‘He treated me as an equal’: Former scrap dealer who was friends with Prince Philip for 40 years pays tribute to the duke’s down-to-earth nature Scrap dealer, George Bowman, 84, tells of 40-year friendship with Prince Philip Unlikely pair met whilst competing in Lowther Carriage Driving Trials in Cumbria Duke of Edinburgh visited the trials almost … Read more
SUPPORTING ACTRESS NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses KOSAR ALI Rocks MARIA BAKALOVA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm DOMINIQUE FISHBACK Judas and the Black Messiah ASHLEY MADEKWE County Lines YUH-JUNG YOUN Minari – WINNER SUPPORTING ACTOR DANIEL KALUUYA Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER BARRY KEOGHAN Calm With Horses ALAN KIM Minari LESLIE ODOM JR. One Night … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury will lead a remembrance service for Prince Philip at Canterbury Cathedral today. The service is expected to start at 10.30am with Justin Welby paying tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh after his death on Friday morning. It comes ahead of Philip’s funeral next Saturday, which is expected to be officiated by … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared a loving tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh online days after he died at Windsor Castle at the age of 99. Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton’s, 39, official website for the Royal Foundation has been updated to feature a large black-and-white photograph of Prince Philip stretching across … Read more
The two great-grandchildren Prince Philip never got to meet: Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall both gave birth to sons who they named after the Duke of Edinburgh in the last two months Duke of Edinburgh died before he met his two youngest great-grandchildren Princess Eugenie gave birth to son August Philip Hawke Brooksbank in February Zara … Read more
A tribe living on a remote South Pacific Island who believe Prince Philip is their god and the incarnation of a volcano spirit are devastated over his death and have started a ritualistic mourning process that could last for weeks. The Yaohnanen tribesmen and women on the Vanuatu island of Tanna had been asleep when the Duke … Read more
In typically insouciant fashion, Prince Philip often remarked to the Queen when discussing his funeral: ‘Just stick me in the back of a Land Rover and drive me to Windsor.’ Now it transpires that his wish will come true. Buckingham Palace yesterday announced that a ‘specially modified’ Land Rover, which the Duke himself helped design, … Read more
The life of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is one of such astonishing length and intensity, stretching so far back into the unreachable past and containing so much incident, adversity and adventure that it takes Shakespeare to sum it up: ‘We that are young shall never see so much, nor live so long.’ In fact the … Read more
Years ago, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh paid a fleeting visit to the Surrey town of Dorking. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of wellwishers penned in behind barriers. Those at the front had been standing there for many hours. Among them was a small child holding a single daffodil. The Queen made … Read more
Copies of portrait that ‘pleased’ Prince Philip will be auctioned for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme on what would have been his 100th birthday The original image painted by Gail Graham earned Prince Philip’s approval One hundred prints of the oil painting will go under the hammer on June 10 Funds raised at the … Read more