Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband and the longest-serving consort in British history, has died at age 99. He would have turned 100 on June 10, 2021.
The Duke of Edinburgh had been ailing for a long time and had been discharged from a hospital in London last month.
A statement posted on the royal family’s website said:
“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will be made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss.”
Here we look at his life in pictures:
1922: Philip was the youngest of four children to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.
1947: Prince Philip gave up his rights to the Greek throne and became a British citizen.
1947: Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day – November 20, 1947.
1948: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their first-born, Prince Charles.
1956: Prince Philip flying a military plane.
1956: Prince Philip at the Opening ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
1969: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their children: Prince Charles (21), Princess Anne (18), Prince Andrew (9), and Prince Edward (5).
1969: Prince Philip during a polo game. He passed on his passion for polo to Prince Charles and grandsons William and Harry.
1977: The Queen and the Prince during their official visit to Fiji.
1985: Prince Philip during his tour to the Caribbeans.
1986: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during one of their royal visits.
1997: Prince Philip with Prince Charles, Prince Harry, and Prince William at Princess Diana’s funeral service.
2000: Members of The Royal Family on the occasion of Queen Mother’s (Left most) 100th birthday.
2001: The Duke of Edinburgh at Trooping the Colour.
2003: Prince Philip fishing at Balmoral.
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2012: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during the opening of the parliament.
2017: Prince Philip retired from his long career as a senior working royal in 2017, at age 96.
2020: At an event where he passed over the role of colonel-in-chief of the rifles to Duchess Camilla.
2021: Prince Philip was spotted leaving King Edward VII hospital. The Duke stayed at the hospital for 28 nights, his longest-ever stay in the hospital.
