The patriarch of the British royal family died Friday at 99, Buckingham Palace announced. The Greece-born husband of Queen Elizabeth II "passed away peacefully" at Windsor Castle, the palace said in a statement.
"From his service during World War II, to his 73 years alongside the Queen, and his entire life in the public eye — Prince Philip gladly dedicated himself to the people of the UK, the Commonwealth, and to his family," Biden said in a statement released by the White House.
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"The impact of his decades of devoted public service is evident in the worthy causes he lifted up as patron, in the environmental efforts he championed, in the members of the Armed Forces that he supported, in the young people he inspired, and so much more," he added. Saying that he and first lady Jill Biden