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Princes William and Harry have released statements about their grandfather ahead of a reunion for the feuding brothers at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.
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The Duke of Edinburgh would want family members “to get on with the job”, Prince William said, as he and his brother paid tribute to a “grandpa” and “an extraordinary man”.
Prince Harry, who has flown from California to attend Saturday’s ceremonial royal funeral, described Philip as “master of the barbecue, legend of banter, and cheeky right ‘til the end”.
He said his grandfather would be saying right now, beer in hand: “‘Oh do get on with it!’”
The Duke of Cambridge shared a private photograph of his great-grandfather with Prince George, then aged two, riding in the box seat of a horse-drawn carriage. The photograph was taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk in 2015.
Prince William and Prince Harry put aside their animosity to pay a co-ordinated tribute to their grandfather Prince Philip yesterday, praising him as extraordinary and a legend of banter .