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LONDON - British authorities have implored people to stay away from royal palaces as they mourn the death of Prince Philip in this time of COVID-19, but they keep coming. Not just to honour him, but to support Queen Elizabeth II, who lost her husband of 73 years.

British authorities have implored people to stay away from royal palaces as they mourn the death of Prince Philip in this time of COVID-19, but they keep coming.

Bouquet-bearing public honors Philip, ignoring COVID warning DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 36 1of36A couple under an umbrella look at the Union flag at half-staff over Buckingham Palace in London, a day after the death of Britains Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Britains Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that mostly defined his life, died on Frida...

“We had a really hard year all of us and there’s people uniting in a very special moment, said Carolina Przeniewska, originally from Poland, who came to Buckingham Place with her 5-year-old daughter Grace. “So I wanted her to see it and I wanted to pay respect.” At Buckingham Palace, the queen’s London residence, well-wishers braved a chilly, gray day to line up and snake their way past the black iron gates, where tourists normally wait to watch the changing of the guard. People were ...