If we think the media coverage of the obsequies is overbearing, then imagine what it’s going to be like when Elizabeth passes away. Personally, what struck me most forcefully amid all of the fandango – see photo below for the Channel Nine news desk on the Saturday: a farrago of kitsch made more convincing by the sleazy reputation of the outlet bearing this gift – were Charles’ expressions of sadness. “My dear papa,” he said, was loved and missed. And this from a man who’d been forced by that same father to avoid marrying the woman he loved. Instead Charles married Lady Diana Spencer and we know what tragedy ensued as a result. An incalculable burden for their two sons and a general sense of misgiving in the hearts of millions of people living in the UK and in Commonwealth countries. Just imagine how much better the world would be without this shared source of pain and suffering. An Philip was largely responsible. Perhaps this is why he offered to walk beside Harry and William behi...