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image captionPrince Philip supported more than 800 organisations over his decades of service
Charities were an essential part of the Duke of Edinburgh s working life as a member of the Royal Family. Many of the 800 organisations he supported were in London and without his efforts, parts of the city could look very different today.
Prince Philip was always very hands on when it came to the groups he helped, according to Ian Lloyd, author of
The Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip. He really carved out his own role. He didn t have a role at the beginning [of the Queen s reign], he said.