Share on Twitter Australia has marked the passing of Prince Philip with a 41-gun salute in the nation's capital, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison paid tribute to the "towering figure" whose life was one of duty and service. In a solemn but loud ceremony, six ceremonial guns from the Australian Defence Force were fired on Saturday afternoon as a crowd watched on - a tradition that is being followed in other Commonwealth countries. The Duke of Ediburgh, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, died on Friday, two months before his 100th birthday and only a short time after a month-long stay in hospital.