Prince Philip Queen’s husband, dies age 99

Prince Philip, died age 99. A lifelong companion of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, died at the Windsor Castle on Friday morning, by his final wish. 

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II/ credit foto AP

The duke’s funeral will be held at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The public has been asked to stay away from funeral events because of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

US President Joe Biden expressed condolences on the death of Prince Philip telling reporters the late royal was “a heck of a guy.”

“99 years old,” Biden added, “he never slowed down at all, which I admire the devil out of.”

Charles, the Prince of Wales, visited his mother the Queen on Friday afternoon traveling from his Gloucestershire home to Windsor Castle, royal source said the Prince of Wales had been in constant contact with his father since his hospitalization in February.

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