848
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    ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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    Smoking really is dangerous.
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    RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    Twitter's BBC Breaking News has it that he has now died.
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    skp20040skp20040 Posts: 66,874
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    Radiomaniac wrote: »
    Twitter's BBC Breaking News has it that he has now died.

    Its on the BBC website as well

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27131635
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    HildaonplutoHildaonpluto Posts: 37,697
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    Sad news regardless of whether you believe in royalty.
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    Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Hildaonpluto wrote: »
    Sad news regardless of whether you believe in royalty.

    I don't think he was royalty, was he?
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    mountymounty Posts: 19,155
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    poor guy :(
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    jlp95bwfcjlp95bwfc Posts: 18,415
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    Hildaonpluto wrote: »
    Sad news regardless of whether you believe in royalty.

    I can assure you, royalty definitely exists.


    Sad news :(.
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    spookyLXspookyLX Posts: 11,730
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    Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »
    I don't think he was royalty, was he?

    nope just camillia's brother no title whatsoever
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    Raquelos.Raquelos. Posts: 7,734
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    The most shocking thing is that it seems like he just fell over. Bloody bad luck to hurt himself so very badly.
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    UffaUffa Posts: 1,910
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    Poor soul. As someone said in a thread today him and his wife live for today as you never know what is around the corner.
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    CentaurionCentaurion Posts: 2,060
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    What a bummer, you can indeed die by falling over.
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    Hildaonpluto wrote: »
    Sad news regardless of whether you believe in royalty.

    Like ghosts and faeries?
    Anyway, I'm pretty sure Royalty are real.
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    Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    Poor man, he must have fallen badly.
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    Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Centaurion wrote: »
    What a bummer, you can indeed die by falling over.

    Indeed. Quite a few of these 'one punch' deaths are caused by the victim falling badly and not the impact of the punch at all.

    Poor bloke. Looks like had a young daughter as well. Terrible to lose a parent at an early age.
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    Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »
    Indeed. Quite a few of these 'one punch' deaths are caused by the victim falling badly and not the impact of the punch at all.

    Poor bloke. Looks like had a young daughter as well. Terrible to lose a parent at an early age.
    Was he punched? I thought he just slipped over.
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    ElyanElyan Posts: 8,781
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    Condolences to the Duchess.
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    housegirlhousegirl Posts: 6,017
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    Mr Shand, the duchess's only brother, reportedly slipped while lighting a cigarette and hit his head on the pavement outside an after-party for a charity event.

    Let hope he was not drunk.


    According to the New York Police Department, the emergency services picked him up where he fell outside the Rose Bar and took him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Wednesday.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27131635
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    jackie_Fletcherjackie_Fletcher Posts: 919
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    Sad but hardly breaking news as ITV described it.
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    sueh21sueh21 Posts: 2,565
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    Sad news and quite a shock for his nearest and dearest but I suppose it will be some comfort to the family that he had just raised 1 million dolllars for his charity last night.
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    CentaurionCentaurion Posts: 2,060
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    Hopefully not, but maybe drink was involved, anytime I've tripped over my own feet and went downwards very quickly I've instinctively used my arms and hands to break the fall and felt embarrassed, but unscathed
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    HildaonplutoHildaonpluto Posts: 37,697
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    Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »
    I don't think he was royalty, was he?


    Sorry I wasnt clear in what I meant.I was refering to the fact the story was only reported because hes related to a senior member of the royal family and that for some people raises a question of news priorties.
    jlp95bwfc wrote: »
    I can assure you, royalty definitely exists. I dont doubt royalty exists!I meant even if you dont believe in the concept of royalty and the priviledges that come with it on a human level you cant help but have empathy when someones bereaved even if your a republician or intense disliker of the royal family.


    Sad news :(.
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    CrazyLoopCrazyLoop Posts: 31,148
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    So sad :(

    Just goes to show how quick you can be robbed of life :/
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    Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Frankie_Little wrote: »
    Was he punched? I thought he just slipped over.

    No, he wasn't punched. I was simply pointing out that a simple fall can often be more dangerous than being punched.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    It can be caused by an underlying embolism.. which is affected by a fall
    I didn't know Camillas maiden name was Shand... just perchance is this any relation to the Shand Kydds?
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