Queen Elizabeth’s Husband, Prince Philip Passes On At 99
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prince Philip — the Duke of Edinburgh, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, and a central figure in British public life for almost three-quarters of a century — has died, the royal family announced Friday. He was 99.
“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,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will made in due course,” the statement added. “The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss.”
The prince had been admitted to hospital earlier this year to receive treatment for an infection and surgery for a pre-existing heart condition. He was released in mid-March.
Married for more than 70 years, Philip was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. He was by his wife’s side as she oversaw a country and a royal family that has been transformed wildly from when she first assumed the throne in the early 1950s./Buzzfeeds
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