Obituary: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

 No surprise given his extraordinary long life but Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, died after being hospitalized for nearly a month.  He was 99 years old and was married to the Queen for 73 years.

The Queen, who will be 95 on the 21st this month, has been the reigning monarch of the UK since 1952, before I was born.  She may likely make it to the century mark.

Prince Philip died at Windsor Castle, and he will be buried at Frogmore.

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Despite living quietly out of the public eye, he made headlines when involved in a car crash in January 2019. Two women needed hospital treatment after he was apparently dazzled by the low sun as he pulled out of a driveway on the Sandringham estate. A nine-month-old baby boy in the other vehicle was unhurt. The Crown Prosecution Service decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute the duke after he later voluntarily surrendered his driving licence.

Born on the island of Corfu, Prince Philip, who once described himself as “a discredited Balkan prince of no particular merit or distinction”, played a key role in the development of the modern monarchy in Britain.

He would have turned 100 in June. He was also known to have a wide variety of interests, many of which he continued to pursue well into his advanced years.