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Prince Philip’s ‘only complaint’ about the Queen during their 73-year marriage

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Prince Philip had ‘only one complaint’ about the Queen during their 73-year marriage, according to royal biographer Gyles Brandreth. The Duke of Edinburgh, who died aged 99 on April 9 in Windsor, would often moan about his wife ‘always being on the phone’, according to the writer. Speaking on Lorraine this morning, Gyles gave his insights … Read more

Prince Philip dies: The 73-year marriage of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

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Good-looking and blond-haired, the tall, athletic Prince of Greece impressed the young Princess – then known as Lilibet – by jumping over the college tennis nets at their first publicised meeting.  They had been present together on various occasions, including the wedding in 1934 of Philip’s cousin Princess Marina, later Duchess of Kent, to Princess … Read more