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After ailing for many months now, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, passed away Friday morning at Windsor Castle. The news of his demise was shared on Twitter. (Designed by Gargi Singh)
"It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," the tweet from the official handle of The Royal Family stated. (Photo: Twitter/@RoyalFamily)
This year, he would have turned 100, in June. He was constantly by the Queen's side for 73 years, watching her become a monarch and take on many challenges. In this June 2, 1953 photo, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh were pictured waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, following the queen's coronation at Westminster Abbey. (AP Photo/Leslie Priest, File)
An AP report states that Philip had spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
He had married Elizabeth in 1947, and was the longest-serving consort in British history. In this November 20, 1947 photo, the couple was pictured posing with royal guests after their wedding, at Buckingham Palace. (AP Photo/File)
The prince had retired from public engagements in 2017, after carrying out more than 20,000 of them. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP, File)
Per the AP report, he was a member of the Greek royal family and was born on the Greek island of Corfu in 1921. He was an avid sportsman who loved country pursuits. In this July 1947 photo, Philip was photographed ahead of his wedding, whose date had been set for November. He was batting at the nets during a cricket practice at the Petty Officers' Training Center in Corsham, England. (AP Photo/File)
He grew a big family with the queen, over the course of their long marriage, with four children, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren! In this August 1951 photo, Elizabeth stands with her husband and their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at the couple's London residence at Clarence House. (AP Photo/Eddie Worth, file)
In this April 11, 1956 photo, the Duke of Edinburgh was seen controlling a Blackburn military transport plane a few minutes before a fire extinguisher burst and filled the cockpit with choking fumes. (AP Photo/File)
Did you know: In 1934, Philip had enrolled at the Scottish school, Gordonstoun, and had met the future queen for the first time at the wedding of one of his cousins to the Duke of Kent, an Independent report states. This was the official photograph of (then) Princess Elizabeth and her fiance, Lieut. Philip Mountbatten in London. (AP Photo/File)
The prince had also been to India. In this January 21, 1959 photo, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was seen welcoming Philip to New Delhi. The prince was on the first stage of his round-the-world-tour and was scheduled to spend two weeks in India on the first stage of his 36,000-mile tour. (AP Photo/File)
In January this year, the prince and the queen had received the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine at Windsor castle, administered by the royal household doctor. Philip was later admitted to a hospital as a "precautionary measure" on the advice of his medical team. (Adrian Dennis/Pool via AP, File)
