As the Duke of Edinburgh celebrates what would have been his 100th birthday, we look back at his own and Queen Elizabeth's most amazing (and cute!) moments.
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Prince Philip Was The Queen s Strength And Stay
He passed away at the age of 99. Apr 18, 2021
As the world reacts to the sad news that Prince Philip has died, we take a look back at his life as the Queen s constant companion. These words and pictures are taken from The Queen: A Life In Pictures.
Throughout his life Prince Philip was a constant presence by the Queen’s side. Just as Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch, Philip held the record as the longest-serving consort. The couple was married for more than 70 years, and theirs was a love match right from the start. “She never looked at anyone else,” the Queen’s cousin Margaret Rhodes wrote in her memoir, The Final Curtsey.
What a day it was. Blue skies. Bright sunshine. Turreted shadows cast across green, green lawns. It all looked so beautiful, so stark in its resonance.
But there is a peculiar anguish of sunshine for those who are grieving. It seems so painful that the world can carry on with such dazzling grace when you have lost the one you love. It is a feeling that will strike a chord with many this year in particular.
The brutal absence of a family member, a friend, a loved one who has died and who must now be lived without.
The sight of the Queen on her own in the chapel, head bowed so that all we saw of her was blackness, was heartbreaking – a picture that will stay with us for years.
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