Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband dies at 99
Apr 9, 2021 ·
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband to Queen Elizabeth II and her constant companion for more than seven decades, has died at age 99. An announcement was made on the...
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband to Queen Elizabeth II and her constant companion for more than seven decades, has died at age 99.
An announcement was made on the Royal Family's social media accounts, as well as the family's official website.
“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement Friday just after noon in Britain. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.”
“He was the longest-serving consort in history, one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the Second World War,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an address outside 10 Downing St., citing in particular the prince’s actions during “the invasion of Sicily, where he saved his ship by his quick thinking.”
“From that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the postwar era,” Johnson said. “Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life.”
The flag above Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff, and the official announcement of the prince’s death — just two months shy of his 100th birthday — was posted on the palace gates.
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An announcement was made on the Royal Family's social media accounts, as well as the family's official website.
“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement Friday just after noon in Britain. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.”
“He was the longest-serving consort in history, one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the Second World War,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an address outside 10 Downing St., citing in particular the prince’s actions during “the invasion of Sicily, where he saved his ship by his quick thinking.”
“From that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the postwar era,” Johnson said. “Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life.”
The flag above Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff, and the official announcement of the prince’s death — just two months shy of his 100th birthday — was posted on the palace gates.
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