News from BBC UK just announced the passing away of HRH Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip the husband of the queen of England.

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history.

A statement from 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."

The couple had four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11437314

The Queen is mourning the loss of her "strength and stay" the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who has died aged 99 at Windsor Castle. He was two months from turning 100.

Prince Philip has died peacefully at Windsor Castle at the age of 99, just weeks after he was released from a London hospital and reunited with the Queen.

The Duke of Edinburgh, who had recently been treated for a pre-existing heart condition and an infection, died on Friday morning, just two months before his 100th birthday.

A statement from 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.

"Further announcements will made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss."



The flags in Downing Street were lowered to half-mast following the announcement.

The Duke of Edinburgh was once described by the Queen as her "strength and stay" and has been a constant presence by her side for more than 70 years.

Born in 1921, Philip served in the Royal Navy and has become known over the years for his jokes and gaffes.

After he first met the Queen, Elizabeth "never looked at anyone else" and once Philip proposed his destiny as royal consort was sealed.

Putting aside his own career ambitions, he proved his strong sense of duty serving the country through hundreds of engagements every year, refusing to stop working even in his 90s.



He became patron or president of 800 organisations, founded the Duke of Edinburgh Awards in 1956 and won a place in the nation's hearts for his no-nonsense attitude and witty quips, or "gaffes".

He leaves behind four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchilden.

Philip bowed out of public life in August 2017, retiring at the age of 96 with 22,219 solo engagements to his name.

It was perhaps an unexpected path for the boy born on June 10, 1921 on the Greek Island of Corfu and descended from Greek and Danish royalty.

While not exactly from humble beginnings, Philip's childhood gave no clue that he would one day be the longest-serving British royal consort and a key figure at the heart of the world's most famous Royal Family.

His mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg and his father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and he was their only son with four older sisters.

His family was exiled from Greece when he was a baby and Philip was educated in France, Germany and the UK.

He eventually joined the British Navy in 1939 age 18 and served in the British Forces during WWII.





Elizabeth and Philip became secretly engaged in 1946, but the formal engagement was delayed until Elizabeth turned 21 in April 1947.

He changed his name to Mountbatten - the anglicised version of Battenberg - before the wedding in order to sound more British and they were married in Westminster Abbey on November 20 1947.

It was not long before the couple became parents with the birth of Prince Charles in November 1948 shortly followed by Princess Anne in 1950.

But on February 6 1952, a huge responsibility fell on Elizabeth's young shoulders when her father died and she became Queen aged just 25.

From that moment Philip's life also changed as his role became to support Elizabeth in her official duties.

Much later he admitted to the BBC about the job: "There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank.

"They had no idea, nobody had much idea." Nevertheless he worked to carve out a niche for himself.

Two more children followed - Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964 - and Philip assumed the role as head of the household at home if not in official life.

In public, he may have walked a step behind his wife, but there can be no underestimating the importance of Philip to the Queen's reign.

As she said herself in a speech for their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1997: “He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know.”

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-prince-philip-dead-duke-13843506#source=breaking-news

It was obvious after that heart transplant he had last month...
Rip Onyishi

How is it possible someone's heart is taken out during surgery and a new one reinstated?

Science does wonders...like tho the heart is one metal thingy that is taken out,replaced and welded back again to resume the exact same function


White man- Windows 10

Chinese. - Windows 10

African Man -Abacus/pascal

RIP TO HIM

Meanwhile 1tb external hard drive with HD movies preloaded is available at affordable rate,number on signature

God dey..

RIP

Hope lockdown has been lifted in the UK, it’s gonna be a busy week.

99 wow what a life
born royal and died royal.
Royal anchor for u........RIP

Ok

eaglechild:

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Rest in peace...
One royal I always had time for.
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I see a Duke of a very populated West African country who is currently in the UK as well and almost the same age with this departed Duke dying as well. This I have seen.

he lived long! this calls for celebration, where the champagne at?

End of an era!! 74 years of marriage no be beans.

May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

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Duke of nor-folk-given.

99......e don try abeg

Baba don chop life. Abeg, leave us alone

Rest In Peace to him.

Death just dey miss target these days.

eaglechild:

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How is. This news

Watch, mama no go last again

99
He lived a long exemplary life and has written his name in the sands of time.
May his soul rest in peace and may God grant his wife the strength to bare this irreparable loss.

R.I.P sir

@righteousness89 please where r u......I'm missing ur preaching in this forum

Diana in heaven right now be like

Rest in peace Prince Philip. Condolences to the British people.

so the queen is now a widow?

99 what a Number you try

Time to log out go sleep.

You done too stay well well.

You get luck say no be Nigeria dem born you, you for nor fit cross 46.

Government + village people + police + army + joblessness + hunger + Nepa + weather + tribalism + religion + bad news for done knock am out Tay Tay

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There is another world leader that is currently living in London for a "short rest". That is the one we wanted to die, not this one