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THE QUEEN and Prince Philip paid a very special visit to Herefordshire nine years ago, the last official visit the Duke of Edinburgh would pay to the county before his retirement in 2017. Buckingham Palace announced that 99-year-old Prince Philip had died today (April 9), just weeks after returning home to recuperate after his longest ever hospital stay. The Duke of Edinburgh had paid several visits to Herefordshire with the Queen over the years, from their first visit in 1957, to their last as a couple in celebration of Diamond Day in 2012. During their first visit in 1957, they went from Ledbury to Leominster, before the Queen planted two oak trees at Queenswood. At Hereford, there was a rousing welcome from thousands of well-wishers.