LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has been left bereft at the death of her husband, Prince Philip, one of their sons said on Sunday, as prayers were said at memorial services across Britain.
Prince Andrew said his 94-year-old mother was “incredibly stoic” but had been hit hard by the death of the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99 on Friday.
Last year the couple celebrated 73 years of marriage.
“She described it (his death) as having left a huge void in her life,” Andrew said after a church service at Windsor Castle, west of London.
The Queen and Philip’s second son described his father as “the grandfather of the nation” and said close family were “rallying round” his mother….
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