“My dear Pope was a very special person who I think, above all, would have been surprised by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him, and from this point of view we are, my family, deeply grateful for all this, ”Prince Charles said in a statement from Highgrove House, his country house in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. “It will keep us in this particular loss and in this particularly sad time.”
“I particularly wanted to say that my father, I suppose in the last 70 years, has rendered the most remarkable and dedicated service to the Queen, my family and the country, but also to the whole Commonwealth,” Prince Charles said. dit.
Prince Philip’s long-standing funeral plans had been adapted to respect certain restrictions of the Covid-19, with the removal of all usual elements involving contact with the public.
The death of Prince Philip has been grimly marked, as the royal house and the UK government have asked the public not to collect or leave flowers in royal residences, with the country still under strict restrictions on the Covid-19.