was one of the most dramatic years in recent history, and that s saying a lot. there was scandal, loss and a bombshell oprah winfrey interview. family troubles kept on coming, changing the lives of the windsors forever. max foster has more. reporter: for the royal family, 2021 was punctuated by loss. in the months since the death of my beloved philip, i have drawn great comfort from the many tributes to his life and work. reporter: husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, the man she described as her strength and stay no longer by her side after 73 years of personal and professional partnership. one image lingers from his funeral, that spoke not just to her loss, but to that of so many others, who were left on their own because of covid. it didn t slow her down.