The Crown?
FAREWELL, PRINCE PHILIP The Duke of Edinburgh in his role as captain general, Royal Marines, at the 1664 Global Challenge on the Buckingham Palace Forecourt, August 2017 (HANNAH MCKAY / AFP)
All is forgiven when someone dies or is it?
Not on social media, not even on Spotify, where hours after the announcement of Prince Philip’s death, a few playlists had come up like “prince phillips funeral (sic),” featuring songs like Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration,” Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day,” and Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next.”
Or particularly on Twitter, where the announcement was soon followed by comments like “Don’t let [his] death distract you from the important issues at hand.”