![]() ![]() It wasn't a funeral of pomp and state like we can expect for the Queen in coming days. From first meeting when the Queen was 8 and Philip 13 to the blissful newlywed years before her coronation and the trials and tribulations of public life, Philip was in lock step.Īt his funeral, she cut a lonely figure. Theirs was a story that spanned 73 years of marriage - with love, family and service at its core. ![]() Of all the deaths of her closest confidantes over the years - her father, her sister, her mother - this hit the hardest. The loss of her consort, Prince Philip, aged 99, shaped the last months of her life - an absence keenly felt despite the Queen's renowned stoicism. One year, five months ago - or 516 days - Queen Elizabeth faced one of the biggest personal challenges of her reign. The Queen and her husband Prince Philip died just over a year apart. ![]()
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