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Prince Harry is remembering his late grandfather. The 36-year-old Duke of Sussex released a statement on his Archewell website on Monday, just days after Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II s husband for more than seven decades, had died at age 99. My grandfather was a man of service, honor and great humor, Harry s statement began. He was authentically himself, with a seriously sharp wit, and could hold the attention of any room due to his charm and also because you never knew what he might say next.
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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 .