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Prince Philip Dead: Duke of Edinburgh Dies aged 99 at Windsor Castle
The Queen is mourning the loss of her "strength and stay" the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who has died aged 99 at Windsor Castle, two months before his 100th birthday
Heartbroken Queens' full statement as she announces 'beloved' Prince Philip has died
Daily Mirror UK, 9 APR 2021.
By the Queen’s side for seven decades, Prince Philip has been around for as long as almost all of us can remember. Remarkably, he was the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family and the longest-serving consort in history.
And yet his life had begun in a very contemporary fashion - an infant refugee from the country of his birth, carried by boat across the Mediterranean.
He was also the man who modernised the monarchy, encouraging interaction with ordinary people - an approach embraced by his grandsons. But throughout all those years, he told anyone who would listen that his central role was to support the Queen. And it was a mutual reliance.
Elizabeth has described Philip as her "strength and stay" and said she and the country owed him a debt greater than he would ever claim "or we would ever know".
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