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New Royal Mail stamps, featuring different looks of Prince Philip, to be available from June 24
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New Royal Mail stamps, featuring different looks of Prince Philip, to be available from June 24Reuters
Last Updated: May 13, 2021, 06:07 PM IST
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A miniature sheet of the stamps has been priced at 5.76 pounds ($8.10).
Britain s Royal Mail invited orders on Thursday for four new stamps in memory of Prince Philip, the late husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died last month. The stamps, which will be available from June 24, feature black and white photographs of the royal, officially known as the Duke of Edinburgh, over the years.
Queen Elizabeth marks sombre 95th birthday, days after Prince Philip s funeral
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Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 09:25 AM IST
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Elizabeth, who is also the world s longest-reigning monarch, will be at the castle for her birthday.
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Elizabeth, who was born on April 21, 1926, in Bruton Street, central London, grew up not expecting to become queen. Her father, George VI, only took the crown when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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LONDON: Britain s Queen Elizabeth, the world s oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral.