Celebration of Prince Philip’s stoicism has little meaning for students

I tend to the stoic persuasion but that works for me. It's not for me to decide what suits anyone else nor to judge them for the coping mechanisms they choose to employ when faced with adversity. I'd rather ask someone if they are OK - even if that results in an outpouring that to me is a bit over the top - than to leave them suffering in silence. We not only have to learn what works for us, we have to be sensitive to what works for other people and learn how to respond appropriately to their needs... and that isn't telling someone who is clearly upset that they need to suck it up and get on with it!

Interesting that you bring up stoicism in the face of medical issues. The royals are all of course, huge fans of alternative medicine, and this attraction to potentially harmful bunkum isn't restricted to the British royals (c.f. Norway's Princess Martha Louise, who famously runs courses on contacting angels and whose boyfriend is a "shaman"). Of course, both stoicism and alternative medicine are only viable options when you are a member of the "wealthy well" and who is more wealthy and well than a royal? Needless to say, the second that anything is actually genuinely wrong with them, they head for the nearest proper doctor rather than the London Homeopathic Hospital (of which they are patrons, of course).