Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal duties this autumn.

[LittleHooker 3,079]

Here in the UK an emergency Buckingham Palace meeting was called at 3am by Queen Elizabeth II.

Although it is not uncommon for meetings to be held for all senior aids to her Majesty the fact that the meeting has been called at the 'eleventh hour' it is widely believed that there could be some 'major' news coming shortly.

As always there have been a number of speculations regarding the reasons for this 3am meeting, from reports that Prince Philip has passed away or that the Queen has decided to abdicated.

 

I must stress that these are all just speculation at this time, and a announcement from Buckingham Palace is due at 8AM BST.

 

It is now 8:18am here in the UK And no announcement. BBC News has also not mentioned anything regarding this story.

UPDATE:

Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal duties this autumn reports the BBC.

'The Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from royal duties this autumn, Buckingham Palace has announced. 
The decision was made by Prince Philip himself and is supported by the Queen, a palace spokesman said. 
He will attend previously scheduled engagements between now and August but will not accept new invitations.
The prince - who turns 96 next month - is patron, president or a member of more than 780 organisations and will continue to be associated with them.
However, he "will no longer play an active role by attending engagements", Buckingham Palace said.' 

[Harry 26,836]

Oh god

[ApplauseftAdele 4,730]

 i hope its not a death, poor Elizabeth, she lived through the death of her father, grandfather, sister mother... and now hopefully not Phillip

[juicyjuicy 2,005]

omg. god bless the queen.

[homomo 23,883]

Hoping it's something good.

[He8MyHeart 9,869]

I can't deal with another death.

[POP2 4,206]

3 minutes ago, Interstellar said:

Hoping it's something good.

"Nothing good comes after midnight"

[LittleHooker 3,079]

At the moment BBC News have yet to run any stories regarding this meeting. Which seems strange.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, LittleHooker said:

At the moment BBC News have yet to run any stories regarding this meeting. Which seems strange.

if someone's passed away they are not allowed to report anything until 8am BST

[LittleHooker 3,079]

Just now, BadMonster said:

if someone's passed away they are not allowed to report anything until 8am BST

Really, thanks for letting me know. It makes me even more worried that maybe something bad is going to be announced 

[Slurper 72]

perched for bad news 

[ShockPop 7,747]

There was an article a few weeks ago about how they handle deaths. This is it. I think Philip has died. He's my fave tho because he's so funny

[Guest]

Just now, LittleHooker said:

Really, thanks for letting me know. It makes me even more worried that maybe something bad is going to be announced 

Same, it's highly unusual that a meeting is called in the middle of the night, so of course that sparks rumours that it must be health related and it has to have an impact on the crown, why else inform the entire staff in the middle of the night? Then again, maybe it turns out to be a fake rumour?!

[ryhanna 3,507]

I'm not sure why they would call an emergency meeting at 3 in the morning if the Queen decided on abdication. That kind of announcement can be planned out. This can only be something bad, I think...

[homomo 23,883]

15 minutes ago, GrigioBoys said:

"Nothing good comes after midnight"

Going home with someone from the bar isn't good?