Britain’s newspapers featured Queen Elizabeth II sitting alone at the funeral for Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment of a heart condition and an infection.
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on June 10, 1921, in Greece. He served in the British Royal Navy and fought in WWII. He married the then Princess Elizabeth on November 20, 1947. Prince Philip was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years.
Royal family members look on as Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England.
Queen Elizabeth II sits alone and watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during his funeral inside St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021.
A tearful Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, attends the funeral for his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Peter Phillips, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex follow Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin during the Ceremonial Procession during the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England
Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrives to attend the funeral ceremony of Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021.
Prince Philip’s only daughter, Princess Anne, walks solemnly behind the green Land Rover Defender that carries her father the Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin
Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York, (center) made a rare appearance at the funeral for Britain’s Prince Philip on April 17. Andrew walked alongside Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (2nd L), Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (R), Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (2nd R) and Britain’s Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, (R).
Scouts watch Prince Philip’s funeral projected on a wall in Jinja, Uganda on April 17, 2021. Around 100,000 Ugandans have taken part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award since its conception, and the Prince visited Uganda twice in 1954 and 2007 with the Queen.
