Law Society and Prince Philip

This morning Alasdair had his Admissions Ceremony to the Law Society of Scotland. It should have taken place at the Signet Library in Edinburgh but of course all graduations and ceremonies are currently cancelled. So instead the ceremony took place by Zoom - how very modern! The organisers had done their best to make it a proper occasion and it was nice to see all of the young lawyers’ faces on the computer screen. Ally made us all sit on the bed in the red room so that we would not be seen on screen, and James brought a bottle of Prosecco upstairs, with which to toast Ally’s success. 

The host congratulated every lawyer in turn, and also commented on their curtains or wallpaper or other elements of the background of their video call, which was very amusing. Then there was a speaker and then another member of the Law Society summed up the proceedings. We all enjoyed it, it was good that the young lawyers’ achievement was celebrated.

Just after the end of the ceremony we found out that the death of Prince Philip had just been announced. He was 99 years old, just two months short of his 100th birthday. I felt sad for his family and because the last of the 2nd World War veterans are now disappearing fast; Prince Philip was born just eleven months before my Dad. He was a great character and a loyal consort to the Queen.