Re: Prince Philip link…
I found the "rising damp" comment about the dog more questionable. Rising Damp has two meanings I can find online:
It is the name of a building rot whereby groundwater is leeched through the stonework eventually causing the building to decay and collapse.
It is the name of a 1970's British sitcom. The main protagonist character is a left-wing black man named… "Philip." In the 1970s, everything was racially-written, from Archie Bunker to Bruce Lee movies, so the fact that RD's main protagonist to the lead role is black has little to do with anything except the times in which it was made.
So, why accuse a dog of "Rising Damp?" Message? Code Word?
I find this most interesting, but with nowhere to go to follow it up.