The United Kingdom’s Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had spent four weeks in hospital earlier this year to receive treatment for an infection and have a heart procedure, but returned to Windsor in early March.
He had been by the queen’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British history.
Philip is survived by the queen and their four children as well as eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
