Prince Fred?

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Following in the clever Mitch Tobol's footsteps, I found this interesting news story. In Britain, he is known as a cantankerous ex-navy officer and for being the queen's husband, but in remote villages in the tropical Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, Prince Philip is much more. Several hundred scattered residents on Tanna island pray to the British royal, who they regard as a deity and who celebrates his 94th birthday Wednesday. "Here in Tanna, we believe that Prince Philip is the son of our God, our ancestral God who lives up in the mountain," says villager Nako Nikien, who prefers to go by the name Jimmy Joseph. "We ask him to increase the production of our crops in the garden, or to give us the sun, or rain," Joseph says, pausing. "And it happens." Prince Fred has increased my crops for the last 8 years. And I never had to pray once! And some people pray to the radiator. "Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright."

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Submitted by VikramRajan on Tue, 06/09/2015 - 19:10

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Vik Rajan

I believe in the power of prayer to give each of us hope, courage, discipline & creativity... I wish that spelled an acronym like G.O.D.
Fred Klein

He has to walk behind Helen Mirren and then there is poor Prince Charles. Believe me it's a tough gig!

Submitted by SoniaSaleh on Tue, 06/09/2015 - 23:57

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Sonia Saleh

Wonder if praying to Prince Phillip works in NY or only in Tanna?
Benjamin Geizhals

It must be an interesting story of how he came to this position....and I wonder what he thinks of it.
Shelley Simpson

My crops have been doing pretty darn good too! Thanks for shedding light on this ...

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