{"id":10590,"date":"2021-04-10T11:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T09:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/what-a-life-britain-pays-tribute-to-prince-philip-20210410\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:05:39","slug":"what-a-life-britain-pays-tribute-to-prince-philip-20210410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/what-a-life-britain-pays-tribute-to-prince-philip-20210410\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What a life!&#8221; Britain pays tribute to Prince Philip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_58c91f0e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flowers\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1374\/6f61335dbc1a47b3a7553432ac5db9a3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1377\/8766c27d55a24012aae1fd47f46c893b.jpg\" title=\"Bouquets of flowers are laid down outside Buckingham Palace after it was announced that Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 99, in London, Britain, April 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS\/Hannah McKay\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Bouquets of flowers are laid down outside Buckingham Palace after it was announced that Britain\u2019s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 99, in London, Britain, April 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS\/Hannah McKay<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun salutes will be fired across Britain today to mark the<br>\npassing of Prince Philip as tributes flooded in for a man who was a pillar of<br>\nstrength for Queen Elizabeth during her 69-year reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flowers were piled high outside royal residences as sombre<br>\nmourners paid their respects to the 99-year-old prince who had spent more than<br>\nseven decades at the heart of the British monarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all weeping with you, Ma\u2019am,\u201d read the front page of<br>\nthe Sun tabloid, while its rival the Daily Mail ran a 144-page tribute to<br>\nPhilip, who died on Friday at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buckingham Palace is expected to announce details of<br>\nPhilip\u2019s funeral later today, although it is likely to be a small, private<br>\naffair, stripped of the grandeur of traditional royal occasions by COVID-19<br>\nrestrictions and the prince\u2019s own dislike of people making a fuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a request from the royal family for the public to<br>\nobey pandemic social distancing rules and avoid visits to its residences,<br>\npeople laid cards and bouquets outside Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace<br>\nthrough the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a life! Thank you for serving our country,\u201d read one<br>\ntribute outside Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The queen had announced the death of \u201cher beloved husband\u201d<br>\nwith deep sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messages of condolence have poured in from world leaders to<br>\nthe Duke of Edinburgh, as Philip was officially known, who was credited with<br>\nhelping to modernise the ancient institution and help his wife deal with<br>\nrepeated crises during their 73-year marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBC cancelled programming across all of its television<br>\nand radio channels through Friday and aired a special tribute comprising<br>\ninterviews with the queen and Philip\u2019s children, including heir-to-the-throne<br>\nPrince Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip \u201cprobably wanted to be remembered as an individual in<br>\nhis own right,\u201d said Charles, who went to see the queen on Friday afternoon,<br>\nhours after his father\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t suffer 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