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HIS LONG LIFE OF DUTY AND

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DEVOTION.

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>> Reporter: THIS IS HOW THE

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WORLD KNEW HIM, STANDING BY HIS

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BELOVED WIFE, THE QUEEN, HER

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LOYAL AND LIFELONG COMPANION.

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BUT FROM THE BEGINNING LIFE

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CONSPIRED TO MAKE PRINCE PHILIP

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HIS OWN MAN.

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HE WAS BORN IN GREECE INTO THAT

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COUNTRY’S ROYAL

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EXILED WITH THEM WHEN HE WAS A

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SMALL CHILD.

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AN EDUCATION MOLDED AN ACHIEVER.

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HE SAW ACTION DURING WORLD WAR

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II, A BRILLIANT AND BRAVE

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OFFICER.

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HIS 1947 WEDDING TO ELIZABETH

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LIFTED THE SPIRITS OF POST-WAR

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BRITAIN.

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THE NEXT YEAR PRINCE CHARLES WAS

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BORN.

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THREE MORE CHILDREN WOULD

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FOLLOW.

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BUT PHILIP’S WORLD CHANGED

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FOREVER IN 1952 WHEN KING GEORGE

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VI DIED AND HIS DAUGHTER,

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ELIZABETH, BECAME QUEEN.

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FROM THEN ON, HIS MAIN ROLE WAS

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AS THE MONARCH’S CONSORT AND

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COUNSEL.

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HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUEEN

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FEATURED IN THE POPULAR TV

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SERIES "THE CROWN".

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>> ARE YOU MY WIFE OR MY QUEEN.

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>> Reporter: NUMEROUS GUESTS

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MADE ABROAD.

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KILLING A TIGER AN ENDANGERED

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SPECIES ON A TRIP TO INDIA.

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HIS DEFENSE, SOME OF HIS ACTIONS

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AND COMMENTS WERE TAKEN OUT OF

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CONTEXT.

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MORE RECENTLY THE DUKE FINALLY

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TURNED IN HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE

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AT AGE 97 FOLLOWING A CAR CRASH

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THAT INJURED TWO PEOPLE AND

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CAUSED HIS LAND ROVER TO

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OVERTURN.

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BUT OVER TIME, PHILIP GAINED

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RESPECT AS AN HONEST BROKER

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WITHIN HIS FAMILY, EVEN AS HIS

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CHILDREN LUNGED FROM DIVORCE TO

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TRAGEDY.

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HE BECAME AN INSPIRATION FOR THE

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YOUNGER ROYALS.

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HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS

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SIMPLY BEING THERE FOR HIS WIFE,

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THE QUEEN.

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>> WITHOUT THE DUKE IN HER LIFE,

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ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT

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WILL TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE QUEEN

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BECAUSE FOR SO MANY YEARS HE HAS

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BEEN HER STRENGTH AND STAY, HER

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ROCK, HER FRIEND, HER ADVISOR.

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>> Reporter: HE LIVED TO SEE HIS

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GRANDSON PRINCE WILLIAM’S

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MARRIAGE TO KATE MIDDLETON IN

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2011, CELEBRATED THE BIRTH OF

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HIS GREAT GRANDSON, THE THIRD IN

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LINE TO THE THRONE, PRINCE

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GEORGE, AND WAS THERE FOR THE

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WEDDING OF PRINCE HARRY TO

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MEGHAN MARKLE.

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AT AGE 96 AFTER MORE THAN 22,000

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SOLO PUBLIC APPEARANCES, PRINCE

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PHILIP RETIRED FROM ROYAL

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DUTIES.

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HIS LEGACY, A LIFETIME OF

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SERVICE TO HIS NATION AND HIS

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WIFE, THE QUEEN.

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KEIR SIMMONS, NBC NEWS, LONDON.

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>> JUST IN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCING

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THAT PRINCE PHILIP HAS PASSED

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AWAY AT THE AGE OF 99.

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WE EXPECT MORE WORD FROM THE

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PALACE IN THE COMING HOURS, BUT