#eccentricsclub

[tyneoconnell]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Tyne O'Connell (@tyneoconnell)

As patron of the #Eccentricsclub HRH #PrincePhilip understood that #history is not made by conformists but by #eccentrics original thinkers, who dare to cut a line of their own in the way in the way they dress, live & think. In 2015 when I was in hospital being treated for a brain tumour Phince Philip as Patron of the Eccentrics Club, honoured my research into Queer History with the award of “BRITAINS MOST ECCENTRIC THINKER” #queerhistory Eccentrics throughout the world have lost one of the Last Of The Great Edwardians, #princephilip who was born on the same day in 1921 as my own father (an #raf pilot who worked in intelligence during #wwii ) His death plunged me back into grief for my father who had shared a lifelong friendship with Prince Philip . They represented the very best of a generation that put service to others ahead of personal advancement. Their quiet heroism & their championship of conservation, ingenuity & tolerance will be forever missed #ripprincephilip (at Mayfair, W1 London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNz7nPUAHO4/?igshid=1l8ay6kophsc0