Queen Elizabeth II stayed with ‘her Philip’ to the end. She would have been at his deathbed when he died in Windsor Castle yesterday, that writes The Telegraph Saturday. The Duke of Edinburgh would have enjoyed the pleasant spring sun the days before his death.
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Although the palace employees refuse to share more details about the death of the duke, according to The Telegraph Prince Philip’s condition deteriorated overnight. He would suddenly have become “very ill” on Thursday.
The Duke was recently hospitalized, according to sources, they operated on his heart in the hope of giving him a few more months. “Maybe with a view to his centenary,” it sounds. But that wouldn’t be what worried the prince. “He really just wanted to lie in his own bed and didn’t want to die in the hospital.”
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Earlier this week, staff announced that the Duke was “in good shape” and was still writing and reading letters. During the warm days of recent weeks, Philip is also said to have regularly asked to be able to sit in the sun.
According to The Telegraphthe prince was not alone when he died and Queen Elizabeth could be with him until the end. “It’s comforting to know that he was able to spend the last days of his life with her, in a house he loved so much,” said royalty watcher. The Telegraph Hugo Vicker.
On the Royal Family’s official Twitter page this afternoon, a message was shared from the Queen stating that Philip “was just her strength all these years. We need him so much, more than he will ever claim or ever know ”. The message dates from 1997.
