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Apr

2021

Queen Elizabeth touched by tributes to husband as she marks 95th birthday

MICHAEL HOLDEN BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth said she had been deeply touched by the tributes paid to her husband Prince Philip, in her first public remarks since his death earlier this month and as she marks her first birthday without him in 73 years. Prince Philip, whom Elizabeth married in 1947, died on April 9 aged 99 and the royals paid their final respects to the family's patriarch at a funeral on Saturday at Windsor Castle. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the queen sat alone during the sombre service for Philip, whom she had previously described as her "strength and stay" during…

Apr

2021

By The African Mirror

Husband’s death ‘left a huge void’ in Queen’s life

WORLD

PAUL SANDLE and KATE HOLTON THE death of Britain's Prince Philip has deprived the nation of its grandfather and left a huge void for his wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth, the couple's second son said yesterday. Prince Andrew described Philip as a "remarkable man" after he left a private service in Windsor, where his father died on Friday at the age of 99. "It's a great loss," he said. "I think the way I would put it is we've lost almost the grandfather of the nation." He said the family was rallying around his 94-year-old mother, adding she was…

Apr

2021

By The African Mirror

41 gun salute in 41 minutes to honour Prince Philip

WORLD

NATALIE THOMAS The British Royal Navy warships today led a worldwide gun salute in honour of Prince Philip, as tributes flooded in for a man who was a pillar of strength for Queen Elizabeth during her 69-year reign. Flowers were piled high outside royal residences as sombre mourners paid their respects to the 99-year-old prince who had spent more than seven decades at the heart of the British monarchy. "We're all weeping with you, Ma'am," read the front page of the Sun tabloid, while its rival the Daily Mail ran a 144-page tribute to Philip, who died on Friday at…