The Queen proudly displays photo of Prince Philip in Christmas Day speech
Facing her first festive season without her husband of 73 years, Her Majesty, 95, presented a 'particularly personal' address to the nation.
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Facing her first festive season without her husband of 73 years, Her Majesty, 95, presented a 'particularly personal' address to the nation.
“That mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him”, Queen Elizabeth said about her late husband, Prince Philip
In the unusually personal message broadcast at 1500 GMT, the 95-year-old monarch said that she and her family were missing the Duke of Edinburgh, who died at 99 in April.
Queen Elizabeth II said the twinkle in her husband's eyes was "as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him" in her most emotional Christmas message.
The 95-year-old monarch commended the Prince of Wales, his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their climate activism in her Christmas message.