Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.
BBC (“ Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces “): Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced 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.” Boris Johnson said he “inspired the lives of countless young people”. Speaking at Downing Street, the prime minister added: “He helped to steer the Royal Family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life.” Mr Johnson said he received the news of the duke’s death “with great sadness”. “Prince Philip earned the affection of generations here in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth, and around the world,” he said. Paying tribute to the duke’s role as the longest serving consort in history, Mr Johnson also remembered Prince Philip as one of the last surviving people to have fought in World War II. “From that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the post-War era,” Mr Johnson said. “Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he helped to steer the Royal Family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life.” NYT (“ Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99 “): Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, father of Prince Charles and patriarch of a turbulent royal family that he sought to ensure would not be Britain’s last, died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. He was 99. His death was announced by Buckingham Palace, which said he passed away peacefully. Philip had been hospitalized several times in recent years for various ailments, most recently in February, the palace said. He died just as Buckingham Palace was again in turmoil, this time over Oprah Winfrey’s explosive televised interview with Philip’s grandson Prince Harry and Harry’s biracial wife, Meghan, on March 7, when the couple, in self-imposed exile in California, lodged accusations of racism and cruelty against members of the royal family.
