Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9, 2021, at the age of 99. Queen Elizabeth’s loving husband was discharged from the hospital not long before his death after spending several days there owing to difficulties with an infection.
Philip’s sickness was not caused by coronavirus because he and the queen were inoculated in January 2021. Philip’s death marked the end of his reign as the longest-serving royal husband, having served alongside Elizabeth for 65 years and being married to the monarch for 73 years.
On April 17, a funeral was held in Philip’s honor, but attendance was restricted owing to coronavirus regulations in effect at the time. His death was sadly mourned in the United Kingdom, yet his family also shared their happy times with him.
Following his passing, a flood of honors and condolences flooded in. His family has continued to commemorate and honor his unique and remarkable life. While Philip had many accomplishments and awards to his name, nothing can ever compare to the reality that he was the love of Elizabeth’s life and the most loyal consort to the queen. Since Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, the Duke of Edinburgh has been an active and loyal member of the royal family.
Elizabeth died on September 8, 2022, more than a year after Philip died in 2021. The royal family was devastated that day, as numerous members came to be by her side in her dying moments. Elizabeth will be buried with her husband once Philip is transferred from where he was first interred following his death in 2021.
Philip first met his future wife, Elizabeth, when both families attended the marriage of his cousin to Elizabeth’s uncle in 1934, and they met again when Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, was crowned. They started dating when Elizabeth was still a teen, and their connection became stronger over time. In 1946, Prince Philip proposed to Elizabeth.
Before marrying Elizabeth, Philip had to give up his titles and claim to the throne of Greece. He did so gladly, adopting his mother’s surname Mountbatten, and has stayed steady in his devotion to his nation ever since. Philip served in the Royal Navy throughout WWII and remained active until Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne on February 6, 1952.
Philip and Elizabeth will celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary in November 2020, and they have been dedicated to one another their entire lives. They personified pure love, and their unconditional and unshakable devotion for one another has served as an example to countless individuals throughout the years.
The late queen proclaimed her late husband her “strength” in an oft-quoted statement on the day of Elizabeth and Philip’s 50th wedding anniversary in 1997, and she reaffirmed the same sentiments in her own pictorial tribute to her late husband, which was shared to the official royal Instagram account.
The actual cause of death of Philip was not made public, although the palace stated in an official statement that he died quietly. His death triggered Operation Forth Bridge, the strategy for publicly declaring his death and making funeral preparations.
Because Prince Philip was not a king, he was granted a royal ceremonial funeral rather than a state funeral. Due of pandemic limitations, just 30 individuals were permitted to attend the burial. Many members of the royal family attended the burial, including Prince Harry, who flew in from the United States, where he lives with Meghan Markle.
The royal family had prepared for the funeral to be conducted in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where Philip’s coffin was to be kept until the day the queen died, after which the Duke of Edinburgh would be buried alongside his wife of 73 years. Now that Elizabeth has died, formal plans are being made to guarantee they are buried together.
However, the queen’s body is likely to lay in state in Westminster Hall for the people to pay their tributes first. Following that, she will be interred at the King George VI memorial chapel, where her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and her sister, Princess Margaret, are buried. Philip will be buried alongside Elizabeth at the memorial chapel.
This will be Elizabeth and Philip’s farewell and heartfelt homage to their great, enduring love as devoted companions for almost seven decades.
