Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness, aged 99, passed away peacefully this morning, Friday April 9, at Windsor Castle. The duke was born on June 10, 1921 on the Greek island of Corfu.
He would have celebrated his 100th birthday this summer. He was a prince of Greece and Denmark and his parents were Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg.
But he grew up in France, Germany and Britain, meeting the Queen at some of the same events in their younger years as they were distant cousins and both great-great-grandchildren of
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