He was admitted on 16 February after feeling unwell, and later underwent a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at another London hospital - St Bartholomew's.
This is a town that's seen many royal events over the years, both happy and sad. The sun has been shining down on Windsor Castle this afternoon, but the mood outside is understandably sombre. As locals heard of the duke's death they turned up to leave flowers outside the entrance.
One young boy, Oscar, came with his mother to lay flowers. He left a card which read: "Your Majesty, so sorry about hearing about your amazing husband. The flag here hasn't been lowered to half-mast. That's because it's the Royal Standard which means the Queen is in residence.
It's the one flag which remains at full mast. It was here that the duke spent his last weeks after being discharged from hospital.
Inside the castle the Queen, now a widow, is in mourning for her husband who has always been by her side. Prince Philip's funeral will take place at St George's Chapel, Windsor - but the arrangements have been amended in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the College of Arms said in a statement. It added that the funeral will not be a state funeral, and the duke will not lie in state. The duke will, however, lie at rest in Windsor Castle ahead of a funeral, the College of Arms said, "in line with custom and with His Royal Highness's wishes".
The statement said: "The funeral arrangements have been revised in view of the prevailing circumstances arising from the Covid pandemic and it is regretfully requested that members of the public do not attempt to attend or participate in any of the events that make up the funeral.
Buckingham Palace will confirm the detailed arrangements for the funeral on the Royal website, it added. All UK government buildings have been told to fly an official flags at half-mast in tribute to the duke until BST on the day after the funeral. Prince Philip and the Queen had four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He would have hit a significant milestone this year when he turned after being born in in Greece. Prince Philip was married to the Queen for more than 70 years. Philip was born on June 10, , in Corfu, Greece, but his family was exiled when he was just a child. A keen sports' fan, he has been involved in a number of events including developing the equestrian event of carriage driving. He has also been the patron of hundreds of organisations, often attending events with the Queen as part of their royal duties.
But it hasn't all been smooth sailing - with Prince Philip known for being one of the most gaffe-prone members of the royal family.
In May , it was announced that he would be retiring from public engagements , having attended days of engagements in Before his death he took more of a back seat role, although he occasionally appeared alongside other royals at public events.
Ethnically, however, he was mostly a Danish royal the Greeks recruited his grandfather, a Danish prince, to be their king in the 19th century , with big doses of German and English royalty in his heritage. When he was a baby, the Greeks got fed up with his family and ran them out of Greece.
Later, his mother, Princess Alice, had a nervous breakdown and ended up in a psychiatric hospital for years. His father, Prince Andrew, drifted to Monaco, where he died at Shuttled around to various relatives and boarding schools in Germany and Britain, Philip grew into a tough young man mostly raised by his English royal relations and marinated in the Navy. His maternal uncle, the endlessly ambitious Lord Louis "Dickie" Mountbatten, helped him get cozy with the British royal family, especially Elizabeth, five years his junior, who met him when she was 13 and never looked at another man again, according to their biographers.
When Philip married Elizabeth in , he renounced his Greek citizenship and church and became British, Anglican and a royal duke. Philip did not become the king due to a longstanding rule of the British monarchy which decrees that a man who marries a reigning queen will be referred to as Prince Consort. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II share four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
A cause of death was not immediately known. The Duke also championed a minute fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary entitled Royal Family, which aired in and was considered landmark television. It featured the Queen feeding carrots to her Trooping the Colour horse, watching TV and discussing salad at a Balmoral barbecue while Princess Anne cooked sausages.
At Buckingham Palace, Philip had intercoms put in so that servants no longer had to ferry written messages to his wife. He carried his own luggage, and cooked his own breakfast in his rooms with an electric frying pan - until the Queen objected to the smell.
As the longest-serving consort in British history, the prince took on some 22, solo engagements. When he retired from royal duties in , he was said to be patron, president or a member of more than organisations.
Accompanying the globetrotting Queen on Commonwealth tours and state visits, he visited countries in an official capacity, making use of his fluent French and German. The countries included Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation, where he is revered by one rainforest community as the reincarnation of an ancient warrior. But one of his most enduring legacies is the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, founded in at the urging of his former headmaster, Kurt Hahn.
Participants aged can gain awards by doing volunteer work, learning physical activities and skills, and undertaking an expedition like a mountain trek or a sailing trip. In , almost 1. In his spare time, Philip was a talented sportsman. He learned to sail at Gordonstoun, and became a regular competitor in the regatta at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, where sailing races are held each summer. He loved equine sports, including carriage driving, and was among the UK's top four polo players in the mids.
He was also a committed environmental campaigner and wildlife advocate, becoming president of the World Wildlife Fund UK in - though he faced criticism when a picture emerged of him on a tiger shoot with the Queen in India the same year. Asked to sum up his contribution to British life, Prince Philip responded with typical frankness: "I've just done what I think is my best. Some people think it's all right. Some don't. What can you do?
I can't change my way of doing things. It's part of my style. It's just too bad, they'll have to lump it. The prince drew repeated controversy by making outspoken or racially insensitive comments, including in when he told a group of British students in China: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed. Critics deemed him gaffe-prone and out of touch. His defenders saw the prince as a product of his times who was trying to share a joke.
Insiders said laughter was the glue that kept the forthright Prince Philip and the Queen together. He himself suggested it was her tolerance. The Queen's once-favoured speech-opener, "my husband and I She retired the phrasing, but the sentiment remained.
Frequently we have discussed my intended speech beforehand and, as you will imagine, his views have been expressed in a forthright manner. All photographs subject to copyright. Royal Family tree and line of succession. Philip honoured on wedding anniversary.
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