Prince Philip, husband of the Queen Elizabeth II for more than seven decades, died this Friday two months after his hundredth birthday. He was recently discharged from hospital after being a successful heart surgery, the Buckingham Palace.
“With deep pain, Her Majesty the Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh“, Stated a statement from the Buckingham Palace.
“His Royal Highness has died in peace this morning in the Windsor Castle“He said.
It is with great sorrow that Her Majesty the Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, Her Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness died peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. pic.twitter.com/XOIDQqlFPn
– The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 9, 2021
After learning of his death, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, praised “extraordinary life and work” of the prince and sent a message of condolence to the queen.
The British flags they were already waving at half-mast this Friday at noon, after the announcement of the death of the duke of Edinburgh.
Philip, what on June 10 he was to turn 100 years old, Was last seen on March 16 when dressed in a white shirt and cream sweater he came out in the back seat of a vehicle of the hospital King Edward VII of London, Where he had been admitted a month earlier.
From there he returned to the Windsor Castle, About 50 km west of London, Where he and the queen, 94, they have been confined since the beginning of the pandemic of coronavirus more than a year ago.
They had not spent so much time together for years, as he remained much of the year in the royal residence of Sandringham and the queen in the palace of Buckingham o de Windsor.
He was hospitalized for an infection
After being hospitalized on February 16, as a “precautionary measure” after feeling ill, and facing speculation and concern about his advanced age, the royal house reported that its entry was not related to covid-19, But it was due to an infection.
Under strong media anticipation, he had been moved in early March from the small and elegant King Edward VII, In the large public hospital St. Bartholomew.
Where, according to its website is the largest department specializing in cardiovascular disease Europe, he underwent “successful” surgery “To treat pre-existing heart disease.”
British royal family, in crisis
His death represents a new setback for the British royal family at a turbulent time for the monarchy, shaken by one of its biggest institutional crises following an explosive interview by the prince Enrique and his wife Meghan in March on the star of American television Oprah Winfrey.
In this, Enric, 36, and Meghan, 38, they explained the reasons for their resounding withdrawal from British royalty and his exile a California. And they claimed that a member of the royal family had shown “concern” for the skin color their children would have, given that her mother is black.
Soon after Enrique point out that they had not even been his grandmother, The Queen, nor his grandfather, Felipe, known for his mischief and bad taste jokes, as well as his strong temperament and frankness.
The health of Prince Philip
The Duke of Edinburgh ceased its activities officially in August 2017 after participating in more than 22,000 acts that were related to his office since 1952, when his wife took the throne.
He sporadically accompanies the queen in public appearances, though in June 2017 he was hospitalized for two nights for an infection ‘related to an existing pathology’ and a year later they operated on his hip.
while in 2019 he suffered an accident when his Land Rover collided against another vehicle leaving the real property of Sandringham, But the prince Philip to leave unharmed and at the end of the year he was admitted to hospital for ‘pre-existing health problems’.