Prince and commoner: one rule for Philip and another for Jeremy

Unlike ‘retiring’ Duke of Edinburgh, Corbyn has never been given a free pass by the press, none of his mistakes excused
Prince Philip and Jeremy Corbyn have just shared a unique media experience. Both were able to read their obituaries before their deaths. The reasons were, of course, very different. The announcement that the Duke of Edinburgh was retiring from public engagements at 96 engendered the kind of response from television, radio and press newsrooms that more usually occurs