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Many people may not have known about his thirst for knowledge. always forward thinking the duke of edinburgh was fascinated by science, technology and industry. naturally inquisitive and highly innovative, he pioneered many news ideas long before they became popular. it was the dukes mission to combine tradition with the promotion of a forward—looking monarchy, to communicate using the latest technology. he fully supported televising the queens coronation in 1953. moving pictures from london t...

Occasion and brought a little colour back to life after the dreary war years. we certainly thought so. we were then fortunate to enjoy five happy years of fairly conventional married life and that include two years with the home of our own motor but i was in the navy. this period came to an abrupt end when the queen had a melancholy duty of succeeding her father after his premature death in 1952. she was 25 and i was 30 and with two small children and life as you can imagine changed dramatically...

To an abrupt end when the queen had the melancholy duty of succeeding her father after his premature death in 1952. she was 25 and i was 30 and we had two small children, and life, as you can imagine, changed dramatically in many ways. but it had much less effect on our married life than i anticipated. and then after an interval of ten hectic years, we had two more children and were more or less settled into our new way of life. and like all families, we went through the full range of pleasures ...

Rare mix of wisdom and knowledge and at the same time he had an understanding essentially moving in the same direction and should respect one another. he also had a great love and understanding of the environment and he was a very... person. he could see the whole picture and that he could also joke about it because people like that really wise people and sensible people can joke about our frailties. if he was himself, of course, had come from one face to another. he had been born into the greek...

So many australians, notjust the politicians he has met, but also members of the public too. indeed. thank you very much. we have heard tributes in the last half an hour from america, canada and from australia. international leaders and friends have paid tribute to the duke of edinburgh, the longest serving royal consort in british history, who has died two months short of his 100th birthday. the ministry of defence has said that gun salutes will take place across the uk to mark the death. membe...

Farewell, my beloved. now, the royal familys official-twitter account and instagram posting. this famous tribute the queen paid to prince philip back in 199 -- back in 1997. she said, he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay, all these years. now, today, of course, is the keeps first-full day as a widow. but its also her first-full day as monarch, without prince philip by her side. shes been on the throne nearly-70 years and he has been beside her, every day, of those 70 years until now. ...

Mourning. i hope shell take more than that, but i think, you know, she is the philosophy of stiff upper lip, you know? she decides -- she sets the pace for how this will go, so i think that i dont see her stepping back, no. people have been wondering for years, will she step back and let charles take up a larger role? no. shes really -- shes full steam ahead. i think she will take the appropriate time, but i think shes already had a quieter year with the pandemic, and i think that she will conti...

Mourning, but because, with the year of loss that everyone has had, they feel more connected to her than ever before. ., ,, ., ., ,, , ., always forward—thinking, the duke of edinburghs interest in the future of younger generations was matched by his interest in the future of science, technology and industry. naturally inquisitive and highly innovative, he pioneered many new ideas long before they became popular. it was the dukes mission to combine tradition with the promotion of a forward—l...

When people go and preach at sandringham, he would know the scriptures and he can enter into very deep theological conversation. if you preached in front of him, you could bet that you would have questions, comments, thoughts afterwards. his personal faith was both traditional but not merely formal — it was real. prince philips faith, im absolutely sure, was deep and genuine — and, of course, somebody, through all his environmental interests, who had a real sense of the creator god. he never...

Reason im mentioning once again the reason im mentioning thatis once again the reason im mentioning that is that public service is something that is noted here in the region. something that is noted here in the reuion. a , something that is noted here in the reuion. , a, region. many thanks. our correspondent _ region. many thanks. our correspondent in - region. many thanks. our correspondent in delhi. i buckingham palace has announced the death of his royal highness, the duke of edinburgh, at t...